MARK A. CHEN

J. Mack Robinson College of Business Tel: (404) 413-7339 State University Fax: (404) 413-7312 35 Broad Street, Suite 1230 [email protected] , GA 30303

Professional Appointments

Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business Associate Professor of Finance (with tenure), June 2011 – present Associate Professor of Finance, June 2007 – June 2011

University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business Assistant Professor of Finance, Aug. 2000 – June 2007 (on leave Oct. 2005 – Jan. 2006)

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Economic Analysis Visiting Financial Economist, Oct. 2005 – Aug. 2007

Harvard University, Department of Economics Teaching Fellow, Sept. 1998 – Dec. 1998

National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA Research Assistant, 1996-1997

Education

Ph.D. and M.A. (Economics), Harvard University, June 2000 B.A. (Mathematics and Economics, magna cum laude), , May 1994

Research Interests

Corporate Governance, Innovation, FinTech, Executive Compensation, Machine Learning

Refereed Academic Publications

“Identifying FinTech Innovations Using BERT” (with Doina Caragea, Theodor Cojoianu, Mihai Dobri, Kyle Glant, and George Mihaila), 2020 IEEE Big Data Conference Proceedings, forthcoming.

“How Valuable is FinTech Innovation?” (with Qinxi Wu and Baozhong Yang), Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 32, 2062-2106, May 2019. Featured in the Duke Law School FinReg Blog, October 22, 2018.

“Board Structure Mandates: Consequences for Director Location and Financial Reporting” (with Zinat S. Alam, Conrad S. Ciccotello, and Harley E. Ryan, Jr.), Management Science, Vol. 64, 4735-4754, October 2018.

“Boardroom Brawls: An Empirical Analysis of Disputes Involving Directors” (with Anup Agrawal), Quarterly Journal of Finance, Vol. 7, No. 03, 1750006, September 2017. Featured in Financial Times Agenda, May 18, 2009.

“The Costs and Benefits of Clawback Provisions in CEO Compensation” (with Daniel T. Greene and James E. Owers), Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Vol. 4, 108-154, March 2015.

“Does the Location of Directors Matter? Information Acquisition and Board Decisions” (with Zinat Alam, Conrad Ciccotello, and Harley Ryan, Jr.), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 49, 131-164, February 2014. Featured in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, July 30, 2013. Winner of the Best Paper Award in Corporate Governance, 2010 FMA Annual Meeting.

“Analyst Conflicts and Research Quality” (with Anup Agrawal), Quarterly Journal of Finance, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1250010, September 2012.

“Interim News and the Role of Proxy Voting Advice” (with Cindy R. Alexander, Duane J. Seppi, and Chester S. Spatt), The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 23, 4419-4454, December 2010.

“Regulating Securities Analysts” (with Robert Marquez), Journal of Financial Intermediation, Vol. 18, 259-283, April 2009.

“Do Analyst Conflicts Matter? Evidence from Stock Recommendations” (with Anup Agrawal), Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 51, 503-537, August 2008. Winner of the Best Paper Award in Financial Institutions, 2005 FMA Annual Meeting.

“Who is Afraid of Reg FD? The Behavior and Performance of Sell-Side Analysts Following the SEC’s Fair Disclosure Rules” (with Anup Agrawal and Sahiba Chadha), Journal of Business, Vol. 79, 2811-2834, November 2006. Profiled in BusinessWeek, August 15, 2005, p. 94.

“Executive Option Repricing, Incentives, and Retention,” Journal of Finance, Vol. 59, No. 3, 1167-1199, June 2004.

“Individual Monotonicity and the Leximin Solution,” Economic Theory, Vol. 15, 353-365, February 2000.

“Bargaining, Production, and Monotonicity in Economic Environments” (with Eric S. Maskin), Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 89, 140-147, November 1999.

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Other Publications

“Gender, Geography, and the Boardroom” (with Zinat S. Alam, Conrad S. Ciccotello, and Harley E. Ryan, Jr.), The Corporate Board, Vol. 38, 22-26, September/October 2017.

Working Papers and Research-in-Progress

“Are Directors Rewarded for Excellence? Evidence from Reputation Shocks and Career Outcomes” (with Hai Tran, Qinxi Wu, and Evgenia Zhivotova), second-round resubmission, Review of Corporate Finance Studies. 2016 Greater China Finance Conference, 2017 CICF, 2017 FMA Annual Meeting, 2017 UC San Diego Finance Workshop

“The Effects of Technological Disruption on Suppliers and Customers: Evidence from Blockchain Laws” (with Sophia Hu, Joanna Wang, and Qinxi Wu), working paper.

