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Advisory Board

The Advisory Board provides guidance on strategic directions, industry practice, market tenor, and education progress, as well, as providing other feedback to the faculty advisers and students based on the Board members' wealth of experience. Equally valuable are the opportunities for students to interact one-on-one with highly-skilled, experienced practitioners in the capital markets from brokers, traders, portfolio managers, bankers, risk managers, to wealth managers.

Current Members

Advisory Board Member Company
Hance West Investure (Retired)
Patrick Kelly Agincourt Capital
Ben Marshall  TBK Bank
Robert Thorndike Dominion Capital Partners
Greg Hessler Nuveen/TIAA 
Josh Allen CoinFlip
Greg Cole Harris Associates
Sophie DeWaal Business Owner (Former BofA)
Christine Smith RBC Capital Markets
Cara Spicer Virginia Tech
Jordan Mangum BC Partners
BASIS Members collaborate on a macroeconomic case study.
BASIS Members collaborate on a macroeconomic case study.
Pat Kelly of the Advisory Board gives members advice - March 2017
Pat Kelly of the Advisory Board gives members advice - March 2017