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Alpha Nu Building Association of Theta Chi, Inc. | Winter 2015-16 | Georgia Institute of Technology
             Alumni Office | P.O. Box 80828, Atlanta, Georgia 30366 | www.gt-thetachi.org

         From the                                    Alumni    Kevin P. Couillard ’82

 Alumni President                                  Spotlight:

           Brothers,                               Editor’s Note: For this edition of the newsletter we are proud to Spotlight
                                                   Brother Kevin Couillard. From the hometown of Damascus, Maryland,
       After closing out another                   Kevin came to Tech in pursuit of a degree in chemical engineering.
                         successful year, we look  He continued his education after graduation and went on to earn
                   to 2016 with great excitement.  his master’s degree in business administration at Georgia State.
                   The active chapter is           Currently working as Executive Director of his company,
                   maintaining a good standing     FairValue Advisors, Kevin is an Accredited Senior
on campus and has made us proud by receiving       Appraiser (ASA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst
the Chapter Excellence award. Although it          (CFA). Before co-forming FairValue Advisors, Kevin
is not an Alter Award, this puts the chapter in    was President of Valuation Strategy Associates, Inc.,
prime position this summer to receive one of the   based in Atlanta, Georgia. Kevin’s extensive appraisal
highest awards given by Theta Chi.                 career has included valuation management positions
  Our alumni continue to celebrate the Theta       with Price Waterhouse, KPMG Peat Marwick and BDO
Chi Brotherhood by attending special events        Seidman. Prior to entering the valuation field, he provided
and reunions. Stan Thomas has put together         financial planning and analysis for Rollins, Inc. and held a
a collection of events from 2015 in a special      textile manufacturing management position at Milliken and
“Making New Memories” article – turn to page       Company. He and his wife, Karen, have two kids, Andrew              Kevin and his wife Karen celebrating
three for details. We would like to hear from      (23) and Melanie, (17); they have been married for 31 years.        30 years of marriage in Italy.
YOU and all about your ΘX-themed events –
no matter how small. Please forward to your        What led you to join Theta Chi?                         At what point did you head back to school
news and photos to our Annual Fund Account           Georgia Tech had lots of options at rush,             for your MBA?
Manager, Kasey Breedlove, at kbreedlove@
elevateims.com or simply use the tear-away         and all the parties were good. But it was                 I got very interested in the finance world
section at the bottom of your enclosed cover       the invites to lunch and other activities               and realized a gradual transition from
letter and return envelope. We would also love     outside of the rush parties that made Theta             engineering roles would not be quick or in
to include your news in the next edition of the    Chi stand out. There was a general interest             the right direction. I decided, with Karen’s
newsletter.                                        in me as a person that set Theta Chi apart              support, that I needed to do it “cold turkey”
  I hope to see you at an upcoming event! Be       from the others. Friendships began to form              by returning to school full time. The full-time
sure to congratulate the active chapter members    immediately...many of which still exist today           MBA experience opened completely new
for all of their hard work. It is up to us, as     – 37 years later.                                       doors that continue to be beneficial today.
alumni, to keep the legacy alive. Theta Chi for
life and going strong!                             How were you introduced to your wife Karen?             How did you find a way to excel in the
Ian Willoughby ’92                                   The fraternity is the one to blame here.              finance industry?

ANBA President                                     Fraternity brother Steve Adams ’83 was                    I worked for several accounting and finance
                                                   dating Karen’s sister (now Apryl Adams)                 professors while in graduate school. One of the
                                                   at the time and we were introduced through              finance professors referred me to a contact in
                                                   them. The homecoming game and activities                private industry…which ended up launching
                                                   in the fall of 1982 was our second date. We             my career in business valuation.
                                                   continue to enjoy Tech football 33 years later
                                                   with many fraternity brothers.                            Continued networking with him resulted
                                                                                                           in our co-developing two advanced valuation
                                                                                  Why did you go           courses for theAmerican Society ofAppraisers.
                                                                                  into the textile
                                                                                  industry after           As Executive Director of your own
                                                                                  graduation?              company today, what type of services do
                                                                                                           you provide?
                                                                                     The real answer:
                                                                                   it the only good          At FairValue Advisors, our focus is on
                                                                                   opportunity I           business valuation, intangible asset valuation,
                                                                                   received in a           and dispute advisory services/expert testimony.
                                                                                   terrible job market     We are a small practice with only six folks
                                                                                   in 1982. It worked      that work hard to deliver good client service.
                                                                                   out well, as the        I have the privilege of working with two other
                                                                                   company provided        partners who are very smart and talented.
                                                                                   a variety of
                                                                                   experiences that        Outside of work what do you do for fun?
                                                                                   rounded out the           Karen and I are passionate about a couple of
                                                                                   Tech experience.
                                                                                                           activities. We ride a tandem recumbent bicycle
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