“How Do Firms Respond to Disruptive Innovation? The Case of Blockchain” (with Sophia Hu and Qinxi Wu) 2019 GSU Brown Bag

“How Does Digital Innovation Affect Labor Markets? Evidence from the Financial Sector,” 2018 GSU Brown Bag, 2019 Toronto FinTech Conference, 2019 Western Economic Association International

“Lead Directors and the Efficacy of Board Monitoring: Evidence from Machine Learning” (with Han Ma), 2017 European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting, 2017 CICF, 2017 FMA Annual Meeting, 2017 Paris Financial Management Conference. Semifinalist for Best Paper Award in Corporate Governance, 2017 FMA Annual Meeting

“Gender and Geography in the Boardroom: What Really Matters for Board Decisions?” (with Zinat S. Alam, Conrad S. Ciccotello, and Harley E. Ryan, Jr.), 2015 International Conference on Corporate Governance and Corruption (Helsinki, Finland), 2015 FMA Annual Meeting, 2018 Conference on Board Diversity Quotas: Yes, No, Maybe? Finalist, Best Paper Award in Corporate Governance, 2015 FMA Annual Meeting

“Board Connections, Knowledge Spillovers, and Corporate Innovation” (with Sophia Hu, Joanna Wang, and Qinxi Wu)

“Institutional Investors and Corporate Innovation” (w/ Paul Borochin, Yuan Gao, Suiheng Guo)

“Director Ability and Firm Performance” (with Qinxi Wu and Evgenia Zhivotova), 9th Annual Drexel University Corporate Governance Conference (Early Ideas Session), April 2016.

“On Misalignment in Proxy Voting” (with Cindy R. Alexander, Ron Goettler, Duane J. Seppi, and Chester S. Spatt)

Editorial Boards and Scientific Committees

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Associate Editor, International Journal of Financial Engineering, April 2019 − present

Editorial Review Board Member, China Accounting and Finance Review, October 2019 – present

Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of International Business Studies, October 2016 – present

Academic Committee Member, Xinyuan FinTech Research Center, Tsinghua PBC School of Finance, September 2018 – present

Invited Seminar Presentations (* denotes presentation by co-author) Georgia State University, brown bag, Atlanta, GA, November 2019 , brown bag, Waco, TX, November 2018* Georgia State University, brown bag, Atlanta, GA, May 2018 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, November 2017 Peking University, Beijing, China, November 2017 Georgia State University, brown bag, Atlanta, GA, November 2017 University of Paris Dauphine, Paris, France, March 2017 California State University Fullerton, 2016* Loyola Marymount University, 2016* University of California Riverside, 2016* Georgia State University, brown bag, Atlanta, GA, November 2016 , Clemson, SC, April 2016 Georgia State University, brown bag, Atlanta, GA, February 2016 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, March 2015 , Auburn, AL, February 2015 Florida Finance Conference, September 19, 2014* Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 2014* , Miami, FL, brown bag, 2013* Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2012* Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2011* , New Orleans, LA, 2010* , Athens, GA, 2009* Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2009* University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2009* North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2008* , Tallahassee, FL, 2008* Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2008* , Department of Finance, Gainesville, FL, 2008 , Nashville, TN, 2009* University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2009* Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2009* Yale University, School of Management, New Haven, CT, 2008 Singapore Management University, Singapore, 2008* Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, 2008* University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2007 4

University of Arizona, College of Management, Tucson, AZ, 2007 , College of Business, Blacksburg, VA 2007 Pennsylvania State University, College of Business, State College, PA 2007 Georgia State University, Department of Finance, Atlanta, GA, 2007 Institutional Shareholder Services, Corporate Headquarters, Rockville, MD, 2007* University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2006* University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2006* University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006* University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 2006* American University, School of Business, Washington, DC, 2006 University of Texas at Dallas, School of Management, Dallas, TX, 2006 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Brown Bag, Washington, DC, September 2006 Georgia State University RMI, 2007 , Dover, DE, 2006* Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2006* Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, 2005* Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2005* , Culverhouse College, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2004 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2005* Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2005* U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC, 2002* , Norman, OK, 2002* Melbourne Business School, Melbourne, Australia, 2002* Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2002* , Washington, DC, 2002* Australian Graduate School of Management, 2002* American University, Washington, DC, 2002* Southern Methodist University, Department of Finance, Dallas, TX, 2001 University of Maryland, Department of Finance, College Park, MD, 2000 University of Illinois, Department of Finance, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2000

