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JILL SHARP VAUGHAN
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Congratulations on being named the Smith-Hutson Endowed Chair of Banking for the Sam Houston State University College of Business Administration. Please share information about this new role and what serving in this capacity means to you.
I am so excited about this new opportunity. I have been blessed with an extremely rewarding career in banking, so in my post-retirement from banking itself, this is a way for me to give back to the industry that has been good to me for many years. I have been active with the program since it was endowed, and Dr. Jim Bexley played a very formative role in my career over the years. It is special to me to be able to join my alma mater and follow in his footsteps. Since Dr. Bexley’s passing in 2019, the team of Dr. Steve Nenninger, Pam Thaler, and Jackalyn Cauthen has worked tirelessly to continue building this great program. I am very honored to be joining as Chair in January to work with this outstanding team. SHSU offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Banking and Financial Institutions, which is the most tenured accredited undergraduate degree in Banking in the United States. The program was established with the mission of preparing students to be bankers and providing educational programs to community bankers. In my new role, I will be overseeing the college’s accredited BBA and Executive MBA degree programs in Banking and Financial Institutions. I will also be teaching in the classroom and cannot wait to work directly with the students. Currently, there are over 100 students in our Banking and Financial Institutions Major. I hope to engage my friends in the industry as guest lecturers to give the students a wide range of experience and perspective. I plan to continue my role as Southwest Regional Credit Executive Vice President with Zions Bancorporation through the end of the year, but in the meantime, I look forward to reaching out to bankers, students, staff, and faculty to gather ideas for the future of the program. I also am interested in getting feedback from former students on how they are progressing in their careers and garner their support to help us recruit future bankers. There are many faces in banking and career opportunities, and we need to make sure students who are looking for career choices understand all banking can offer to a diverse and changing workforce. Watching and listening to my dad, grandfather, and grandmother share their lifelong love for banking, I developed a passion for banking early on. It is a tremendous honor for me to follow in the footsteps of my friend and mentor, Dr. Jim Bexley, and have the privilege of serving as Chair of this wonderful program at SHSU. This new chapter in my life will bring me great satisfaction and many new friendships to cherish. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to recruit and educate students while serving my alma mater and our industry. We find enrichment in our lives by continuing to learn, so entering academia is certainly a new challenge I embrace. I look forward to learning from the best. It is never too late to learn.
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