2011 College of Business Annual Report

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2011 ANNUAL REPORT ANDDIRECTORY OF SUPPORTERS

“The mission of the College of Business is to provide

an environment where students, faculty, and busi-

ness professionals can pursue the acquisition of

applied and theoretical knowledge relevant to the

operation of profit and nonprofit organizations …”

TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the Dean .................................................................3

Year in Review ....................................................................................5

Our Faculty..........................................................................................9

Honors and Awards ....................................................................... 13

Faculty Highlights .................................................................... 17, 19

Awards for Scholarships ............................................................. 23

Beta Gamma Sigma ...................................................................... 27

Timeline .............................................................................................. 29

Era 1: Dean Elmer Browning ...................................................... 33

Era 2: Dean James Bearden ........................................................ 41

Era 3: Dean Ernest Uhr ................................................................. 51

Era 4: Dean Rick Niswander ...................................................... 57

Saluting Our Supporters ............................................................. 63

Business Advisory Council ......................................................... 65

Partners for Excellence................................................................66

Commerce Club ..............................................................................70

Young Executives........................................................................... 77

Directory............................................................................................ 79

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Message from the Dean

This year, we celebrate a significant milestone in the College of Business: our 75th anniversary. From humble beginnings as a small school that primarily taught teachers, we have grown into a world-class business college with unique programs that are second to none. Our alumni continue to make significant contributions across the state, nation, and world.

I’m proud to be at the helm of the College of Business during this momentous time. As many of you know, Rick Niswander accepted a position as vice chancellor for administration and finance at ECU in early 2011—during a fiscally challenging time when our university needs his expertise the most. I have served as associate dean with Rick throughout the past six years, and I’m honored to be currently leading our fine college.

We have a lot to be proud of in the College of Business. Since opening the doors to what was then called the Department of Commerce, we have been blessed with talented faculty who work together to achieve unbelievable results. Our students and alumni continue to achieve and have proven themselves competitive across the globe. With our new Leadership and Professional Development program well underway, students are now even better prepared with vital 21st-century skills like leadership, communication, and teamwork.

Today we face unique economic challenges. Fears abound about the U.S. possibly heading into another recession as other parts of the world also experience financial crisis. Our teachers have an overwhelming responsibility like never before to prepare our students for these trying times and enable them to make a positive difference in their communities and careers. I know together we will continue to rise to the challenge and help our students and college continue to thrive.

As a college alumnus, donor, faculty member, student, or simply someone reading this annual report, you should be extremely proud of what our people are doing today and what they have done throughout the last 75 years. Our past efforts have established a solid base. The collective ideas, efforts, vision, and achievements of our people have created a strong college today. Our people—those today and those tomorrow—will help ensure our continued success.

Here’s to another 75 years of excellence.

Warm Regards, Stanley G. EakinsDean, College of Business




Keturah MayberryACCT and MGMT major


Year in ReviewLEADERSHIP CHANGESDr. Stanley G. Eakins was named dean of the College of Business effective January 1, 2012, after serving in an interim role. Eakins has served as associate dean of the College for more than five years and is a former chair of the Department of Finance. The College’s previous dean, Dr. Rick Niswander, took the position of vice chancellor for administration and finance at East Carolina University on a permanent basis after serving in an interim role for several months. Niswander had served as dean since 2004.

LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEvELOPMENT PROGRAM OFF TO A STRONG STARTThe College of Business launched a new leader-ship course in fall 2010 for all sophomore business students—just one of several innovative courses planned as part of the college’s new Leadership and Professional Development program. In Leadership I, the sophomore course, students focus on the applied leadership skills needed to move a team toward successfully completing a goal. The course even has a lab component, making it the first laboratory class for the College of Business. A new junior-level leadership course began in fall 2011, the latest class offered as part of the Leadership and Professional Development program. In Leadership 2, students examine topics in professionalism and leadership, giving them the tools necessary to monitor and manage themselves in diverse, professional environments throughout their career. Students discuss why professionalism and business etiquette matter and investigate topics in ethics, values, and beliefs. Culture and diversity are woven throughout the entire course to help students evaluate companies and situations for cultural fit based on knowledge as well as personal values.

ECU KICKS OFF NEW INSURANCE PROGRAMThe College of Business officially kicked off its new risk management and insurance program on February 8, 2011, when a series of special events culminated with a national insurance executive visit through the Beta Gamma Sigma Distinguished Lecture Series. During a student luncheon and special presentation, insurance executive Bob

The ECU chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) won numerous awards at the national conference in Orlando, Florida. (See story on the next page.) Pictured right to left, Eric Vozzo, Vishal Shah, Sarah Moran, Jennifer Leone, Dr. Joshua Aaron, and Shelby Boruff.


open division, which allows one or more graduate students on the student team, ECU won first place—taking home the Thomas R. Greensmith Award. Three ECU students also received recognition for excellence in service and scholarship, with Regional Outstanding Student Awards given to Alex Bosco, Vishal Shah, and Heather Nelson. In addition, Dr. Joshua Aaron received an Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award.

MANAGEMENT STUDENTS WIN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY GAMETwo business students in Dr. Joshua Aaron’s Strategic Management class won top honors in May 2011 for their team’s first-place performance in an international online simulation exercise called the Business Strategy Game. Every semester, student teams in Aaron’s class operate a virtual company in this hands-on strategy game used by more than 300 universities around the world. ECU students Charles Kariuki and Jesse Bramble received a “Grand Champion” certificate in May for winning first place in the Best-Strategy Invitational as the overall top-performing company in their industry. The award is extended to less than 5 percent of all players of the Business Strategy Game.

MARKETING STUDENTS HELP CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAYStudent teams in Dr. Tracy Tuten’s Social Media Marketing class performed consulting work for Charlotte Motor Speedway during the fall 2010 semester, helping develop real-world social media marketing campaigns for the home base of

Restrepo—who is chairman, president, and CEO of State Auto Insurance Companies—welcomed students to the insurance industry, which he described as an “industry in transition.” Directed by Dr. Brenda Wells, an insurance expert who holds a PhD in risk management and insurance from the University of Georgia, ECU’s risk management and insurance concentration is a direct result of partnerships with industry professionals. Officials also announced a collaboration between ECU and the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, which will allow students to earn the university associate certified insurance counselor (UACIC) designation through their course work—giving them an important head start on earning the prestigious certified insurance counselor (CIC) designation. During the luncheon, the College of Business honored 15 students who had recently passed the UACIC certification test.

ECU RANKS THIRD IN STATE FOR CPA ExAM PASS RATESEast Carolina University had the third-highest CPA exam pass rate among major North Carolina colleges and universities for the most-recent reporting period of 2009. The ranking is based on candidates without advanced degrees who passed all parts of the exam. Only Wake Forest University and Davidson College had higher pass rates; ECU beat out 31 other universities with a pass rate of 48.28 percent.

ECU STUDENTS WIN TOP PRIzES AT NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS CONFERENCEFor the sixth year, student teams from the College of Business at East Carolina University took home top prizes at the National Small Business Institute® (SBI) Conference, held from February 17–19, 2011, in Bonita Springs, Florida. One student team won first place in the Undergraduate Business Plan Division for its work with physicians proposing an East Carolina Integrative Medicine Clinic. Another student team earned second place in the Undergraduate Comprehensive Division for its consulting work with Fabricate Too, a Greenville-based women’s clothing boutique located in Arlington Village. The College of Business has enjoyed a long tradition of winning top honors in the SBI’s Project of the Year Competition. Since 2005, ECU has earned eight finishes in the top three, including four first-place winners.

SAM WINS NATIONAL AWARDSECU took home numerous honors at the Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) national conference, held from March 31–April 3, 2011, in Orlando—earning recognition at the chapter, advisor, and individual student levels. ECU won second place in the chapter competition among larger schools. The recognition is one of the highest national honors given by SAM to its individual chapters. In the case competition

Students in Dr. Tracy Tuten’s Social Media Marketing class worked with the Charlotte Motor Speedway.



Featured at left, accounting student Kendell Harris was awarded the 2010–2011 AICPA Minority Scholarhip—the first ever for an East Carolina student.

NASCAR. While students were mostly involved virtually throughout the project, they attended a NASCAR event in mid-October.

ACCOUNTING STUDENT AWARDED AICPA MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPThe American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) honored accounting student Kendell Harris with a 2010–2011 AICPA Minority Scholarship—the first ever for an East Carolina student. The AICPA Minority Scholarship program provides awards each year to outstanding minority students, encouraging their selection of accounting as a major and their ultimate entry into the profession. Originally from Hertford, North Carolina, Harris graduated from Pitt Community College in 2008 with a degree in accounting. He immediately enrolled at ECU to continue his undergraduate education, and he hopes to ultimately earn a master of science in accounting as well as a CPA designation.

STUDENTS ENjOY ANNUAL TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C.During spring break, a group of 17 students visited Washington, D.C., led by College of Business Career Services Director Scotty Andrews. The annual trip, held March 8–10, 2011, helped expose students to organizations and potential career opportunities available in the nation’s capital. Students also met with a panel of ECU alumni in the area. In addition, students toured the US Capitol, thanks to a guided visit and photograph coordinated by US Senator Richard Burr’s office. They also enjoyed coffee and doughnuts with US Senator Kay Hagan.

OUTSTANDING SENIORS NAMED FOR 2010–2011Five outstanding seniors from each department in the College of Business were honored for their academic achievement during the annual Graduate Recognition Ceremony in May 2011. The Department of Accounting honored Andrew Stoker, the team captain of ECU’s varsity swim team. He plans to return to his home state of Pennsylvania and work with

PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was an intern last summer. The Department of Finance selected Ashley Wetherington as its outstanding senior. She plans to pursue her MBA at Clemson and begin a career in finance. The Department of Management named Jessica Forbes at its outstanding senior. She plans to pursue her MBA at ECU and earn a graduate certificate in professional communication.

Tim Bryant was selected by the Department of MIS as its outstanding senior. He has accepted employment with Orasi Software in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is the first online student to receive the outstanding senior award. The Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management honored Brittany McKinney, who will pursue her MBA at ECU and ultimately work in advertising.

College of Business students take a picture with US Senator Richard Burr during their annual visit to Washington, D.C.



Our FacultyNEW TENURE-TRACK FACULTY MEMBERS

Accountingrebecca fay joins the Department of Accounting from Virginia Tech University, where she recently earned her PhD in accounting and worked as a graduate teaching assistant. In addition, she holds both an MBA and BS in accounting from Liberty University in her hometown, Lynchburg, Virginia. Prior to earning her PhD, Fay worked in public accounting for eight years with Cherry, Bekaert & Holland where she was an audit manager. At ECU, Fay will teach managerial accounting. “I was excited to meet my students on the first day of class,” she says. “They are intelligent, personable, and engaged. I look forward to getting to know them better and helping them prepare for their careers. I believe they have promising futures ahead.” Fay’s research interests include improving auditor judgments, enhancing cognitive processes at the team level, and the impact of international financial reporting standards. She is the lead author on an International Financial Reporting Standards textbook supplement developed by a team of authors from Virginia Tech. In the classroom, she says her goal is to help students understand the material, how it applies in the business world, and how it can help them achieve success in their chosen career. “I strive to actively engage students in the learning process through in-class discussion and activities as well as the incorporation of first-hand experiences and current newspaper headlines,” Fay explains. Her husband, Patrick, also works at ECU as the communications and marketing manager for Undergraduate Admissions. Together, they enjoy exploring Greenville and the surrounding areas with their three-year old daughter, Erin.

Managementericka lawrence joins the faculty at ECU from the University of Alabama, where she earned her PhD and taught leadership, business ethics, and human resource management. At East Carolina, she will teach organizational change and development in the Department of Management.Originally from Bessemer, Alabama, Lawrence also holds a MAcc and BSBA. She worked for several

years in a variety of roles as a certified public accountant for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Her research interests include work-family balance issues, burnout, leadership, and business ethics. “My primary role as an instructor is to maximize student learning by creating an engaging atmosphere and by using multiple approaches to present materials,” Lawrence says, describing her teaching philosophy. “I make every effort to ensure that students have a solid foundation in course-related concepts and that they are able to use this knowledge during their careers. I believe that students who are engaged are more likely to participate in class discussions and to retain the information that is presented.” Lawrence lives in Greenville with her husband, Cornelius, and daughter, Kaila.

Management Information SystemsJohn Drake comes to ECU from Eastern Michigan University, where he worked for three years before moving to Greenville. He also has experience teaching at Louisiana Tech University. At East Carolina, Drake will teach web development through the Department of Management Information Systems. In addition to his teaching experience, Drake also worked for five years as an information

technology professional. He earned his PhD in management information systems from Auburn University in 2008 and obtained his BS in physics from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 1998. His research interests include business and IT ethics, decision making, and e-commerce. In the classroom, he says his teaching philosophy is to develop a deep conceptual understanding of class material and a passion for information technology. Originally from O’Fallon, Illinois (a small town near St. Louis), Drake says he loves seeing the “sea of purple” at East Carolina. “The students at ECU show incredible pride in their university and a passion for learning,” he says. “My wife and three kids love Greenville and look forward to living here for many years.” In his spare time, Drake is a triathlete, juggler, camper, and avid reader.

Marketing and Supply Chain ManagementJon Kirchoff joins the College of Business from the University of Tennessee, where he earned his PhD in business administration with a concentration in logistics and supply chain management. He taught numerous logistics classes as a graduate student in Knoxville, and at ECU he teaches operations and supply chain management. Kirchoff holds an MBA from The Ohio

New faculty members (left to right) Stacey Robinson, Christine Kowalczyk, Jon Kicrchoff, John Drake, Ericka Lawrence, Rebecca Fay, and Cody Chullen.

Featured at left: Associate Professor Huigang Liang with the Department of Management Information Systems.


”“This scholarship means a lot to me because without financial support,

I would not be able to attend a university. Because of financial support

like yours, my dreams are coming true. Thank you for giving back and

helping others reach their dreams.

— Kendell Harris Frank and Renee Floyd Scholarship Donors: Frank and Renee Floyd

FacultyState University, a MS in economics from the University of Utah, and a BA in economics from the University of Utah. In addition, he has nearly 15 years of experience in supply chain management, purchasing, management, contract negotiations, and logistics. He has worked for OEA Aerospace, Mercedes-Benz US International, and Echostar Satellite Corp. in Denver, Colorado. Currently, Kirchoff ’s main research focus is on emerging strategic issues in supply chain management, including green and sustainable supply chain management, demand and supply integration, and global supply chains. In the classroom, he says he believes an active process of give and take should exist. “Students should not be passive players if they are to get the maximum benefit from their education experience,” Kirchoff explains. “I find that students respond positively to the encouragement for the expression of ideas, thoughts, and questions, ultimately learn more, and have a greater learning experience.” Born in Asheville, North Carolina, and raised in Brigham City, Utah, Kirchoff enjoys mountain sports and has also been playing, writing, and recording music most of his life. He now lives in Greenville with his wife Amy and two children, Angela and Anders.

Marketing and Supply Chain Managementchristine Kowalczyk comes to ECU from Tennessee, where she recently earned her PhD in marketing from the University of Memphis. She also holds an ABJ in public relations and an MBA from the University of Georgia. Originally from Atlanta, Kowalczyk has extensive experience in public relations and marketing. She has worked in marketing/communications at AutoTrader.com as well as LeasePlan, a fleet and vehicle management services company. At ECU, she will teach both cultural environment in international

business and advertising and promotions. “I try to impress upon my students that learning is for a lifetime, and education should extend beyond the classroom,” she says. “My teaching philosophy is guided by providing my students with new knowledge but also life skills. Learning should be fun!” Kowalczyk’s research interests include celebrity brands, product placement in reality shows, and marketing and advertising to children. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Matt, and together they have two children: Max (4) and Anna (2). Although they are huge Georgia Bulldogs fans, they also enjoy cheering on the Pirates.

Marketing and Supply Chain Managementstacey robinson joins the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where she recently earned her PhD in marketing. She also has an MBA from Meredith College in Raleigh and a BSBA from the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Robinson has experience in the financial services industry, having served as vice president–product and segment manager and assistant vice president–advertising specialist at First Citizens Bank and in the roles of banking center manager and marketing sales representative at Bank of America. At ECU, Robinson teaches consumer behavior and retail management. Her research interests include retail and services marketing, social influence, and signaling. She says so far, ECU students have been very hospitable—both welcoming and friendly. Robinson says she strives to maintain an open and interactive classroom. “I believe a topical and conversational classroom is essential to true learning,” she says. “I chose this profession for a number of reasons, one of which is that I have a strong desire to make a difference in students’ lives. I personally know the power of

caring and mentoring professors and hope to have a like impact on those entrusted to me.”

Managementcody chullen joins the Department of Management from Purdue University, where he is finishing his PhD in organizational behavior and human resource management. He also taught various courses along with micro-teaching sessions through Purdue’s Center for Instructional Excellence. At ECU, he teaches managerial negotiations. Originally from Benton, Illinois, Chullen earned his MBA and BS in management from Southern Illinois University–Carbondale. He has held several professional positions prior to focusing solely on academia, such as serving as a congressional aide to US Congress, working as a financial specialist for the US Department of Agriculture, managing information technology at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, and being a paralegal for a mid-west law firm. When it comes to research, Chullen’s primary interests include occupational stress and strain. He is specifically interested in “burnout” and the harmful effects it has on employee commitment and performance. In the classroom, he says he believes it’s his mission to develop students as a whole person rather than a learner of a singular subject. “I practice a process of growth that begins with an existing core of intellectual tools and works outward in all directions to include all realms within the fields of management,” Chullen explains. “The process is structured while allowing for freedom, challenging while focusing on successes, and, above all else, recognizes that we are fellow human beings—a belief that holds at the forefront of my pedagogy.” In his spare time, Chullen is an avid billiards player and bowler. He says he’s always up for a game of straight pool, 8-ball, 9-ball, or a match on the lanes.

Honors and AwardsO U R FAC U LT Y

Joshua aaronDepartment of Management•Awardeda2011SummerResearch

Stipend for “A Change in Market Responses to Environmental Management Reputation.” He also received an award for Outstanding Faculty Advisor at the Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) national conference held in Orlando, Florida in April.

robin armstrongDepartment of Marketing and Supply Chain Management/Former Assistant Director for Graduate Studies•NamedtotheServireSocietyfor

the third consecutive year.

eli BerachaDepartment of Finance•Awardeda2011SummerResearch

Stipend for “Determinants of EREIT Valuation Premiums to Fundamental Values.”

Margaret capenDepartment of Marketing and Supply Chain Management•SelectedbythegraduatingMBA

students to serve as marshal for the fall 2010 and hooder for the spring 2011 graduation ceremonies.

Haozhe chenDepartment of Marketing and Supply Chain Management•InductedintotheServireSociety.

reid claxtonDepartment of Marketing and Supply Chain Management•HonoredbytheCollegeof

Nursing for his service and contribution to the school over the past decade. He was presented a special award at the College of Nursing’s 50th Anniversary Gala.

Brett cotten Department of Finance•WasafinalistfortheMaxRay

Joyner Award for Faculty Service through Continuing Education. He was also nominated for the Robert L. Jones Award.

cal christian Department of Accounting•NominatedfortheBoardof

Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.

shanan Gibson, Bill McDowell, and Michael HarrisDepartment of Management• Selectedtopresentatthe11th

Annual National Outreach

Scholarship Conference (NOSC) in Raleigh in October 2010. The three also presented their joint research, titled “Enhancing the Techniques, Talents, and Performance of Minority Business Owners,” at the 2011 United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference as well as at the 2011 National Small Business Institute Conference.

charmaine GleggDepartment of Finance•SelectedbythegraduatingFINA

student to serve as faculty marshal during the fall 2010 graduation ceremony.

lee GrubbDepartment of Management•SelectedbythegraduatingMBA

student to serve as hooder during the spring 2011 graduation ceremony.

Joey Hagan Department of Accounting• SelectedbythegraduatingMSA

students to serve as hooder during the fall 2010 and marshal during the spring 2011 graduation ceremonies.

Michael Harris Department of Management•Wasoneof 15nomineesforthe

James Talton Jr. Leadership Award. He was also nominated for the Max Ray Joyner Award for Faculty Service through Continuing Education. Harris also chaired the national Small Business Association (SBI) conference for 2011.

oneil HarrisDepartment of Finance•Awardeda2011Summer

Research Stipend for “Do Busy Boards Facilitate Managerial Entrenchment?”

andrew Herdman Department of Management•Awardeda2011Summer

Research Stipend for “Expanding the Boundaries of Strategic HRM Research: Exploring the Antecedents and Outcomes of Variation in HR System Climate Perceptions.” He was also honored as the HR division’s best paper of 2011 by the Academy of Management for his paper (coauthored with Jeffrey Arthur of Pamplin College of Business and Jae Win Yang of Virginia Polytechnic and State University) titled “How a Climate for Incivility Affects Business Unit Performance: Testing a Linkage Model.” Selected by graduating management students to serve as marshal during fall 2010 graduation ceremony.

James Kleckley Department of Finance/Director for the Bureau of Business Research•InterviewedonRaleigh’s

WRAL-TV in July regarding the state’s economic health and unemployment issues. He was also appointed to the Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER) Board of Directors for 2010–2011.



John KrosDepartment of Marketing and Supply Chain Management•NominatedfortheBoardof

Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Max Ray Joyner Award for Faculty Service through Continuing Education, and the Robert L. Jones Award.

Karen Kus COB Academic Advising Center, Director•ReceivedtheCentennialAwardfor

Excellence in Spirit in honor of her work with the ECU Pirate Summer Read Committee.

shirley enping Mai Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management•Awardeda2011SummerResearch Stipend for “Greener Logistics: a Joint Effort between 3PL Service Providers and Customers.”

Kenneth Macleod Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management•ReceivedtheMaxRayJoyner

Award for Faculty Service through Continuing Education. He was also nominated for the Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award, and for the Robert L. Jones Award. Selected by graduating MBA students to serve as hooder for fall 2010 and marshal for spring 2011 graduation ceremonies.

Mark MccarthyDepartment of Accounting•Waschosenbythegraduating

MSA students as faculty marshal during the fall 2010 graduation ceremony.

Bill McDowell Department of Management•Wonbestpaperawardatthe

National Small Business Institute Conference held in Bonita Springs, Florida, in February for his work, titled “Performance of Historically Underrepresented Firms in the Public-Private Sector.” He was also selected by the graduating MGMT students to serve as faculty marshal during the fall 2010 graduation ceremony.


Wanda naylorDepartment of Finance•SelectedbythegraduatingFINA

students to serve as faculty marshal during the spring 2011 graduation ceremony.

rick niswander Former College of Business Dean•NominatedfortheCentennial

Award for Excellence in Service.•WasappointedtotheBoard

of Examiners of the American Institute of CPAs.

Jason oliver Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management•Awardeda2011Summer

Research Stipend for “The Impact of Eco-labels on Demand for Sustainable Food.” He was also nominated for the Robert L. Jones Award. Also selected by graduating MSCM students to serve as faculty marshal at fall 2010 and spring 2011 graduation ceremonies.

ravi Paul Department of Management Information Systems•Awardedoneof sixBoard

of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Awards and the Robert L. Jones Award for Outstanding Teaching. He also received one of nine ECU Scholar-Teacher Awards for 2010–2011 and was a finalist for the May Ray Joyner Award for Faculty Service through Continuing Education. Also selected by graduating MIS students to serve as faculty

marshal at the spring 2011 graduation ceremony.

nancy rayDepartment of Finance•Memberof theServireSociety

for the fourth consecutive year.

John reischDepartment of Accounting•Presented“UsingInternal

Auditing Students to Assess Controls: A SBL Project” at the 11th annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference (NOSC) held in Raleigh in October 2010. This article was coauthored by Denise Dickens (ACCT) and Margaret O’Hara (assistant dean for online programs). Reisch was also selected by the graduating ACCT students to serve as faculty marshal during fall 2010 and spring 2011 graduation ceremonies.

Thomas robbinsDepartment of Marketing and Supply Chain Management•Awardeda2011Summer

Research Stipend for “Call Center Simulation Analysis.”

Paul russell Assistant Director for Graduate Programs•Memberof theServireSociety

for the second consecutive year.

audrey scarlataDepartment of Accounting•Awardeda2011Summer

Research Stipend for “Can XBRL Improve Financial Search Processes and Analysis?”

Dan schisler Department of Accounting•ChosenbythegraduatingMSA

students as faculty hooder for the spring 2011 graduation ceremony.

elaine seemanDepartment of Management Information Systems•SelectedbythegraduatingMIS

students to serve as faculty marshal during the fall 2010 graduation ceremony.

roy simerly Department of Management •SelectedbythegraduatingMBA

students to serve as hooder during the fall 2010 graduation ceremony.