Conference Presentations (* denotes presentation by co-author) 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, December 2020* Conference on Financial Economics in Honor of Jayant Kale, February 2020* Keynote Presentation, “Implications of FinTech for Firms and Human Capital,” International Conference on FinTech and Financial Data Science, Dublin, Ireland, September 2019 Western Economic Association International (WEAI), San Francisco, CA, 2019 2nd Global Quantitative & Macro Conference, New York, NY, 2018* Western Economic Association International (WEAI), Vancouver, BC, 2018 Board Diversity Quotas: Yes, No, Maybe? Stockholm Business School, 2018* RFS FinTech Conference, Cornell Tech, New York, NY, 2018 RFS FinTech Workshop, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2017 Paris Financial Management Conference, Paris, France, 2017* FMA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2017a*, 2017b* European Finance Association, Mannheim, Germany, 2017 China International Conference in Finance (CICF), Hangzhou, China, 2017a, 2017b 5

FMA European Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017* UC San Diego Finance Workshop, San Diego, CA, 2017* Greater China Finance Conference, Xiamen, China, 2016* 9th Annual Drexel University Corporate Governance Conference, 2016 FMA Annual Meeting, 2015* International Conf. on Corporate Governance & Corruption, Helsinki, Finland, 2015a, 2015b* China International Conference in Finance, Chengdu, China, 2014 European Association of Law and Economics (EALE) Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 2013* Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Stanford Law School (poster session), 2012* Midwest Law and Economics Association, Washington University, St. Louis, 2012* European Association of Law and Economics (EALE) Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012* European Finance Association, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012 FMA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2011 University of Missouri Corporate Governance Conference, 2011 Drexel University Conference on Corporate Governance, 2011 American Finance Association Annual Meetings, Denver, CO, January 2011* Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) Forum, Chicago, IL, 2010 FMA Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 2010 EFMA Asian Finance Symposium, Beijing, China, 2010 18th Mitsui Finance Symposium, University of Michigan, 2010 AFE Session, Allied Social Sciences Associations, Atlanta, GA, 2010 Western Finance Association, San Diego, CA, 2009* American Law and Economics Association, San Diego, CA, May 2009* Financial Intermediation Research Society, Prague, Czech Republic, 2009 EFM Symposium on Corporate Governance and Control, Cambridge, UK, 2009* FMA Annual Meeting, Grapevine, TX, 2008* Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, 2008 European Finance Association, Athens, Greece, 2008 American Law and Economics Association, Columbia Law School, NY, 2008* American Finance Association, New Orleans, LA, 2008* Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, NYU School of Law, New York, 2007* All-Georgia Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2007 European Finance Association, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007 Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) Forum, Chicago, IL, 2006 American Finance Association, Boston, 2006 American Law and Economics Association, Berkeley, CA, 2006* Financial Intermediation Research Society, Shanghai, China, 2005* FMA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2005 European Finance Association, Moscow, Russia, 2005 American Law and Economics Association, New York, 2005 American Finance Association, Philadelphia, PA, 2005 Financial Management Association, New Orleans, 2004 European Finance Association, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2004 Financial Intermediation Research Society, Capri, Italy, 2004* American Finance Association, Washington, DC, 2003* European Finance Association, Berlin, Germany, 2002* Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, University of Maryland, 2002*

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FMA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2001

