Lawrence Benveniste

Biography

Lawrence M. Benveniste, Ph.D., is former dean of Emory University''s Goizueta Business School. He also holds the academic position of the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Finance.

Prior to his current role, Benveniste served as Dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He rose to the rank of dean from his faculty position as the U.S. Bancorp Professor of Finance. He also served on the faculties of Boston College, Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Rochester.

Benveniste worked as a staff economist for the Board of Governors to the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C., where he helped to develop several significant regulatory initiatives, including risk-based capital, which monitors the equity value of commercial banks to protect the deposit insurance system.

He is currently on the Board of Directors of Alliance Data Systems and Rimage Corporation.

Areas Of Expertise

• Corporate Governance
• Initial Public Offerings

Education

• University of California, Berkeley: Ph.D., Mathematics 1975
• University of California, Irivine: B.S., Mathematics 1972