Advisory Board
The Economics Department Advisory Board (EDAB) is a group of alumni and alumnae of UNC Economics that convenes each semester to learn more about the research, teaching and service in Economics at Carolina and to advise the faculty on issues related to student development. These advisers, both graduate program and undergraduate alums, are individuals who care passionately about their alma mater and about the students currently studying Economics at UNC. They have proved to be a valuable asset to our department’s faculty and students as we innovate in the major to provide our students with the best possible preparation for “the real world”, whether that is finding a job, preparing for graduate school, or simply learning deeply about the economic workings of sectors of the world’s economy.
2020-2021 Economics Department Advisory Board Members
Scott F. Bass ’90
Merill Lynch
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management
Christina E. Benson ’97, ‘80
Retired
Jay H. Bryson ’80, ‘89
Wells Fargo & Company
Managing Director, Chief Economist
Mark J. Buono ‘86
College of Charleston
Visiting Instructor and Director of the Carter Real Estate Center
Kyle L. Clements ‘91
RBC Wealth Management
Senior Vice President, Financial Advisor
Claude E. Courbois ‘88
NASDAQ Stock Exchange
Vice President
Charles Maehugh Duncan ‘96
WestJet Airlines Ltd.
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Jennifer “Jennie” L. Ellison ‘89
Microsoft Corporation
Senior Business Program Manager
Matthew “Matt” M. Guest ‘97
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Partner Corporate & Securities
Sam M. Hayes ‘94
State of North Carolina
General Counsel
Harriet T. Holderness ‘72
Retired
George Arnett Kahn ‘78
Federal Reserve Bank
Vice President, Associate Director of Research
Kimberley “Kayce” C. King ‘86
Wells Fargo
Director of Abbot Downing
Bryan A. Morris ’83
IBM Watson Healthcare
Client Executive
Scott A. Ogle ‘97
Entrepreneur
Andrew “Andy” C. Pike ’04
Wells Fargo
Director
Jonathan Frederick Pingle ’03
BlackRock, Inc.
Managing Director & Head of Economics for Global Fixed Income
Jason T. Rein ‘05
Wells Fargo Securities
Director
David T. Robinson ‘92
Duke University
Professor
Nicole Wilson Rubin ’91
Impact Solutions
Founder, Principal
Ryan S. Wesslen ‘07
Bank of America
Senior Vice President & Data Scientist
Mel A. Williams ‘88
TrueBridge Capital Partners
General Partner
Samuel “Sam” A. Williamson ‘84
IBM Corporation
Managing Director
H. “Alex” Winters ‘01
North Bridge Capital
Managing Director
L“Brian” Worrell ’92
General Electric, Baker Hughes
CFO
We partner with the Arts and Sciences Foundation to coordinate the membership and activities of the Advisory Board. If you are interested in learning more about the EDAB or other ways that you can help the department, please contact Donna Gilleskie, Chair of the Economics Department, and Cassie Diltz, Director of Development for the Arts and Sciences Foundation.