Kevin Gibbons, a commercial real estate asset manager with over 30 years of experience, currently with PNC Bank NA, has a secret identity. Well, maybe not so secret to the students who sit in a class taught by Gibbons. He's been an adjunct professor in the department of economics and finance of Middle Tennessee State University's Jones College of Business since 2014.
"This is personal growth and enjoyment," he calls it, "being around college students, interacting, and keeping myself sharp."
For many doing such work, teaching can also be about making connections for the future, building valuable professional credentials, and, yes, sometimes even making money, although indirectly.
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