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Titles listed represent Wealth Management services. Those with an asterisk (*) also provide Trust services. Please see complete bio for further details.

John Apruzzese

Partner, Chief Investment Officer

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John is the Chief Investment Officer of Evercore Wealth Management, responsible for the firm’s market outlook and asset allocation policy. He has over 30 years of experience managing balanced investment portfolios for high net worth clients and foundations and endowments.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2008, John was a managing director of U.S. Trust, which he joined in 1984. He was responsible for managing $2 billion of client assets, representing many of U.S. Trust’s most significant clients. Additionally, John served as the Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Trust of New York from 2003 to 2005, and as the head of Equity Investments and the Chair of the Equity Investment Committee from 2005 to 2008. For 15 years, he was an active participant in the formulation of overall investment strategy and a member of the U.S. Trust Investment Strategy Committee.

Prior to attending business school, John was on the staff of the U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and worked on federal budget matters.

John received his B.A. from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from New York University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a former member of the Board of the New York Society of Security Analysts.

Timothy Barrett

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Tim is a Partner and Portfolio Manager in the San Francisco office of Evercore Wealth Management, serving West Coast families, foundations and endowments. He has over 20 years of investment experience.

He joined the firm in 2012, following the acquisition of Mt. Eden Investment Advisors, which he joined in 2004 as a founding partner. Previously, Tim was a portfolio manager at Weiss, Peck & Greer and, earlier, the director of research at Sand Hill Advisors and a research analyst at Verissimo Research & Management.

Tim received two B.A. degrees from UC Berkeley, in Political Economy and German, and a Masters in International Affairs and Finance from UC San Diego. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, as well as the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® designation. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society San Francisco.

Jonathan Bergner

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Jonathan is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management, managing assets for families, endowments and foundations.

He joined Evercore in 2012 from U.S. Trust where he led a team of portfolio managers and was responsible for managing the assets of high net worth individuals and family foundations. Prior to joining U.S. Trust in 2000, he directed investments at Ader Associates, a New York-based financial planning firm.

Jonathan has a B.S. from Hobart College and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a CFP® certification. He is a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Financial Planning and the CFA Society of New York.

Sean Brady*

Managing Director, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Sean is a Managing Director and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A. He advises families, foundations and endowments, delivering comprehensive planning solutions and fiduciary services. Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A. serve clients across the United States.
 
Sean joined Evercore in 2024 from Clarfeld Citizens Private Wealth where he worked for 14 years as a senior advisor to ultra high net worth families, business owners, private equity principals, and senior corporate executives. He developed and executed creative investment, estate, tax, cash flow, and risk management strategies for his clients. He also contributed to the firm’s financial planning strategy and business development efforts throughout the Northeast.
 
Sean serves as a member of the board of directors and Treasurer for Legal Services of the Hudson Valley.
 
Sean earned a B.B.A degree in Finance and Economics from Queens College and an M.B.A. from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. He also holds the CFP® certification.

Ruth Calaman*

Partner, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel

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Ruth Calaman is a Partner at Evercore Wealth Management and the Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel of Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A. She is responsible for all aspects of legal, compliance, and risk management.
 
She joined Evercore in 2011 from Goldman Sachs, where she served as the Chief Compliance Officer of The Goldman Sachs Trust Company, N.A. and The Goldman Sachs Trust Company of Delaware. She was previously the Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Trust, FSB, and Morgan Stanley Trust, N.A.
 
Ruth is a member of the Fiduciary and Investment Risk Management Association, Inc. (FIRMA) and the Co-Chair of the National Women’s Law Center Leadership Advisory Committee. She holds a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) certification from the Institute of Certified Bankers and a Certified Fiduciary & Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) designation from the Cannon Financial Institute.
 
Ruth received her B.A. in Latin American Studies from Brown University and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in New York.

Julio Castro*

Partner, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Julio is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at the Florida offices of Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., providing families, foundations and endowments throughout the Southeast with comprehensive, goals-based wealth planning. He works closely with the firm’s investment portfolio managers and advises clients on strategic wealth planning, asset allocation, and fiduciary and family wealth matters, including governance, next-generation education, and philanthropy. He is a member of Evercore Trust Company’s Fiduciary Oversight Group.

Julio joined the firm in 2014 from GenSpring Family Offices in Florida, where he led new business development and client integration, and was a member of the national leadership committee. He previously practiced as an attorney, specializing in trust litigation and in estate and tax planning, and as an accountant, focused on individual and trust estate planning. He has 30 years of experience in wealth management.

Julio is an active member of several public and private charitable organizations; including the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay. Additionally, he serves on several Florida Bar committees including the Real Property Probate and Trust Law’s Principal and Income Committee.

Julio earned his B.A. in Accounting from the University of South Florida and his J.D. from University of Florida’s Levin College of Law.

Steven Chung

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager

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Steve is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management.

