Finance Association
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The Georgia Southern Finance Association is an active business organization that strives to provide its members with valuable information and contacts. As a business organization, we will help maintain communication between the business community and the academic world. Along with valuable career advice, we want to introduce and expand network opportunities for all students wishing to participate in the organization.
Come out and join us in
Discussing finance-related topics
Networking
Guest speaker series
Career advice & strategies
Officers
President: Lincoln Owens
Vice President: Nicholas Milcarek
Treasurer: Aubrey Steadman
Secretary: Hunter Jones
PR: Caleb Lumpkin
Faculty Advisors (please contact)
Axel Grossmann, Ph.D. (agrossmann@georgiasouthern.edu)
Danielle Smith (daniellesmith@georgiasouthern.edu)
Past Finance Association Meetings
Guest Speaker Events
Sea Island Bank (Commercial Loans)
Mr. Joseph Shuford, VPMr. Brannen Smith, VP
State Farm (Insurance Industry)
Mr. Sam Sharpe
Johnson Control (Mergers & Acq.)
Dr. Mathias Schmitt
Ameriprise Financial (Financial Planning)
Mr. Ronald Wasburn
Source Capital Partners (Equity Firm)
Mr. Benjamin Emmons
Georgia Southern University (Professional Resume)
Mr. William Norton
Option Floor Market Maker
Southern Aquatic Services, LLC
Mr. Steven Kelly Dabb
Gulfstream (Corporate Finance)
Susan Herring
Ansley Drake
Vinings Bank (Fixed Income)
Mr. Todd Makant
Capital Group (Fixed Income)
Mr. Luke Farrell
Safe Systems, Inc. (Chair of the board & CEO)
Danny Johnston
Wells Fargo Capital Finance (Commercial Lending)
Rob Griffin
Arch Advisory Group (Financial Planning)
J.D. Lester
Steve H. Powell & Company (Loan Review & Regulatory Compliance Support)
Steve R. Shepherd
Northwestern Mutual (Financial Advising)
Jack Green
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. (Financial Advising)
Steven C. Bacon
Invesco (Senior Portfolio Manager)
Scott Hixon
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Staff Director in Community Bank Supervision)
Marion Williams
Merrill Lynch (Investment Analyst)
Caleb Tucker
Wells Fargo Advisors (Associate Vice President of Investments)
Barret Benton
Finance Association Trip to Federal Reserve Atlanta
Twenty students participated in the group’s visit to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. They learned about the structure of the Federal Reserve System, the characteristics of each regional Federal Reserve Bank and the roles they play in the monetary policy, toured the “Money Museum”, saw the cash room where money comes into the FED and visited the Board Room in which the Board of Directors for the Atlanta FED meet.
The members and advisors of the Finance Association would like to thank Mrs. Audrey Williams from the Federal Reserve for all her help organizing the visit as well as the Parker College of Business Dean’s Office and the Department of Finance and Economics for their financial support.
Finance Association Helps DSDA’s Home For Heroes
The Finance Association has joined the Downtown Statesboro Development Authority (DSDA) in their Homes For Heroes project. In the inaugural year of the project, the DSDA along with the Finance Association plans to develop affordable homes for firefighters and police officers in the downtown area and simultaneously help develop the poverty stricken neighborhoods around Main Street. The DSDA purchased three corner homes right off of East Main Street that were built in the 1940s but have not been maintained. The homes were littered with trash and debris, including furniture, countless empty bottles and food containers. Over the course of two weekends the Finance Association devoted their Saturday and Sunday to help entirely clean out the houses and prepare them for construction. The next step will be renovating and updating the houses to make them livable and desirable homes for the heroes of the community and to set them at an affordable price that will allow the DSDA and their sponsors to continue this project in the long-term.
Last updated: 8/17/2022
