Dr. Ajamu Loving serves as Assistant Professor of Finance at The University of North Texas at Dallas. He is responsible for teaching finance courses in the fields of Investments, Fundamentals of Finance, Financial Liquidity, and Financial Markets and Institutions.
Prior to his appointment at the University of North Texas at Dallas, Dr. Loving served as the Director of Academic Partnerships at the American College of Financial Services. His responsibilities included creating and coordinating relationships between Colleges and Universities and The American College to increase the availability of financial services education in academia.
Prior to his appointment at The American College, Dr. Loving was Assistant Professor of Finance at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He served as Chairman of the Learning and Teaching committee and was responsible for coordinating business program academic assessment for the University (SACS) as well as the College of Business (AACSB). He was responsible for redesigning the assessment process for the COB to successfully retain AACSB status. The committee also oversaw the management of curriculum for college and implemented changes to keep the academic programs current and challenging. Dr. Loving taught courses in Personal Finance, Investments, Derivatives, and Corporate Finance, and served as the departmental undergraduate advisor for students. He has published articles in The Review of Black Political Economy, The Journal of Housing and The Built Environment, and GSTF Business Review. His research focuses primarily on wealth building in minority populations.
Before academia Dr. Loving was a financial consultant at LaSalle Bank (now Bank of America) in Chicago IL. He worked in a bank branch providing investment and insurance advice to bank clientele and seminars for the community and surrounding businesses.
Dr. Loving earned his Ph.D. in Personal Financial Planning from Texas Tech University where he was an AT&T Chancellor’s fellow and a B.A. from Morehouse College cum laude where he majored in Economics and minored in Mathematics. Dr. Loving is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional.
Dr. John Hubbard is a business lecturer in the School of Business at the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT-Dallas). At the University, Dr. Hubbard served as the business facility advisor for the Toyota Mobility Project. The project is a collaboration between Toyota Motors, DART, Cedar Valley College and UNT-Dallas to offer fresh fruits and vegetables to southern Dallas. John is also principle of Third Future Consulting, which offers change management, strategic planning, and program analysis services to local governments. Additionally, John serves as a reflective practitioner in the School of Business at The University of Southern Mississippi and is adjunct professor in the Master of Science in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship program at the University of Houston – Victoria.
John received his doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Human Capital Development at The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss) where he was a Munro Petroleum Scholar. John was recognized as Outstanding Human Capital Development Ph.D. Student in 2015 and awarded the Dr. David Powe Learning Leader Award in 2016. In May 2020, John was honored with the Distinguished Human Capital Development Alumni Award. This award is given annually to an alumnus in Human Capital Development (HCD) who exemplifies distinguished professional achievement, leadership, and service in the HCD field.
John holds an undergraduate degree from Abilene Christian University and a Master of Science in Economic Development from The University of Southern Mississippi. John also holds certifications as a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD), an Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) and Professional Community Economic Developer (PCED). In November 2020, John was elected to serve as Councilmember on the Fairview Town Council. John’s other professional endeavors include board memberships on the Methodist Charlton Medical Center Advisory Board in Dallas, and the Texas Economic Development Council. John is also the immediate past-president of the 13-time International Gold Medalist Champions, the Vocal Majority Chorus of Dallas, TX.
Ed’s first career was in engineering with Collins Radio, but he found himself reporting to corporate counsel to help the company as it worked to sell off its broadcast line to make room for computer disc memory development. He was asked by a family friend to take a leave for one year to help a relatively new non-profit organize a portfolio of real estate and other investments. That became a 32 year career at Communities Foundation of Texas. It was built from a $10m organization when Ed arrived and was at almost $1B. Subsidiary entities included real estate companies, oil and gas companies, intellectual property investments, partial ownership of restaurants, construction companies, and other businesses. He left to work for the new Texas Capital Bank to help build a wealth management department. A few years later a bank client, Essilor (a French company) asked Ed to help it with the creation of a U.S. based foundation to help children with vision problems. When that was on a stable trajectory, Ed joined Shamrock Asset Management to serve as the organization’s in-house counsel. Capital One bought Shamrock, so Ed, who had been teaching law as an adjunct professor since 2014, took a full-time role as a lecturer in law in the School of Business at UNT Dallas – a campus which had been planned with a grant from Communities Foundation of Texas when Ed was its president.
Ed served on dozens of local and state boards ranging from the Nature Conservancy, TACA (as chairman), to the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation. He served as moderator of deacons at Highland Park Presbyterian Church, and for 25 years served as honorary consul for the Kingdom of Norway in North Texas. He previously served similarly for the Dominican Republic.
Ed’s three degrees are all from SMU, where he has served on the Executive Board of the SMU Dedman School of Law for 22 years
A desire to drive change, specifically in the area of economic equity for all, is Matt’s personal mission. Houston believes the path to success is through education and business creation. To that end, Matt works tirelessly to advocate for new businesses, wealth and job creation, and communities that create and value their economic engines. Matt is currently Professor of Entrepreneurship and Leadership at the University of North Texas at Dallas School of Business, a position that allows him to invest in students, the community, and the city at large. Houston was also a member of the Aspen Institute’s Dallas Economic Opportunity Leadership Academy.
Professionally, Matt is Principal of MLH Enterprises, a Dallas-based firm that provides education, professional development, and leadership consulting to organizations across the country. Clients have included The Nelson Mandela Foundation, KIPP Charter School System, and other real estate development businesses and corporations in the North Texas region.
Matt is a native of Dallas and earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Southern Methodist University (SMU) and his Masters of Business Administration degree from the Neely School of Business at Texas Christian University (TCU). He was also in the Blueprint for Leadership Program Class of 2008 (Center for Nonprofit Management) and Leadership Dallas Class of 2012 (Dallas Regional Chamber).