Tracy TutenDepartment of Marketing and Supply Chain Management•Publishedalandmarkbook

set that explores how the latest Internet innovations continue to impact business. Enterprise 2.0: How Technology, eCommerce, and Web 2.0 are Transforming Business Virtually is a

two-volume book that grew out of her first book on social media marketing, Advertising 2.0: Social Media Marketing in a Web 2.0 World. Tuten was also quoted in the New York Daily News in an article dealing with her research on gift-giving. The article was published by United Press International (UPI).

Tina WilliamsDirector for Graduate Programs•Memberof theServireSocietyfor

the fourth consecutive year.

Tiffany WoodwardDepartment of Management•Memberof theServireSocietyfor

the second consecutive year.

yajiong (lucky) xueDepartment of Management Information Systems•Awardeda2011Summer

Research Stipend for “Investi-gating the Impact of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) on Efficiency, Quality, and Costs of Medical Care.”

AWARDS FOR 2011 SUMMER RESEARCH STIPENDS

Josh aaron Department of Management“A Change in Market Response to Environmental Management Reputation”

eli Beracha Department of Finance“Determinants of EREIT Valuation Premiums to Fundamental Values”

oneil Harris Department of Finance“Do Busy Boards Facilitate Managerial Entrenchment?”

andrew Herdman Department of Management“Expanding the Boundaries of Strategic HRM Research: Exploring the Antecedents and Outcomes of Variation in HR System Climate Perceptions”

shirley (enping) Mai Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management

“Greener Logistics: a Joint Effort between 3PL Service Providers and Customers”

Jason oliver Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management“The Impact of Eco-labels on Demand for Sustainable Food”

Thomas robbins Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management“Call Center Simulation Analysis”

audrey scarlata Department of Accounting“Can XBRL Improve Financial Search Processes and Analysis?”

yajiong (lucky) xue Department of Management Information Systems“Investigating the Impact of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) on Efficiency, Quality, and Costs of Medical Care”


DR. ANDREw hERDmAN DEpARTmENT OF mANAGEmENT

hOmETOwN: Davidsville, Pennsylvania

FAvORiTE ThiNG ABOuT ECu STuDENTS: Some suggest that members of “Generation Y” (or “millenials”) are characterized by a sense of entitlement. In my experience, there is little evidence of this mentality among ECU students. They tend to understand that hard work, service, and investing yourself deeply are the keys to success in most endeavors. I also find ECU students to be optimistic.

CLASSES TAuGhT: Human resource management, managerial negotiation, and conflict management

TEAChiNG phiLOSOphy: My goal in the classroom is to assist in the development of managers and leaders who are capable, ethical, and understand their own ability to make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others at work.

Dr. Andrew Herdman, assistant professor in the Department of Management, is this year’s recipient of the Commerce Club New Faculty Teaching Award. Herdman has earned numerous accolades for his teaching and research since he joined ECU’s faculty four years ago. On the teaching side, he recently received recognition for the large number of seniors who have identified Herdman as the “person at ECU who had the greatest impact.” He enjoys working closely with students and served as a faculty advisor for ECU’s chapter of the Society for Advancement of Management for two years. During that time, the chapter was honored with First Place in the Overall Chapter Performance competition, and he received the organization’s Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award in 2010, a recognition given at the national level. He is also the incoming faculty advisor for Beta Gamma Sigma at ECU. Herdman has also been elected to serve as graduation marshal by management majors numerous times. On the research side, Herdman enjoys exploring strategic human-resource management, person-environment fit, and negotiations. His research on “uncivil organizations” was selected as the HR division’s best paper of 2011 by the Academy of Management. Herdman and his coauthors presented their work at the annual Academy of Management conference, a premier conference for management researchers. Their research was also featured in a researcher-practitioner forum at the meeting. “As a teacher, I think I am able to create a memorable experience for students in which they are engaged and challenged —and sometimes amused or knocked a bit off-balance. I work hard to keep their attention and continually test their understanding and ability to apply the material,” Herdman says. “I take my responsibility to the students very seriously. My experience has taught me the importance and power of good managers and leaders in positively impacting the lives of others. I consider it a privilege to be involved in their development and education.” Herdman has taught at ECU since fall 2007. Prior to earning his PhD in management from Virginia Tech, he served as vice president of human resources at Crown American Properties L.P., a Pennsylvania-based real estate development company. Herdman is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University where he earned a BS in labor and industrial relations. He also received an MA in industrial relations from Saint Francis University. Herdman lives in Winterville with his wife, Jennifer, and three children: Anna (5), Jamie (3), and Benjamin (2). He also enjoys coaching baseball and soccer.

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ACCOuNTiNGDan L. Schisler, ChairPhD, University of Memphis

Rose L. BaileyLLM, New York University School of Law; JD, St. Mary’s University School of Law

Rachel BrassineMSA, East Carolina University

j. Cal ChristianPhD, Florida State University

Denise DickinsPhD, Florida Atlantic University

Edwin A. DotyPhD, University of Massachusetts

Kimberly M. EverettMSA, East Carolina University

Rebecca FayPhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Patricia FritzMSA, East Carolina University

joseph M. HaganPhD, Georgia State University

james M. Kohlmeyer IIIPhD, University of South Florida

Malcolm H. Lathan jr.PhD, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Mark G. McCarthyPhD, University of South Carolina

Frederick D. NiswanderVC Administration and FinancePhD, Texas A&M University

Brian A. O’DohertyPhD, University of Florida

Dennis O’ReillyPhD, University of South Carolina

john T. ReischPhD, University of South Carolina

Michele H. ReischMBA, Florida Atlantic University

Audrey N. ScarlataPhD, University of Kentucky

Debra SchislerMSA, Auburn University

Douglas K. SchneiderPhD, University of Georgia

jan Skillen WorkmanMBA, East Carolina University

FiNANCEScott D. Below, ChairPhD, University of Kentucky

jaclyn BeierleinPhD, University of Utah

Eli BerachaPhD, University of Kansas

james F. BuckDBA, Florida State University

Kaysia CampbellPhD, Georgia State University

Brett CottenPhD, Florida State University

Stanley G. EakinsDeanPhD, Arizona State University

Anne K. FisherDirector, Professional ProgramsMBA, East Carolina University

Ralph FlanaryMBA, East Carolina University

Christina FutrellJD, Regent University

Charmaine GleggPhD, Florida Atlantic University

Aaron GubinPhD, University of Florida

Oneil HarrisPhD, Florida Atlantic University

james E. HollowayJD, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

jack E. KarnsSJD, Loyola University–ChicagoLLM, Georgetown University

james W. KleckleyDirector, Bureau of Business ResearchPhD, University of South Carolina

Carol MooreJD, Syracuse University

Wanda M. NaylorJD, North Carolina Central University

james NelsonPhD, University of Arizona

Robert PratiPhD, Florida State University

Bill PrattMBA, Hood College

Nancy RayJD, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Len RhodesDirector of Institutional ResearchMBA, East Carolina University

Frederick P. SchadlerPhD, University of South Carolina

David SilverJD, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Dean SmithMBA, East Carolina University

Sarah SmithMBA, East Carolina University

Samuel TibbsPhD, University of Tennessee–Knoxville

DR. JOhN KROSmARKETiNG AND SuppLy ChAiN mANAGEmENT

hOmETOwN: Blair, Nebraska

FAvORiTE ThiNG ABOuT ECu STuDENTS: Their spirit and love for ECU, their determination to succeed, loyalty to eastern North Carolina, ECU, and their roots.

CLASSES TAuGhT: Business decision models, operations and supply chain management, logistics and materials management.

TEAChiNG phiLOSOphy: Three basic principles guide my teaching. First, my enthusiasm and commitment to my students must be very conspicuous. Second, I think it essential to establish demanding and rigorous standards of all students. In addition, I strive to innovate, bringing new material and methods into the classroom. Finally, it is essential that my students know we are partners in the learning process. They must feel that we share a relationship in regard to the material being presented and learning process. Although I must be in charge of the class, I also believe it is possible to establish a relationship of cooperation.

Dr. John Kros, associate professor in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, is this year’s recipient of the Commerce Club Teaching Excellence Award.

Kros began teaching in ECU’s Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management in May 2002, and he has won numerous teaching awards throughout the past nine years. He was recognized with the Commerce Club Teaching Excellence Award in 2006, and he earned the East Carolina University Scholar-Teacher Award in both 2004–2005 and 2009–2010. The award, one of the most prestigious offered at ECU, recognizes faculty members who effectively integrate research and creative activity in the classroom. Kros also won ECU Teaching Foundation Grants in 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, and 2011–2012.

“I am extremely honored to be recognized with the Commerce Club Teaching Excellence Award for 2011,” Kros says. “Teaching—along with research—is a true passion for me, and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to integrate both at ECU.”

Kros earned his PhD in systems engineering from the University of Virginia in 1997. He holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BSBA from the University of Texas. Kros’ work has been published in numerous textbooks and journals, including the Journal of Business Logistics, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, Quality Management in Health Care, Advances in Business and Management Forecasting, and International Journal of Production Research.

In addition to ECU, Kros has experience teaching at Virginia Tech and industry experience in both electronics and auto parts manufacturing. He runs his own personal consulting business that specializes in helping small firms with computer training, systems analysis, and strategic business planning.

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Mark C. WeitzelMBA, Loyola University of Chicago

Brenda WellsPhD, University of Georgia

mANAGEmENTjoseph M. Tomkiewicz, ChairPhD, Temple University

joshua AaronPhD, University of Alabama

Tope Adeyemi–BelloPhD, University of Arkansas

Kenneth BassDBA, Louisiana Tech University

Cody ChullenMBA, University of Illinois

john H. DavisMBA, East Carolina University

Shanan G. GibsonPhD, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Anthony D. GribbleMBA, East Carolina University

Walter Lee Grubb IIIPhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Michael L. HarrisDirector, Small Business InstituteEdD, North Carolina State University

joanne M. HartsellMBA, East Carolina University

Andrew HerdmanPhD, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

R. Eugene HughesDBA, University of Kentucky–Lexington

judith R. HuntPhD, University of Tennessee–Knoxville

Sharon justiceMBA, East Carolina University

joy H. KarrikerPhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Abby KnightMA, University of Alabama

Ericka LawrencePhD, University of Alabama

Susan Lynch-SmithMBA, East Carolina University

William McDowellPhD, University of North Texas

Amy McMillanDBA, Louisiana Tech University

L. Melita PratiPhD, Florida State University

joAnna Robinson MBA, East Carolina University

Roy L. SimerlyPhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

james O. Smith jr.PhD, University of Mississippi

Laura StanleyPhD, University of Georgia

Steve SullivanMBA, University of Connecticut

john M. TollerMS, University of Hartford

Tiffany WoodwardMBA, East Carolina University

Robert zinkoPhD, Florida State University

mANAGEmENT iNFORmATiON SySTEmSRichard D. Hauser jr., ChairPhD, Florida State University

john H. BradleyPhD, University of Texas–Arlington

john DrakePhD, Auburn University

Laurie A. EakinsMBA, Arizona State University

Kevin FontanaMBA, East Carolina University

Pam GrayMBA, East Carolina University

Greg HodgesMBA, East Carolina University

john HowardMBA, East Carolina University

Richard L. KernsAssociate Dean for Computer ServicesPhD, University of Virginia

Brenda L. KillingsworthPhD, University of South Carolina

Michael LapkePhD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Huigang LiangPhD, Auburn University

Crystal LopezMS, East Carolina University

Tendai NdabvongaAssistant Director for Graduate ProgramsMBA, East Carolina University

Henry NewkirkPhD, University of Kentucky

Margaret O’HaraAssistant Dean for Online ProgramsPhD, University of Georgia

james OrrMBA, East Carolina University

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April ReedPhD, DePaul University

Paul S. RussellAssistant Director for Graduate ProgramsMBA, East Carolina University

Paul SchwagerActing Associate DeanPhD, Auburn University

Elaine SeemanPhD, Indiana State University

joanie TysonMBA, East Carolina University

Claudia vanSalisburyMBA, East Carolina University

john WallMA, Central Michigan University

Harold WiseMS, University of Virgina

William D. WittmanDirector, Information and Technology ServicesMBA, East Carolina University

Yajiong “Lucky” xuePhD, Auburn University

mARKETiNG AND SuppLy ChAiN mANAGEmENTKenneth Anselmi, Chair PhD, University of Nebraska

Courtney AltizerAssistant Director for Graduate ProgramsMBA, Mississippi State University

Our Faculty, cont. Robin ArmstrongDirector of Graduate AdmissionsMBA, East Carolina University

Christy AshleyPhD, University of Rhode Island

Terrence BoardmanMBA, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Charles BrownMS, East Carolina University

Margaret M. CapenPhD, University of South Carolina

Haozhe ChenPhD, University of Oklahoma

Reid P. ClaxtonPhD, University of Arkansas

Margy ConcharPhD, University of Georgia

Richard CookPhD, Wayne State University

Scott A. DellanaPhD, University of Missouri

Susan K. DelvecchioPhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Mauro FalascaPhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Richard GoonerPhD, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Christopher KellerPhD, Indiana UniversityJD, University of Chicago

jon KirchoffPhD, University of Tennessee

Christine KowalcyzkPhD, University of Memphis

john F. KrosPhD, University of Virginia

jane M. LangMBA, East Carolina University

Pat LongDirector, NC Center of Sustainable TourismEdD, Western Michigan University

Kenneth R. MacLeodPhD, University of South Carolina

Enping (Shirley) MaiPhD, Syracuse University

Roger P. McIntyrePhD, Arizona State University

Havva j. MericPhD, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

jason OliverPhD, University of Rhode Island

Tony PolitoPhD, University of Georgia

Tom RobbinsPhD, Pennsylvania State University

Stacey RobinsonPhD, Florida State University

jason RowePhD, University of Kentucky

Peter SeisselMBA, University of Chicago

William SwartPhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

judy WagnerPhD, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Dave A. WestPhD, University of Rhode Island

Tina WilliamsDirector for Graduate ProgramsMBA, East Carolina University

Beverly WrightPhD, Georgia State University

james E. zemanek jr.PhD, Texas A&M University

pROFESSiONAL STAFFF. john Paul “Scotty” AndrewsDirector, College of Business Career CenterMS, Columbia University

jennifer BrezinaCommunications DirectorMBA, East Carolina University

Lee BrownAssistant Director, College of Business Career CenterBSBA, East Carolina University

Travis BulluckAcademic AdvisorMA, East Carolina University

Amy EasonAcademic AdvisorMEd, East Carolina University

jason jonesInstructional Technology ConsultantMBA, East Carolina University

Kristen HarrisAcademic AdvisorMEd, University of North Carolina–Greensboro

Kelli Maynard johnstonAcademic AdvisorMBA, East Carolina University

Leah KatellResearch AssociateMS, University of North Carolina–Charlotte

Karen KusDirector, CoB Advising CenterMA, Bowling Green State University

Brad McAllisterAcademic AdvisorMEd, Georgia Southern University

Richard O’DorDirector, CoB Business Communication CenterMS, University of Southern CaliforniaMA, University of Missouri– Kansas City

Barbara PattersonBBR, Research AssociateMAP, University of Arkansas– Little Rock

james R. WestmorelandAssociate Dean for External AffairsEdD, North Carolina State University

Kevin WilliamsAcademic AdvisorMBA, East Carolina University


Benton Family Access ScholarshipMaci Raney .....................................................ACCT/FINA .............. Kinston, NC

David and Pamela Bond Access Scholarship Jason Bernard Harris ..................................MKTG .......................... Cary, NCErica Denise Hawkins .................................MIS ............................... Roanoke Rapids, NCJessica Ann Swanson .................................MGMT ......................... Jacksonville, NCStephen Allen Watson ................................ACCT .......................... Jacksonville, NC

Howard and virginia Brown Community Service AwardCasey Marie King ..........................................MGMT ......................... Fayetteville, NC

Eakins ScholarshipStephon Ahmeer Thomas .........................MIS ............................... Wadesboro, NC Gourley ScholarshipHolley Watts ...................................................FINA ............................ Elizabeth City, NC

Tom Savitski Scholarship Robert Batchelor ..........................................FINA ............................ Greenville, NC Risk and Insurance Program ScholarshipChristian Denise Airington ........................FINA ............................ Clayton, NCTrevor Ryan Black ........................................FINA ............................ Burlington, NCHillary Kate Cork...........................................FINA ............................ Beulaville, NCKristi Lee Fogelquist ...................................FINA ............................ Fayetteville, NCHeather Faye Glisson ..................................FINA ............................ Goldsboro, NCThomas Joseph Hill .....................................FINA ............................ Summerfield, NCJacqueline Lukas ..........................................FINA ............................ Wenonah, NJSarah Beth Maguire .....................................FINA ............................ Wilson, NCJesse Rogers ..................................................FINA ............................ Severna Park, MDBrandon Jeffery Serbus .............................FINA ............................ Jacksonville, NCDavid Thomas Taylor ..................................FINA ............................ Manteo, NCJustin Bradford Wadsworth .....................FINA ............................ Whitakers, NC

W. Kel Normann Business ScholarshipDavid Patrick Jauss .....................................MGMT ......................... Naples, FL

Archie R. Burnette ScholarshipJoshua Sobel Anderson .............................ACCT and FINA ...... Kinston, NCRobert Bradley Brumbaugh .....................FINA ............................ Raleigh, NC

Mark F. and Tracy W. Copeland ScholarshipKevin J. Hale ...................................................ACCT .......................... Greenville, NCNatalie Allen Tetterton ...............................MSA ............................. Jamesville, NC

Margery W. and R. Roy Pearce ScholarshipAmanda Hooper Walters...........................ACCT and FINA ...... Kill Devil Hills, NC

Frank & Rene Floyd ScholarshipKendell Harris ................................................ACCT .......................... Greenville, NCKeturah Mayberry ........................................ACCT/MGMT ............ Edenton, NC

Grady and Martha Davis ScholarshipBrooke King Kessing ...................................MGMT ......................... Chapel Hill, NC Ernst and Young Accounting ScholarshipAlesha M. Schillig .........................................MSA ............................. Greenville, NCWalter Douglas “Trey” Vliet ......................MSA ............................. Concord, NC Donald and Barbara Hatch Scholarship in MarketingAndrew Blazek ..............................................MKTG .......................... Durham, NC

Elizabeth and Kenneth Schneider Accounting ScholarshipAshley West ...................................................MSA ............................. Greenville, NC

McGladrey and Pullen Alumni ScholarshipCamille Marie Hefner ...................................ACCT .......................... Taylorsville, NCLucas William Nash .....................................ACCT .......................... Wingate, NC

Awards for Scholarships2011–2012

McGladrey and Pullen Accounting ScholarshipIsabell Katharina Maegebier .....................MSA ............................. Friedberg, Germany

Danny R. Scott ScholarshipEmilio Esteban Santiago ...........................MIS ............................... West Lawn, PA RBC Bank ScholarshipBrandon David Hall ......................................ACCT and FINA ...... Hickory, NCVishal Shah .....................................................FINA ............................ Apex, NC

Bruce and Amanda Austin Scholarship for Business and MedicineDanielle Marie Bliss ......................................MD/MBA .................... Goldsboro, NC

Mandy Kelly Beta Alpha Psi ScholarshipJordan Blaine Myers ....................................MSA ............................. Carolina Shores, NC

Beta Gamma Sigma ScholarshipPhilip Tyler Barr ............................................ACCT .......................... King, NC

George Coffman ScholarshipSamantha L. Sweeny ...................................MKTG .......................... Herndon, VA

Commerce Club ScholarshipChelsea Benner .............................................MKTG .......................... Greenville, NCAndrew David Steffensen .........................ACCT .......................... Grimesland, NC

Connally Branch ScholarshipJoseph Villari .................................................FINA and MGMT ..... Raleigh, NC

Edward jones Scholarship in Memory of Landon BlackleyJames Barber .................................................FINA and MKTG ...... Sanford, NC

Michael Bunting Business Scholarship Mark Andrew Hatcher ................................ACCT and FINA ...... Charlotte, NC

Emma Morris ScholarshipVondella Smith ..............................................MGMT ......................... Morehead City, NC Hal S. johnson ScholarshipWilliam Coleman Spain ..............................FINA ............................ Grimesland, NC Hickman Family ScholarshipReginald J. Little ...........................................MIS ............................... Kinston, NC Independent Insurance Agents of NC ScholarshipHillary Kate Cork...........................................FINA ............................ Beulaville, NCKristi Lee Fogelquist ...................................FINA ............................ Fayetteville, NCRhiley Suzanne Kennedy ...........................FINA ............................ Pink Hill, NC

james and Deborah Hooper ScholarshipJoy Ruth Holleman ......................................ACCT .......................... Deep Run, NC james and Anne Nordan ScholarshipHeather Jean Nelson ...................................MGMT ......................... New Bern, NC

judi Marvel ScholarshipChristine Collum ...........................................MBA ............................ Fayetteville, NC

Latney Pittard ScholarshipDanielle Oleta Stanley ................................ACCT .......................... Chocowinity, NC

NC Board of CPA Examiners ScholarshipDavidson Burton Gillette ...........................MSA ............................. Winterville, NC

NC Board of CPA Examiners Exam CouponMelissa Davids Ebili .....................................MSA ............................. Jacksonville, NC


Camille Hefner (ACCT) received the McGladrey and Pullen Alumni Scholarship, and josh Anderson (ACCT and FINA) was the recipient of the Archie R. Burnette Scholarship.


”“I am thrilled that I was chosen as the recipient of the Hatch Scholarship.

It is such a privilege to receive this award, and I cannot thank you

enough. Aside from feeling honored, I am very grateful, as this also

provides financial relief for my last year of school.

