MSAPM Faculty

Randy D. Jorgensen, Ph.D., CFA®
Dr. Jorgensen is an associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Master of Security Analysis & Portfolio Management program at Creighton University, where he teaches courses on fixed income, derivatives, and ethics. He has published a number of articles in various revered academic and professional journals, including the Journal of Economics and Finance and Investment Management and Financial Innovations. Dr. Jorgensen recieved his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in 1994 and earned his CFA designation in 2004. Prior to his career in academics, Dr. Jorgensen was a bank examiner and a commercial loan officer. 

Lee M. Dunham, Ph.D., CFA®
Dr. Dunham is currently an Assistant Professor of Finance at Creighton. Professor Dunham earned his PhD in Finance from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, a Master of Science in Financial Economics from the University of New Orleans, and an MBA and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In addition, Dr. Dunham has also earned the CFA® designation. Prior to his academic career, he worked for Commerce Trust Company in St. Louis, Missouri, where he co-managed the trust company's portfolio of all closely held securities held in trust.

Dr. Dunham's research interests include dividend theory, asset price volatility, behavioral finance, and mutual fund return behavior. He teaches fixed income and derivative courses in the M.S. of Security Analysis and Portfolio Management program.

Marc A. LeFebvre, CFA®
Mr. LeFebvre is an instructor of finance at Creighton, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in investments, financial statement analysis, and equity analysis, personal financial planning and current topics in investing.

His professional background includes working as a portfolio manager for RBC Dain Rauscher, where he managed high net-worth client portfolios, foundations, and institutional assets. He was also vice president and senior portfolio manager in the Investment Management Group of the Chase Bank of Texas, where he managed approximately $680 million in client portfolios and personal and corporate trusts, as well as foundation and endowment assets. Prior to joining Chase, Mr. LeFebvre managed a $1 billion pension fund for a public corporation.

Mr. LeFebvre graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an M.S. in Finance from Boston College. He has been a CFA® Charterholder since 1994.

Ken Washer, DBA, CFA®, CPA, CFP
Dr. Washer is an Associate Professor of Finance and has been at Creighton since 2008. He earned his graduate degrees at Louisiana Tech University and has taught at Morehead State University and Texas A&M-Commerce. He has published articles in Applied Financial Economics, The Journal of Banking and Finance, The CPA Journal, and Financial Planning and Counseling.

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