Frank Van Buren, Managing Director, CIB Banking Development Officer Leader Wells Fargo & Company

Board Member

Frank Van Buren is the Managing Director and Founder of Van Buren Advisory LLC (VBA), a premier talent development firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina. VBA, founded in 2024, specializes in delivering transformative leadership and professional soft skills training, empowering professionals at every career stage-from early talent to senior executives-and preparing students to excel in competitive industries.
From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Van Buren attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned an M.B.A. Prior to business school in 1996, he served six years in the U.S. Army as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot flying nation building, drug interdiction, air cavalry operations, and MEDEVAC missions in Central America,
Germany, and the Middle East. These experiences are shared in his published book Life Lessons from The Cockpit, available online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Mr. Van Buren holds a B.A. degree from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, 1988, where he played intercollegiate football, earned All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference honors, and held five school records.
Outside of work, Mr. Van Buren is a public speaker and advisor. In the spring of 2020, he completed a personal challenge by posting 365 daily personal development videos on social media and his YouTube channel. Additionally, Mr. Van Buren joined the Board of Directors for the Veterans Bridge Home and Shippensburg University Foundation in the fall of 2023.