— Andrew Blazek Recipient of the Donald and Barbara Hatch Scholarship in Marketing Donors: Donald (deceased) and Barbara Hatch and their family

Conley Marketing ScholarshipNicolaas Steven Silverstein .......................MKTG .......................... Apex, NCDavid Allen West ..........................................MKTG .......................... Pfafftown, NC

Commerce Club Book ScholarshipSean Austin Dunn.........................................MGMT ......................... Nags Head, NCDavid Eckell ....................................................MBA ............................ Hickory, NCCarter Joseph Gagnon ...............................FINA ............................ Greenville, NCAntoine Elias Khoury ..................................MGMT ......................... Greenville, NCStephen W. Kretschmer .............................MKTG .......................... Clayton, NCMarisa Ashley Melchiorre ..........................MGMT ......................... Aliquippa, PAKesler A. Pollard ...........................................MBA ............................ Greenville, NCBarton Shoulars ............................................MBA ............................ Raleigh, NCAdam E. Thornton ........................................MGMT ......................... Dunn, NCDiana Tong ......................................................MBA ............................ Raleigh, NC Associated Brokers ScholarshipJustin Bradford Wadsworth .....................FINA ............................ Whitakers, NC

Credit Pofessionals International ScholarshipAlex Wadford .................................................FINA ............................ Winterville, NC First American Savings Bank ScholarshipKelley Lynn Cox ............................................MIS ............................... New Bern, NC

Institute of Management Accountants ScholarshipChristina Weaver ..........................................ACCT and FINA ...... Goldsboro, NC Department of Accounting Book ScholarshipCharles Gullette ............................................MSA ............................. Ayden, NCCharles Scott Gupton .................................MSA ............................. Greenville, NCCody Lawson .................................................MSA ............................. Asheville, NCSamantha T. Reed ........................................MSA ............................. Roanoke Rapids, NC

OUTSTANDING SENIORSAccounting ............................................................................................ Andrew StokerFinance .................................................................................................... Ashley WetheringtonManagement ......................................................................................... Jessica ForbesManagement Information Systems .............................................. Tim BryantMarketing ............................................................................................... Brittany McKinney

NCACPA ScholarshipVirginia Driggers...........................................ACCT/FINA .............. Greenville, NCBrian James B. Ferguson ..........................MSA ............................. Pfafftown, NCStephanie W. Rose .......................................ACCT .......................... Ahoskie, NCAbigail Lynn Shoemaker ...........................ACCT/MGMT ............ Cary, NC

Raymond and Martha jones/AMA ScholarshipAlejandra Anez-Citraro ..............................MKTG .......................... Champaign, IL

Student Accounting Society Scholarship Kseniya V. Shakotko ....................................ACCT .......................... Ukraine Michael and Rose O’Hara ScholarshipLaura Doran ....................................................FINA ............................ Maple Hill, NCDelores Huemiller .........................................MKTG .......................... Chinquapin, NC

Frank Booth Memorial ScholarshipTravis Jackson Strickland ..........................MSA ............................. Littleton, NC

Margaret Pthisic Memorial Scholarship Breonna Shari Godette ..............................MIS ............................... Raleigh, NC

William and Lisa Shreve ScholarshipAdam Bradford Wells .................................FINA ............................ Winterville, NC

Pitt-Greenville Board of Realtors ScholarshipJoshua Idol .....................................................Gen Bus ..................... Wilmington, NC

Audrey j. Smith ScholarshipTamon Myrick ................................................ACCT .......................... Hobgood, NC

Management Department Student AwardShelby E. Boruff ............................................MGMT ......................... Landisville, PA j. Fred Hamblen ScholarshipCasey Makovy ................................................MIS ............................... Raleigh, NC

UBE Business ScholarshipMichelle A. Bryce ..........................................ACCT .......................... Gaithersburg, MDZachary Joseph Carideo ...........................FINA ............................ Cary, NCKylie J. Moss ...................................................MKTG .......................... Charlotte, NC Anna Francis & Philip jukoski Memorial ScholarshipBrooke Barton McGuirt ..............................MBA ............................ Lake Toxaway, NC Alexander Pappas Memorial ScholarshipMicah Leggett ...............................................MBA ............................ Washington, NC

Gwen Potter ScholarshipJessica Hope Boyd ......................................ACCT .......................... Chocowinity, NC Elsie and Silas Abernathy ScholarshipEmily Irene Molgaard ..................................ACCT/FINA .............. Angier, NC james and Ann Bichsel ScholarshipJoshua T. Carter ............................................FINA ............................ Washington, NC

Walter Allen Howard Memorial AwardLuke Rezeli

Commerce Club ScholarsChelsea Benner

Andrew Steffensen

Donald B. Boldt International Excellence AwardAmanda Kelly


Beta Gamma Sigma

2010–2011 Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees

jUNIORSJoshua AndersonMichael AndrewsMita AravapalliJonathan BaileyPhilip BarrC. Austin BaylissShelby BoruffChelsea BennerRobert BrumbaughMichelle BryceAlexandria CafarelliKimberly CummingsJacob M. DavisChelsea DygertMichael E. ElliottJennifer EhrmanAndrew FlowersBreonna GodetteArielle GoldensteinKevin HaleErica HawkinsJoshua IdolRobert JacksonDavid JaussJonathan KenningtonGeneva MartinRobyn MondinElise MundalLucas NashAnthony Okunak

Paige Victoria PernellSunil PersaudMaci L. RaneyRyan RossDaniel SeaveyMatthew SedoreVishal ShahFrederick Shipley IITyler SouthernAndrew SteffensenBrent VadenLandon VickEric VozzoHolley WattsChristy WilsonNajla ZeitawiMikhail Zhovtanovskiy

SENIORSJordan AskewMegan BrothersTimothy BryantTaylor BullardBrian CookeVirginia DriggersMorgan EnceNikki EvangerSheila GarnerHeather GarlandShelly Sink GentleJennifer Glover

Joy HollemanDelores D. HuemillerKaitlyn IhlyCorey JinnetteMark LaroucheMary LasseterMatheson LassiterJustin LaughlinAshleigh LeeDavid LutterMichael LyonsSarah Miller-MaguireRanu ManikScott MarshallRichard M. MillsShaneka MontagueDavid F. RiddleMalon RogersAbigail ShoemakerAndrew SmithJohn Mark SpringerWarren StraubTiffany J. TempleAdam E. ThorntonAlex WadfordStephen WatsonNicole WestAshley WetheringtonChristina WilliamsLaura Williams

MASTERSDaniel Landon AllenJason AmarJonathan BooneDaniel BrezinaBenjamin BrownStephen CampbellDiana CarrollLuAnne F. ClarkLeigh A. ClelandSuzanne M. DunlowWilliam FoustTamara FrostMatthew H. HaleJohn HanceWilliam HaxtonSamuel HayesAmanda KellyMarkus LeanderssonJoseph MarksThomas McCaskillRonald MooreheadCoretta PeelCharles PowellJames ReingruberChristian K. RobinsonMargaret RogersKenneth SavellKate ScarabelliSalem Smith-ShuppJoel Sickert

Clark Stevens

Dennis J. Sullivan

Michael Whitfield

Yanhao Zhu

OFFICERS• Dr. Andrew Herdman,

President

• Philip Barr, Student

Vice-President

• Dr. Audrey Scarlata,

Treasurer

• Dr. Jason Oliver,

Secretary

• Dr. Joy Karriker,

Past President

CHAPTER HONOREES• Drew Covert,

Chief Operating Officer

Southern Bank & Trust

Company and

Southern Bancshares

NC Inc.

• Mark Copeland,

Partner

Ernst & Young LLP

Beta Gamma SigmaFounded in 1913, Beta Gamma Sigma is the national honor society for collegiate schools of business. Chapters may only be chartered with programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest national recognition a student of business can receive in an undergraduate or masters program at a school accredited by the AACSB. Of the 1,600 institutions with degree programs in business, only 504 are accredited by the AACSB with 408 currently having active chapters of Beta Gamma

Sigma. To be eligible for membership, a student must rank in the top of his or her class.

The Gamma Chapter at ECU is proud to have been inducting academically superior undergraduate students since 1967. The master of business administration program has been accredited and has been honoring graduate level students since 1976.

Beta Gamma Sigma Distinguished Lecture Series The Beta Gamma Sigma Distinguished Lecture Series was held at the Hilton Greenville on

Tuesday, February 8, 2011. The annual lecture series—made possible by a generous gift from Donald B. Boldt, former assistant dean for graduate programs (retired)—honors an outstanding executive who speaks on issues of regional and national importance. This year’s speaker was Robert P. Restrepo Jr., the president, chairman, and CEO of State Auto Insurance Companies. His speech, “An Industry in Transition,” was delivered to an audience of 350 people, consisting of faculty members, students, alumni, and business professionals.

Honor Society


Timeline


1907–20111907 East Carolina Teachers Training School chartered

1909 First students enroll for classes

1911First class graduates

1921ECTTS renamed East Carolina Teachers College and begins four-year programs

1936Department of Commerce established

1951ECTC receives college status, renamed East Carolina College

1960Department of Commerce transitions into School of Business

1967ECC receives university status, renamed East Carolina University; School of Business earns AACSB accreditation

1972ECU joins the University of North Carolina system


1907–20111974School of Medicine established

2002School of Business formally renamed College of Business

2007ECU centennial celebrated; the College of Business celebrates 40 years of AACSB Accreditation

2009Leadership and Professional Development program launched

2011College of Business celebrates its 75th anniversary

Browning32 ECU College of Business

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Era 1: Dean Elmer Browning (1936–1968) Browning was considered an outstanding leader throughout his three decades as dean. He worked tirelessly to achieve accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the national accrediting agency for higher education in business. It took 12 years from the time Browning began working toward undergraduate accreditation until it was achieved in 1967. ECU then became one of just 132 schools of business in the entire nation boasting membership in the AACSB. East Carolina also became a top choice for students who chose to study business. Browning and his wife, Marie, moved to Marshall University around 1968, when he took a post to teach in his home state. At the time he left ECU, the School of Business had grown to 1,800 students, 51 full-time faculty members, and 20 graduate teaching fellows. Similarly, while 17 courses in business and economics were listed in the catalog for 1936, the 1968–1969 catalog listed more than 100 course offerings. The school had long since outgrown its facility in Austin and was then moved to the Rawl Building.

Near the time he left, the Rawl Building lounge was named in honor of Browning. President Leo W. Jenkins of East Carolina, as principal speaker of the occasion, called the dedication a “fitting tribute” to Browning and an evidence of the “high regard in which students and colleagues hold him.” Jenkins told The Daily Reflector, “He has the admiration and respect of all of us, not only his integrity as a teacher and administrator, but for his unfailing interest in the college.”

At the beginning of the winter quarter on January 6, 1936, the administration of the East Carolina Teaching College organized a curriculum to prepare young men and women for careers in teaching business. A new

Department of Commerce was launched, and attic space on the top floor of the old Austin Building was quickly converted into classroom space—with just two instructors, 11 students, and 25 typewriters. Dr. Elmer Browning served as the first dean of what is now the College of Business, and he led the department for 32 years. Also working other jobs simultaneously during his tenure, he was faculty manager of the student store, the university postmaster, and head of the Y-Hut, a building available for activities sponsored by the YWCA. A native of Logan, West Virginia, Browning began his training in business at Bowling Green College of Commerce in Kentucky and later received an AB from Marshall University in West Virginia and a DEd at Colorado State College. He came to Greenville after teaching and serving as principal in West Virginia high schools. Very few schools in the state offered business courses when Browning came to East Carolina, and even fewer offered business courses in the region. In the beginning, the Department of Commerce was entirely a teacher education program, with an emphasis on typing, shorthand, and other office skills. Throughout his tenure, the school gradually evolved. It went through the developmental stages of being a department of commerce to a department of business education, then to a department of business. In 1945, after WWII ended, the department increased its male enrollment—enabling it to grow fast, become more coed, and get away from teaching only the secretarial side of things. It was a time of transition during these early years, and Browning strived to help make ECTC a modern university. He laid the foundation as the department changed from a teaching program to a professional business and management program. In 1960, it became the School of Business.

Top: Old Austin before it was razed. Bottom: Charter members gather from the Beta Kappa chapter of Pi Omega Pi, the business education fraternity, in 1943. At left, a portrait of Dean Elmer Browning.

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Highlights”

“Thank you for the great honor of receiving this scholarship. I will do my

best to give back to East Carolina University and the community, as you

and your family have done in so many ways.

— Brooke Kessing Recipient of the Grady and Martha Davis Scholarship Donor: John and Cindy Davis


Faculty Highlight

LOUIS “BUDDY” zINCONEWhen he first came to East Carolina as a newly minted PhD, Buddy Zincone faced a university on the brink of change. It was 1966, and ECU had primarily educated teachers up to that point. Now, ECU was making the transition to not primarily educating teachers —and Zincone was among the new generation of educators. His wife, Maria, was also blazing trails as the second physical therapist to practice in Pitt County. She practiced physical therapy at local nursing homes and in home health as well as being a clinical assistant professor of physical therapy at ECU while Zincone taught economics in the College of Business. Looking back on his 39-year career at ECU, Zincone is proud to have served in numerous areas throughout his tenure—and also under each of the College’s four deans. He was initially hired by Elmer Browning, and he remembers the dean as a “fine southern gentleman who was

very sensitive to the changes happening at ECU.” Browning also helped the College of Business earn its accreditation by the AACSB, something Zincone remembers being a big tipping point. Zincone taught and also served as founding chair of the Department of Economics, but the department left the College of Business for the College of Arts and Sciences in 1980. He was also founding chairman of the Department of Decision Sciences in the College of Business. In addition, he served as director of the College’s Bureau of Business Research for five years. In 1989, Zincone was named the associate dean for academic programs, where he served until his retirement in 2006. He also continued teaching throughout his tenure at ECU. Zincone has especially fond memories of his time in the classroom. He says he has enjoyed watching so many of his students—everyone from Kelly King at BB&T to Adam Mitchell in Ayden—go on to enjoy successful careers. “I have had the pleasure of knowing a lot of outstandingly successful graduate students,” Zincone says. “I keep up with many on a personal basis, and it makes my day to see someone’s picture in the paper.” Zincone also enjoyed his role as associate dean. “Business relies on so many disciplines, and so no one person is an expert in everything,” he explains. “Dean Ernest Uhr and I made a great team. My job was to deliver the goods as associate dean—all the nuts and bolts to make the College run effectively. Plus, I dealt with faculty on

curriculum issues and tried to fit all ideas into a coherent whole.” The quality of faculty, says Zincone, is one area that has shifted the most in the College of Business over the years. “The credentials of the faculty have changed over the decades, and now we are becoming more research oriented—but you can still go and see your professor in person,” Zincone says. He adds that balancing increased research productivity with teaching is delicate, but the College has been able to do it—and the quality of faculty has changed for the better. Although he is retired, Zincone has hardly slowed down. He keeps active with music, golf, fishing, and “mental gymnastics” such as statistical analysis for Greenville’s Special Task Force on Public Safety. He has been an active Rotary Club member for 32 years in Greenville, and he enjoys playing the banjo in two bands: the Tar River Boys and the Greenville Grass. Zincone plays with these other “journeymen musicians” in local venues, festivals, and private parties—and he still keeps the tradition of Wednesday-night porch pickings. He also enjoys spending time with his two daughters and grandchildren. Zincone’s wife, Maria, passed away in 2010. “I could not have asked for a better or more rewarding career, and I couldn’t have been any happier most of the time,” Zincone says. “The College of Business continues to be blessed with dedicated faculty and outstanding leadership. Each dean has made a difference.”


Alumni HighlightsBOB WARD ANDMARK COPELANDIn the 49 years since Bob Ward graduated from East Carolina University, he and his wife have contributed significantly to the growth and progress of their alma mater—while also having a profound impact on students. One way that Ward has given back to ECU involves an interesting story about a student internship. Before he retired, Ward served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Unifi Inc. When Ernst & Young began planning its annual audit on his company in 1995, he requested that an ECU student be part of the audit team. Little did Ward know how one request would have a life-changing impact on senior BSA/MSA student Mark Copeland. When Copeland learned about the internship opportunity with Ernst & Young, he took a semester off his College of Business course work to join the Unifi audit team. He had such a great experience that he was offered a full-time job after graduation. Today, Copeland lives in Charlotte with his wife and two children—Taylor, 8, and Bryan, 4. He is a partner with Ernst & Young LLP and serves as leader of the Carolina’s Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) practice. He has worked with Ernst & Young for more than 14 years and was recently featured in the Charlotte Business Journal’s 2011 “Forty under 40” publication, honoring his career, leadership, and extensive volunteer work. Copeland says he is thankful to Ward for taking a chance on an ECU student and for inspiring him to give back to ECU and his community. “Bob Ward made a huge difference in my

professional career,” Copeland says. “He believed in students at ECU and took a chance in opening a door for someone like me. He has also made a big impact in how I give back to ECU. As your careers blossom, it’s important to remember where you went to school, as your support will help the next generation of Pirates excel.” Interestingly, Ward never realized the impact he had on Copeland until they met each other for the first time at a home football game last year. Copeland was able to thank him personally in Pirate Country. In addition to helping students, the Wards’ professional and civic involvements are numerous. Bob Ward served on the ECU Board of Trustees for 10 years from 1989–1999, including the role of chairman. Margaret Ward served eight years on the BOT, or two full terms. Only one other husband-wife couple in the university’s history has served on the BOT. She also has served as secretary of the Board and has been chair of the Athletic Committee. In addition, Bob Ward was a member of the ECU Foundation Board and ECU College of Business Advisory Council. He also served on the steering committee for the 1986 ECU School of Business Golden Anniversary Campaign. In 1995, he cochaired the university’s Shared Vision Campaign, which raised more than $50 million. Ward currently serves on the board of directors and audit committee of MidCarolina Bank, which merged with American National Bank of Danville, Virginia. He has also served on the Board of Trustees for Elon University. Margaret Ward is past president of the ECU Alumni Association and is a current member of

the ECU Foundation Board. She is also the past president of Elon University’s Board of Visitors. She has been president of the Alamance County Chapter of the ECU Alumni Association and previously served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors. The ECU Board of Trustees voted in 1992 to honor the couple for their long and varied service to the university with the naming of the Ward Sports Medicine/Physical Education Building, where the Student Development Program is housed, thanks to a $500,000 endowment funded by the Wards. In 1993, the Wards donated to ECU a residence and lot on East Fifth Street across from Main Campus, where their son Bert lived while studying at East Carolina, graduating in 1991. The home, called the Ward Guest House, accommodates special visitors to the university. They made an additional gift to the ECU Foundation Inc., to furnish the home. Although the Wards are retired today and spend most of their time in Charleston, S.C., they still maintain a residence in Burlington—mainly to see their grandchildren and stay connected to family. They also attend most football games played at ECU and are already grooming their two young granddaughters to become future Pirates. Margot (9) and Isabel (6) haven’t missed many home games since 2005. “Both Margaret and I are very educationally minded,” Ward explains. “We believe in being supportive of higher education in many aspects. We have an excellent institution here, with dedicated and positive people. We are very happy and proud to be a part of East Carolina’s success and its future.”

”“I attend school full time and work two jobs to support myself and pay for

my education. This scholarship will financially assist me in continuing my

education. Your generosity has inspired me. In the future, I hope to help

students achieve their goals, just as you have done for me.

— Micah Leggett Recipient of the Andrew J. Pappas Memorial Scholarship Donor: Alex Pappas and Richard Pappas



”“Thank you for your generosity in funding this scholarship. This means a

great deal to me, especially being an out-of-state student struggling with

tuition payments. You are making such a difference in helping me reach

my educational goals.

— Samantha Sweeny Recipient of the George Coffman Scholarship Donor: George and Martha Coffman and past and present employees of Coffman’s Men’s Store

Bob Ward (left) stands with Mark Copeland in Ward’s Burlington residence.


DAN GUYAs a member of the first graduating MBA class in the College of Business, Dan M. Guy says he feels privileged to have been among the first few to make it through. “I remember when Dean Browning announced the approval of the MBA degree,” he says. “Obviously, he had been fighting to obtain the program for some time. He choked up when he made the announcement. It was an extremely exciting time at ECU.” Guy describes his graduating MBA class as a very close-knit group of students—with only about three of them altogether.

Alumni Highlight “The professors were excellent teachers and the classes were demanding but exciting. I learned a lot, not just about subject matter, but about public speaking and writing,” he explains. The skills learned at ECU proved invaluable to Guy throughout his career. After earning both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from ECU, he went on to earn his PhD at the University of Alabama in 1971; serve as a professor at Texas Tech University for seven years; enjoy an 18-year career with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) in New York; and work as an expert witness in litigation involving financial statement fraud. Today, Guy lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, who is a Texas Tech graduate. He continues to operate a litigation consulting practice and works as a testifying expert in matters involving generally accepted auditing standards, compilation and review standards, ethical requirements for CPAs, and responsibilities of audit committees in public companies. Prior to New Mexico, Guy worked with the AICPA in New York City, where he had overall responsibility for accounting standards, auditing and attest standards, compilation and review standards, the Technical Information Hotline, the Private Companies Technical Issues Committee, and international accounting and auditing standards. Guy joined the AICPA as director of auditing research in 1979, became vice president-auditing in 1983, and vice president-professional standards and services in 1996. He has published more than 50 articles, 13 continuing-education courses for CPAs, and 11 books. In 1995, ECU honored Guy with its

”“Words cannot describe how thankful I am for this blessing. Your

financial assistance has allowed me to further my education and

complete a second concentration. You have inspired me to one day

made a contribution to East Carolina, so I, too, can make a difference

in students’ lives.

— Joseph Villari Recipient of the Connally Branch Scholarship Donor: Connally Branch

Outstanding Alumni Award, one of the most prestigious offered by the university. It recognizes alumni with outstanding and uncommon achievement in their profession. In 1998, Guy received the John J. McCloy Award for outstanding contributions to auditing quality in the United States. The annual award was presented by the Public Oversight Board, an independent, private sector body that monitored and reported on the self-regulatory programs and activities of the SEC Practice Section of the Division for CPA Firms of the AICPA. In 2001, Guy received the Distinguished Service Award from the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association for a lasting and significant impact over a 20- to 25-year span in the field of auditing. Reflecting on his career, Guy encourages current students to emphasize education first. “These are challenging times, especially for accountants,” Guy says. “Build a strong foundation of knowledge at ECU and take advantage of your great business teachers. You will be all the more prepared for your challenges and opportunities ahead.”


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After serving as the second dean of the School of Business from 1968 until 1983, Dr. James Bearden is far from retired. In fact, you can still find him directing the BB&T Center for Leadership Development at

ECU, making him the university’s most senior faculty member in years of service. Until recently, he led official academic processions for ECU and carried the university mace, one of three official symbols of East Carolina. It was a fitting tribute for a man who has contributed so much to ECU. Originally from Marion, Alabama, Bearden first came to Greenville in 1958. He had just completed a two-year tour of duty at Fort Bragg as an artillery officer, and his future wife encouraged him to look at East Carolina’s business program. He soon signed up to earn his master’s degree. One class had an especially big impact; it was called Executive Technique and was taught by Dr. Elmer Browning. Through that one-on-one relationship with the dean, Bearden came to understand Browning’s vision for the future—a substantive shift in a business department that had been rooted in office administration and business education. Bearden stayed on to teach as an instructor at East Carolina and became an assistant professor, an associate professor, a full professor, and then assistant dean for administration and development. Finally, just 10 years after arriving in Greenville, Bearden was tapped to become dean of the College of Business at age 35. He was on the ground floor of major change. “The early to mid 1960s were really among the most exciting years that this university has ever experienced, and the business program was such a central part of ECU’s transformation,” Bearden says. During this time Bearden worked closely with chancellor Leo W. Jenkins whose bold work to achieve university status for East Carolina was being restrained since “only the branches of the consolidated university were authorized to offer graduate professional education.” Bearden says, “The initial hurdle in that aspiration was gaining approval to offer a master of business administration degree, a goal that was met successfully when AACSB accreditation was achieved in 1967. University historian Mary Jo

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Era 2: Dean James Bearden (1968–1983)Bratton’s conclusion that the years between 1960 and 1967 were ‘The years of transformation’ for this institution was clearly valid.” Among Bearden’s long list of accomplish-ments is his spearheading the establishment and accreditation of the master of business administration degree. He completed numerous departmental modifications, including the addition of a BS degree in accounting and the formation of the marketing and decision science departments. Bearden developed the Bureau of Business Research at ECU and also established the East Carolina Business Foundation, which supplemented the support of the business school’s activities. Bearden also stayed very active at the university, community, and state levels as dean, serving on 19 university committees, six committees of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and five committees for the State of North Carolina, including the Governor’s Committee on Economics and Environment. He also contributed significantly to civic and community affairs, serving on the Greenville Board of Education and the Pitt County United Fund, among many others. In 1971—just three years after his appointment as dean—he was named “Tar Heel of the Week” by the Raleigh News & Observer. Because of his long tenure and closeness with the community and people of eastern North Carolina, Bearden has touched the lives of countless individuals. Many of his former students—now successful business executives—continue to show their appreciation to Bearden and support of ECU by serving on the board of

the BB&T Center for Leadership Development. Bearden developed the BB&T Center for Leadership Development in 1983, when he stepped down as dean but still wanted to help ECU. Through this center, he began a program for encouraging leaders—long before “leadership” was a buzz word. He founded the initiative with a generous $250,000 donation from BB&T Corporation, and the gifts have continued to just under $3 million. Thanks to the BB&T Center for Leadership Development, Bearden administers grants throughout ECU to advance student leadership development in courses and classrooms—and he has had a profound impact on the university’s direction of building a leadership culture. Bearden, now 78, says he plans to work for several more years part time. Then, he says it will be time to step down for good and enjoy retirement with his wife of 50 years, children, and grandchildren. “My association with East Carolina, which is approximately 53 years, is a source of pride and satisfaction, and this is due to many components,” Bearden says. “We have had great students, we have had a faculty that is talented and diverse and fully cooperative with the heavy demands on their time, and we have had administrations which have all made a contribution to the College of Business. By virtue of my role with AACSB accrediting activities, Beta Gamma Sigma, and the honor community, I have had the opportunity to travel in this country and abroad, and I’m proud to say the reputation of higher education in North Carolina is very respected. I think our College of Business has something to do with that.”

In 1969, the First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina gave $50,000 to establish an endowed professorship. Shown third from left is Dean James Bearden with Dr. Leo W. Jenkins.


RICHARD KERNSFrom card punches to iPads, Dr. Richard Kerns has kept the College of Business technologically on top throughout the past four decades. During his tenure, the College’s computer services department has grown from himself and a few hand-picked student assistants to a unit that serves the technology needs of more than 150 faculty and staff and almost 4,000 students. Kerns stepped down as associate dean of computer services this past July, after a career at ECU spanning more than 37 years. Kerns first joined ECU in 1973, when he was hired to teach and manage information technology in the School of Business. He had just finished his PhD at the University of Virginia in 1972 and earned his MBA at East Carolina.

