Financial Analysis Faculty

Alexander Lowry

Professor in the Practice of Finance
Executive Director, Master of Science in Financial Analysis
Executive Director, Career & Connection Institute

Alexander Lowry brings an unusual “bilingual” perspective to the academic world, having spent 15 years in senior executive positions in international business and finance. 

Alexander joined Gordon from J.P. Morgan Chase. In four and a half years at the bank, he served in senior ... more ➔

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David Anastasi

Senior Lecturer

David Anastasi has over ten years of experience and a strong background in financial and economic forecasting, budgeting and analysis. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Covenant Christian Academy in Peabody where he oversees all aspects of school’s budgetary processes including cash flow management and projections, treasury administration and bank ... more ➔

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Leah Archibald

Senior Lecturer

Leah Archibald is the senior writer at the Theology of Work Project, Inc., a multi-year, international project to develop a biblical, theological, and practical theology of work. As the lead writer, Leah creates Bible study guides, video adaptations, and devotionals that equip businesspeople to apply the Christian faith to the workplace. Her devotions on topics such as “How ... more ➔

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Dolores Bamford

Senior Lecturer

Dolores Bamford is a Portfolio Manager at Eventide Asset Management while working on a Doctor of Ministry degree in Workplace Theology and Ethical Leadership at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 

Prior to Eventide, Dolores worked at Goldman Sachs for 13 years, as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of U.S. Value Equity. She also led Goldman's U.S. Responsible Equity Investments and Co-led the Global Sustain Equity ... more ➔

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Todd Chesebro

Senior Instructor

Todd began his career in academia later in life. Choosing to raise a family before completing his undergraduate degree, Todd worked many different jobs in the service sector, working his way into management positions. In 2009, the downturn in the economy resulted in Todd’s life taking a radical turn of events. He completed his B.S. degree in Finance and began a career helping students understand the intricacies of math and ... more ➔

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Brian Eddy

Senior Lecturer

Brian Eddy has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services and tax services industry.  He has worked at large and small firms over his career, including State Street Global Advisors, U.S. Trust Company, Natixis Asset Management, Caris & Shulman, and Cape Ann Savings Bank.    Brian is a Chartered Financial Analyst, Certified Financial ... more ➔

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Bob Gough

Senior Lecturer

Bob is the Managing Director of Chatham Hill, a data and predictive analytics firm that advises companies from early-stage to Fortune 500. C He is also Senior Lecturer at the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at UNH where he teaches strategic management and investment banking. 

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Jonathan Gray

Senior Lecturer

Jonathan is a Senior Managing Director at East West Bank, the 40th largest bank in the US. He founded the Private Equity group there in 2011 as the sole employee and grew it into the largest industry specialty group at EWB, producing nearly $250m in profit for the Bank over 10 years.  It now has c. 30 professionals across ... more ➔

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Stephanie Hadden

Associate Professor in the Practice of Accounting

Stephanie Hadden brings 30 years of experience leading teams in public accounting and corporate finance. She began her career in the audit and assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where she served clients in financial services and not-for-profit segments. Following thirteen years in public accounting, Stephanie joined Manulife John Hancock in successive roles as head of Global Accounting Policy, Controller of the Long-Term Care Division, ... more ➔

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Gordon Hall

Professor in the Practice of Finance

Gordon Hall ’81 serves as chairman of the board of Archrock, Inc. (NYSE:AROC), the leading natural gas compression services company in the U.S., and as the lead independent director of Noble Corporation plc (NYSE:NE), a leading global provider of offshore drilling services headquartered in the United Kingdom.

At predecessor companies to Archrock, Inc., Mr. Hall served as vice chairman of the board and lead independent director ... more ➔

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Tanya Holcomb

Senior Lecturer

Tanya Holcomb is a seasoned accounting and finance professional.  She currently teaches courses in Cost Accounting, Financial Analysis and Auditing in multiple universities.  