Steve joined Evercore in 2019 from State Street Global Advisors, where he served as the lead portfolio manager for all tax-exempt municipal bond strategies and as co-portfolio manager for all taxable municipal bond strategies.

Previously, Steve served as a municipal research analyst at the Hartford Investment Management Company and as a public finance investment banker. He had 15 years of municipal bond experience prior to joining Evercore.

Steve received his B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the CFA Institute.

Paulo Coelho*

Managing Director, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Paulo is a Managing Director and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., serving families, foundations and endowments.

He joined the firm in 2012 from Convergent Wealth Advisors, where he served as a lead advisor to high net worth families, responsible for designing and implementing wealth management strategies. Paulo was previously a senior investment analyst at Ipreo and, earlier, a senior analyst at Thomson Reuters.

Paulo received a B.A. in Economics & Business and International Affairs from Lafayette College. He holds the Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor designation. In addition to English, he speaks Portuguese and Spanish.

Michael Cozene*

Partner, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Michael is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at the Florida offices of Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., providing families, foundations, and endowments throughout the Southeast with comprehensive, goals-based wealth planning. He is the manager of the firm’s Florida offices in Tampa and Palm Beach.

He works closely with the firm’s investment portfolio managers and advises clients on strategic wealth planning, asset allocation, and fiduciary and family wealth matters, including governance, next-generation education, and philanthropy. He is a member of the national Strategic Planning Committee, the Investment Policy Committee and the national Financial Planning Committee.

Michael joined Evercore in 2014 with Julio Castro and Arthur Noderer to establish the firm’s Southeast office. He previously served as a principal at GenSpring Family Offices in Florida, where he led business development and wealth planning and family office services for the firm’s ultra high net worth clients. Prior to joining GenSpring, he served as an advisor to ultra high net worth client families. He has 30 years of experience in wealth management.

Michael earned his B.S. from Florida State University, with a concentration in Finance and Accountancy.

Howard Cure

Partner, Director of Municipal Bond Research

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Howard is a Partner and the Director of Municipal Bond Research for Evercore Wealth Management. He has over 30 years of experience in analyzing municipal securities.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2009, Howard was a director at the Public Finance Department of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company for 11 years. He previously was a vice president with the investment banking firm of Prager, Sealy & Co. and, earlier, a vice president at Moody’s Investors Service. He began his career as an economist with the New York State Senate Finance Committee in Albany, New York.

Howard is widely quoted in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News/Business Week, Barron’s, Reuters, The Financial Times and The Bond Buyer, and he has appeared on CNBC, National Public Radio and Bloomberg News.

Howard received a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the State University of New York at Albany, and a joint Master’s Degree in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and an M.B.A. from the McCombs School of Business.

Tracy Elling*

Vice President, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Tracy is a Vice President and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., providing administrative services to families, foundations and endowments at the Palm Beach office.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2019, Tracy was for 18 years an assistant vice president and trust administrative assistant at U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management.
 
Tracy received her B.S. in Management and her B.A. in Economics from East Stroudsburg University in northeast Pennsylvania. She also attended Florida Bankers Trust School where she graduated first in her class and earned the Tinsley Wells Award. She is a member of the East Coast Estate Planning Council.

Tim Evnin

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Tim is an Equity Portfolio Manager and the Chair of the Equity Selection Committee at Evercore Wealth Management. He is also the co-manager of the Evercore Equity Fund, an equity mutual fund advised by the firm. Tim has over 30 years of experience managing balanced portfolios for high net worth clients, equity accounts for institutional clients, and equity mutual funds.

Tim joined Evercore in 2009. He was previously a managing director at U.S. Trust, and, following Bank of America’s acquisition of U.S. Trust, a senior equity portfolio manager with Columbia Management, where his group managed over $14 billion in assets.

Tim received his B.A. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

He is the Chairman of the Mianus River Gorge Preserve and is on the board and Treasurer of the Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York.

Ashley Ferriello*

Partner, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Ashley is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., serving high-net-worth individuals and families from the Evercore Wealth Management office in New York.

She joined Evercore in 2009 as a fixed income portfolio assistant, providing trading and operational support to the firm’s tax-exempt and taxable fixed income portfolio managers. She was promoted to her current role in 2012. Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, she worked in equity research at FBR Capital Markets.

Ashley received her B.A. from the University of Virginia. She holds the Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor designation and has achieved Cannon Financial lnstitute’s Honor Graduate status.

Meredith Fisher*

Vice President, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Meredith is a Vice President and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., serving high net worth individuals, families, and trusts from the Tampa office. She provides support in fiduciary administration, wealth management and financial planning disciplines.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2020, Meredith utilized her broadly developed skills to help manage two successful family businesses, contributing in the areas of financial analysis, strategic planning, tax reporting, employee benefits programing, market research, business development and marketing.
 
Meredith received her B.S. in Entrepreneurship, with minors in Marketing and Advertising and her Certificate in Financial Planning from the University of Tampa. She was an NCAA scholarship athlete and academic scholar during her time at the University of Tampa.

