Chambers is Emeritus Professor of Finance at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania and Chief Investment Officer at Biltmore Capital Advisors. He received a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.S. in Accounting from SUNY-Binghamton. Dr. Chambers has published over fifty articles and several books in investments, corporate finance and risk management. Most recently, he co-authored “Alternative Investments,” which is used by the CAIA organization (the Chartered Alternative Investment Association) in its charter program where he serves as the Associate Director of Programs. Previously, he served at The Bank of New York on a consulting basis and Karpus Investment Management of Pittsford, NY in various roles including Director of Alternative Investments and Director of Equities.

Lacey is a Professor of Finance at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts. Professor Lacey’s academic work has led to over fifty publications in finance and economics. He was part of a consortium of academics that assisted in the establishment of a business school at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow Poland in the early 1990s. He has held visiting teaching positions in places such as Poland, Greece, and Portugal. Professor Lacey currently serves as the Director of Examinations for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), a position he has held since 2004, and, as CAIA’s first Director Program, he was part of a small team that launched the Association.