Tanya spent most of her career in the area of Healthcare Finance and ... more ➔

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Peter Holt

Senior Lecturer

Peter Holt, CFA, is an Executive Director within MSCI's Boston office for the client coverage team. MSCI is a leading provider of Global Indexes, Analytics (Risk Management, Quantitative Investing), Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Research and Real Estate data. Clients of MSCI include the largest professional asset managers, asset owners ... more ➔

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Craig Hovda

Senior Lecturer

Craig is a senior advisor to C-suite executives and a board member with over 25 years of experience as a senior executive and management consultant. He managed and executed large-scale transformation and operations programs that included information technology implementations and on-going execution. Craig had more than a 15-year tenure as a Partner with Deloitte Consulting ... more ➔

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Robert Howell

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Howell is senior partner of the Howell Group, LLC. He also was the David T. McLaughlin Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business Administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, until his retirement in 2015. Previously, he held professorial appointments at Harvard Business School, New York University, IMD–International Institute for Management Development (Lausanne, Switzerland); Thunderbird, and The American Graduate ... more ➔

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Dan Kuzmak

Senior Lecturer

Dan joins the Gordon MSFA team with 40 plus years of experience in corporate environments, having served in senior-level roles in finance, operations, administration and human resources. Dan’s background includes experience in a variety of industries and business models, having held C level positions in both public and private equity-backed companies. As such, Dan brings ... more ➔

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Randy Markley

Senior Lecturer

Professor Markley has held many executive positions overseeing the financial, operational and business development for both public and private corporations.  He began his managerial career as a Division Manager for the Los Angeles based Santee-Knudsen Dairies Corp, #1 manufacturer of dairy foods in California.  A few years later, he was recruited by Fortune 500 ... more ➔

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Will Messenger

Senior Lecturer

William Messenger is the Executive Editor of the Theology of Work Project, an international organization dedicated to researching, writing, and circulating materials about how the Christian faith can contribute to the work of its members in every sphere of endeavor. Its materials are available free of charge at www.theologyofwork.org, including articles covering what every book of the Bible contributes ... more ➔

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Andrew Moore

Professor in the Practice of Economics and Business

Andy comes to Gordon with over 30 years of business experience in the administration, management, finance and accounting areas. His experience includes time with Global Marine Drilling Co., with over four years living and working in the Netherlands and seven months in Scotland. Andy was a manager at Pritchard, Bieler, Gruver & Willison, P.C., a C.P.A. firm; CFO of the Regency Foundation, an affiliate of Philadelphia Biblical University; and ... more ➔

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Michael Portnoy

Senior Lecturer

Michael Portnoy is a Director at PwC, a global professional services firm with more than 284,000 employees in 155 countries. Michael analyzes macro, capital market, and M&A trends to determine potential impacts on PwC and its clients. His outlooks have been published in The New York Times Dealbook and The Journal of Commerce, as well as presented to ... more ➔

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Derek Reed

Senior Lecturer

Derek is a Managing Partner of Beauport Financial Services. He has provided investment and insurance solutions for over 22 years and has specialized in financial planning, investment counseling and insurance consultation. Derek obtained his Certified Financial Planner certification in 2007 and the Chartered Life Underwriter certification in 2011. He also holds the FINRA Series 7, 24 and 66 registrations.

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David Saulnier

Senior Lecturer

David Saulnier is President of DSLC a provider of asset-based loans and venture capital to small and medium-sized corporations, individuals and startup businesses in the real estate, health care, insurance and oil and gas industries. 

Prior to this David was Chief Risk Officer (CRO) for State Street Global Advisors, the third largest asset manager in the world with $2.8 trillion in assets under management (AUM). David oversaw all ... more ➔

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Russ Stevens

Professor in the Practice of Finance and Accounting

Russell has over 19 years of teaching on the undergraduate and graduate levels on-campus, hybrid, and online. Most recently, he taught at Geneva College and Hope International University. He has also done SME work for Pearson Education and the Christian Business Faculty Association. In conjunction with his teaching career, he worked for Crown Financial Ministries, teaching God’s principles of handling money. While working ... more ➔

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Richard Swanson

Senior Lecturer

Rich is a financial analyst and project appraiser who evaluates energy-related initiatives and investment strategies in the U.S. and in the international development space. Through his consultancy, the GLS Network, he engages with the African Development Bank, the World Bank, UNDP, the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), and ... more ➔

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Doug Tengdin

Senior Lecturer

Douglas Tengdin has worked in the financial industry for over 40 years, from securities runner and mailing list manager to bond and currency trading desks at major banks to managing billion-dollar portfolios to serving as chief investment officer and Executive Committee member at a multi-billion dollar fiduciary and family-office firm. 

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Ryan Teramano-Tyler

Senior Lecturer

Ryan Teramano-Tyler has spent over twenty years working on Wall Street in international capital markets that includes executing 60+ M&A deals and successfully completing 100+ corporate finance transactions.  

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