At that time, the technology lab on the second floor of the Rawl Building consisted of computer card punches and electric calculators. Kerns helped ECU plug into what was the first large state-based computer network, sharing the newly installed IBM 370 mainframe located in Research Triangle Park through the Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC). He also established the College’s first computer center, installing the first digital leased line in eastern North Carolina at 1,200 bits per second (compared to the routine 10 million bits per second commonly found in homes today.) Over time, Kerns helped install newer RJE terminals and modems capable of 4,800 bps with two side 150 bps (15 characters per second) channels, enabling interactive computing for the first time. With the interactive terminals, he began

using the first e-mail system running on an HP mini-computer. “It was the frontier,” Kerns explains. “And it was an exciting and challenging experience to manage so much change and growth.” Fortunately, support from the College, contributors, and the university increased dramatically as the opportunities for capitalizing on new technology presented themselves. The student technology fee was also implemented, which paid for lab and classroom equipment, along with the decision by Chancellor Eakin to earmark newly available funds for a faculty computer program. “There seems to be no limit to technology’s impact on education and society in general,” Kerns says. “Those who seem to think that technology

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has become a commodity must not have their eyes open. Much of today’s innovation has its roots in technology, and that is certainly true in education as much if not more than elsewhere.” Between the early years and today, major milestones in College of Business technology have included the first personal computer, a Radio Shack TRS-80 in 1978, the first personal computer lab on campus in 1981 utilizing first Vector computers and then IBM computers, the first Macintosh in 1985, the first laser printer and desktop publishing, the first classroom projector, the first local area network, and the first desktop video. In March 1988, the College of Business moved into the Bate Building—and installation for the computer services department alone required four years of intensive planning, especially for the four rooms that make up the computer lab suite. Twenty-three years later, many renovations to Bate’s facilities still measure up to those in new business buildings at other universities. Graduate assistants selected by Kerns himself have assisted him throughout the years. He would ask the top student each year to serve as his chief lab assistant—helping perform non-routine tasks and managing the other graduate students who worked in Kerns’ lab. Kerns remembers how one outstanding graduate student, Paal Kaperdal from Norway, helped hand-carry the College’s heavy Apple laser printer from Rawl to Bate to protect it from moving services. Occasionally, Kerns would choose a promising undergraduate student to help. One in particular was Dr. Brenda Killingsworth, who went on to earn a PhD in management information systems and ultimately returned to ECU as an MIS faculty member and also served in a number of university and UNC–General Administration roles. “The first chief lab assistant was Duane Tolan, who now is an accountant in Rocky Mount,” Kerns says. “He was followed by many exceptional students without whom, what became Computer Services would have never been able to do nearly as much as it did. I continue to be in contact with several of them—all of whom have been very successful after graduating. I am very proud of them.” Throughout his tenure at ECU, Kerns’ unofficial title across campus has been “the computer man”—since he has helped everyone from the provost to library leaders to Brody School of Medicine officials. He says he’s always willing to share what the College of Business has accomplished and has learned a lot from helping others. Kerns even helped ECU’s Department of Information Technology and Computing Services (ITCS) and its predecessors get established. At one time, he served on every computer committee ever present on campus, both administrative and academic up until that time. Kerns says he worked

for years to see the technology fee established, which has enabled progress such as smart classrooms on the technology front. In addition to his extensive computer services work, Kerns also created the original management information systems curriculum in the College of Business, teaching each of the original set of courses the first time they were taught (except one). His nuclear physics background, coupled with his business expertise, helped make analytical tools an important part of the school’s curriculum—and ECU business graduates became known for their strong analytical skills. Kerns says everyone from the students who worked for him and were in his classes to his many colleagues over the years have meant a great deal to him. He has enjoyed great friendships with Dean Bearden, who first hired him, along with Dean Uhr, who promoted him to associate dean of computer services. He says he’s also thankful to his Computer Services personnel—including Dawn McQueen, Kim Watkins, Bill Wittman, Mike Tate, Chris Mayo, Jason Jones, Phil Raynor, Paul Russell, and Jeff Hope—who have contributed to his department’s success. Perhaps most of all, Kerns is grateful to former associate dean Dr. Charles Broome, who served as his mentor for many years. After stepping down from his associate dean role in July 2011, Kerns has remained on faculty as professor of management information systems—a position he has held since 1973. He says retirement will happen at some point but not for the foreseeable future. For now, he plans to use any free time improving his classes, helping his successor with the transition, writing a history of technology in the College of Business for its 75th anniversary, and spending time with family.

“If I have done anything well, it has been to find such good people and somehow get them to stay for so long and do so many good things,” Kerns concludes. “Nothing makes me feel better than to have a former colleague or student come by or see me somewhere and talk about how they are doing and tell me something that I did that helped them. I am very thankful for the opportunities that have been given to me for so many years, and I hope that others feel I have contributed to their success.”

Dr. Richard Kerns (front row left) with the College of Business’ Decision Sciences Department in the Computer Lab circa 1980. Seated (front row right) is Dr. Buddy Zincone, who was chair of the department at that time.


Alumni Highlights

THE BB&T TRIUMvIRATEBB&T celebrated an anniversary of sorts this past May. Almost 40 years ago, the heart of the bank’s core management team started to arrive for training, fresh out of business school from East Carolina. Back then, BB&T focused on farm lending in eastern North Carolina. Today, however, BB&T’s blue-chip reputation spreads far beyond its Winston-Salem headquarters, owing in large part to the contributions of three ECU alumni—Henry Williamson, Kelly King, and Kendall Chalk. Henry Williamson was the first to arrive at BB&T in 1972, just after earning his MBA. One month later, Kelly King also began training in BB&T’s management development program. The two had been classmates at ECU, and Williamson

convinced King to interview with BB&T. Impressed with the small bank, they decided to begin their careers at BB&T—never dreaming they would one day serve as its top leaders. Williamson says, “When we started to work with the bank, which was a much smaller $300-million bank back then, it was unusual to hire the number of recent college graduates it did. Clearly the bank had aspirations to grow, and we were at the beginning of it all.” Ken Chalk followed a different path to BB&T. He earned his MBA in 1971 while also teaching business courses part-time at Beaufort County Community College. After graduating, he became chairman of the community college’s business department. Chalk knew he wanted to get into

the business world, and he began his BB&T career in 1975—also going through the management development program. Although Chalk says he hadn’t met the two other ECU grads at BB&T, he soon found out they had much in common. “In addition to being East Carolina business school alumni, we were all from small North Carolina towns and we all selected BB&T to begin our careers,” Chalk says. “It was special to have those connections.” Chalk and King even learned they grew up down the road from each other and had dated the same girl. Williamson, King, and Chalk all quickly advanced within the bank, and they helped BB&T experience phenomenal growth.

Featured above: Henry Williamson, Ken Chalk, and Kelly King at ECU’s BB&T Leadership Center.

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One year after joining BB&T, Williamson was named manager of BB&T’s management development program credit training unit. He also served as a business loan manager in Fayetteville, regional loan administrator in Tarboro, and manager of BB&T’s human resources and administrative operations divisions before taking on the chief operating officer role in 1983. Williamson retired in 2004 after serving as chief operating officer—the No. 2 ranking executive manager at BB&T—for 15 years. King followed a track including early roles as manager of BB&T’s central and metropolitan regions, Raleigh city executive, Charlotte business services manager, Statesville consumer lending manager, and banking manager for BB&T’s branch network. He is currently chairman and chief executive officer of BB&T Corporation. Before his appointment to CEO, King served as BB&T’s chief operating officer from 2004 to 2008—following in Williamson’s footsteps. With his strong background in education, Chalk ran BB&T’s entire management development program after joining the bank. He also worked in Goldsboro as a business loan manager and then returned to Wilson, assigned to the loan administration area of bank. In 1983, Chalk became chief credit officer. He retired in 2008 after serving the bank for 33 years. Under the trio’s leadership, the former eastern North Carolina farm bank has grown to become one of the nation’s top financial holding companies. Assets have increased from about $275 million in 1972 when their careers at BB&T began to approximately $157 billion today. Throughout its growth, BB&T’s operating strategy has distinguished itself from other

financial holding companies—a strategy that was honed by Williamson, King, and Chalk. Under this strategy, BB&T’s banking subsidiaries are organized as a group of community banks, each with a regional president, which allows decisions to be made locally and therefore close to the client. Despite the pressures of their jobs and other commitments, Williamson, King, and Chalk have always remained loyal to ECU and have given generously of their time. Williamson cochaired the $50-million Shared Visions fundraising campaign in the mid 1990s. Chalk served as chairman of the ECU Foundation for several years in addition to being on the board, and he now serves on the Board of Trustees. King chaired the Board of Visitors. The three were also instrumental in creating the BB&T Center for Leadership in the College of Business. The center was established in 1983 with a gift of $250,000 from the bank; followed by a $350,000 gift in 1991; a $250,000 gift in 1998; and a $1-million gift in 2005. BB&T just made a new $1-million commitment to the center in 2010. The BB&T Center for Leadership is directed by Dr. James Bearden, their former professor and dean of the College of Business. Williamson and Chalk still serve on the center’s board of directors. The BB&T trio all credit their ECU experience for laying a foundation for successful careers. They have fond memories of campus life 40 years ago, when they witnessed the school’s growth first-hand. While they were students, East Carolina College became East Carolina University. Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium had just been built, and the football program was expanding. Old Austin was demolished and New Austin was built. ECU was approved to begin a medical

”“By providing a student like me with this scholarship opportunity,

you allow me to achieve my goals in life so that I can give others the

opportunity you have given me. I truly appreciate what you have

done for this university, and I will strive to do well in order to make

you proud.

— Adam Wells Recipient of the William H. and Lisa D. Shreve Scholarship Donor: Bill and Lisa Shreve

school. All the while, the Vietnam War was raging, and interesting social changes during the 1960s impacted all students in college. All three agree that time is short, and it’s important to work hard, seize opportunities, and fine-tune leadership skills—much like they did as young business students. “My experience in life has shown that every person can make a positive impact on the world,” Williamson says. “You have as much opportunity and as many doors open to you as you are willing to work for and have the skills to open.”


Alumni HighlightDENNIS A. YOUNG SR.(ACCT ’69)At the end of 2011, alumnus Dennis Young will retire from an outstanding career at ECU that has spanned 20 years. A native of Winston-Salem, Young earned his undergraduate degree in accounting from ECU in 1969. ECU gained university status while Young was a student, and it was an exciting time under Leo W. Jenkins’ leadership. He also played football for the Pirates under the direction of the late Clarence Stasavich, earning letters in 1966 and 1967. ECU ran the single-wing offense, and that worked well for Young, who was a single-wing tailback in high school. Young says he thoroughly enjoyed his football experience and the lifelong friendships he made. He also enjoyed the opportunity to attend college with his brother, Steve. Young, who became a licensed certified public accountant in 1972, worked in public accounting, commercial mortgage banking, real estate, and long-term health care for the first half of his career. In the summer of 1991, Young was on his way to Teaneck, New Jersey, to become the operational officer of a rehab chain called Medifit of America. He had already accepted Medifit’s offer when ECU’s athletic director Dave Hart invited Young to return to ECU and head up athletic fundraising. The rest is history, Young says. “Dave Hart’s invitation to come back to my old school resulted in my leaving the business world,” Young explains. “I had been involved with the Pirate Club over the years, going back to 1976, when I became a supporting member. I served as chapter president of the then Forsyth County Pirate Club Chapter and as an executive committee member of the Educational Foundation in the late 1980s. I was ready to come back to Greenville and help my alma mater.”

So for the latter part of his career, Young returned to the ECU Educational Foundation Inc. as its executive director. Under his leadership, the Pirate Club raised more than $50 million in capital gifts in support of the foundation’s endowment fund and funding for the expansion of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, construction of the Murphy Center, construction of the state-of-the-art Clark-LeClair Baseball Stadium, and currently private funding for a proposed basketball practice facility. During his 15 years as executive director, the Pirate Club’s annual fund campaigns also experienced a significant rise from $500,000 to nearly $4 million in annual student-athlete scholarship support provided to ECU Athletics. Since 2006, Young has served as associate athletics director for major gifts at ECU, where he has been primarily responsible for the planning and execution of all major athletic fundraising initiatives. As a former ECU football player, he has a keen understanding of the importance of athletic fundraising. As a result of the Pirate Club’s success over the year in its fundraising efforts on behalf of ECU Athletics, Young is nationally respected and honored for his fundraising abilities.

In 2010, he was named first vice president of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors, the first organization of its kind to provide educational and networking opportunities, enhancement of acceptable operating standards and ethics, and the establishment of the overall prestige and understanding of the profession of athletics development and fundraising. NAADD is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. “I’ve been blessed to have had the opportunity to give back over the last 20 years of my professional career to a university and athletics program that gave me a wonderful educational experience 40-plus years ago,” Young says. After retiring, Young plans to move to River Landing in Wallace, North Carolina, where he looks forward to spending time with his wife of 43 years, Ellen, his high-school sweetheart. Together they have two children: Dennis Allen Young Jr., of Jacksonville, Florida, and Allison Baise, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They also have two grandchildren. “I’m looking forward to an active retirement life, including spending time with my wife and family, travel, golf, and most importantly, using my talents as God sees fit.”

At right, senior MIS student-athlete Kimmy Cummings stands on the soccer field. She has been named to the ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll numerous times at East Carolina. Photo by Jay Clark



Alumni Highlights

STEvEN WRIGHT(MGMT ’78)Although he’s from Boston originally and even attended the same high school as comedian Conan O’Brien, Steven Wright did not know

he was destined to attend East Carolina University—and continue the legacy of his mother, Ledonia Wright. Wright first moved to Greenville after high school in 1974, when his mother took a position as associate professor in ECU’s Department of Community Health. She was one of the first African-American professors at the university and quickly made an impact on campus. In her short tenure at ECU, Ledonia Wright became a leader for the recruitment, development, and financial support of minority and disadvantaged students in addition to being a public health professional. The impact of her influence was dramatic. Through her leadership, minority enrollment grew significantly. She also served as advisor to the first African-American organization at ECU and gained a reputation for encouraging the students to be leaders. Although she died in 1976 while her son was still a young business student, Ledonia Wright’s efforts and mark on the school did not go unnoticed. In 1979, the former “Y” Hut on campus was renamed the Ledonia S. Wright Afro-American Cultural Center, with the mission to facilitate a campus-wide and sustained effort to support campus diversity and enrich student skill development and leadership through cultural and

educational opportunities for all ECU students. A scholarship was also named in her honor and is given bi-annually. Inspired by his mother’s work and a business law class, Steven Wright believed law was a good vehicle to pursue access to justice toward the end of the civil-rights era. After graduating in 1978 with a management concentration at ECU, Wright returned to his hometown to attend law school at Boston College. Since earning his law degree in 1981, Wright has been extremely active in his profession. He has served as deputy counsel to the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York, where he resolved legal and policy issues for the mayor and his executive cabinet. He was also general counsel to New York City’s Public Advocate, a “watch dog” over the budget and policies of New York City Government. Wright also served as deputy chief of the Civil Litigation Bureau of the Massachusetts Department of Attorney General and chief of its trial division. In addition to managing its legal staff, he provided strategic representation to Massachusetts state agencies on litigation, regulatory, and compliance matters. In 1997, Wright joined international law firm Holland & Knight LLP (“H&K”), which has 1,000 attorneys in 17 offices. Today, he serves as executive partner, overseeing management of the firm’s 120-attorney Boston office. As part of his role, he also serves as lead counsel and strategic advisor for several Fortune 500 companies. Additionally, he is a director of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and was a trustee and executive board member of The Boston Bar Foundation. He is a member of H&K’s Director’s Committee and the Board of Director’s Committee of Savings Bank Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts. He lives with his wife, Dani, in Boston. He has one daughter, Serena, who is 23. Even though Wright stays busy up north, he and his wife still find time to serve ECU as co-chairs of the Chancellor’s National Leadership Council and return to campus at least once per year. “My education at ECU has been extremely valuable, and it has helped me to successfully blend business with legal skills—both of which are applicable in many contexts,” Wright says. “I feel honored to have attended ECU and will continue to participate in important campus initiatives.”


ECU College of Business 49HighlightsTOM ARTHUR(MBA ’71)After serving three years in the US Army—earning the Silver Star and other military awards for his valor during the Vietnam War—Tom Arthur returned to his hometown of Greenville. It was June 1969, and he had already completed his undergraduate studies several years earlier at UNC–Chapel Hill. ECU offered the perfect opportunity to come home, spend time with his mother and stepfather, start a family of his own with his wife, and earn his MBA. Arthur also had an interesting connection to Pirate country: his grandfather, Louis C. Arthur, was one of nine men involved with founding East Carolina more than 60 years earlier. Arthur says, “My fondest memory at ECU was my interview with Dean Bearden, when we discussed my possible enrollment. At the end of the interview, I thanked him and told him when I was scheduled to take the GMAT test. He said it wasn’t necessary, in that he had already decided to accept me for the MBA program.” Arthur says he has wonderful memories of his fellow students and challenging courses. His first daughter was born while he was at ECU, so he felt like a “student of parenting,” too. Arthur discovered that he enjoyed accounting and finance throughout his course work, and he landed a job

with a Florida-based investment banking firm immediately after graduating. He ultimately became CEO and majority shareholder of Hav-A-Tampa cigar company, serving as head of the organization for almost 20 years beginning in 1978. In 1998, he started a Tampa-based family firm called ASAP Capital Partners—run by his daughter, Tready Smith, and son-in-law, Drew Pittman (ASAP stands for Arthur, Smith and Pittman). Today, Arthur enjoys dividing his time between Tampa, Florida in the winter and Saratoga, Wyoming in the summer. He also spends as much time as possible with his family, which now includes two daughters, their husbands, and four grandchildren. Every year, Arthur returns to campus for the annual board meeting of the BB&T Center for Leadership Development. In 2007, he donated $1 million to the center to establish an endowed chair in the College of Business focusing on leadership. Dr. James Bearden—the former dean of the School of Business who helped Arthur enroll at ECU—serves as director of the BB&T Center for Leadership Development. Arthur has been involved with Bearden and the center since it was first proposed, and he has served on the center’s board since its founding in the early 1980s.

When reflecting back on his career, Arthur says he believes luck is a major factor in success. “Those who believe their success is due to their brilliance and hard work are misleading themselves,” he says. “The adage about being in the right place at the right time is very true. However, you can prepare yourself to take advantage of luck.” He offered the following thoughts on how to prepare for success: study and/or work hard—and put in extra effort; be totally honest and ethical; volunteer for difficult assignments and then show good results; try to make things look easier than they are—this will help your confidence and lead others to “marvel” at your abilities; bosses like good attitudes, and it will pay off for you; be physically fit, and spend time keeping yourself in shape and “looking good”—most of your workplace competition will not, and your diligence will be noted and rewarded. He also strongly encourages students to consider serving in the military. “The education that you will get about yourself and your abilities is not available anywhere else,” he concludes. “It’s the best training available anywhere, and you get paid. The three to five years spent in the military (assuming you don’t choose it for a career) will initially put you behind your business peers, but you should catch up and pass them.”

50 ECU College of Business Uhr

Era 3: Dean Ernest Uhr (1983–2004)During Dr. Ernie Uhr’s 21-year tenure as dean, he oversaw phenomenal growth—ushering in two decades of important academic, scholarly, and private investment achievements for the College of Business. From 1983 to

2004, faculty doubled in size from 55 to about 100 members as the student population continued to boom. By 1985, the College of Business had outgrown its home in the Rawl Building, and work began on a new, $10.5-million General Classroom Building (now called the Harold H. Bate Building). Uhr says he stayed actively involved with the building from start to finish. He put many hours into planning the building with architects and other designers, and he delighted in taking photos from the rooftop of Rawl to document progress. Uhr still likes to joke about how the building was first named for a famous general: General Classroom. “The new facility took two years to build and one year to plan, and when the doors opened we all fit inside, thankfully,” he says. “It was a lot of fun to be part of the process.” Around the same time, the Commerce Club was established along with the Business Advisory Council. Plus, the College began producing an alumni newsletter called Stocknotes as well as an annual report. Uhr undertook the university’s first capital campaign for an academic unit when the school celebrated its 50th anniversary. This Golden Anniversary Campaign quickly surpassed its $2-million goal, providing important funds to help expand programs while supporting students and faculty development. Uhr calls it a “moment of destiny,” giving the College the private resources it needed to enter a new phase of development and assume a leadership role in redirecting the economic thrust of the region. “We had many enthusiastic participants, and every single faculty member also made a contribution to our capital campaign. The average gift was around $1,000—and remember this was in 1986,” Uhr says. “People are very important, and I was deeply appreciative of everyone’s extraordinary support.” The first chair endowed for an academic unit

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at ECU followed on the heels of the campaign with the Robert Dillard Teer Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Business. Major advances and revisions in the business curriculum also took place following the Golden Anniversary Campaign. The MBA program was enhanced by adding new optional concentrations available to students. Uhr also worked closely with Brody School of Medicine officials to develop the dual MD/MBA, a program Uhr calls ECU’s “crown jewel.” New five-year plans were created that allowed non-business students to earn an MBA with only one additional year of study. The master of science in accounting program also gained final approval. In addition, ECU’s first MBA course was put online at a time when no online programs or degrees were offered. Today, the College’s online program offering is the largest in the state in terms of enrollment. Faculty quality also continued to improve under Uhr, with more PhDs joining the College of Business who had experience in their field of research. Instructors also increasingly had advanced degrees coupled with real-world experience. During his time as dean, Uhr actively enhanced the international student-body presence in the College of Business, striving to expose students in Greenville to more diversity since few could study abroad themselves. Uhr says he went out of his way to set up exchange programs with other universities, traveling to schools in Europe as well as China. At one point, more than half of the international students at ECU were business students. When he retired in 2004 with more than two decades of leadership as dean, Uhr was recognized

for his longstanding service by having a classroom in the Bate Building—the same building he worked so tirelessly to plan—named in his honor. In addition, Business Advisory Council members along with ECU faculty, staff, and friends collected $25,000 to establish the Uhr Recognition Fund, which honored Uhr by providing general support to the College of Business. Uhr says he and his wife, Jean, initially chose ECU because they fell in love with the college-town community and vibrant student population. Since retiring they have stayed close by, building a home in Chocowinity. They enjoy traveling worldwide, boating, and golfing. In November, the two celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a special cruise to the pyramids in Egypt. “I never dreamed I would stay at ECU as long as I did, but it was a great fit both personally and professionally,” Uhr says. “We had a tremendous run in terms of growth and development, and it lasted a long time.”

Dr. Ernest Uhr, dean of the School of Business, views the construction of ECU’s long-awaited Bate Building from a nearby vantage point in 1986.


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DON BOLDTIf you’ve ever taken a business policy or entre-preneurship class with Don Boldt, chances are you remember it very well. Boldt, who taught part-time in the College of Business for almost 25 years and also served as assistant dean for graduate programs, drew heavily upon his own entrepre-neurial experience to make the courses fast moving and stimulating—and notorious among students for the amount of work involved. “My course evaluations were always bi-modal: students either loved it or hated it,” Boldt says. “But I can honestly say I never had one student fall asleep. Our class discussions were very lively and based on the Harvard Business School case method, where students were presented with a case and would place themselves in the role of the decision maker.” Originally from Iowa, Boldt spent the first half of his career as an international businessman after serving in the US Air Force as a first lieutenant in missile testing and then earning his MBA from

Harvard. He helped manage various companies in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, and he specialized in helping troubled companies turn around. He was the No. 2 officer at one such Fortune 1,000 company in 1972, but several years later he found himself taken over and was immediately fired. At that point, Boldt says he’d had enough of “big business,” so he began looking for smaller companies to buy—and his discovery of Wall Lenk Corporation in Kinston brought him to eastern North Carolina. In 1979, Boldt became president of Wall Lenk, a small public company manufacturing specialty hand tools, and he took it private. Around the same time, he began to meet professors from the College of Business at ECU as he became involved in community activities. Due to a need for additional instructors, Boldt was invited to teach at ECU as an adjunct professor on the side and was responsible for one night course per semester. Boldt remained active in the community

and the university. He participated in Junior Achievement, served on the board and as chairman of Lenoir Memorial Hospital, and worked with various advisory boards at ECU. In 1988, Boldt was given the first-ever Honorary Alumni Award from East Carolina University, recognizing his outstanding service and loyalty to the school. A position opened up for the assistant dean of graduate programs in the College of Business in 1992—just when Boldt was ready to retire from Wall Lenk. He took the job at ECU, calling it a “great way to end a business career.” In his new role with graduate programs, Boldt worked hard to further develop the MBA. He launched the school’s first real marketing program to help sell the College of Business and focused on three key points: quality, flexibility, and value. He was also instrumental in developing MBA concentrations, as well as the highly successful MD/MBA combined degree that is offered in concert with the ECU Brody School of Medicine. In addition, Boldt increased international student participation to 9 percent from 21 countries in the College of Business’ graduate programs. He even helped develop the first-ever website for the College’s graduate programs. Overall, enrollment went up 20 percent during Boldt’s seven years in the graduate programs office. In 1999, Boldt retired from the assistant dean position but stayed on teaching at ECU part-time as an adjunct professor. As a tribute, graduate students raised money and created an endowment for the Donald B. Boldt International Excellence Award, which is given each year to the most outstanding international graduate student. Boldt continued teaching at ECU until 2004, when he retired full time. Today, he enjoys living in Kinston and spending time with his wife, Wilma, who has been active at the local, state, and national level with hospital volunteering. They enjoy traveling together and try to do one major international trip each year. This past fall, they visited Greece and Turkey. “I’m a real fan of our College of Business,” Boldt says. “I think it has come a tremendously long way, and I have enjoyed watching it develop over the past 30 years. Without a doubt, we remain one of the top MBA programs in the region, and I’m very proud of our reputation.”

