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2019 Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration WELCOME! Today is our annual Faith & Business Symposium in the Carter College of Business Administration. Homecoming is a busy and COBA Chats fun weekend! We know that today’s speakers will Room 111 provide additional value and great preparation for 9:00 AM your future as Christian Entrepreneurship: professionals. Keeping All the Balls in How does this work? the Air Friday, Oct. 18, we have replaced all business classes with various presentations throughout the day. Instead of going to your normal business classes, attend a presen- 1:00 PM tation that takes place during Work-Life Balance each of your regularly scheduled Friday COBA classes. Yes, you are required to attend, and we will take roll. More importantly, you 2:00 PM will be glad you did! Faith Conversations What you need to know: Attend a lecture during each reg- ularly scheduled Friday COBA class. Contact Information: Dress business casual to make a Phone: 501-279-4240 good impression. Fax: 501-279-4665 Be engaged and ready to ask Email: [email protected] questions. Bring a notepad to take notes. Tim Bewley Todd Austin Tim Bewley is a 2003 graduate of Harding Todd Austin is the president of Advent, an with a BA in management and recent graduate experiential design/build firm of 90 people from Wharton’s Stonier Graduate School of based in Nashville, Tennessee. Advent's Banking at the University of Pennsylvania. He primary customers are professional sports is a SVP for Pinnacle Financial Partners where teams and universities. They create immer- he is a commercial banker leading a team fo- sive experiences that engage target audi- cused on middle market companies ranging ences and have completed over 2,000 pro- from one hundred million to two billion dol- jects including Stanford University’s lars in revenue where his team advises on sen- Home of Champions, the Dallas Cowboys’ 91-acre World Headquar- ior debt, treasury management, mergers and acquisitions, syndica- ters, Belmont University’s Gallery of Iconic Guitars museum, and the tions and more. Tim currently serves on the Board of Trustees of football stadium for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Advent also partners Harding University, the Board of Directors of Nashville Capital with the Living Water Project to gift a clean water well in underprivi- Network (a Venture Capital Fund) as well as the President’s Adviso- leged communities on behalf of clients. To date, Advent has dug 78 ry Board for Goodpasture Christian School. He and his wife, Holly clean-water wells in Togo, Haiti and Guatemala, providing safe drink- have three kids and live in Hendersonville, Tennessee and attend the ing water to over 82,000 adults and children. Todd is a graduate of Hendersonville Church of Christ. Harding University's College of mathematics. Before Advent, he served five years as the president of Alliance Software, where they developed systems for the United States Department of Justice, Craig Lair Sony/BMG and Rivals.com. Todd and his wife, Mandy, have four children, three of whom attend Harding University. Craig Lair is a director and the chief finan- cial officer for Mountaire Corporation, an integrated poultry and grain company with more than 9,000 employees in the Dela- Jeff Tennyson ware, North Carolina, Virginia and Mary- Jeff Tennyson joined Lima One Capital as land region. Prior to joining Mountaire, he CEO in January 2018, which was recently worked for 23 years as managing sharehold- named one of Inc. Magazines’ Fastest Growing er for Rose Law Firm. Craig was a 1992 Private Companies in America for 2019. As accounting graduate of Harding before at- president & CEO, he is responsible for the tending graduate and law school at Duke company’s overall business strategy and day-to University, graduating with an A.M and a J.D. in 1995. He is a certi- -day operations. Jeff brings more than 30 years fied public accountant (inactive) and has been inducted into the of financial services leadership, operating and American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Craig was executive experience to the company and has named a Superlawyer for the midsouth region in trust and estates held C-level executive roles in both single- and a Best Lawyer in tax and tax controversy, and served as an ad- family rental and residential mortgage lenders. junct professor of law at University of Arkansas Little Rock. He and Prior to Lima One, he served as the president his wife, Wendy, have two kids, Cooper and Sophie. of Clayton Holdings, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Radian Group (NYSE:RDN)) where he served on Radian’s executive commit- tee and oversaw the global mortgage services business units. Jeff is a Karen Roberts certified public accountant and holds a BBA from Harding