Gregg Ballew is executive director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance and a professor of practice at the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He joined UTD after a 38-year career in the financial services business. Ballew has served on numerous boards over his career, and he currently serves as a director of the CFA Society Dallas/Fort Worth, Dallas Symphony Association (audit committee chair), and the Claridge Homeowners Association. He also serves on the gift planning advisory council at UTD, the advisory board of Deep Vellum Books, and as a lifetime honorary director of The Senior Source. He is a member of the CFA Institute.