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Alumni HighlightsANGELA MOSS (ACCT ’97, MSA ’98)RON MOSS (ECON ’97, MBA ’98)When Angie Moss (ACCT ’97, MSA ’98) first toured East Carolina University as a prospective student, she fell in love with the school’s culture—so much so that she aspired to lead those campus tours one day. Moss enrolled at ECU and immediately immersed herself in university life. She ran for freshman class president and won, served as sophomore class president, was elected treasurer of the Student Government Association, and ultimately became student body president from 1996–1997. She also worked as an orientation advisor—realizing her dream to lead the same campus tours she fell in love with as a high school senior. Moss also met her future husband, Ron, through mutual friends as an undergraduate student. Ron Moss was a junior studying economics at ECU while she studied accounting, and the two hit it off right away—even taking classes together. After they graduated in 1997, the couple got engaged. They both earned their graduate degrees from ECU—he earned his MBA and she earned her MSA—and then they tied the knot in 1998 after graduating again. To kick off their careers, the newlyweds moved to Boston, where a combination of work opportunities in the finance/business arena and nearby family created a unique experience for them. After eight years, the two moved back home to North Carolina, where they could further their careers and start a family. Today, Angie works with the University of North Carolina Management Company, helping manage a $3-billion portfolio on behalf of several institutions, including the UNC and ECU endowments. She says she feels fortunate to work for some of the same institutions that helped her as a student leader at East Carolina. Ron has a similar role to Angie at Progress Energy, where he has worked for the past several years managing the

company’s $2-billion pension portfolio. Living in Raleigh, the two make frequent trips to Greenville, especially since Angie serves on both the East Carolina University Board of Visitors and the East Carolina Alumni Association Board of Directors. The Moss family now includes two young sons: Conner and Ian. Angie and Ron say they cherish the memories made at ECU—not just meeting each other, but also making lifelong friends, cheering on the Pirates at football games, and learning from top-notch mentors, including Dean Uhr and Rick Niswander in the College of Business; Don

Joyner, associate vice chancellor for admissions and advising; and Laura Sweet, who helped Angie throughout her involvement with Alpha Phi and the Panhellenic Council. The couple says the mid-1990s was an exciting time at ECU, with a brand-new 150,000-plus square-foot Student Recreation Center that opened and lots of campus enthusiasm. The Moss family encourages other students to take advantage of the university experience and get involved. “ECU has all of the advantages of a big school, but with a small school atmosphere,” Angie says. “Your experience is what you make it.”

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Ron and Angie Moss sit with sons Conner and Ian in their Raleigh home.


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MARYBETH EASON(MKTG ’00, MBA ’01)Originally from Elizabethtown in eastern North Carolina, Marybeth Petteway Eason grew up surrounded by BB&T bank branches and Pirate fans—and both have played major roles in her life. After attending a small high school and an even smaller college (Eason earned her associate of arts degree at Peace College in Raleigh), she says she was ready for a larger school with a hometown kind of feel. East Carolina was the perfect fit—especially since she had cheered for the Pirates ever since she could talk. It also helped that her father, E. Hayes Petteway, is a 1971 College of Business alumnus and was eager to have more purple blood in the family. In fact, both of Eason’s parents grew up in Pitt County, so she knew the area well. At ECU, Eason joined Alpha Xi Delta sorority and enjoyed her marketing studies while spending time with friends, especially at football games. Even today, she says she doesn’t miss a home game. She also met her future husband while working as a marketing graduate assistant in the ECU Athletics Department. Tommy Eason—now the head baseball coach of Pitt Community College—was ECU’s assistant baseball coach at the time, and the two got to know each other through sports. Among the good times, Eason also vividly remembers when she was a senior in 1999, and Hurricane Floyd ravaged eastern North Carolina. “We were out of school for nearly two weeks, and some of my friends lost everything,” she says. “I was able to get out of Greenville and go to Columbia, South Carolina to see ECU beat South Carolina in football—and then we watched ECU beat Miami in Raleigh. It was a very trying time in Greenville, but we all seemed to rally behind the football team and make it through.” Since earning her MBA in 2001, Eason has worked with BB&T Merchant Services in Wilson. In her current role as channel manager, she is responsible for the research, development, and implementation of products that allow the bank’s

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business clients to accept cards for payment. She also serves as marketing liaison for the merchant services line of business. Eason says, “I grew up with BB&T in my hometown, so I have always known the name and a little about the company. BB&T attended career fairs at ECU and visited our business classes to recruit students, which is where I really learned more about the company and wanted to be a part of it.” Today Eason stays busy between her full-time work in Wilson, home in Greenville, weekends filled with baseball, and two-year-old twin girls,

Mary Robert and Hayes. Mary Robert is the sixth generation “Mary” and also took the maiden name of her grandmother. Hayes is family name on her grandfather’s side. Balancing a rewarding career with her role as a twin mom takes a lot of work, but Eason says she is passionate about all areas of her life. “At BB&T, we talk a lot about passion—finding your passion and doing something that you’re passionate about. Ten years ago, I never imagined I would be passionate about banking, but I am. Find what you are passionate about—it will make going to work every day much easier.”


56 ECU College of Business Niswander

Under Dr. Rick Niswander’s seven years of leadership as dean, the College of Business continued experiencing a tremendous amount of growth—growth in faculty as well as growth in student body. A new

undergraduate curriculum was also launched to meet the demands of the 21st-century business environment, a program like nothing else offered throughout the entire country. When he became dean in 2004, Niswander says he sought to set the College of Business apart from other business schools, or in other words, have points of distinction. “We had a good, solid business program, but there were about 300 other business schools that could say the same thing,” Niswander explains. “The question became how is ECU different, and why should a student come to our business program as opposed to someplace else? If 300 other schools can offer the same education, why is this the place?” The answer came from a massive faculty

collaboration, leading to a revamped undergraduate program. This new program teaches 21st-century skills such as leadership, communication, and professional development, along with the technical material. “For decades, we did a great job of teaching the basic nuts and bolts of business,” Niswander says. “That’s still critically important, but we now also have to teach the rest of the student. We have to teach students how to act and react in the larger world from an interpersonal perspective.” Niswander says this includes everything from how to develop critical thinking skills to how to run a meeting to what fork to use at dinner. The things the rest of us learned through the “school of hard knocks” are now taught to students in a formal program that includes curricular pieces as well as non-curricular pieces offered in one big package. Niswander says when the new Leadership and Professional Development program was finally launched, it was far better than anything he had envisioned. “After years of planning, what came out the other end was superior because of the many faculty members who were involved. They care a lot about our students, and they put together a comprehensive program that nobody else in the country does,” Niswander says.

ECU College of Business 57NiswanderEra 4: Dean Rick Niswander (2004–2011)

At one point, the College had 75 percent of its faculty involved in either a committee or another area associated with the program’s planning. With so many new elements incorporated into the undergraduate business program, the College became a four-year college, allowing freshmen to declare business as their intended major so their training could begin earlier than junior year. This also led to “off the charts” growth in the College of Business. Niswander continues to live in Greenville with his wife Debi, although he now serves as ECU’s vice chancellor for administration and finance. He says he is constantly reminded how remarkable the faculty and staff are in the College of Business. For 18 years at ECU, Niswander says he worked in the College of Business in various capacities, and he “grew up” with a lot of the folks there. “As you go around other places, you become very aware that the people in the College of Business are special,” he says. “They know what they’re doing, they care about students, they go above and beyond, and they’re willing to rise to a challenge. I’m very proud of our college and our university.”


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jIM WESTMORELANDIt’s safe to say that Jim Westmoreland is a “people person,” especially when it comes to East Carolina and connecting others. Westmoreland, who serves as associate dean for external affairs in the College of Business, has worked at ECU for more than 35 years. During the first six years of his career, he primarily worked with the Division of Student Life, focusing on campus living and orientation programs. For the next 20 years, he worked with ECU Career Services—initially as assistant director and ultimately as director. Westmoreland says working with students and alumni in this role was an important part of his life. “I found it to be a time of self-reflection for those I helped, when I was able to help their thoughts become clearer about the future,” he says. “I enjoyed the interactions, the honesty of conversations about what really mattered, and the

chance to be a mirror for those who were seeking to find their best path.” Since 2001, Westmoreland has functioned as an ambassador for the College of Business, a role that involves connecting students, alumni, and faculty with each other. “I try to support others wherever I am,” Westmoreland says. “Whether on campus or off, in my community/church, or with students traveling to [Washington] D.C. or Australia, I want the best positive image for all persons associated with East Carolina University.” Westmoreland grew up in Statesville, North Carolina. He earned his doctorate in occupational education with a focus on training and development from NC State University in 1989, thanks to the proceeds from a book he wrote titled The ABC’s of Career Preparation and more recently copyrighted as Career Basics. He also holds two master’s degrees in counseling and adult education from ECU, as well as an undergraduate degree

from ECU in political science and business. As a student at East Carolina, Westmoreland worked as a resident advisor in Jones Hall and served as senior class president. He says he enjoyed getting to know Dr. Leo W. Jenkins and Attorney General Robert Morgan, among many others. No one has more Pirate Pride than Westmoreland. In fact, in 2008 East Carolina University honored him with the first ever “Spirit Award” during the March 27 centennial celebration. The special recognition was one of 13 Centennial Awards for Excellence bestowed, with winners in the categories of leadership, service, spirit, and ambition. Some of Westmoreland’s other recent honors include serving as keynote speaker for ECU’s Omicron Delta Kappa chapter—a national leadership honor society—in 2008. In 2006, he was honored for his outstanding leadership with student groups as the Student Activities Center’s banquet speaker/honoree. The Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce recognized Westmoreland as Volunteer of the Year in 2004, commemorating his work with teen leadership programs. He also enjoys serving as a faculty chaperone for student trips in the College of Business, including the College’s Summer Study Abroad trip to the Netherlands this past summer and a trip to New York City last spring for marketing students. “I see my own career as so much more than just a job,” Westmoreland says. “I try to offer a positive spirit in whatever I do and wherever I interact with others. The motto of ECU—To Serve—has been one I have tried to live.”

Featured at left with Jim Westmoreland is Neelam Patel (FINA ‘08), a former student he helped during her time at ECU. Today, Patel works with Summit Hospitality Group, Ltd., as an area sales manager for RDU/Durham/Chapel Hill.

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Alumni HighlightsjACOB ALPHIN (FINA ’09)j. M. DICKENS (MGMT ’09)After forming a friendship as students at East Carolina, Jacob Alphin and J. M. Dickens took a big leap of faith together: they established their own insurance company shortly following their graduation in 2009. Their business, Triangle Insurance & Associates, is located in downtown Louisburg, North Carolina, and it serves as a licensed independent insurance agency specializing in life, home, auto, farm, and commercial insurance. With six employees, the company insures customers throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Alphin and Dickens, now 24, first met in a business management class at ECU, where they worked together on a group project. The two worked well as a team and found they had much in common—both have a passion for business, enjoy strong family ties, and grew up in small North Carolina towns (Alphin is from La Grange and Dickens is from Louisburg). They also discovered that their skill sets and personalities complement each other: Dickens has a knack for selling and talking with people, along with a solid knowledge of business management and how things should run. Alphin, on the other hand, is more detail-oriented and enjoys the inner workings of finance, accounting, and just generally making sure all of the Is are dotted and Ts are crossed. While still in school, they began thinking about their future together as business partners. They earned their North Carolina real-estate licenses and became licensed insurance agents at the age of 22. In spring 2009, Alphin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a concentration in finance, and Dickens graduated with honors in business management. Several months later, after shadowing experts in the field and learning from other insurance companies, they opened Triangle Insurance & Associates. Alphin says, “My education at ECU prepared me well for the challenges of starting up a new company. We’ve had a lot to figure out, but our foundation is strong.” Dickens agrees. “Going to school at ECU took me out of my comfort zone and helped me build relationships with different types of people from different backgrounds. Those skills have come in very handy as an entrepreneur.” Both Alphin and Dickens say they enjoy being

their own boss, although that can be the most challenging part, too. “The most rewarding part of owning our business is that we started from scratch, set our goals, and now have built a successful business that continues to grow and hopefully keeps expanding,” Alphin explains. Both Alphin and Dickens enjoy coming back to campus for football games and still have many connections to Pirate country. Alphin and his wife, Kristen Potter Alphin, met at ECU in a personal finance class. They were married last October. Dickens’ girlfriend, Whitney Howell, is also at ECU finishing up her nursing degree. Even their office has ECU ties—one of their sales agents, Tyler Pollock, is a College of Business graduate. Alphin and Dickens encourage current students

to work diligently and always go to class—especially since you never know who you might meet. “Study and learn, but also have fun and try to meet as many people as possible,” they say. “Once you graduate, a whole new adventure starts.”

Featured above, Jacob Alphin and J. M. Dickens, owners/agents of Triangle Insurance & Associates.



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“I am so grateful for being awarded this scholarship. As a single mother

of two, earning enough money is a real challenge. I know my education

will allow me to secure our future, but until then, managing the bills can

be daunting. This scholarship counts twice: the financial assistance is

such a blessing, but I also truly cherish the honor of being awarded.

— Amanda Walters Recipient of the Margery W. and R. Roy Pearce Scholarship Donor: Jerod and Marnie Cohen

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TENDAI NDABvONGA (MBA ’09)Growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tendai Ndabvonga says she knew little about the United States—except what she saw through television shows such as Beverly Hills 90210 and the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. She had strong grades and a supportive family, but that wasn’t enough to guarantee college acceptance and ultimately employment in Zimbabwe, where she saw the economy crumbling and the middle class disappearing. When she was 18, Ndabvonga decided it was time to leave her home and her country, and she

enrolled as a freshman at Edinboro University in northwestern Pennsylvania. “It was a difficult decision to leave my family and all that I knew was certain to move to the U.S.,” she says. “What I did know was that in the U.S., I actually had a chance at achieving my goals with passion, hard work, and dedication.” After spending four years of undergraduate studies in the “snow belt,” Ndabvonga earned her MIS degree and decided to head south for a warmer climate. Her future husband, Clyde, whom she met at Edinboro, had family from eastern North Carolina and it seemed like a nice, family-oriented place to settle down. She thought ECU was the perfect place to earn her MBA. “I did not leave Zimbabwe with my family, and therefore I have very little family here. I wanted to make sure I could settle in an area where I would grow strong relationships,” Ndabvonga says. “The MBA program was internationally accredited, which is also something that appealed to me as I consider myself a global citizen. The graduate assistant opportunity that I was offered sealed the deal.” Along with meeting new friends, tailgating, and forging friendships at Chico’s Mexican Restaurant, Ndabvonga says one of her favorite experiences at ECU was meeting future president Barack

Obama when he stopped in Greenville during his campaign. She even got to shake his hand at a town hall meeting. “That was an event I never thought would happen to a young woman from Zimbabwe!” she says. Throughout her two years in the MBA program, Ndabvonga excelled academically and worked as a graduate assistant in the Graduate Programs office, where she helped support the MBA and MSA programs. When she graduated in 2009, she was offered a full-time position as assistant director in the Graduate Programs office—an opportunity she says she jumped on. As part of her duties, Ndabvonga advises current and prospective graduate business students, conducts MBA/MSA information sessions, oversees graduate assistant assignments, serves as an international liaison, and is part of the diversity action committee. She was married just over two years ago and makes her home in Greenville. “It was a difficult decision for me to study in the U.S., but it’s a decision that has made all the difference in enhancing my future,” Ndabvonga says. “I like to think of myself as an explorer; I love to travel, try new foods, and make the most of my experience. As an immigrant, I’m especially passionate about helping people on the same path.”


Saluting Our Supporters


$250,000+Thomas D. Arthur The Dillard Teer Family Estate of Pearl R. Potter Vince & Linda McMahon Family Foundation Inc.Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina RBC Bank W. Howard Rooks

$150,000–$249,999Ken and Kay Chalk Charles D. Jamerson Jr. National Spinning Company/ James W. Chesnutt Wachovia, Wells Fargo and Wells Fargo Foundation

$100,000–$149,999Bank of America and Bank of America Foundation David A. Bond and Pamela S. Bond Bonnie Brown Estate of Archie R. Burnette Stephen and Ellen Cunanan Dixon Hughes Goodman The Thelma Roberts Hall Irrevocable Trust Kevin M. and Lori Coates Shannon

$75,000–$99,999Frank and Renee Floyd and Family Foundation NC Association of CPAs and the Coastal Plains Chapter Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation

$50,000–$74,999Belk Tyler Stores Jerod and Marnie Pearce Cohen Mark and Tracy Copeland Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The Gourley Family Foundation Inc. Johnson & Johnson Foundation Kelly S. KingCharles Lee McGimsey W. Kel Normann North Carolina Surplus Lines Association Margery W. Pearce

Danny R. Scott Richard Worsley

$25,000–$49,999Bruce N. Austin Jr. Howard Hodges Aycock Kenneth A. Barlow Lisa D. and Walter Benton Bruce A. Biggs Donald B. Boldt* David J. Bradley Burlington Industries Capital Community Foundation Inc. Cliff Weil Inc. George and Martha Coffman John Hunter Davis* and Cindy C. Davis The Domestic Industries Foundation/Fred Hunneke The Edward D. Jones & Company Foundation Empire Brushes Inc. Kurt Englebert and Dale West Engelbert Ernst & Young A. E. Finley Foundation Foundation for the Carolinas William P. and Emily Furr Dan M. GuyJames & Deborah Hooper David Reece Howell Alvin B. Hutzler II Hal S. Johnson John Richard Lancaster Richard Finley Moldin Ryan Perry and Shana Stone Perry Edward R. Pupa R & D Development LLC RSM McGladrey Inc. James R. Talton Jr. (deceased) Unifi United Energy Inc. James A. Walker Robert A. and Margaret C. Ward The H. O. West Foundation

$20,000–$24,999American Society for Quality (ASQ)Anheuser-Busch ARAMARK Corporation

Charles S. Atwater David K. Barger Archie R. Burnette (deceased)Willie R. and Linda B. Creech Gertrude Goble Goldman Sachs Greenville-Pitt Association of Realtors Inc. McGladrey & Pullen Frederick D. Niswander* North Carolina Real Estate Educational Foundation PepsiCo Foundation The Pantry University Book Exchange Inc. David Womack Louis H. Zincone Jr.*

$15,000–$19,999William N. Alexander Jr. Arthur Andersen & Co. Janice B. Buck (deceased) Century Business Services Inc.Stanley G. Eakins* and Laurie Eakins* John Robert Hooten Ray L. Jones* (deceased) KPMG LLPDavid Ernest Leonard W. Guy Lucas National Council on Economic Education William H. and Lisa Shreve Robert E. TaftRobert Howard Weber Jr.

$10,000–$14,999AHG Associates, LLC Paul J. Alar The Ashland Inc. Foundation Barnhill Contracting Company E. Leonard Blackley John Henry Bradley* Kathleen A. Brady Connally Branch Charles L. Broome* Rodney Cantrell William Richard Cobb Kevin James Collins Collins, Asbell, Ward & Greene LLPInez M. Conley Eastern Carolina Chapter IMA

Ex-Cell Home Fashions Inc. Gannett Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Grady-White Boats Inc. Frank Edward Grayiel III Umesh* and Usha Gulati H & R Block Foundation Hampton Industries Inc. Heilig-Meyers Furniture Company Hooker and Buchanan Thomas Garner Horne Elaine H. Howard Judith R. Hunt* David R. Hunt I.S.S.A. Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Jeffrey T. Joyner Richard Lee Kerns* Brenda Killingsworth* Christopher D. Mandaleris Gary M. Massie Microsoft J. Fielding Miller Miller Family Foundation Monsanto Nabisco Foods Group Mino Owen Osterkamp Jr. Don H. Perry Julian W. Rawl Edward H. Ripper Ryo Leo Sasaki Timothy James Shearer Benjamin Todd Singleton J. Troy Smith Jr. Sonoco Products Company Southern National Bank of NCState Farm Phillip W. Tetterton Jack Thomas Thompson Jr. Ernest B. Uhr* Leo Allen Venters Gary L. Warren Kathy Brittain White H. Glenn Williams (deceased) Henry G. Williamson Jr. William H. Yarborough Dennis Allen Young Sr.

Lifetime Donors to the College of Business through june 30, 2011 *Current or past College of Business faculty member


YOUR ANNUAL GIFT MAKES A DIFFERENCEAnnual giving at the ECU College of Business is made up of generous gifts from alumni, parents, faculty/staff, friends, and students.

Your annual gift to the college goes to work immediately to• strengthen academic programs, • attract top faculty members, and• make ECU affordable for all students.

More specifically, annual giving allows the College of Business to provide extraordinary opportunities for learning and discovery; to extend financial aid to students who need it; and to help meet emerging needs and challenges. These unrestricted funds provide the flexibility to undertake new initiatives, such as implementing our new leadership curriculum, and the necessary departments to support it.

Regardless of size, your annual gift makes a difference. Every gift is important and is a vote of confidence in the College of Business and its future. Annual gifts may be made by check, transfer of stock/securities, or credit card with our Secure Online Gift Form.

Supporters

Business Advisory CouncilThe Business Advisory Council provides advice, guidance, and support for the continuing development of quality business programs at East Carolina University. The council has helped to establish a broad range of ongoing relationships with the College’s business partners, including the Business Partners for Excellence program.

Paul j. AlarManaging Director West Mountain Partners, LP

Charles S. Atwater President and CEOHydro Service and Supplies Inc.

Howard AycockRetired CIO Tropicana

Lisa Benton Senior HR Business Partner Wells Fargo

Robert F. Bird Retired Executive Vice President Independent Insurance Agents of NC

Donald B. BoldtConsultantRetired Business Owner/Faculty

David BondExecutive VP SalesNavicure

Connally BranchPresidentClark-Branch Inc. Realtors

Bonnie BrownIndependent ConsultantPricewaterhouse Coopers Partner (retired)


Wanda BurgamyBusiness Development ManagerDell Inc.

james W. ChesnuttPresident and CEONational Spinning Co. Inc.

Chip ChessonPresidentChesson Management Inc.

jerod S. CohenDirector of Employee Benefit ServicesSnipes Insurance Service Inc.

Kevin CollinsSpecialist Team Unit DirectorMicrosoft

Mark CopelandPartnerErnst and Young

R. W. Daniels jr.Eastern Regional PresidentBB&T

Gary S. DavidsonChief Financial OfficerEmigra Group, LLC

Bernita DemeryDirector of Financial ServicesCity of Greenville, NC

Beth G. EverettPartnerLand Concepts and Solutions

Ralph W. FlanaryManager, retiredCelaneseCurrent ECU faculty member

William P. FurrRetiredCumulus Fibres

joe GantzBusiness ConsultantGC Capital

William F. Grant IIIPresidentWilliam Franklin Group

David j. GuilfordPresidentDLG Associates Inc.

Franz F. HolscherManagement ConsultantRetired, Thurston Motor Lines Fred E. HunnekeChairman and CEODomestic Industries Inc.

Alvin B. Hutzler IIPresident, Cliff Weil Inc.

van IsleyPresidentProfessional Builders Supply Inc.

Kirk LittleVice President/General Manager Apogee Solutions Inc.

W. Guy LucasFinancial AdvisorCitigroup Smith Barney

Sarah MayoChief Financial OfficerLenoir Memorial Hospital

Donald C. McGlohonPresident, McGlohon & Company

j. Fielding Miller Sr.CEO/Managing PartnerCapTrust Financial Advisors

Harry W. Moser IIIVice PresidentCD Group

W. Kel NormannSenior Vice PresidentThe Normann Group

Ron PeoplesRegional ExecutiveRBC Bank

Ryan PerryCo-ownerLive Oak Homes Inc.

