W. Todd Brotherson

  • Assistant Professor of Business
  • Business Management & Leadership Program Coordinator

Education

  • A.B.D., Finance, The Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
  • M.B.A., Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, 1989
  • B.A. in Spanish Translation & Interpretation, minor in Business Management, Brigham Young University, 1986


Education

  • A.B.D., Finance, The Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
  • M.B.A., Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, 1989
  • B.A. in Spanish Translation & Interpretation, minor in Business Management, Brigham Young University, 1986

Courses

  • Business Major: Managerial Finance, Leadership and Influence, Advanced Financial Management, Investments: Securities and Markets

Teaching Positions & Professional Experience

  • Joined the Southern Virginia University faculty in 1998
  • Executive Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer, Southern Virginia University, 2017–18
  • Chair, Division of Social Sciences, Southern Virginia University, 1998–2018
  • Lecturer in Commerce, McIntire School of Management, University of Virginia, 1997–98
  • Instructor, The University of Virginia Division of Continuing Education, 1996
  • Instructor, LEAD (Leadership, Education And Development), 1993–98
  • Research Associate, The Darden School of Business, 1995
  • Research Associate, Chase Manhattan Bank, 1990–92
  • Finance Case Instructor, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, 1988–89

Scholarship & Creative Work

  • “Company Valuation in Mergers and Acquisitions: How is Discounted Cash Flow Applied by Leading Practitioners?” Journal of Applied Finance, top 10% status on SSRN’s Top Papers Downloads for All Time
  • “Best Practices in Estimating Cost of Capital: An Update,” Journal of Applied Finance, top 10% status on SSRN’s Top Papers Downloads for All Time
  • “A Case of Values”, The University of Virginia Darden School Foundation, 1995
  • Derivatives Tutorial and Required Rate of Return Tutorial, Research Assistant and Project Manager, The Darden School of Business, 1995

Awards, Leadership & Service

  • Mission Leader for the Chile Santiago East Mission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2018–21
  • First Stake President of the Buena Vista Young Single Adult Stake, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2012-17
  • Co-organizer, Executive-in-Residence Seminar, Southern Virginia University, 2009
  • Member, Supervisory Committee of the Big Island Credit Union, 2002–04
  • Member, Advisory Council of the Blue Ridge Virginia Chapter of the BYU Management Society, 2000–03
  • President-elect, Blue Ridge Virginia Chapter of the BYU Management Society, 1999–2000
  • Attended numerous conference covering topics such as financial management, business, leadership, financing of corporations, and classical influences on the American founding
  • Full-Time Missionary in Texas, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Memberships

  • Beta Gamma Sigma, American Educational Research Association, Financial Management Association, BYU Management Society