University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Jeff and Kathy live in Karen Roberts obtained her Bachelor of Charlotte, NC. Science in public administration from Har- ding University and her juris doctor from the University of Arkansas. She serves her community on the Mercy Northwest Arkan- Robert Chambers sas Community Board and the Northwest Robert Chambers grew up in Minnesota and gradu- Arkansas Council. As general counsel, Ka- ated with his BBA in accounting from Harding Uni- ren leads a global team of lawyers and pro- versity. A CPA, he began his career with KPMG in fessionals who support the company’s strategic initiatives by Dallas, Texas. Robert then moved into the alterna- providing counsel, supporting transactions, managing the compa- tive investments industry, initially into a CFO role ny’s litigation portfolio, while managing the company’s legal risk. and later into portfolio management. He is currently Prior to her role as general counsel, Karen served as executive vice in alternatives product management with BNY president and president of Walmart Realty. In this role she led a Mellon in New York City. Robert and his wife, team of real estate professionals responsible for executing the com- Chrystal, have been married 24 years and have three pany’s real estate strategy. This included ensuring that the company sons, ages 19, 16 and 14. They have both been deep- fulfilled its commitment to be a good neighbor by working with ly involved with mission since their time at Harding University. He is communities to generate jobs, spur economic growth and continue also a Kibo Group trustee and founding member. its mission to save people money so they can live better. Marcy Binkley Marcy Binkley graduated from Harding in 2011 with a BBA in finance. She then attended the Owen Graduate School of Busi- ness at Vanderbilt University and obtained a Master of Accountancy in 2012. Marcy is a CPA with 8 years of experience. She began her career in assurance services with Ernst & Young in Nashville, Tennessee. She then worked for a Nashville-based public retail company, Genesco, holding positions in both internal audit and corporate accounting. In 2017, Marcy transitioned to a career in academia as accounting faculty at Lipscomb University. In addition to teaching, she is currently pursuing her doctorate with research in accounting information systems at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Marcy is married to Brennon Binkley with whom she raises two children, Bailey (4) and Jett (1). Scott Penick Catie Newell Scott Penick graduated from Harding University in 2002 Catie Newell graduated with her BBA with a BBA in economics. After earning an MBA from in accounting from Harding University Georgia State University and his JD from Fordham Univer- in 2009. She is a licensed CPA who sity School of Law, he began his legal career at a large in- began her career as a tax accountant in ternational law firm in the financial district of Manhattan. PwC's DC-area Private Company Ser- The recession of 2008 quickly forced Scott to change course vices group before going on to study in his career, and he eventually landed at a boutique firm in Middle East politics at Hebrew Univer- New Jersey with less prestige, less commute, and more sity in Jerusalem and complete her mas- client contact and responsibility. Since then Scott has acted ter of science in global politics and security at Georgetown as outside general counsel to small and medium sized businesses and real es- University in 2015. Combining her training in accounting tate entities. He has guided these clients through nearly every type of challenge and her interest in global affairs, Catie is now a consultant a business can face and prides himself on developing creative strategies and at Exiger LLC, a New York-based consulting firm special- solutions to complex problems. Scott was also a member of a church planting izing in governance, risk and compliance. She spent her first team that formed at Harding while he was a student, and from 2004 to 2018, 3 years at Exiger advising major global banks on their fi- Scott served with the Brunswick Church of Christ and Gateway Church of nancial crime compliance programs and reporting as a Christ, two church plants in New Jersey. member of the HSBC monitorship team. In 2018, Catie moved to Exiger's operations team and now oversees finan- cial planning and analysis, resource management, and the David Bell annual hiring plan for the global advisory practice. She and her husband, Josh, live in Manhattan with their son, Francis, David Bell is an audit partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and are expecting a daughter in January. with 27 years of experience serving public and private com- panies in a number of complex industries, including aero- space & defense, government contracting, technology, and Max Koonce energy services.