Edward R. PupaCEODesignAdvance

W. Howard RooksReal Estate ConsultantBusiness Owner Kevin M. ShannonRetiredBank of America

Tim ShearerPresident and CEOEP2 LLC

Thomas L. SouthernCLU, ChFCMass Mutual

Phillip W. TettertonChief Financial OfficerSolideal Industrial Tire & United Solideal

jack ThompsonCEO and PresidentFemPartners Inc.

james A. WalkerChairmanThe Advisory Group LLC

Benny WardFormer CFOInner Pulse Inc.

james H. Ward IIIManaging MemberWard Holdings LLC Robert A. WardExecutive Vice PresidentUnifi Inc.

David H. WomackPresidentWomack Electric Supply

William H. YarboroughPresident and CEOUS Postal Service Federal Credit Union


Partners for ExcellenceGifts made between july 1, 2010 and june 30, 2011

jarvis Circle ($10,000+)Mark and Tracy CopelandThe Edward D. Jones & Company FoundationThe Frank and Renee Floyd Family Foundation Inc.Gertrude GobleNorth Carolina Association of Insurance AgentsRBC BankDanny R. ScottVince and Linda McMahon Family Foundation Inc.

Wright Circle ($5,000–$9,999)ARAMARK CorporationLisa D. and Walter BentonBruce A. BiggsDavid A. and Pamela S. BondCentral Carolina Community FoundationErnst & YoungDavid R. HuntMonsantoMargery W. Pearce

jenkins Circle ($2,500–$4,999)Howard Hodges AycockEdgar Leonard BlackleyRobert Gentry BrinkleyRodney CantrellStan* and Laurie* EakinsFrederick D. Niswander*North Carolina CPA Foundation Inc. RSM McGladrey Inc.Thomas William SavitskiRobert A. and Margaret C. WardWells FargoJeffrey Graham Williams

Chancellor’s Circle ($1,000–$2,499)John Post Alkire IVCharles Elliott AndrewsCharles S. AtwaterRichard and Colleen BalotDavid J. BradleyMichael L. BuntingEugene G. Chewning Jr.Charles Ervin Clontz Jr.William Richard CobbKevin James CollinsWillie Ray and Linda CreechJohn H. Davis* and Cindy C. DavisDenise E. Dickins*C. Wayne Edwards IIDan M. GuyH & R Block FoundationWilliam A. Haney Jr.James and Deborah HooperThomas Garner HorneJudith R. Hunt*Jeffrey T. JoynerWilliam Richard KochLangdon & CompanyWilliam Guy LucasThe National Christian Foundation

North Carolina State Board of CPA ExaminersMargaret T. O’Hara*PepsiCo FoundationJoseph Alvin PopeCraig RidenourRSM McGladrey Inc.Douglas Kenneth Schneider*Lynn M. SchubertPamela J. SmithCarey Meredith Swann IIITatum and Edwards PAKimblery S. TatumPhillip W. TettertonJack Thomas Thompson Jr.University Book Exchange Inc.Leo Allen VentersGregory A. WeigumKendrick Martin WhitehurstPamela Matthews WilliamsMoye Wayne WoolardWilliam H. Yarborough

Associate ($500–$999)Ken Douglas AdamsRose L. Bailey*Stephen J. BarnesSharron Henderson BatchelorSamuel J. BernsteinBeta Alpha PsiDonald B. Boldt*Sequoya Santana BorgmanKathleen A. BradyHenry V. Cashwell Sr.Stanley Wilson CoxJames R. Daniels Jr.Joseph Colby Daughtry Jr.Jeffrey C. DavisEmery G. DoughtieRobert L. EdwardsJon Lawrence FrankKenneth M. Gunn Jr.Barbara H. HatchCorinne M. HeathWade Hampton HenkelEdward Allen JamesKPMG FoundationThomas E. LeakeJames R. LewisDuane Kirk LittleWesley M. MeasamerMicrosoftJames Ernest Mitchell IIILouis MullingerEric Francis MusslerN. R. Milian & AssociatesJohn O’HaraRobert Earl Poole IICathy G. PorterWilliam H. Powell IIIJoyce RetoRJR Nabisco Inc.Ryo Leo SasakiPaul Schwager*William Herman ShreveEllen Whitman SidburyEric Lee Sinclair Jr.

Zachary Alan SmithAnne Edwards SquireState FarmStephen Paul Steelman Jr.Barry Thomas SuggJoseph Tomkiewicz*Hope Harrell TurnbullG. Albert TurnerVerizonKeith T. WallaceWalmartRobert Howard Weber Jr.Dane Todd WhitmoyerSamuel Joseph Wornom IIIDavid Jefferson WorthingtonBuddy Zincone*

Affiliate ($250–$499)Altria Group Inc.Robert Ernest AndersonRichard Lee AshworthEdward Bennett AtwillBank of AmericaJames H. Bearden*Stephen McKinley BlizzardJames Andrew BogardusJan L. BohmullerJason Nicholas BrownGene E. ButnerEdward Evans CallisCamberley Properties Inc.Creola Smith CampbellBonnie CaudleFrancis Louis ClementJohn Graham ClementsCharity Meekins CookeCharles Anthony CostanzoJohn Morris DavisMichael Wayne DavisSondra M. DeVincenzoJohn Robert DraperRobert EashDavid L. ForbisGraduate Business AssociationRebecca Harmon GuffeyDeborah L. HardinRobert N. HatchCleveland M. HawkinsWayne A. HildebrandtMiriam A. HobgoodRichard Anthony HouriganRichard Lee Kerns*Douglas Dale KittleJames Kleckley*Sidney Gale KoonceMark E. KralDenis L. LamparterLuther Gary LeonardKerry Lee LovittRachele Villanueva ManansalaMark G. McCarthy*Raymond K. McCullochSteven A. MenakerPatrick B. MitchellMargaret Ann MitchellCynthia S. ModlinLinda Golden Murphy

NC Association of CPAsNorfolk SouthernColin O’Connor*Alexander Timothy PappasRichard Michael PappasAlan Daniel ParrishHerbert H. Patrick Jr.Michael Wayne PhillipsDoris B. RodormerRSM McGladrey Inc.Dan L. Schisler*Kieran J. ShanahanStewart H. SmithLarry B. SwaneyClarence Nolan Talbot Jr.Brian Keith TaylorLowell G. TaylorJoe E. TerrellMary Ellen W. ThorpDonald UmsteadArnold and Kay WallaceJoseph L. White Jr.Ronnie Leo WilkesGary Robert WilliamsTina Louise Williams*

Contributor ($100–$249)Abbott LaboratoriesTope Adeyemi-Bello*Douglas J. AlcornCaleb Daniel AlexanderTracey Hill AllenAlpha Delta Pi SororityTimothy Scott AmanJohn Charles Anthony Jr.Cory Matthew ArrowoodCharles F. AtkinsDouglas and Kathleen AustinSteven Randall AyersWilliam David AyersJames Terrell BaileyJohn David BainRichard Marvin Baker IIIWilliam Horace Baker Jr.James B. Banks Jr.Kenneth J. BansemerMichael Vernon BarberLinda BarbourJoe Hilton Barrett IIWilliam Stephen Bartley Sr.Willis and Bonita BattsMarvin E. BaughBecker Professional EducationMarvin Cooper BelandCharles Garland Benson IIThomas Otho BiggsRobert F. BirdDouglas Allen BlackRobert Edward Blizard Jr.Blue Bell Inc.C. Benny BowesKenneth T. BowlingDavid A. BradleyMartha S. BridgesCarroll Merton BrittFrederick Brian BrittJohn Daniel Brooks


Partners for Excellence, cont. *Current or past College of Business faculty member

Anita Woodford BrownJustin L. Brown IIIRobert Lee BrownStephen Anthony BrownAnita Woodford BrownRichard Stuart BrowningLeslie Gray BunchDianne Beamon BunnAndrew George BurchJerry Evan BurgdoferDavid W. BurkeMary BurnesDavidson and Kathy BurnsMrs. Adelaide W. BurtonAnn B. ByrdJohn Fielding CantrellMyrtle P. CarowanRobert Allen CarrLouisa Sukfong ChanAlexander Luckton ChandlerEdward L. ChapmanJoyce Gilbert CherryStephen Redfern ChesnuttMichael Lynn ChestnuttClariant CorporationDolphus Thomas ClarkWilliam B. Cleaver IIIElizabeth C. CobbMatthew C. Coffland

Joseph Haywood CogdellJanette Florence Conklin-CrumleyCharles Mitchell ConoverMarc David CookL. Edward and Ginny F. CooperWilliam Joseph CottonCPI of Eastern North CarolinaF. Taylor Cranor IIIDavid Nathaniel CrawfordWilliam Douglas Creech Sr.Donna V. CreefKelly O’Neal CrispLisa Nicole CrouseMelissa Barrow CulbrethJohnna Price CumbeeCumberland Community Foundation Inc.Melvin G. CunninghamJack E. CutlerKevin Dale CutlerGordon Parker DavisJohn Miller Davis IIIHazel E. DavisJamie Burnette DavisPatricia Herring DeForestJudith Nestor DemeBrent T. DeVantierRoy Glenn DixonWilliam Charles Dodd

Timothy N. DomkeDennis Earl DukeRichard B. DupreeDavid Henry DurantTerry Worth DurhamMary Beth EasonWilliam Pete EdmundsonMichael C. and Laura H. EdwardsWilliam Hans EdwardsLouis Lamar ElliottDavid H. EnglertKenneth Wayne EvansElla Johnson EvansKimberly Mallard EverettThomas Edward FairclothEllory Scott FarrarJesse Leonard Farris IIIRobert Joseph FehrsKevin Scott FisherAnne Klutey Fisher*Karen Griffin FlippinCharles Ray Flowers Jr.Lyle O. Forbes Jr.R. D. FrazelleSteven L. FussellRobert Burten GagnonGeorge F. Garner Jr.David Benton GattisJohn Ashley Gatton

Harriet Jordan GeigerEdwin Chester GiddingsLori Kay GlassJonathan Pastor GomezAlton Ray Gower Jr.Timothy John GrabusWilliam F. Grant IIIPamela Kaye GravelyJoan Gillette GrayAudrey Porter GrilloCharles Mitchell GurganusBrandon Jared HalesRobert Melver Haley Jr.Robert Haywood HallCrystal Michelle HamiltonSusan Elaine HardeeGerald Keith HarmonBetsy H. HarperDana J. HarrellC. Grey Harris IIJames A. Harris Jr.Lesley Paige HarrisBobby Gene HathawayTamara Lee HatleyRobert J. HaubenreiserRichard Doub Hauser Jr.*Stephanie Ann HawleyJames B. HaywardJeffrey Paul Heavner

Breonna GodetteMIS student

Russell Davis HerringRobert L. Hicks Jr.Ronald G. HightKeith William HillerCarol Roberts HinnantWalter Lee HinsonLatham Pate HodgesMary Smithwick HodgesJohn Cordon HoerterJames* and Joyce HollowayMarjorie Register HolmesGeorge William Holt Jr.Darren Slate HowellJames G. Hudson Jr.John C. Humphrey Jr.Courtney Anderson HumphreyJerry G. Hunt*Lisa Bunch HunterDonald W. IngramGeorge Robert JamesAkshay and Swati JaveriCharles and Sandra JerniganHal Swords JohnsonWesley Ross Johnson Jr.Rose Graham JohnsonDavid Ward JonesMerrill Glenn Jones IIHelen Lee JonesClifford D. JoynerBrenda Hodges JoynerThomas Franklin JusticeRonald S. KallmanJoseph R. Karns Jr.Kenneth Ray KearneyDiana Folk KincerTerry Hall KingeryWalter A. KochRonald William Kohake Jr.Tracy Michelle KorschunMichael Stanley KowalczykJoseph Andrew KrausKaren Kus*Gary Edward LakinDebra Ann Lancaster

Charles N. LandenJane Margaret Lang*Ralph Gray Langley Jr.William L. Lanier Jr.Morton LarmoreRobert George Larrison Jr.Justin Todd LassiterCharles F. LaughinghouseAlgernon M. LeeAllen Dale LeeCynthia L. LilleyBobby and Rebecca LockamyJerry A. Long Jr.Wallace Bryant LongMichael James LundbergWilliam Iverson MacKenzie Jr.John Steven MahoneyEdmund Spencer Mann Jr.Mac Edwin ManningToni J. MarshburnJames Earl Martin IIITimothy N. MartinKelli Jo Maynard*Milton Worth McKeelW. Scott McKinnonBraxton Elder McKoyJoseph E. McKoyStephen B. MeadowsPatricia R. MeasleyKevin Gray MickleDavid R. MingesCecil MizelleElizabeth Williams MizelleRachael ModlinJames E. MonroeH. Douglas MooreRobert Downey MorrisCharles B. MoyeJan Bass MurphyJudith Tucker NewmanJames Luther Nichols IIIRobert D. NormanNovo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Inc.Paul Lee Nunn Jr.

Partners for Excellence, cont. *Current or past College of Business faculty member

Sonya McCoy O’BrienECU Office of Student Transitions and First Year ProgramsJoe Frank OgburnWilliam Cooper Oglesby IIIDennis Michael O’Reilly*James Russell Orr*Johnny B. Overby Jr.E. Neel OvermanO. Wright OvertonPatsy Cherry OwensJoseph Benjamin PaceSherlon L. PageTrudy Fay PageW. Charles Paradee Jr.Chandreshkumar Amrutlal ParmarJay and Amy ParrisDonald R. Payne Jr.Dariush Andre PayrowJoseph Waters PegramDavid M. PerryPfizer Inc.James Edwin Phelps Jr.Martha Griffin Phelps KimThurman R. Pierce Jr.Gregory Carl PinerMark Stephen PiperWilliam Paul PooleRobin Foster PorterMr. Melbourne H. Diana PridgenJennifer Jo PriebeCarl Purcell Jr.James Michael QuinnPhillip Matthew QuinnJames L. Rabon Jr.Jay Paul Ramey Jr.Radell C. RasmussenJoseph Reginald ReevesBlake Lee ReifschneiderMeleah Barnhill ReynoldsLen and Donda RhodesCharles Austin RiceBennett Coleman RichardsonCharles Stewart RigsbeeEdward Henry RipperGail G. RiveraKevin Jackson RoachWilliam and Constance RobersonVirginia R. RobertsE. Dudley RobinsonMatthew and Jillian RobinsonThomas Joseph RobinsonGregory Scott RosenWilliam Hardy Rouse Jr.William Joshua RoweTimothy Ryan RowlandRobert and Jeanne RucksMartha M. SadlerColette Joy SagarJames Lawton SalisburyRobin Ann Sanford John Bruce Satterfield Jr.Melanie Marlow SchefflerSteven Ward ScogginJohn and Dava ScottJeffrey Parker SearsElaine Dorsch Seeman*Teresa Shingleton

Samuel Edwin ShortDonald H. ShumakerMary Ruth SikesFrederick Thomas SimonHinton James Skipper Jr.Betty W. SladeJohn L. SmithAlton Glenn Smith Jr.John C. Smith Jr.Kenneth L. SmithSharon Ann SmithJohn Carlton Southern IIIRay McFarland Spears Jr.Rocky SpeightLeo Hardee StarlingChristopher Coe SteeleRay G. StephensRobert Donald StrainR. Dennis Strickland Jr.Robert Charles StricklandWilliam Glenn StricklandGregory Charles SuggsJ. Craige SummersHugh Sexton Surles IIIJerry Norman SwannSonny SwannerThomas Churchill Swanner Jr.Jonathan Edward SweetJeffrey Pierce TaftShauna Lodowski TalbotCarlton E. TaylorErnest Ward TaylorGeorge Keith TaylorMarjorie R. TaylorStephanie Sprouse TaylorThe Medtronic FoundationAlbert Justice ThreewittsJason Lee ThuringerPatrick B. TimberlakeSteven Michael TroutmanAdrian E. TurneyTracy Lynn Tuten*Universal Leaf Tobacco CompanyGwendolyn Ann VinsonDavid Fenton VoilesEdward and Diane WaltersPerry Clarke WaltonEugene M. WardJohn William WardPamela Beavers WardRobert Hunter WarrenAndrew Lamar WatkinsNathan R. WeavilDavid Allen West*Christine Allabach WestbrookDebra Bryant WheelerHerbert and Sylvia WhelessWilliam Worth WhittingtonJudson and Patricia WikeThomas L. WilkensRichard A. WilliamsThomas Edmond WilliamsPatricia H. WilliamsHenry G. Williamson Jr.Joe Linwood WilliamsonDonnie Chester WilsonFranklin Wilson Jr.James Ivey Wilson



Partners for Excellence, cont.

FROM THE ADvANCEMENT OFFICEThe celebration of our College’s 75th anniversary is an exciting time for all of us—an occasion not only to celebrate our legacy of innovation and achievement but also to develop a vision that will guide our next 75 years.

As we look to the future, it is clear we must continue to find new ways to enrich our students while building on the strengths that have made us distinctive for so long: remarkable faculty members who are dedicated teachers and outstanding researchers, engaged students who share a passion to make a difference in their communities, and a close-knit environment that fosters learning and the exchange of ideas.

We are marking our diamond anniversary with a special fundraising effort. One of our biggest objectives of the campaign is to create an endowment of $7.5 million to establish merit-based scholarships. The 75th Anniversary Merit-based Scholarship Pool will give us a critically important tool to attract top-performing students, typically high-school seniors still deciding where to attend college. ECU attracts talented students from North Carolina and beyond, and the best of these students have many opportunities. Your generosity will assist us in recruiting the best and brightest to Pirate country—while helping students defray the cost of their education.

Thank you to students, alumni, corporate partners, staff, and faculty who have helped to shape the program over the years. This will be an exciting year as we celebrate 75 years of excellence.

For more information about supporting the College of Business Diamond Anniversary Campaign, please contact me. Your gift makes a difference.

Colin O’ConnorSenior Major Gifts Officer and Director of Academic Leadership Programs PhilanthropyCollege of [email protected]/cs-bus/support.cfm

William and Ruth WilsonJoe Louis WinbushBrett Gray WithersBenjamin O. Womack Jr.Leigh C. Woodall Jr.Kellie Ann WoodruffWanda L. WynneTerry K. Yeargan

FIRMS PROvIDING MATCHING GIFTSAbbott LaboratoriesAlliance One InternationalAltria Group Inc.Bank of AmericaBlue Bell Inc.Clariant CorporationErnst & YoungH & R Block FoundationKPMG FoundationMicrosoftMonsantoNorfolk SouthernNovo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Inc.PepsiCo FoundationPfizer Inc.RJR Nabisco Inc.RSM McGladrey Inc.State FarmThe Medtronic FoundationUniversal Leaf Tobacco CompanyVerizonWachoviaWells Fargo

THE ACCOUNTING SOCIETYChancellor’s Society ($1,000+)Mark and Tracy CopelandDan M. GuyH&R Block FoundationJames and Deborah HooperThomas Garner HorneJeffrey T. JoynerLangdon & CompanyNorth Carolina CPA Foundation Inc. Chapter & Committee Scholarship ProgramNorth Carolina State Board of CPA ExaminersDouglas Kenneth Schneider*Tatum and Edwards PA

Associate ($500–$999)Rose L. Bailey*Beta Alpha PsiSequoya Santana BorgmanCharles Ervin Clontz Jr.Stanley Wilson CoxWillie Ray and Linda CreechCraig RidenourJeffrey Graham Williams

Affiliate ($250–$499)Jason Nicholas BrownKenneth M. Gunn Jr.KPMG FoundationLuther Gary Leonard

Rachele Villanueva ManansalaMark G. McCarthy*Margaret Ann MitchellNC Association of CPAsAlan Daniel ParrishDan L. Schisler*Lowell G. TaylorKeith T. WallaceDavid Jefferson Worthington

Contributor ($100–$249)Tracey Hill AllenSteven Randall AyersRichard Marvin Baker IIIBecker Professional EducationRobert Edward Blizard Jr.Kenneth T. BowlingDavidson and Kathy BurnsLouisa Sukfong ChanWilliam and Constance RobersonDavid Nathaniel CrawfordLisa Nicole CrouseCumberland Community Foundation Inc.John Morris DavisKimberly Mallard EverettAlton Ray Gower Jr.Crystal Michelle HamiltonRonald G. HightMary Smithwick HodgesMarjorie Register HolmesRichard Anthony HouriganLisa Bunch HunterJoseph Andrew KrausJustin Todd LassiterAllen Dale LeeCynthia L. LilleyJoseph E. McKoyKevin Gray MickleLinda Golden MurphyJan Bass MurphyPaul Lee Nunn Jr.Joe Frank OgburnDennis Michael O’Reilly*Jay and Amy ParrisRobin Foster PorterCharles Stewart RigsbeeEdward Henry RipperE. Dudley RobinsonTimothy Ryan RowlandRobin Ann Sanford John Bruce Satterfield Jr.Teresa ShingletonJohn C. Smith Jr.Kenneth L. SmithThomas Churchill Swanner Jr.Universal Leaf Tobacco CompanyPamela Beavers WardDebra Bryant WheelerKellie Ann Woodruff

FIRMS PROvIDING MATCHING GIFTSAccounting SocietyH&R Block FoundationKPMG FoundationUniversal Leaf Tobacco


The Commerce Club

Founded in 1984, the East Carolina University Commerce Club is an annual giving society designed to support College of Business students, faculty, and alumni by enhancing the quality of our academic programs, helping our students succeed, and strengthening ties with our alumni and our community. Membership dues and other contribu-tions from Commerce Club members provide unrestricted support each year for critical needs in the College of Business, including the following: • Two Commerce Club scholarships and

10 Commerce Club book scholarships

• Travel funds for students and faculty to attend course- related conferences and/or visits to corporations

• Faculty development and recognition, including the Commerce Club Teaching Excellence Award and the Commerce Club New Faculty Award

• Seed money for new programs and opportunities within the college

• Development and printing costs of Stocknotes, our alumni newsletter published three times per year

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

• A certificate representing a share of stock in the College of Business

• Opportunities to reconnect to ECU through special events, receptions, and seminars for Commerce Club members

• The College of Business Annual Report, distributed at the end of every calendar year

• Recognition as a Commerce Club member in College publications

• The pride that comes with helping the ECU family

Shown above are Commerce Club Scholarship recipients Chelsea Benner and Andrew Steffensen.

HOW TO jOINJoining the Commerce Club is easy. Simply complete the membership form online at www.ecu/commerceclub/, and your membership is activated. Membership dues to the Commerce Club are $50 annually, although you may certainly choose to donate more.

If you are a recent graduate, the College of Business offers a special Young Executive membership option, which provides complimentary access to the Commerce Club for the first year following graduation.

Thank you for supporting the College of Business. Together, we shape future leaders to succeed in business and contribute to their communities.

