Terry College of Business - Fall 2008 - (Page 39) FRANK W. BRUMLEY (BBA ’62) Home: Charleston, S.C. Occupation: Chairman and CEO, Daniel Island Co. Career highlights: CEO and partner of several major coastal resort developments, including Amelia Island Plantation, Wild Dunes, and Kiawah Island. Since 1997, he has been the chairman/CEO of the Daniel Island Co., a 4,000-acre planned community near Charleston. Zoned for 7,000 single-family homes and more than 2 million square feet of commercial space, the island town has 20 miles of waterfront. Brumley had served as a development advisor to the Daniel Island Development Co. in the early 1990s. The Brumley family purchased the Daniel Island assets from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation in 1997. Today, the ownership and management team is in the process of implementing the town’s master plan, which won the Urban Land Institute’s Award for Excellence in creative land use and planning. A finance major at Terry, Brumley spent seven years as a commercial banker before beginning his real estate development career at Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, where he worked for Charles E. Fraser (BBA ’50). [See cover story on Brumley, plus sidebar on Fraser, beginning on p. 18 of this issue.] Business affiliations: Board of directors of Columbus, Ga.-based Synovus Financial, National Bank of South Carolina. Civic involvement: Terry Dean’s Advisory Council, state trustee of the Nature Conservancy, trustee and past president of the Historic Charleston Foundation. Board of directors of the Lowcountry Open Land Trust, Charleston Civic Design Center, and Coastal Community Foundation. Personal: Grew up in St. Mary’s, Ga., where his father was a paper mill executive. Brumley and his wife, Blanche Cauthen Brumley (BSEd ’63), have three children — Jane, Leigh and Kate (BSEd ’91) — and eight grandchildren. DistinguisHeD alumni awarD HILL FEINBERG (BBA ’69) Home: Dallas, Texas Occupation: Chairman and CEO, First Southwest Co. Career highlights: First Southwest is a privately held investment banking firm that established its prominence in the public finance arena, most notably for its work in the 1970s developing the financial plan that made the Alaska pipeline a reality. The firm has financed sports arenas, airports, toll roads, and secondary schools. Under Feinberg’s leadership since 1991, First Southwest has continued to expand its investment banking expertise to include debt, equity and clearing services. It has become the second largest financial advisor to municipal governments in the country. The company’s client list includes Houston’s Toyota Center, Minute Maid Park, and Reliant Stadium, plus the American Airlines Center in Dallas. First Southwest’s client list also includes SMU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UT-Austin, and the University of Alabama, as well as the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, the cities of Atlanta, Dallas, and Memphis, the Orlando-Orange County Expressway and Miami International Airport, and both the City of Anchorage and the State of Alaska. Before joining First Southwest, Feinberg was a senior managing director at Bear Stearns & Co. and a vice president and manager of Salomon Brothers in the Dallas office. Business affiliations: Past chairman of Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, where he led a review of the use of derivatives in the municipal market, encouraged timelier disclosure policies related to municipal securities, and initiated a review of Rule G-37 involving restrictions for dealers on contributions to political candidates. Feinberg also serves on boards of Compass Bancshares, Energy XXI Ltd., and Greater Dallas Chamber. Civic involvement: Terry Dean’s Advisory Council, chairman of board of directors of the Phoenix Houses of Texas and of the MBM Foundation, which is the governing board of the partnership between Menninger Clinic and Baylor College of Medicine. Board member of Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute, St. Mark’s School of Texas, and board of visitors of UT Southwestern Health System. Personal: A standout football player at Columbus (Ga.) High School, Feinberg spent a year in Vietnam as an officer in a combat unit of the Army Corps of Engineers. He and his wife Renee have two sons, Steven and Max. (at left) Georgia head football coach Mark Richt and his boss, athletic director Damon Evans (BBA ’92, MEd ’94) were both on hand to encourage the audience to support the Terry College during the live auction phase of the evening. Dean Robert Sumichrast was clearly enjoying his first Alumni Awards and Gala. (at right) Attendees included Dana Pittard, wife of Pat (BBA ’67), and UGA’s associate athletic director Arthur Johnson (BBA ’92, MEd ’94). And there was plenty of music to dance to, courtesy of Atlanta band Mo’ Sol. DistinguisHeD alumni awarD Terry College oF Business Fall 2008 • 39
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