Dr. Reilly  White was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1984. He was raised in  Cleveland, Ohio, before relocating to New Mexico, Massachusetts, and ultimately Connecticut. He received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth in 2006, and worked as an Analyst for Sovereign Bank until 2008, when he was accepted into the PhD program at the University of Connecticut. Reilly defended his PhD, 'Three Essays on Inside Debt', in February 2013. 

He currently lives in Durham, NC, with his wife, Nicole.

PhD, Finance (Defended 2/2013), University of Connecticut 

Sovereign Bank, Boston, Massachusetts and Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Financial Analyst (2006-2008), $150M Portfolio of Real Estate and Commercial Loans based in Eastern Massachusetts.
• Worked to improve existing profitability models and their applications
• Strong familiarity with Moody’s and Bloomberg analytical software
• Finished 1^st among 30 analysts in rigorous company-sponsored training program, 2007

Working Papers

'Executive Pensions, Compensation Leverage, and Firm Risk'

'Inside Debt and Firm Dividend Policy'

• SSRN Top 10 Most Downloaded,  Pension Risk Management eJournal

'Executive Pensions and Optimal Pay Structure'

Eisdorfer, Assaf, Giaccotto, Carmelo, and White, Reilly. ‘Executive Compensation, Capital Structure, and Investment Efficiency’. Forthcoming Journal of Banking and Finance

White, Reilly S. (2011) ‘Bank Structure and Reevaluating the Case for Risk: The Icelandic Banking Crisis’, Journal of International Finance and Economics, Volume 11, Number 2, pp. 171-182.

White, Reilly S. (2011) ‘The Cost of Equity in India: The Effects of Local and International Models on Equity Pricing’, International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, Volume 4, Number 2, pp. 138-159. 

White, Reilly S. ‘Inside Debt and Firm Dividend Policy’, FMA 2012 Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 17-20, 2012. (Accepted).

White, Reilly S. ‘Executive Pensions, Compensation Leverage, and Firm Risk’, Eastern Finance Association 2012 Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 11-14, 2012 

White, Reilly S. ‘Executive Pensions, Compensation Leverage, and Firm Risk’, Southwestern Finance Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 28-March 3, 2012 

White, Reilly S. ‘Bank Structure and Reevaluating the Case for Risk: The Icelandic Banking Crisis’, IABE 2011 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 16-18, 2011

• Session Chair, International Finance
•  Discussant, International Finance

Professional Affiliations Include: The Financial Management Association; American Finance Association; Eastern Finance Association; Midwest Finance Association; Risk Management Association; Southwestern Finance Association; Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honor Society; Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honor Society

• Doctoral Fellowship, University of Connecticut (2008-2012)
• University of Connecticut School of Business Outstanding PhD Teaching Award (2011)
• Finance Department, University of Connecticut, Outstanding PhD Teaching Award (2011)
• Finance Department, University of Connecticut, Outstanding Student Scholar Award (2011)
• 2009 International PhD Research Scholar, CIBER
• Powell Outstanding Student Achievement Award (2009)
• John M. Ohly Award, Outstanding Economics Minor, University of Massachusetts, 2006
• Highest Academic Standing, Transfer Student, Charlton College of Business, UMass-Dartmouth