Commerce


Ken Douglas Adams, Brevard, NCTope Adeyemi-Bello*, Winterville, NCEric Allen Airola, Fayetteville, ARTodd A. Albaugh, Frederick, MDDouglas J. Alcorn, Springfield, VACaleb Daniel Alexander, Nags Head, NCJason Daniel Alexander, Sterling, VAJohn Post Alkire IV, Atlanta, GATracey Hill Allen, Greenville, NCPatricia Allred, High Point, NCTimothy Scott Aman, Roanoke Rapids, NCSally Marie Amatruda, Alpharetta, GARobert Ernest Anderson, Elkton, MDBradford Hunter Andrews, Calabash, NCCharles Elliott Andrews, Vienna, VACraig Jason Anson, Apex, NCJohn Charles Anthony Jr., Wilson, NCPhilip Tyler Antle, Kissimmee, FLCory Matthew Arrowood, Wilmington, NCJoanne Ashworth, Altadena, CARichard Lee Ashworth, Altadena, CACharles A. Askew Jr., Williamston, NCMary Lee Askew, Williamston, NCCharles F. Atkins, Sanford, NCCharles S. Atwater, Durham, NCEdward Bennett Atwill, Richmond, VADouglas Ashley Austin, Winterville, NCKathleen Sue Austin, Winterville, NCGarrett Lee Austin, Callaway, MDHoward Hodges Aycock, New Smyrna Beach, FLSteven Randall Ayers, Winterville, NCWilliam David Ayers, Saint Pauls, NCLouise M. Bagi, New York, NYJames Terrell Bailey, Raleigh, NCMegan Renee Bailey, Raleigh, NCRose L. Bailey*, Huntersville, NCJohn David Bain, Silver Springs, FLRichard Marvin Baker III, Sneads Ferry, NCWilliam Horace Baker Jr., Wendell, NCColleen Balot, Grimesland, NCRichard Balot, Grimesland, NCJames B. Banks Jr., Wake Forest, NCRobert Brantly Banks, Sparta, NCKenneth J. Bansemer, Charlotte, NCMichael Vernon Barber, Whitsett, NCLinda Barbour, Clayton, NCWayne Morgan Barker, Semora, NCRayford Lee Barnes Jr., Clemmons, NCStephen J. Barnes, Rocky Mount, NCJoe Hilton Barrett II, Camden, NCRobert Troy Barrett, Orangeburg, SCStephen T. Barrow, Kittrell, NCMr. William Stephen Bartley Sr., Hubert, NCDilara D. Batca, Winterville, NCSharron Henderson Batchelor, Wallace, NCWilliam Hodge Batchelor, Washington, NCBonita Edwards Batts, Greenville, NCWillis Ray Batts Jr., Greenville, NCMarvin E. Baugh, Greensboro, NCJames Hudson Bearden*, Greenville, NCWarren Tucker Beck, Raleigh, NCDebra Hill Bedford, Goldsboro, NCMarvin Cooper Beland, Greenville, NCChristopher Stewart Bender, Raleigh, NCCharles Garland Benson II, New Bern, NCLisa D. Benton, Greenville, NCWalter Benton, Greenville, NCSamuel J. Bernstein, Charlotte, NCBruce A. Biggs, Elizabeth City, NCThomas Otho Biggs, Manteo, NCRobert F. Bird, Cary, NCDouglas Allen Black, Washington, NCEdgar Leonard Blackley, Bullock, NCRobert Edward Blizard Jr., Allentown, PAStephen McKinley Blizzard, Newport, NC

Paula Ann Bobish, Mount Laurel, NJJames Andrew Bogardus, Fair Haven, NJJan L. Bohmuller, Hickory, NCDonald Bernard Boldt*, Kinston, NCDavid A. Bond, Raleigh, NCPamela Bond, Raleigh, NCSequoya Santana Borgman, Franklin, WIRaymond H. Bottorf, Midlothian, VABradley James Bowers, Cincinnati, OHC. Benny Bowes, Winston-Salem, NCKenneth T. Bowling, Greensboro, NCGlenn T. Boyd, Fort Mill, SCDavid J. Bradley, Nashville, NCDavid A. Bradley, Virginia Beach, VAKathleen A. Brady, Winston-Salem, NCKevin Dale Braswell, Raleigh, NCMartha S. Bridges, Rocky Mount, NCRobert Gentry Brinkley, Charlotte, NCCarroll Merton Britt, Merry Hill, NCFrederick Brian Britt, Washington, TXJohn Daniel Brooks, Matthews, NCAnita Woodford Brown, Dunkirk, MDJason Nicholas Brown, Apex, NCJustin L. Brown III, Fuquay-Varina, NCRobert Lee Brown, Kinston, NCRuth W. Brown, Williamston, NCStephen Anthony Brown, Raleigh, NCRichard Stuart Browning, Charlotte, NCWilliam Ross Browning, Salisbury, NCWilliam Iain Bruce, Nags Head, NCMartin P. Brunk, Lutherville, MDShelby Lynn Buck, Holly Springs, NCLeslie Gray Bunch, Greenville, NCDianne Beamon Bunn, Greenville, NCMichael L. Bunting, Julian, NCAndrew George Burch, Raleigh, NCJerry Evan Burgdofer, Statesville, NCDavid S. Burgess Jr., Camden, NCDavid W. Burke, Winston-Salem, NCMary Burnes, Saint Louis, MODavidson Mitchell Burns, Apex, NCKathy R. Burns, Apex, NCJason Metro Burtick, Raleigh, NCAdelaide W. Burton, Atlanta, GAFrank F. Butler, Clinton, NCGene E. Butner, Mechanicsville, VAAnn B. Byrd, Farmville, NCEdward Evans Callis, Asheville, NCCreola Smith Campbell, Zebulon, NCEdward Graham Campbell III, Rocky Mount, NCRichard Luby Cannon Jr., Vanceboro, NCJohn Fielding Cantrell, Charlotte, NCRodney Cantrell, Washington, NCMyrtle P. Carowan, Pantego, NCRobert Allen Carr, Holly Springs, NCWilliam Howard Carr Jr., Palm Harbor, FLJames Harold Carter, Raleigh, NCPhillip Reed Carter, Boulder, COHenry V. Cashwell Sr., Colfax, NCBonnie Caudle, Roanoke Rapids, NCMichael S. Chaffee, Garner, NCLouisa Sukfong Chan, Greenville, NCAlexander Luckton Chandler, Clayton, NCHui Chang, Herndon, VAEdward L. Chapman, Williamston, NCJoyce Gilbert Cherry, Kinston, NCStephen Redfern Chesnutt, Rocky Mount, NCMichael Lynn Chestnutt, Clinton, NCEugene G. Chewning Jr., Bloomington, INDolphus Thomas Clark, Sanford, NCWilliam B. Cleaver III, Alexandria, VAFrancis Louis Clement, Medford, NJJohn Graham Clements, Raleigh, NCCharles Ervin Clontz Jr., Morehead City, NCAndrew Scott Coats, Cary, NC

Elizabeth C. Cobb, Raleigh, NCWilliam Richard Cobb, Rocky Mount, NCJames Eddie Cockman, Saint Petersburg, FLMatthew C. Coffland, Cary, NCJoseph Haywood Cogdell, Nashville, NCKevin James Collins, Charlotte, NCJames Richard Conder Sr., Rockingham, NCJanette Florence Conklin-Crumley, Virginia Beach, VACharles Mitchell Conover, Midlothian, VAMarc David Cook, Orlando, FLCharity Meekins Cooke, Nags Head, NCGinny Flynn Cooper, Kinston, NCL. Edward Cooper Jr., Kinston, NCMark Fearing Copeland, Charlotte, NCTracy Waters Copeland, Charlotte, NCJames Dallas Corbett, Greenville, NCMary Elizabeth Corbin, Greenville, NCCharles Anthony Costanzo, Collegeville, PAWilliam Joseph Cotton, Goldsboro, NCAnthony L. Cottrell, Browns Summit, NCAlbert Barbee Council III, Rocky Mount, NCKimberly H. Council, Rocky Mount, NCChristopher Andrew Cox, Holly Springs, NCMatthew Steele Cox, Winterville, NCStanley Wilson Cox, Broadway, NCF. Taylor Cranor III, Little Rock, ARDavid Nathaniel Crawford, Roanoke Rapids, NCWilliam Douglas Creech Sr., Mint Hill, NCLinda Creech, Prospect, KYWillie Ray Creech, Prospect, KYDonna V. Creef, Kill Devil Hills, NCKelly O’Neal Crisp, Washington, NCLisa Nicole Crouse, Blackwood, NJJames Joseph Cuff, Newark, DEMelissa Barrow Culbreth, Raleigh, NCDelmas Cumbee, Williamston, NCGerald Arthur Cunningham, Greensboro, NCMelvin G. Cunningham, Walstonburg, NCJanet Gail Curtis, Rocky Mount, NCJack E. Cutler, Tarboro, NCKevin Dale Cutler, Bath, NCTracey Russell Dail, New Bern, NCBrenda B. Dalton, Pilot Mountain, NCWilliam Herman Dams, New Bern, NCJames Reginald Daniels Jr., Rocky Mount, NCJoseph Colby Daughtry Jr., Raleigh, NCGordon Parker Davis, Wilson, NCHazel E. Davis, Greensboro, NCJamie Burnette Davis, Louisburg, NCJeffrey C. Davis, Kinston, NCJohn Miller Davis III, Albany, CAJohn Morris Davis, Cary, NCCynthia Callaway Davis, Merry Hill, NCJohn Hunter Davis*, Merry Hill, NCMichael Wayne Davis, Raleigh, NCPatricia Herring DeForest, Winston-Salem, NCSteven Peter DeLorm, Littleton, COJudith Nestor Deme, Kinston, NCBrent T. DeVantier, Raleigh, NCSondra M. DeVincenzo, Wake Forest, NCMichael Clay Dickerson, Charlotte, NCDenise E. Dickins*, West Palm Beach, FLRoy Glenn Dixon, Salisbury, NCWilliam Charles Dodd, Raleigh, NCTimothy N. Domke, Lorton, VAMichael Robert Donohue, Bethpage, NYEmery G. Doughtie, Roanoke Rapids, NCJohn F. Douglas, Troutman, NCBrian Mark Dow, Stafford, VABrent Nathan Downing, Wilmington, NCJohn Robert Draper, Suffolk, VAJanet VanLandingham Drinnon, Greenville, NCDennis Earl Duke, Fuquay-Varina, NCRichard B. Dupree, Angier, NC

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CommerceDavid Henry Durant, Florence, SCTerry Worth Durham, Elgin, SCLaurie Eakins*, Winterville, NCStanley G. Eakins*, Winterville, NCRobert Eash, Raleigh, NCMary Beth Eason, Greenville, NCWilliam Pete Edmundson, Pikeville, NCC. Wayne Edwards II, Creedmoor, NCDon Edwards, Greenville, NCLaura H. Edwards, Raleigh, NCMichael Charles Edwards, Raleigh, NCPaul D. Edwards, Fayetteville, NCRhonda Lane Edwards, Raleigh, NCRobert L. Edwards, Winston-Salem, NCRobert Wade Edwards, Rocky Mount, NCWilliam Hans Edwards, Wilmington, NCLouis Lamar Elliott, Washington, NCDavid H. Englert, Norfolk, VADouglas Marlin Evans, Murrells Inlet, SCElla Johnson Evans, Clayton, NCKenneth Wayne Evans, Eden, NCKimberly Mallard Everett, Greenville, NCThomas Edward Faircloth, Cary, NCBrent Gregory Falcon, Raleigh, NCEllory Scott Farrar, Cary, NCDavid L. Farris, Raleigh, NCMargaret Louise Farris, Raleigh, NCJesse Leonard Farris III, Andover, MAWalter C. Faulkner, Pinetops, NCRobert Joseph Fehrs, St. Augustine, FLMartha Elizabeth Fife, Kenansville, NCAnne Klutey Fisher*, Greenville, NCJerry Fisher, Chapel Hill, NCKevin Scott Fisher, Greenville, NCKaren Griffin Flippin, Greensboro, NCCharles Ray Flowers Jr., Tarboro, NCLou Ellen Flowers, Fremont, NCFrank Floyd Jr., Raleigh, NCLyle O. Forbes Jr., Shawboro, NCDavid L. Forbis, Savannah, GACannon Wade Forrest, Bridgeton, NCCarissa Frampton, Jacksonville, NCJon Lawrence Frank, Bristow, VAR. D. Frazelle, Swansboro, NCKeith Layne Frazier II, Raleigh, NCWayne Richard Frazier, Charlotte, NCRobert W. Frye, Winterville, NCSteven L. Fussell, Jamestown, NCTimothy Shawn Gaghan, Springfield, VARobert Burten Gagnon, Raleigh, NCGeorge F. Garner Jr., Lancaster, SCDavid Benton Gattis, Columbia, MDJohn Ashley Gatton, Raleigh, NCMarshall Lee Gay, Raleigh, NCHarriet Jordan Geiger, Matthews, NCEdwin Chester Giddings, Arlington, VAAmber L. Gill, Greenville, NCMichael David Gillikin, Winterville, NCRobert S. Gilmore Jr., Elon, NCMark Blaine Given Jr., Roanoke Rapids, NCLori Kay Glass, Havelock, NCGertrude Goble, Raleigh, NC

Jonathan Pastor Gomez, Delray Beach, FLJoseph Higgs Goodson Jr., Greenville, NCAlton Ray Gower Jr., Dunn, NCTimothy John Grabus, Kernersville, NCWilliam F. Grant III, Williamsburg, VAPamela Kaye Gravely, Winter Springs, FLJoan Gillette Gray, Wilmington, NCJames Henry Grdich, Charlotte, NCSandra F. Grdich, Charlotte, NCAlton Cutchin Greene Jr., Clarkesville, GAPaula V. Gribble, Jacksonville, NCRobert Scott Griffin Jr., Greenville, NCWilliam B. Griffin, Durham, NCAudrey Porter Grillo, Virginia Beach, VARebecca Harmon Guffey, Anderson, SCKenneth M. Gunn Jr., Richmond, VACharles Mitchell Gurganus, Washington, NCDan Guy, Santa Fe, NMBrandon Jared Hales, Greenville, NCRobert Melver Haley Jr., Scottsdale, AZRobert Haywood Hall, Apex, NCCrystal Michelle Hamilton, Cary, NCMichael Kent Hammond, Fountain, COWilliam A. Haney Jr., Rocky Mount, NCKelley Kane Harar, Newtown, PAJames A. Hardee, Raleigh, NCSusan Elaine Hardee, Nashville, NCDeborah L. Hardin, Greensboro, NCAlison Deidrick Harding, Mt. Pleasant, SCJane Tucker Hardison, New Bern, NCBrian Terrence Hardy, Leesburg, VAGerald Keith Harmon, Bessemer City, NCBetsy H. Harper, Grifton, NCRobert Stevenson Harper, Laurel, MSDana J. Harrell, Farmville, NCWilliam C. Harrell, Columbia, NCC. Grey Harris II, Charleston, WVJames A. Harris Jr., Alpharetta, GAKenneth M. Harris, Matthews, NCLesley Paige Harris, Alexandria, VARobert Oliver Harris Jr., Charlotte, NCJanine Leanne Harrison, Ayden, NCLinda Whitehurst Harrison, Washington, NCBarbara H. Hatch, Goldsboro, NCRobert N. Hatch, Goldsboro, NCBobby Gene Hathaway, Raleigh, NCTamara Lee Hatley, Chatsworth, CARobert J. Haubenreiser, Deep River, CTRichard Doub Hauser Jr.*, Farmville, NCTerry W. Hauser, Naperville, ILBrian James Hawkins, Richmond, VACleveland M. Hawkins, Sunbury, NCStephanie Ann Hawley, Cary, NCJames B. Hayward, Roxboro, NCCorinne M. Heath*, Robersonville, NCJeffrey Paul Heavner, Wilmington, NCMary Catherine Heim, Wilmington, DEWade Hampton Henkel, Frederick, MDChristian Hernandez, Candler, NCRussell Davis Herring, Wilmington, NCPeggy Andrews Herrman, Littleton, NCRobert L. Hicks Jr., Catonsville, MDRonald G. Hight, Hickory, NCWayne A. Hildebrandt, La Grange, NCJan M. Hill, Chocowinity, NCKeith William Hiller, Clemmons, NCCarol Roberts Hinnant, Wendell, NCWalter Lee Hinson, Wilson, NCMiriam A. Hobgood, Raleigh, NCLatham Pate Hodges, Fayetteville, NCMary Smithwick Hodges, Winston-Salem, NCJohn Cordon Hoerter, Oak Island, NCBrandon Lynn Hollis, Raleigh, NCJames Edward Holloway*, Greenville, NCJoyce Swain Holloway, Greenville, NCMarjorie Register Holmes, Greenville, NC

George William Holt Jr., Raleigh, NCAndrea Brianna Honea, Durham, NCDeborah L. Hooper, Greensboro, NCJames Edward Hooper, Greensboro, NCThomas Garner Horne, New Bern, NCRichard Anthony Hourigan, Virginia Beach, VAAlton E. Howard, Raleigh, NCJohn L. Howard Jr., Greenville, NCDarren Slate Howell, Durham, NCSuzette Starling Hubbard, Matthews, NCJames G. Hudson Jr., Thomasville, NCInes Malson Hull, Waldorf, MDCourtney Anderson Humphrey, Raleigh, NCJohn C. Humphrey Jr., Lumberton, NCDavid R. Hunt, Greenville, NCJerry G. Hunt*, Round Rock, TXJudith R. Hunt*, Bethel, NCDavid Randolph Hunter, Hendersonville, NCLisa Bunch Hunter, Wake Forest, NCHomer Ford Hutchinson Jr., Sanford, FLDonald W. Ingram, Rock Hill, SCMarsha L. Ivey, Lincolnton, NCEdward Austin Jackson, Roanoke Rapids, NCEdward Allen James, Cary, NCGeorge Robert James, Williamston, NCWilliam R. Jameson, Clayton, NCAkshay I. Javeri, Cranbury, NJSwati Javeri, Cranbury, NJGeorge Nathaniel Jennings, Burlington, NCCharles Jernigan, New Bern, NCSandra Jernigan, New Bern, NCHal Swords Johnson, Winston-Salem, NCLloyd Michael Johnson, Greensboro, NCMichael Lloyd Johnson, Mooresville, NCRose Graham Johnson, Fairmont, NCTina Maroschak Johnson, Fayetteville, NCWesley Ross Johnson Jr., Powder Springs, GARobert Bunn Johnston, Toano, VADavid Ward Jones, Washington, NCHelen Lee Jones, Oriental, NCJames Michael Jones, Raleigh, NCEdwin B. Jones, Walstonburg, NCMerrill Glenn Jones II, Winterville, NCVirginia Lee Jones, Greenville, NCJohn Joseph Jordan, Raleigh, NCBrenda Hodges Joyner, Rock Hill, SCCarl Waylon Joyner, Greenville, NCClifford D. Joyner, Nashville, NCJeffrey T. Joyner, Winterville, NCKevin Scott Joyner, Fuquay-Varina, NCThomas Franklin Justice, Norcross, GARonald S. Kallman, Richmond, VASeth Hanson Kardos, Sarasota, FLJoseph R. Karns Jr., Greensboro, NCCraig Bennett Katzman, Charlotte, NCKenneth Ray Kearney, Greenville, NCChristopher Blair Keeter, Raleigh, NCRichard Lee Kerns*, Greenville, NCKenneth K. Kilpatrick, Charlotte, NCJanice Kay Kimble, Charlotte, NCDiana Folk Kincer, Germantoun, MDTerry Hall Kingery, Marietta, GADawn Frederick Kirk, Morehead City, NCJames Philip Kissinger, Knightdale, NCDouglas Dale Kittle, Montpelier, VAJames Kleckley*, Greenville, NCWalter A. Koch, Lindenhurst, ILWilliam Richard Koch, Greenville, NCRonald William Kohake Jr., Winterville, NCSidney Gale Koonce, Wendell, NCTracy Michelle Korschun, Southlake, TXMichael Stanley Kowalczyk, Chicago, ILMark E. Kral, Charlotte, NCJoseph Andrew Kraus, Greenwood, INWilliam Paul Kraus Jr., Greenville, NCKelly Carr Kurz, Grimesland, NC

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74 ECU College of BusinessCommerce ClubKaren Kus*, Greenville, NCGary Edward Lakin, Virginia Beach, VADenis L. Lamparter, Cambridge, MDDebra Ann Lancaster, Raleigh, NCHenry H. Land, Kannapolis, NCCharles N. Landen, New Bern, NCJane Margaret Lang*, Winterville, NCRalph Gray Langley Jr., Charlotte, NCWilliam L. Lanier Jr., Wilmington, NCKirk Long Lao, Garner, NCMorton Larmore, Virginia Beach, VARobert George Larrison Jr., Indian Trail, NCElsie Schuyler Larsen, Scottsdale, AZJustin Todd Lassiter, Midlothian, VALisa Lynn Lauder, Pfafftown, NCCol. Charles F. Laughinghouse, Emerald Isle, NCMelissa B. Lawver, Liberty, NCThomas E. Leake, Roanoke Rapids, NCAlgernon M. Lee, Charlotte, NCAllen Dale Lee, Raleigh, NCGregory D. Lee, Miami, FLWilliam H. Leffler, Glenwood, MDLuther Gary Leonard, Greensboro, NCJames R. Lewis, Blue Ridge, VAJulie Wessler Liddle, Raleigh, NCRobert George Liddle, Raleigh, NCCynthia L. Lilley, Williamston, NCKim Marie Linville, Fuquay-Varina, NCDuane Kirk Little, Chesapeake, VABobby Scott Lockamy, Warsaw, NCRebecca Lockamy, Warsaw, NCWilber Lee Loftin Jr., La Grange, NCJerry A. Long Jr., Raleigh, NCWallace Bryant Long, Littleton, NCKerry Lee Lovitt, Providence Forge, VAWilliam Guy Lucas, Raleigh, NCDenise Michele Luken, Apex, NCMichael James Lundberg, Tampa, FLWilliam Iverson MacKenzie Jr., Huntsville, ALMary H. Magee, Charlotte, NCPhilip Roger Magnuson Jr., Lakewood, NYJohn Steven Mahoney, Apex, NCAugust Frank Malson II, Waldorf, MDRachele Villanueva Manansala, Cary, NCAnthony Mancilla III, Escanaba, MIMatthew Corey Mangum, Raleigh, NCBrian Rai Mann, Greensboro, NCEdmund Spencer Mann Jr., Chocowinity, NCMac Edwin Manning, Williamston, NCA. Melvin Marchant III, Richmond, VAToni J. Marshburn, Raleigh, NCJames Earl Martin III, Wadesboro, NCTimothy N. Martin, Rocky Mount, NCKelli Jo Maynard*, Winterville, NCMark G. McCarthy*, Greenville, NCRaymond K. McCulloch, Raleigh, NCChristopher McDaniel, Winterville, NCSusanna Hudson McFadyen, Eastover, NCMilton Worth McKeel, Goldsboro, NCW. Scott McKinnon, Wilmington, NCBraxton Elder McKoy, Charlotte, NCJoseph E. McKoy, Chocowinity, NCLinda E. McMahon, Stamford, CTVincent Kennedy McMahon, Stamford, CTStephen B. Meadows, Issaquah, WAWesley M. Measamer, Greenville, NCPatricia R. Measley, Snow Hill, NCSteven A. Menaker, Charlotte, NCKevin Gray Mickle, Raleigh, NCNathan Rene Milian, Indian Beach, NCPhyllis Karen Miller, Kitty Hawk, NCDale Brooks Mills, Dillon, SCDavid R. Minges, Raleigh, NCJames Ernest Mitchell III, Sanford, NCMarcus Bain Mitchell, Raleigh, NCMargaret Ann Mitchell, Raleigh, NC

Patrick B. Mitchell, Birmingham, ALRichard Stephen Mitchell, Charlotte, NCWilliam Jeffrey Mitchell, Elizabeth City, NCCecil Mizelle, Greenville, NCElizabeth Williams Mizelle, Washington, NCCynthia S. Modlin, Williamston, NCRachael Modlin, Ahoskie, NCJames E. Monroe, Greenville, NCBoyce Stevenson Moore Jr., Greenville, NCCandace Cheryl Moore, Winston-Salem, NCH. Douglas Moore, Erwin, NCMerrill Charles Moore Sr., Georgetown, DERobert Downey Morris, APO, AEGeorge Shephard Mount IV, Wilson, NCCharles B. Moye, Wake Forest, NCD. Ralph Mozingo, Greenville, NCRebecca Lynn Mueck, Raleigh, NCLouis Mullinger, Wake Forest, NCJan Bass Murphy, Greenville, NCLenwood Morris Murphy Jr., Kinston, NCLinda Golden Murphy, Morehead City, NCEric Francis Mussler, Raleigh, NCLarry F. Naylor, Newton Grove, NCSue Holloman Nesbitt, Washington, NCJudith Tucker Newman, Raleigh, NCJames Luther Nichols III, Wrightsville Beach, NCDouglas Heath Nisbet II, Greenville, NCFrederick D. Niswander*, Greenville, NCWalker P. Norford, Waynesboro, VARobert D. Norman, Fayetteville, NCCharles Wilson Northcutt Jr., Gibsonville, NCPaul Lee Nunn Jr., Goldsboro, NCSonya McCoy O’Brien, Mount Olive, NCColin O’Connor*, Winterville, NCVirginia Balsley Odom, Roanoke Rapids, NCJoe Frank Ogburn, Shelby, NCWilliam Cooper Oglesby III, Portsmouth, VAJohn O’Hara, Kearny, NJMargaret T. O’Hara*, Greenville, NCDennis Michael O’Reilly*, Greenville, NCJames Russell Orr*, Winterville, NCAndrew Francis O’Toole, Glencoe, MOJohnny B. Overby Jr., Henderson, NCE. Neel Overman, Douglas, AZO. Wright Overton, Harkers Island, NCPatsy Cherry Owens, Williamston, NCJoseph Benjamin Pace, Wilmington, NCSherlon L. Page, Spring Hope, NCTrudy Fay Page, Greenville, NCAlexander Timothy Pappas, Greenville, NCRichard Michael Pappas, Huntersville, NCW. Charles Paradee Jr., Smyrna, DEDonald L. Park, Greensboro, NCCharles David Parks, Greensboro, NCChandreshkumar Amrutlal Parmar, Columbus, OHDonald Wayne Parr Jr., Hopewell, VAAmy Edna Parris, Kinston, NCJay Arthur Parris, Kinston, NCAlan Daniel Parrish, Ponte Vedra Beach, FLEvelyn Little Pate, Zebulon, NCTommy B. Pate, Zebulon, NCHerbert H. Patrick Jr., Asheville, NCChristopher T. Patton, Charlotte, NCDonald R. Payne Jr., Thomasville, NCGregory Clark Payne, Cumming, GADariush Andre Payrow, Atlanta, GAMargery W. Pearce, West Columbia, SCJames Buchanan Pearsall, Greenville, NCGregory Charles Pechmann, Fayetteville, NCJoseph Waters Pegram, Charlotte, NCCollin Peregoy, Dunn, NCDavid M. Perry, Goldsboro, NCSusan Lynn Perry, Chocowinity, NCJames Edwin Phelps Jr., Hendersonville, NCMartha Griffin Phelps Kim, Norcross, GARoy E. Phibbs, Raleigh, NC