Other Conference Activity Program Committee Member, Western Finance Association, 2008-2019 Program Committee Member, SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific, 2018, 2019 Program Committee Member, Midwest Finance Association, 2018-2020 Program Committee Member, Georgia State FinTech Conference, 2018, 2019 Program Committee Member, Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, 2014, 2015 Program Committee Member, European Finance Association, 2014-2020 Program Committee Member, FMA Asia Conference, 2013, 2015, 2016 Program Committee Member, FMA Annual Meeting, 2008-2017 Panelist, SEC Roundtable Forum on Proxy Advisory Firms, Washington, DC, December 5, 2013 Best Paper Award Committee, FMA Annual Meeting, 2010 Session Chair, Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2021 Session Chair, 2020 Georgia State-RFS FinTech Conference, February 2020 Session Chair, China Int’l Conference in Finance, Shanghai, China, July 2020 (postponed) Session Chair, GSU/CEAR Symposium on Financing Tangible and Intangible Capital, 2019 Session Chair, China International Conference in Finance, Hangzhou, China, July 2017 Session Chair, GSU/CEAR Symposium on Liquidity Risk and Capital Requirements, 2015 Session Chair, GSU/CEAR Symposium on Corporate Control Mechanisms and Risk, 2014 Session Chair, FMA Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 2010 Session Chair, EFMA Asian Finance Symposium, Beijing, China, 2010 Session Organizer, Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2021 Session Organizer, FMA Annual Meetings, virtual, 2020 Session Organizer, China Int’l. Conference in Finance, Shanghai, China, July 2020 (postponed) Session Organizer, FMA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2019 Session Organizer, FMA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2018 Session Organizer, China International Conference in Finance, Hangzhou, China, July 2017 Session Organizer, FMA Annual Meetings, Orlando, FL, 2015 Session Organizer, Midwest Finance Association Annual Meetings, 2015 Session Organizer, FMA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2012 Session Organizer, FMA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2011 Discussant, FMA Annual Meetings, virtual, October 2020 Discussant, China International Conference in Finance, Hangzhou, China, July 2017 Discussant, Conference on the Economics of Credit Ratings, Carnegie Mellon U., Dec. 2015 Discussant, Conference on Corporate Governance & Corruption, Helsinki, Finland, June 2015 Discussant, China International Conference in Finance, Chengdu, China, July 2014 Discussant, EFA Annual Meetings, Cambridge, UK, August 2013 Discussant, Society for Financial Studies (SFS) Cavalcade, May 2013 Discussant, FMA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2012 Discussant, Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS), Minneapolis, MN, 2012 Discussant, EFA Annual Meetings, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012 (2 papers) Discussant, FMA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2011 Discussant, FMA Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 2010 Discussant, EFMA Asian Finance Symposium, Beijing, China, 2010 Discussant, Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, New Brunswick, NJ, 2009 7

Discussant, FMA Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, 2009 Discussant, FIRS Conference, Prague, The Czech Republic, 2009 Discussant, FMA Annual Meeting, Grapevine, TX, 2008 Discussant, Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, Austin, TX, 2008 Discussant, EFA Annual Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007 (2 papers) Discussant, EFA Annual Meeting, Moscow, Russia, 2005 Discussant, FMA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2003 Discussant, FMA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2001

Ad-Hoc Refereeing Activity Journals: Contemporary Accounting Research, Economics Letters, Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Management, Financial Review, International Finance, Journal of Applied Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Financial Services Research, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Management Science, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Regulation and Governance, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Financial Studies, Scientometrics, Southern Economic Journal

Other: National Science Foundation Law and Social Science Program, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Working Paper Series, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong, HKUST General Research Fund, Stanford University Press

Ph.D. Dissertation Committees (with completion year and initial academic placement) Justin Lee, Georgia State (chair), 2021 Han Ma, Georgia State (member), 2020, Shanghai, China Rajendra P. Gangavarapu, Georgia State, Exec. DBA (member), 2020 Mo Shen, Georgia State (member), 2018, Auburn University Isariya Suttakulpiboon, Georgia State RMI (member), 2017, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Qinxi Wu, Georgia State (chair), 2017, Baylor University Sangho Lee, Georgia State (member), 2017, Tulane University Chen Cai, Georgia State (member), 2016, Cleveland State University Daniel Greene, Georgia State (member), 2014, Clemson University Todd Stonitsch, Georgia State (member), 2013, Elon University Bunyamin Onal, Georgia State (member), 2012, Aalto University Kelly Huang, Georgia State School of Accountancy (member), 2011, University of Alabama Oghenovo Obrimah, U. of Maryland (member), 2005, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Meghana Ayyagari, U. of Maryland (member), 2004, George Washington University

Honors and Awards Best Paper Award in Corporate Governance (sponsored by Loyola University), Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October 2010 Fannie Mae Prize for Best Conference Paper in Financial Institutions, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October 2005 Finalist, Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October 2015 Semifinalist, Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, October 2017 RCB Summer Research Grant, Georgia State University, 2008−2019 Paper featured in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, July 2013 Paper featured in Duke Law School FinReg Blog, October 2018 Invited to attend the 4th Oxford Financial Research Summer Symposium, Said Business School, Oxford, England, June 2005 Graduate Research Board Summer Award, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 2000−2001, 2004−2005 Invitee, NATO Advanced Study Institute in Game Theory, Stony Brook, NY, Summer 1997 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1994−1997 Awarded University Scholarship, Rice University (Top 4 incoming freshmen), 1990−1994 White House Presidential Scholar Finalist, 1990 National Merit Scholarship, 1990

