Letter from Nancy Williams Davis, President, CFA Society of Nashville
September 2009
Dear Member,
The CFA Society of Nashville seeks to achieve its mission established by the CFA Institute to lead the
investment profession globally by setting high standards of education, integrity and professional excellence.
As such, members of the CFA Institute including Chartered Financial Analyst charter holders and candidates
for the CFA designation must abide by Code of Ethics and Standards of professional conduct.
In support of the above mission, the following individuals have volunteered and represent the officers and
board members of the CFA Society of Nashville for the 2009-2010:
OFFICERS:
President, Nancy Williams-Davis, SunTrust Bank, (615) 507-7843, Nancy.Williams@suntrust.com
Vice President, Ward Cullum, CFA, DB Services Tennessee, Inc.,(615) 835-2792,ward.g.cullum@db.com
Secretary, Christian Heuer, CFA, Crowe Horwath LLP,(615) 360-5500,christian.heuer@crowehorwath.com
Treasurer, Robert V. Bolen, CFA, CFP, Bolen, Dodson & Associates,(615) 242-3808,bob@bolendodson.com
BOARD MEMBERS:
Ed Burgess, CFA,Equitable Trust Company,(615) 460-9228,eburgess@equitableco.com
David Stacey, CFA, CPA, CFP,Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.,(615) 844-6125,david.h.stacey@ampf.com
David Windley, CFA, CPA,Jefferies,(615) 963-8313,dwindley@jefferies.com
Brett Rabatin, CFA,Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.,(615) 760-1466,brabatin@sterneagee.com
John Wilenski, CFA, (615) 830-3077,wilenskij@yahoo.com
Nick Warf, Hays Advisory, LLC.,(615) 467-6070,nicholaswarf@haysadvisory.com
Paul Shorkey, CFA, Volunteer Corporate Credit Union, (615) 232-7900 x262,pshorkey@volcorp.org
OTHER:
Gina Rinaldi Allen - Administrative Assit., (615) 369-6400,gina.rinaldiallen@jrsinvestments.com
If you have an interest in volunteering in our society, please contact any officer or board member above as
there are many opportunities to work with these individuals on various committees.
Our first event of the year was a home run! Many of our members, their families and guests enjoyed a
picnic and Nashville sounds ball game on August 21st. As you are aware, programs are a vital part of the
service our local society provides its members. The board recently asked for your input in this area, and we
have received responses from many of you. Ward Cullum, program chair, would like to share some of the
highlights from the survey results.
Several events stood out to you as both the best and most memorable. In particular, the annual Forecast
Dinner, the real estate presentation from Tom Frye at CBRE, and the market discussion groups got high
marks. We look forward to continuing with this type of programming in the coming year.
Most of you who responded attend 3 or more events per year (which may have motivated you to provide us
with input). A large majority said they attend a meeting because the topic is of interest, while knowledge of
the speaker and networking opportunities were also popular reasons for attending. A fairly small number of
you listed CE credits as a reason for attending, but a number of you wanted to see more of these
opportunities, so we will continue to work to bring them to your attention.
Your responses indicated that our current meeting formats are close to the mark for those who responded.
Lunch meetings, held either downtown or in the Vandy/West End area, were the most popular choices for
time and place. We will continue to focus on this combination for most of our schedule, although we intend
to have some events at other times and places (such as our upcoming market discussion group on
September 17, from 4-6 at Mere Bulles in Brentwood), to reach out to members who might not find it
convenient to attend our typical programs. Based on your feedback, we will also look for relevant webcasts
which might be of interest to the group.
You indicated that individual speakers and panels were both of interest, and that you prefer multi-company
presentations to single company events. We will be looking to put together at least one panel event this
year and have begun working with an organizer to put together an investor conference for Tennessee public
companies in the spring, with the hope of making this a recurring event.
We also took note of your specific comments and suggestions and will continue working to make the CFA
Society of Nashville a valuable group to our members. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions
(for programs or otherwise), please let us know.
Thank you for your participation and I look forward to serving you!
Best regards,
Nancy Williams Davis
President
P.S. Make your plans now to attend upcoming events!
Market Discussion Group
September 17, 4-6pm
Mere Bulles Maryland Farms, Brentwood
Jeff Mathews, Author, Pilgrimage to Omaha
October 8, 11:45-1 pm
The Standard – Downtown Nashville
As you register for upcoming events, please keep in mind our Event Attendance Policy:
*The CFA Society of Nashville schedules most events at no cost to members as one of the benefits of
membership. Due to scheduling requirements with facilities hosting the events, we are required to provide
advance confirmation of attendance to the host facility.
*To allow us to provide adequate notice to the facility, event notifications will generally provide an RSVP
deadline. Based on responses from members, we then provide a headcount total which carries with it a
financial commitment by the Society, regardless of whether the member actually attends the event.
*Due to non-attendance on the part of some members, the Society has adopted the following policy in
regard to attendance at meetings for those who have committed to attend. If you RSVP for a luncheon and
for whatever reason cannot attend, you must give adequate notice to the Society. Adequate notice is
considered to be the final RSVP date. If you have not given this cancellation notice, then you will be
required to pay the fee for your meal in the event of non-attendance.
*It is important to note that you will be unable to register for future events if you have not paid a fee related
to a missed event.