ROBERT PARRINO, Lamar Savings Centennial Professor of Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
A member of the faculty at University of Texas since 1992, Dr. Parrino teaches courses in regular degree and executive education programs at the University of Texas and in customized executive education courses for industrial, financial, and professional firms. He has also taught at the University of Chicago, University of Rochester, and IMADEC University in Vienna. Dr. Parrino has received awards for teaching excellence at the University of Texas from students, faculty, and the Texas Exes (alumni association).
THOMAS W. BATES, Dean's Council Scholar and Associate Professor of Finance at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
Dr. Bates is a Dean's Council Scholar and Associate Professor of Finance at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. In his current role, he also serves as Director of Executive MBA programs for the W. P. Carey school. Prior to his current appointment, he served as Department Chair of the Department of Finance from 2010 until 2020. Dr. Bates has also held positions as an Associate Professor of Finance and McCoy Rogers Fellow at University of Arizona, and as an Assistant Professor of Finance at both University of Delaware and University of Western Ontario. Dr. Bates received a B.A. in Economics from Guilford College in 1991, and received his doctorate in Financial Economics 2000 from the University of Pittsburgh.
STUART L. GILLAN, G. Brint Ryan Chaired Professor of Finance in the Ryan College of Business, University of North Texas
Dr. Gillan is the G. Brint Ryan Chaired Professor of Finance in the Ryan College of Business at the University of North Texas. He has held academic positions at Arizona State University, the University of Delaware, the University of Georgia, the University of Hong Kong, the University of Otago, and Texas Tech University. He has also been a visiting scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Canterbury, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and a William Evans Fellow at the University of Otago. In addition to teaching corporate finance classes to undergraduate, masters, MBA, and executive MBA students, Dr. Gillan has taught in customized executive education and corporate programs. He has also been nominated for and received teaching awards.
DAVID S. KIDWELL (1940-2019), Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus, Curtis L. Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Dr. Kidwell had over 30 years experience in financial education, as a teacher, researcher, and administrator. He served as Dean of the Carlson School at the University of Minnesota and of the School of Business Administration at the University of Connecticut. Prior to joining the University of Connecticut, Dr. Kidwell held endowed chairs in banking and finance at Tulane University, the University of Tennessee, and Texas Tech University. He was also on the faculty at the Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, where he was twice voted the outstanding undergraduate teacher of the year.