Media Appearances Podcast: Densely Speaking: Conversations about Cities, Economics & Law (co-author) , interviewed and quoted, 6/8/2019−6/9/2019 WABE News, interviewed and quoted in online news stories: 4/6/2016 and 4/11/2016 WSB-TV, television interview, aired December 7, 2015 BuzzFeed, quoted in news stories 12/13/2013, 2/5/2014, 4/1/2014, 6/15/2014 www.Thinkadvisor.com, coverage of SEC Roundtable Forum, November 27, 2013 Bloomberg News, January 14, 2013 RCB website (http://robinson.gsu.edu/index.html), profile of research paper, November 15, 2009 9

Georgia State University (www.gsu.edu), profile story covering research paper, September 2009 Tuscaloosa News, profile of research paper, July 12, 2009 Financial Times Agenda, profile of research paper, May 18, 2009 CNBC Squawk Box, live television interview, July 16, 2007 The Daily Record (Maryland), June 21, 2007 BusinessWeek, August 15, 2005 The Hindu Business Line, May 29, 2005 Baltimore Business Journal, March 19, 2004

Teaching

Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business FI 9500: Advanced Topics in Contemporary Finance Research (Ph.D.), 2013, 2015 FI 8000: Asset Valuation (MS in Finance), 2008−2014 FI 4300: Advanced Corporate Finance (Undergraduate), 2017-2020 FI 4000: Fundamentals of Valuation (Undergraduate), 2008-2021

University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business BMGT 840: Doctoral Seminar in Finance (Ph.D.), 2001 BMGT 840: Seminar in Financial Theory (Ph.D.), 2000 EMBA 637: Corporate Finance (Executive MBA), 2006 BUFN 716: Financial Restructuring and Corporate Strategy (MBA), 2004, 2005, 2007 BMGT 440: Advanced Financial Management (Undergraduate), 2001, 2002, 2004-2007

College and University Service Georgia State University: Coordinator, GSU Virtual Finance Seminar Series, June 2020-present Coordinator, GSU Virtual Brown Bag Series, June 2020-present Member, Search Committee for Bank of America Distinguished Chair in Finance/RMI, November 2020-present Chair, Finance Department Promotion & Tenure Committee, September 2020 Member, Pre-Tenure Review Committee, February 2020 Ph.D. Program Coordinator, Department of Finance, August 2015-January 2019 Chair, Tenure-Track Promotion Review Committee, August 2018-September 2018 Chair, Post-Tenure Review Committee, January 2018-February 2018 Member, Finance Dept. Academic Program Review Committee, Feb. 2018-Dec. 2018 Member, Non-Tenure-Track Promotion Review Committee, November 2018 Member, Non-Tenure-Track Structured Review Committee, February 2018-March 2018 10

Member, Pre-Tenure Cumulative Review Committee, January 2018-February 2018 Chair, Finance Dept. Tenure-Track Recruiting Committee, August 2014-May 2015 Chair, RCB Faculty Hearings Committee, July 2012-June 2015 Chair, Finance Dept. Committee for Pre-Tenure Cumulative Review, March 2015 Member, Finance Dept. Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) Recruiting Committee, March 2015 Member, RCB Search Committee for H. Talmage Dobbs, Jr. Chair, April 2015 Member, RCB Search Committee for H. Talmage Dobbs, Jr. Professorship, April 2015 Member, RCB Search Committee for Richard Bowers & Co. Professorship, April 2015 Member, RMI/Finance Distinguished Chair Recruiting Committee, Mar. 2012-Sept. 2012 Member, Finance Dept. Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) Review Cmte., Nov. 2011-Dec. 2011 Coordinator, GSU Finance Department Seminar Series, June 2011- 2014 Member, RCB Faculty Hearings Committee, November 4, 2011- 2014 Chair, Finance Dept. Faculty Review Committee to Consider Emeritus Appointment Member, Finance Dept. Committee for Structured Review of NTT Faculty, March 2012 Member, Finance Dept. Committee for Pre-Tenure Cumulative Review, March 2012 Member, Finance Dept. Non-Tenure-Track Recruiting Cmte., Aug. 2011-May 2012 Mentor, Gazi Visiting Scholars Program, August 2011-February 2012 GSU-CIBER Research Grant Committee, February 2011-June 2011 Member, Finance Dept. Tenure-Track Recruiting Committee, 2007-2008, 2010-2011 Presenter, FDC Panel Discussion on Research, Sept. 24, 2008 Presenter, GSU Panel Discussion on Advanced Research Tools, June 27, 2008

University of Maryland: Commencement Marshall, Dec. 2002 and May 2007, R. H. Smith School of Business Task force member, Joseph M. Wikler Undergraduate Case Competition, 2005-2007 Coordinator, Finance Department Seminar Series, 2001, 2004, 2007 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Finance Department, 2002-2006 Faculty Advisor, Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, Fall 2001

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