Michael Wayne Phillips, Advance, NCThurman R. Pierce Jr., Jackson, WYChad Brian Pike, Siler City, NCGregory Carl Piner, Raleigh, NCMark Stephen Piper, Wilson, NCRobert Earl Poole II, Fayetteville, NCWilliam Paul Poole, Chocowinity, NCJoseph Alvin Pope, Clinton, NCCathy G. Porter, Rocky Mount, NCRobin Foster Porter, Seven Lakes, NCRebecca Lynn Garlits Poucher, Arlington Heights, ILAlan Reid Powell, Greenville, NCCharles Fleming Powell, Saint Augustine, FLWilliam H. Powell III, Salisbury, MDFrank Vincent Preto, Marlton, NJJames Thomas Price, Winterville, NCDiana Trask Pridgen, Rocky Mount, NCHeather Hower Pridgen, Midlothian, VAMelbourne Henry Pridgen, Rocky Mount, NCSean Carpenter Pridgen, Midlothian, VAJennifer Jo Priebe, Branson West, MOCarl Purcell Jr., Lorton, VAAlan Joseph Questell, Southern Pines, NCWallis Strickland Questell, Southern Pines, NCLinda Ann Quick, Columbia, SCJames Michael Quinn, Clayton, NCPhillip Matthew Quinn, Winterville, NCJames L. Rabon Jr., Monroe, NCFrank J. Rackley, New Bern, NCAllison Nash Radford, Ashburn, VAJessica Raphael Ramby, Fairfax, VAJay Paul Ramey Jr., Charleston, SCMargaret U. Raskind, Richmond, VARadell C. Rasmussen, Washington, NCRobert Zachary Raynor, Clinton, NCJoseph Reginald Reeves, Macclesfield, NCPaul Burtner Reif, Winchester, VABlake Lee Reifschneider, Raleigh, NCEric Todd Reifschneider, Greenville, NCRiley Earle Reiner, Wake Forest, NCScott Respess, Winterville, NCJoyce Reto, Mt. Holly, NCMeleah Barnhill Reynolds, Mt. Pleasant, SCDonda Hill Rhodes, Winterville, NCIra Len Rhodes*, Winterville, NCSteve Edward Rhoney, Hickory, NCCharles Austin Rice, Farmville, NCBennett Coleman Richardson, Plano, TXJohn H. Richardson II, Charleston, SCKay Riddick, Ocracoke, NCCraig Ridenour, Cary, NCCharles Stewart Rigsbee, Durham, NCEdward Henry Ripper, Crozet, VAGail G. Rivera, Stafford, VAKevin Jackson Roach, Virginia Beach, VAPeggy Horner Robbins, Asheboro, NCConstance Roberson, Durham, NCWilliam F. Roberson, Durham, NCBarbara F. Roberts, Elizabeth City, NCVirginia R. Roberts, Winterville, NCE. Dudley Robinson, Hillsborough, NCJillian Mistak Robinson, Greenville, NCMatthew Quay Robinson, Greenville, NCThomas Joseph Robinson, Salisbury, NCDoris B. Rodormer, Lighthouse Point, FLHarold S. Rogers, Mount Gilead, NCMichael Robin Romance, Ft. Lauderdale, FLJeffrey V. Roscoe, Apex, NCSandra Rives Roscoe, Apex, NCGregory Scott Rosen, New York, NYGary L. Rosenbaum, Lexington, NCElizabeth Paige Rouse, Alexandria, VAWilliam Hardy Rouse Jr., Kinston, NCTodd G. Rowe, Apex, NCWilliam Joshua Rowe, Kinston, NCNeil Arlan Rowerdink, Raleigh, NC

Timothy Ryan Rowland, Kittrell, NCJeanne Campbell Rucks, Vienna, VARobert Reid Rucks, Vienna, VAJoseph Michael Rusnak, Mebane, NCCarmen Russoniello, Greenville, NCMartha M. Sadler, Alliance, NCColette Joy Sagar, Andover, MAJames Lawton Salisbury, Raleigh, NCThomas Hargett Sanders, La Grange, NCRobin Ann Sanford, Battleboro, NCRyo Leo Sasaki, Clemmons, NCJohn Bruce Satterfield Jr., New Bern, NCThomas William Savitski, Apex, NCKimberly Marie Scarborough, Kinston, NCMelanie Marlow Scheffler, Clayton, NCDan L. Schisler*, Greenville, NCJessica Wearne Schmidt, Chicago, ILDouglas Kenneth Schneider*, Greenville, NCSuzanne D. Schneider, Durham, NCLynn M. Schubert, Washington, DCPaul Schwager*, Greenville, NCSteven Ward Scoggin, San Diego, CABetty Wright Scott, Wilmington, NCDanny R. Scott, Swansea, ILDava Davis Scott, Newbury Park, CAJohn Edward Scott, Newbury Park, CARonald Guy Scronce, Hickory, NCJeffrey Parker Sears, Dalton, GAElaine Dorsch Seeman*, Winterville, NCJerry Dwain Shackelford, Kinston, NCParnian D. Shahin, Ashburn, VAKieran J. Shanahan, Raleigh, NCPamela Anne Shannonhouse, Winston-Salem, NCMarcie Rae Shelton, Charlotte, NCTeresa M. Shingleton, Durham, NCSamuel Edwin Short, Fayetteville, NCWilliam Herman Shreve, Wilson, NCDonald H. Shumaker, Asheboro, NCMichael Alexander Shusko, Wake Forest, NCEllen Whitman Sidbury, Annandale, NJMary Ruth Sikes, Winterville, NCFrederick Thomas Simon, Atlanta, GAEric Lee Sinclair Jr., Denver, NCHinton James Skipper Jr., Greenville, NCBetty W. Slade, Bath, NCMary Polk Smathers, Greensboro, NCAlton Glenn Smith Jr., Goldsboro, NCEric Glenn Smith, Wilson, NCHarold Dean Smith, Winterville, NCJared Darryl Smith, Locust, NCJohn C. Smith Jr., Pink Hill, NCJohn L. Smith, New Bern, NCKenneth L. Smith, Winterville, NCKyle Matthew Smith, Rocky Mount, NCPamela J. Smith, Morganville, NJSharon Ann Smith, Fuquay-Varina, NCSteven Christopher Smith, Winterville, NCStewart H. Smith, New Bern, NCTrinetta Copeland Smith, Greenville, NCZachary Alan Smith, Clayton, MOJohn Carlton Southern III, Greenville, NCRay McFarland Spears Jr., Greenville, NCRocky Speight, Rocky Mount, NCJohnny W. Spencer Jr., Greenville, NCCrystal Swaim Spicer, Lewisville, NCBryan Cole Spragling, Raleigh, NCStephen N. Spruill, Greenville, NCAnne Edwards Squire, Wilmington, NCWilliam Robert Stallings, Zebulon, NCLeo Hardee Starling, Greensboro, NCChristopher Coe Steele, Winston-Salem, NCStephen Paul Steelman Jr., Kinston, NCConstantine Steve Stephanos, Rockville, MDRay G. Stephens, Athens, OHSharon Bates Stewart, Addison, ILMichael Joseph Stoop, Richmond, VA

Robert Donald Strain, Charlotte, NCR. Dennis Strickland Jr., Dunn, NCRobert Charles Strickland, Goldsboro, NCWilliam Glenn Strickland, Bellarthur, NCScott Gordon Stubbings, Winterville, NCEric Michael Styron, Suffolk, VABarry Thomas Sugg, Greenville, NCGregory Charles Suggs, Raleigh, NCNicole Tripp Suggs, La Grange, NCJ. Craige Summers, Durham, NCHugh Sexton Surles III, Augusta, GABilly Frank Sutton, Cary, NCEthel Marion Sutton, Ayden, NCLarry B. Swaney, Raleigh, NCCarey Meredith Swann III, Wilmington, NCJerry Norman Swann, Sumter, SCSonny Swanner, Washington, NCThomas Churchill Swanner Jr., Washington, NCJonathan Edward Sweet, Burke, VAJeffrey Pierce Taft, Apex, NCNicholas Robert Talarico, Raleigh, NCClarence Nolan Talbot Jr., Greenville, NCShauna Lodowski Talbot, Millersville, MDMark Alan Tanner, Annapolis, MDGrover C. Tarlton Jr., Burlington, NCKimberly S. Tatum, Creedmore, NCBrian Keith Taylor, Greensboro, NCCarlton E. Taylor, Rocky Mount, NCErnest Ward Taylor, Greenville, NCGeorge Keith Taylor, Lumberton, NCPat Taylor, Greensboro, NCLowell G. Taylor, Williamston, NCMarjorie R. Taylor, Greenville, NCMaxwell L. Taylor, Winston-Salem, NCMichael Clayton Taylor, Greenville, NCSherry Robbins Taylor, Virginia Beach, VAStephanie Sprouse Taylor, Pikeville, NCJoe E. Terrell, Clyde, NCDeborah Cobb Tetterton, Winterville, NCPhillip W. Tetterton, Charlotte, NCLee Chandler Thaxton, Greensboro, NCToni M. Thereault, Charlotte, NCCharles L. Thomas, Winterville, NCGeorgia Mooring Thomas, Wilson, NCRoy N. Thomas, Rocky Mount, NCCarol Angela Thompson, Charlotte, NCJack Thomas Thompson Jr., Houston, TXJerry Wayne Thornton, Garner, NCMary Ellen W. Thorp, Oxford, NCAlbert Justice Threewitts, Lumberton, NCJason Lee Thuringer, Trent Woods, NCCandy Williams Tilley, Hertford, NCPatrick B. Timberlake, Raleigh, NCJoseph Tomkiewicz*, Farmville, NCTerry Lee Trickler, Henderson, NCSteven Michael Troutman, Charlotte, NCDavid Lester Tucker, Lenoir, NCHope Harrell Turnbull, Wallace, NCG. Albert Turner, Preston, MDJohn S. Turner, Monroe, NCAdrian E. Turney, Decatur, ALTracy Lynn Tuten*, Washington, NCDonald Umstead, Raleigh, NCJoshua Taylor Vannamee, Cicero, NYDana Green Vaughn, Wake Forest, NCLeo Allen Venters, Winterville, NCGwendolyn Ann Vinson, Charlotte, NCDavid Fenton Voiles, New Bern, NCArnold Wallace, Clayton, NCKay S. Wallace, Clayton, NCKeith T. Wallace, Raleigh, NCRobert Justin Wallace, Greenville, NCDiane Gray Walters, Raleigh, NCEdward Thomas Walters, Raleigh, NCPerry Clarke Walton, Henderson, NVEugene M. Ward, Wadesboro, NC


ECU College of Business 75Commerce ClubJohn William Ward, Raleigh, NCPamela Beavers Ward, Chocowinity, NCRalph E. Ward, Greenville, NCRobert Allen Ward, Burlington, NCRobert Hunter Warren, Chapel Hill, NCGail L. Washington, Fairfax, VAAndrew Lamar Watkins, Bentonville, ARFran Styons Watson, Elizabeth City, NCLarry G. Wayne, Cary, NCNathan R. Weavil, Holly Springs, NCJeanne K. Webb, Morehead City, NCRobert Howard Weber Jr., Wilmington, NCVerna B. Weeks, Pikeville, NCGregory A. Weigum, Grifton, NCDavid Allen West*, Chapel Hill, NCChristine Allabach Westbrook, Lancaster, PAJames Rogers Westmoreland*, Greenville, NCShannon Latoya Wharry, Raleigh, NCDebra Bryant Wheeler, Grifton, NCElizabeth Sickles Wheeler, Shrewsbury, MAHerbert W. Wheless, Greenville, NCSylvia Jones Wheless, Greenville, NCJoseph L. White Jr., Lumberton, NCWade Clifford White, Vail, COCarolyn Ball Whitehurst, Oxford, NCKendrick Martin Whitehurst, Winterville, NCDane Todd Whitmoyer, Lancaster, PAWilliam Worth Whittington, Kinston, NCJudson Douglas Wike, Catawba, NCPatricia Pezdek Wike, Catawba, NCThomas L. Wilkens, Matthews, NCRonnie Leo Wilkes, Charlotte, NCCharles Farrow Williams, Pantego, NCFrederick Alton Williams Jr., Atlantic Beach, NCGary Robert Williams, High Point, NCJeffrey Graham Williams, Trent Woods, NCPamela Matthews Williams, Clayton, NCPatricia H. Williams, Kinston, NCRhonda K. Williams, Fort Mill, SCRichard A. Williams, Raleigh, NCThomas Edmond Williams, Raleigh, NCTina Louise Williams*, Greenville, NCHenry G. Williamson Jr., Advance, NCJoe Linwood Williamson, Matthews, NCDonnie Chester Wilson, Winston-Salem, NCFranklin Wilson Jr., Rocky Mount, NCJames Ivey Wilson, Sanford, NCKaley Williford Wilson, Edenton, NCRuth Burchette Wilson, Raleigh, NCWilliam Gilbert Wilson, Raleigh, NCJoe Louis Winbush, Havelock, NCBrett Gray Withers, Gastonia, NCSean Raymond Woehrle, Richmond, VABenjamin O. Womack Jr., Jamestown, NCLeigh C. Woodall Jr., Roxboro, NCKellie Ann Woodruff, Tipp City, OHTiffany Combs Woodward, Washington, NCMoye Wayne Woolard, Washington, NCElizabeth Oliver Wooten, Kernersville, NCJan Skillen Workman*, Greenville, NCSamuel Joseph Wornom III, Sanford, NCBilly Ray Worrell, Augusta, GADavid Jefferson Worthington, Cary, NCKaren Davis Wrenn, Greenville, NCKimberly Ann Wright, Sanford, NCWanda L. Wynne, Greenville, NCWilliam H. Yarborough, Alexandria, VATerry K. Yeargan, Willow Spring, NCBuddy Zincone*, Greenville, NC

76 ECU College of Business Executives

Stephon Thomas (MIS)Recipient of The Eakins Scholarship

Young Executives

Trent Jackson AbrahamNicole AhearnAli AkkanGideon Lee AlexanderChristopher AllenDeanna AllenJazzanetta D. AllenLandon AllenIleah AlstonSoloman AmbayeJames M. AndersonJohn Charles AnthonyAlvin Lee AshworthThomas AusbonJared AvchenRachel C. BaconAyman BadwanJason BakerMichael BandDustin Ryan BectonBenjamin BeddisDaniela BerroneBurnie D. BestSidney BestEric BillingRichard Corey BlairChad Lawrence BlakaitisDustin BlundellJerrod BornmanAlexander BoscoAndrew S. BoswellMegan BrothersDaniella BowmanJustin BoyetteWilliam David Bradford IIPatrick BradsherJesse BrambleAshley M. BrewerNicholas D. BridgersDavid Edward BristolRoy BrooksDavid Nolen BrownRobert Bryan BrownAmanda BrozChantella BryantDaniel BryantSarah BurnetteMark BurrisMichelle BurrisAmelia J. ByrdHanna Elizabeth ByrdHannah Jo ByrdJoseph Calenda IIIJeffrey CampbellKurt CarlsonMichael CarringtonDianna Elizabeth CarrollEzequiel CasarinCourtney CasonRyan ChadwellBrooke ChamberlainSarah C. ChewningAndrew ChristianLeighann Adkins ClelandMackenzie CoghlanJessica Ann ColeGeorgia Ann CollierKimberly CollinsJustin CoopertenJosh CornwellJoseph T. CovingtonDaniel CowanFrank E. CoxKevin CoxLisa J. CoxKenneth Jamison CramptonThomas Jordan CreechWilliam Thomas Curtin IIIRobert DaigleDanielle Daley

Mark Daniel Mark DaviesSarah Kay DavisSteven DemeoCharlotte DietrichMarcus Christopher DillJoshua DorseyTerrance DorseyDavid Paul DowdMeridith C. DukeReva DunnEli DutcherSamantha EadsSilha Eaton-BessJennifer EdingerCatherine L. EdwardsScott EganSherrie Denise El-AminRebecca Ashley EllisJonathan EplerTom EspinozaWilliam EthingtonEllen FarinoJared Randolph FauberTaylor FennenDavid FerriseJason W. FifeHarvey FisherMatthew FlammanWalaiporri FlaniganJessica ForbesCannon ForrestHarold Jackson FountainEddie FoyAshley E. FrankJustin Paul FreemanJimmy FreudenbergKelsey GalenLu GengKylie GilmorePreston Garrett GomezAnnesa GoodeSteven B. GoodeNatalie GoodmanJeff GorkaBradley GrayCharles Downing GrayScott GrayZeb GrayJack GregoireBrittney GriecoHeather GriffinBrett HahnMichael HaleCorrie HallChristie HansenMorgyn K. HardeeSarah Hardison Lauren HarperJacob D. HarringtonOmar HarrisStacy M. HartmanJackson HayesRobert HealeKolicia HedgepethKrystal HicksJames A. HiltonMeagan HodgesAllison HollandChase Powers HooperAlexis Nichole HooverChad HouckSusan HoughtalinMorgan HowellThomas O’Ferrall Howie Jr.Jonian HoxhaDaniel HudsonMeagan S. HumphreyKaitlyn IhlyKyle Irwin

James Jared JacksonNicholas JacksonPhillip JacobsBryan Taylor JeffriesJonathan T. JenkinsKeya Latrice JenkinsBrian Sherwood JerniganAshleigh H. JohnsonDecoda JohnsonKatelyn JohnsonMitchell JohnsonTom JohnsonTimothy Matthew JohnstonBrandon R. JonesEmily Staton JonesJordan Gray JonesAnthony JonesFinley H. JonesKirsten Lynn JonesMahoganie JonesBrandon Tremain JoynerJennifer Ann JoynerHiral KamdarCharles KariukiHayley Marie KellyMichael KellyCatherine W. KendrickThomas Walton KincaidYatin KishanJenzie Talib KnightJessica KnucklesKatelin Ann KoopMichael LaignKatherine LaneKathleen LaneMark Alexandre LaroucheMary LasseterMatheson LassiterJoseph B. LavinWilliam Thomas LawsAshleigh Ellen LeeKathleen LehnesJamey Alex LewisPhilip Charles LindseyTyler LindseyKaitlin LloydPilar LopezSai LorTyler LumleyJessica LuvenderTammy LynnLauren MaarschalkerweerdMuhimen Zahereldin MahmoudLindsey MajorsKenneth MalloyMichael Seth ManessMark Giulio MarchioniCaroline E. MarksLaura MartinezMaria MartinezDavid MasciormiDavid Ryan MassengillColeman MatthewsMichael A. McGilvaryJeffrey Mark McGowanTerry McLaurinCharles R. MeansTeAira MelvinJohn Christopher MillerJason MitchellTerrence MitchellWilliam Jackson MondayMary Frances MoorePeggi Melaine MooreCharles Hugh MorrisEmily F. MorrisJoshua MorrisMegan MoseleyLauren MossDevin Matthew Moye

Jennifer MuirChristopher T. MunnPaul NaoumAndrew NevilleAmanda NewportHeather Kathleen NguyenAnella NiewenhousAshley NoblesLewis NormanBrittany Nicole NowellKatelyn O’BrienCharles West OvermanSarah PalumboAlexander David PardueSoo-ji ParkGrayson Adams ParkerJoshua ParkerKatherine ParkerMark ParkerSerge PasterginAshwini PatelSheena P. PatelZinal PatelBradford Carson PeadenTamara PeakJessica PearsonBrandon C. PeedinMatthew PendryNathan PerryReginald PetersonNicholas PetrieBrittney PettisJason PettyTelish Diane PhillipsMelissa PierickColeman PilandEric PineiroAlexa Francesca PlettRalph PolkKristen PotterKyler PotterJoshua Adam PowellErin D PriddyErnest M. Pugh Jr.Kyle Brayden QuinnCharles Lloyd RamseyJustin RaymondErin RaynerJessica ReabeLuke RezeliAdam Forbson RhodesOlivia RibbeAndrew Carson RicciarelliJames E. RileyShawn RobertsAmy Deana RogersKyle William RogersMargaret Mary RogersZack RogersSarah RoweRebekah RussoAlexandra R. RyanGreg SagelKevin SaileKatie Ann SandefordBrowning Scott SandersonJames Greyson SargentGreg SassJonathan SatoJoseph Anthony SavinoBradley ScarlettCameron Donald SchaefferBrenton S. SchneiderKatelyn SchramlAddison W. ScottSamuel David ShalhoudStephen Bernard ShapiroAdam Jamil ShayebKelsey SheaRyan Shea

Phillip SheltonAbigail ShoemakerWhitney SibolPhangnay Saderio SimmonsBrooke SinclairHenrik SkalmerudTyler SkinnerBrianna Mae SkinnerAndrew Ryan SmithCharles Mills SmithHillary Paige SmithJoseph Brice SmithRobert SmithWilliam Bryan SmithWilliam Chris SnipesRoberto SoaresSteve SpenceGregory “Hunter” SpragueTerri Danielle StackerDavid “Zach” StahrSherry Lynn SteeleDominick Shaun StephensonAndrew StokerJared StoneWarren StraubTravis Jackson StricklandNicholas StrongTyler B. SuttonMichael SwartzChelsea Alyce SweetDonald Tait IIIMartin TanskiBritt TaylorJoshua TaylorNicole TaylorJonathan Myles TeagueTiffany J. TempleNatalie TettertonNathan TettertonWilliam A. TettertonZachary David ThomasCrystal TuckerBrittney Elise TynerEdward Raul UgrinskyJarrod UmphlettTrancine UtujeJoseph VillariSalvatore VillariScott WalshMarck C. WalvoordBryan WardPatrick WardwellAunika WarrenRoss WarrenMatt WatersPhillip Cameron WatsonSeth WeaverMatthew James WebbJoshua Robert WentzAshley N. WestAshley WetheringtonKimberly WheelerLinden E. WhiteRichard WhiteJessica WhitleyKeith WilburHeather Dawn WilliamsLaura WilliamsNicholas Trey WilliamsCharles WillsAngelo Devon WilsonDonna WoodShade Allen WootenThomas Colton WrennBrantley WrightWylie WalkerFrancis YeagerLauren ZorbisZachary Zumbach

ECU College of Business 77Executives

Stephon Thomas (MIS)Recipient of The Eakins Scholarship

ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Stanley G. EakinsDean of the College of [email protected]

Dr. Paul SchwagerActing Associate Dean [email protected]

Dr. Margaret O’HaraAssistant Dean for Online [email protected]

Dr. james WestmorelandAssociate Dean for External [email protected]

Dr. Dan SchislerChair, Department of [email protected]/cs-bus/accounting.cfm

Dr. Scott BelowChair, Department of [email protected]/cs-bus/finance.cfm

Dr. joseph M. TomkiewiczChair, Department of [email protected]/cs-bus/management.cfm

Dr. Richard HauserChair, Department of Management Information [email protected]/cs-bus/decisionsciences.cfm

Dr. Ken AnselmiChair, Department of Marketing and Supply Chain [email protected]/cs-bus/marketing.cfm

Directory

The Annual Report and Directory of Supporters is published yearly by the College of Business to inform alumni and friends about the programs and activities of the college. Please send comments or address changes to:

Ms. Anne K. FisherDirector of Professional ProgramsCollege of Business1200 Bate BuildingMail Stop 503East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC 27858-4353

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DIRECTORS

Courtney AltizerAssistant Director, Graduate [email protected]

F. john P. “Scotty” AndrewsDirector, Career [email protected]

Lee BrownAssistant Director, Career [email protected]

Anne K. FisherDirector, Office of Professional [email protected]

Michael L. HarrisDirector, Small Business [email protected]

james KleckleyDirector, Bureau of Business [email protected]

Karen KusDirector, College of Business Advising [email protected]

Richard O’DorDirector, Business Communication [email protected]

Tendai NdabvongaAssistant Director, Graduate [email protected]

Paul RussellAssistant Director, Graduate [email protected]

Tina L. WilliamsDirector, Graduate [email protected]

William D. WittmanDirector, Computer [email protected]

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