Committee and Advisory Assignments (2022-2023)
Undergraduate Awards Committee
- John Easterwood, Chair
- Mike Kender
- Will Coleman
- Jesse Lineberry (for CFP awards only)
Ph.D. Program Committee
- Jin Xu, Chair
- Tyler Beason
- Felipe Cabezon
- Roger Edelen
- Greg Kadlec (only for PhD recruiting, Lead)
- Brad Paye
- Pengfei Ye (also for PhD recruiting)
Promotion and Tenure Committee
(Elected by faculty)
- Roger Edelen
- Greg Kadlec
- Raman Kumar – College P&T*
- Sattar Mansi
- George Morgan
- Jin Xu
*observer for college P&T cases
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
- Mike Kender, Chair
- John Easterwood
- Will Coleman
- Jesse Lineberry
- Yessenia Tellez
Search Committee (Assistants, senior)
- John Easterwood, Chair
- Tyler Beason
- Roger Edelen
- Greg Kadlec
- Andrew MacKinlay
- Brad Paye
- Yessenia Tellez
- External Member: TBD
Seminar Committee
- Brad Paye, Co-chair
- Andrew MacKinlay, Co-chair
- Felipe Cabezon
- Khanh Ngoc Tran
- Pengfei Ye
Career Planning & Placement
- Mike Kender, Chair
- Randy Billingsley
- Will Coleman
- Brian Hart
- Jesse Lineberry
- Cara Spicer
Graduate Studies
- Sattar Mansi, Chair
- Raman Kumar
- Randy Billingsley
Search Committee (P.O. Practice - CFP)
- Jesse Lineberry, Chair
- Randy Billingsley
- George Morgan
- Derek Klock
- Mike Kender
Search Committee (P.O. Practice)
- Art Keown, Chair
- Cara Spicer
- Elesha Wikle
- Jason Malone
FIN Members on NCR Search Committee
- Fred Hood
- Raman Kumar
- Sattar Mansi
Department Representatives on College Committees
(Year in parentheses shows last year of eligibility)
- Graduate Studies: Sattar Mansi (2024)
- Honorifics and Awards (Elected): Raman Kumar (2024)
- Internal Events: Crystal Haun
- International Programs: Jason Malone (2026)
- Pamplin Community Committee: Khanh Ngoc Tran (2024)
- P&T (Elected): Raman Kumar (2023)
- Doctoral Programs Committee: Jin Xu (Ex-officio)
- Research: Raman Kumar (2026)
- UG AoL: Fred Hood (2024)
- UG Awards: John Easterwood (2024)
- UG Studies: Mike Kender (2026)
Departmental Representatives on University Committees
- Faculty Senate: Jason Malone
- Virginia Tech Services Board: Art Keown, Chair
- University Optional Retirement Planning Committee: Art Keown, Greg Kadlec
- University Commencement Committee: Cara Spicer
- CUSP: Ngoc-Khanh Tran
- University Wine Award Committee: Mike Kender
- University Curriculum Committee for General Education: Jason Malone on behalf of Faculty Senate
Advisors & Directors
- BASIS: George Morgan
- SEED: Randy Billingsley
- Credit Corps: Fred Hood
- CFA® Program: Brian Hart, assisted by Will Coleman
- CFP® Program: Jesse Lineberry
- Finance Club: Elesha Wikle, Mike Kender
- Pre-Law Advisors: Jason Malone, Elizabeth McClanahan
- UG Career/Placement: Mike Kender
- Finance for Females: Elesha Wikle, assisted by Cara Spicer
- FinTech Club: Cara Spicer
- Financial Planning Association: Jesse Lineberry
- Brown Bag Series: Pengfei Ye
- Social Events: Yessenia Tellez, Andrew MacKinlay
- Inclusion and Diversity Lead: Art Keown
Faculty Leads
- Major: Financial Planning Wealth Management - Jesse Lineberry
- Major: FinTech and Big Data Analytics - Cara Spicer
- Major: Real Estate Finance - Mike Kender
- Option: Corporate Finance - Mike Kender
- Option: Financial Risk Management - George Morgan
- Option: Financial Accounting - Will Coleman
- Option: Investments and CFA - Randy Billingsley
- Minor: Finance - John Easterwood
- Minor: ESG - Jason Malone
Website & Digital Marketing
Content and suggestions will be provided by the following people
- Overall -- Vijay Singal, Jessica Linkous
- Majors, Options, Minors -- Individual Faculty Leads
- Clubs - Individual Advisors
- Scholarships - John Easterwood
- UG Program – Mike Kender
- PhD Program - Jin Xu
- Seminars - Brad Paye, Pengfei Yei
- Research, Publications - Andrew MacKinlay
- Careers - Mike Kender
- External Speakers - Mike Kender, Cara Spicer, and others
- Alumni - Vijay Singal
- Giving - Jessica Linkous