Professionals

Ewing Loan Advisors utilizes the services of its staff and consulting professionals within the ranks of its affiliated investment banking company. These professionals have the benefit of extensive experience with banks, regulatory agencies, and in investment banking activities within the financial industry. A profile of our professionals and their qualifications and background follows.

Robert B. Dunlap, President

Bob Dunlap has more than 20 years experience in credit underwriting and loan origination and administration with thrifts and regional national banks, as well as mortgage banking firms. His latest banking position was Senior Vice President of First Union National Bank of Florida, where he was the senior credit officer for the Special Assets Division. In this position, he worked closely with Loan Review and with the bank’s senior management in reviewing specific reserves and in establishing loan loss projections and charge-off’s. He was directly responsible for the sale of over 4000 notes and $500 million in whole loans during his tenure at First Union National Bank.

Bob is a graduate of Florida State University (BS) and the University of North Florida (MBA, MACC); he holds a current Florida CPA license, as well.

Priscilla W. Moench, Managing Director of Credit Quality

Priscilla Moench has 25 years experience in banking, including OCC bank examination, real estate lending, credit administration, and loan review. She has contributed to the development of the loan review function in three regional banks and most recently set up the credit quality program for Florida Bank, NA, a Florida community bank. During her career, she has participated in 18 bank merger due-diligence reviews and in loan asset sales.
Most of her career, Priscilla has been involved with assessing risk in individual loans and loan portfolios and estimating losses, striving to minimize both. Priscilla is a graduate of Furman University (BA).

Richard S. Ludlow, Managing Director of Portfolio Management

Dick Ludlow was previously, for over 13 years, Senior Vice President of First Union National Bank of Florida and the Manager of the Special Assets Division. He was responsible for the management oversight of all loan workouts, litigation and disposition of REO. During that tenure, he was responsible for as many as five regional offices with over 200 employees managing as much as $2 billion in problem loans. Dick is a graduate of Occidental College (BA).

William W. Selden, Jr., Regional Representative

Bill Selden has 38 years of banking experience serving customers in branch, middle market, corporate and private banking areas. While most of his career has been with Wachovia Bank, he has worked in community banks as well. His knowledge of various market segments, products, underwriting and documentation is an asset in assessing risk in a loan portfolio. Bill is a graduate (BA) of the University of North Carolina.

James A. Todd, Regional Representative

Jim Todd’s 38 years in the banking industry have included bank examination responsibilities at the state and federal levels, as well as being CEO and Chairman of a community bank holding company in North Carolina. During his career he has had direct responsibility for Credit Administration for a community bank and also has managed a problem asset portfolio. Jim is a graduate (BA) of Campbell University, with additional concentration in accounting.

Benjamin Bishop, Consulting Director and President of Allen C. Ewing & Co.

Ben Bishop has over 30 years experience in providing investment banking advisory services to community banks for mergers and acquisitions, valuations, and capital formation. He is currently the Chairman of Allen C. Ewing & Co., which was established in 1939 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL. Ben is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology (B.I.E.) and Harvard University (MBA).

James H. Glen, Jr., Consulting Director

Jim Glen spent 20 years with Wachovia Securities, Inc. (and its predecessor firms), where from 1995 to 2002 he directed the Financial Institutions Group and was active in advising in mergers and acquisitions, valuations and capital formation. He was also a member of the Equity Markets Advisory group during that tenure. Jim is a graduate of North Georgia College (BA) and Georgia State University (MBA).

W. Allen Rogers, II, Consulting Director

Allen Rogers began his career as a bank examiner with the Federal Bank of Atlanta. In that capacity, he examined state member banks and bank holding companies throughout the sixth Federal Reserve District. In addition, he handled the regulatory review and processing of applications involving the formation of bank holding companies and the acquisitions by bank holding companies of both banks and permissible non-bank entities. Later, he joined Interstate Securities (Interstate/Johnson Lane) in investment banking, and in 1995 opened a Charlotte office for the investment banking unit of KPMG. Allen is a graduate of Davidson College (BA) and The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce (MBA).

John B. Moore, Jr., Consulting Director

John Moore began his career as an equity research analyst covering financial institutions for Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc. Later he served as Director of Research for Marshall and Company and regional manager for BEI Holdings, Inc. He has also served as an investment banker and most recently was a financial institutions research analyst for Wachovia Securities and its predecessor firms. John is a graduate of Georgia State University (BA).