Team and Board of Directors

Churchill Franklin co-founded Acadian Asset Management in 1986. Acadian is a quantitative institutional asset management firm with $100 billion in assets under management. Churchill later became the firm’s CEO and Chairman before retiring in 2020. A graduate of Middlebury College, Churchill is an Emeritus Trustee of Middlebury and a member …

The Rev. Dr. Bernard R. Wilson is the 35th Senior Minister of Norfield Congregational Church in Weston, CT. Dr. Wilson is a retired navy chaplain who served as The Assistant Chaplain of the Marine Corps, The Navy’s Northeast Regional Director of Religious Ministries, and a Chaplain Corps Assignment Officer. He received numerous …

Dr. Jiakai Chen is an Assistant Professor of Finance for the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His current research interests include the interbank lending market, shadow banking system, and real estate finance. Dr. Chen is a CFA and currently serves on the CFA Society …

Lisa Hinds (she/her/hers), Chair of the UCF Investment Committee, is a Managing Director at Xponance Inc., a multi-strategy institutional investment manager, where she leads Client Engagement and Sustainable Strategies. Prior to Xponance, Ms. Hinds managed the endowment and foundation channel for EnTrust Global, where she was responsible for building bespoke …

Bill Lee is a highly accomplished Chief Investment Officer renowned for his exceptional contributions to large not-for-profit foundations and pension plans over the past two decades. With a strong track record of success, he has established an $11 billion custom mutual fund family and overseen mutual fund board operations dedicated …

Doni Mooberry Slough is financial adviser and owner of Mooberry Financial Management, LLC, a financial services business in Lawrence, Kansas. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Ms. Slough has a law degree, a Master’s degree in accounting and is securities and securities principle licensed. Her firm provides comprehensive financial …

Frank comes to the UCF Board after retiring in 2008 from Cargill, Inc., where he led major strategic business segments in the United States and internationally. As President of Cargill’s North American Grain Business, Frank was responsible for the oversight and management of a $6 billion annual operation with 3,000 …

Mr. Bryan A. Thomas currently serves as a Vice President, Private Client Associate at Momentum Advisors, where he leads a team of wealth strategists and other advisors in cultivating solutions for high net worth clientele and institutional clients. Prior to him joining Momentum, Mr. Thomas worked as a Vice President …

Charles Buck has been President and CEO of UCF since March 2019. He is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, having served as pastor in Northern California and Hawai`i, as well as conference minister in Hawai`i and New Hampshire. Prior to joining UCF, Charles was a member …