Faculty Advisors
Dr. Lu Xiong, ASA
Lu Xiong is an assistant professor in actuarial science at the department of mathematical sciences, and afaculty member of the computational and data science Ph.D. program at Middle Tennessee State University. He's also a credentialed actuary who earned an associate membership of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) in 2021. His research interests are business data analytics, actuarial science, and computational science.
Dr. Don Hong
Dr. Hong received his Ph.D. in Applied and Computational Math from Texas A&M University (TAMU) in 1993. Before he joined MTSU in 2005, he has taught courses in Actuarial Sciences, Mathematics, and Statistics at TAMU, the University of Texas at Austin, East Tennessee State University (ETSU), and Vanderbilt University. He has worked as an actuary intern at the Texas Department of Insurance during 1995-1996. Dr. Hong has also received job offers from AFLAC as an actuary in 2001, as well as from the University of St. Thomas as a professor of actuarial science in 2002. Dr. Hong was the Director of Actuarial Mathematics Program ETSU from 1997-2005. His research interests include Actuarial Science and Computational Statistics, Approximation Theory and Splines, Biomathematics, and Wavelets with Applications.
Advisory Council
Our Actuarial Science program is proud to have the following Actuaries on our Advisory Council
Lauren Nikita Chrisman
Carson Cook
Shawn A Graham
Rachael Phelps
Brent Carpenetti
Ryan Clark
Richard Waggoner
MAAA, FSA, Aetna Senior Supplemental Insurance, Franklin, TN
John Daniel
FCAS, MAAA, Vice President & Consulting Actuary, WTW, 26 Century Blvd, Nashville, TN
L Kevin Smith
Joseph Michael Thomas, ASA, (Protective Life Corporation, Alabama)
Mary Frances Miller
FCAS, MAAA, CPCU, ARe, AIM with Select Actuarial Services in Nashville, TN Jeremiah I Richardson, MAAA, ACAS, Willis North America, Nashville, TN
Brian LePage
ACAS, MAAA, VP and Chief Actuary from Caterpillar Insurance in Nashville, TN
Charles T Axford
MAAA, EA, FSA, Aon Hewitt, Franklin, TN
Michelle Bradley
MAAA, ACAS, CERA, Consulting Actuary, SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group, Brentwood, TN
Mandy Lee Bratten
MAAA, EA, FSA, Consulting Actuary, Bryan Pendleton Swats & McAllister LLC, Brentwood, TN
David Craug
MAAA, ASA, Actuary, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of TN
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