Karen Francois*

Partner, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Karen is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management, providing families, foundations and endowments with comprehensive, goals-based wealth planning and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A. She is a member of Evercore Trust’s Personal Trust Advisory Committee, which is responsible for setting the firm’s fiduciary policy for the personal trust business. She is also a member of Evercore Trust Company’s Fiduciary Oversight Group and Compliance and Operational Risk Committee.
 
Before joining Evercore in 2008, Karen was responsible for the New York metropolitan regional trust group at U.S. Trust and provided the division with technical expertise and advice on all fiduciary, risk management, and business issues. She has over 40 years of experience advising ultra high net worth families in wealth planning and fiduciary and family offices services.
 
Karen received her B.S. in Criminal Justice from The American University and holds her Certified Financial Planner license.
 
She is a past member of the Estate Planning Council of New York City, as well as a past board member and past Treasurer of Opus 118, Harlem School of Music.

Nancy Shavel Gabel*

Partner, Financial Advisor

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Nancy is a Partner and Financial Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., working in a business development role with high net worth families and their outside advisors. She has over 30 years of experience as a trusts and estates attorney and in issues surrounding intergenerational wealth.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2008, Nancy ran the estate planning department at U.S. Trust and headed the firm’s intergenerational wealth planning group. She previously worked at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson as a trust and estates lawyer.

Nancy earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from Ithaca College and her J.D. from New England School of Law. She is a member of both the New York and Massachusetts Bar Associations.

Nancy was a founding member and continues to be a member of the Leadership Committee of the UJA-Federation of New York Lawyers Division Trusts & Estates Group. She also serves as a member of the Professional Advisors Council Committee of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Planned Giving Professional Advisory Council, and the Central Park Conservancy Planned Giving Professional Advisory Council. Nancy previously sat on the Board of the Irvington Institute for Immunological Research, Hospital for Special Surgery, Wilson Society Advisory Council as Co-Chair, the Museum of Modern Art’s Planned Giving Advisory Committee, the National YoungArts Foundation, the Parents’ Steering Committee at Colgate University and the Parent’s Committee at Northwestern University.

Neza Gallitano*

Managing Director, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Neza Gallitano is a Managing Director and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A. She works with high net worth individuals and families to provide comprehensive, goals-based wealth planning.
 
She joined Evercore in 2023 from myCIO Wealth Partners, where she was a partner serving as lead financial counselor focused on complex estate and tax planning, executive benefits planning, and investment management.
 
Prior to joining myCIO Wealth Partners, Neza worked at Cerity Partners and Deutsche Bank.
 
Neza earned a B. A. in Italian Studies with a concentration in International Business from Georgetown University. She holds the CFP® and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst designations.

Russell Gewehr

Director, Portfolio Manager

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Russell is a Director and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management, specializing in fixed income. He has 9 years of experience working on Evercore’s proprietary taxable and tax-exempt fixed income strategies. He is a member of the firm’s External Manager Selection Committee, which is responsible for the selection, due diligence and ongoing monitoring of all third-party investment managers.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2014, Russell interned with a private banking group at Merrill Lynch, where he focused on investment research for municipalities and corporations.
 
Russell received a B.A. in Economics from Ithaca College in 2014 with a minor in Finance. He is a member of the Municipal Bond Buyers Conference.

Gary Gildersleeve

Senior Advisor

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Gary is a Senior Advisor to Evercore Wealth Management and is a retired Partner.

Gary joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2008 and retired as a Portfolio Manager in 2020. Before retiring, Gary worked for over 40 years in managing fixed income investment strategies.

Gary was a managing director and senior portfolio manager at U.S. Trust. As manager of the personal fixed income division, he oversaw fixed-income investment and administration for $6 billion in client assets. Following Bank of America’s acquisition of U.S. Trust in 2007, Gary was a managing director and fixed income specialist with Columbia Management. Gary joined U.S. Trust from The Portfolio Group, a Chemical Bank affiliate, where he co-founded the tax-exempt bond management service.

Gary received his B.A. in Economics from Lafayette College and his M.B.A. in Finance from New York University. He is a member of the Municipal Bond Buyers Conference.

Sebastian Granzo*

Partner, Head of Operations

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Sebastian is a Partner and Head of Operations at Evercore Wealth Management and the Chief Operations Officer at Evercore Trust Company, N.A.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2019, Sebastian worked for six years at Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk, a Boston-based Registered Investment Adviser, as managing director of operations and chief compliance officer. He was responsible for the firm’s operations, technology development and management efforts, and for the development and ongoing review of the regulatory compliance program.
 
Sebastian earlier worked at JPMorgan & Chase, Co., for nine years.
 
He received a B.A. in Management from Manhattanville College.

Maxwell Grimard

Director, Portfolio Manager

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Max is a Director and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management, managing investment assets for families, foundations and endowments.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2016, Max worked at Raymond James Financial in real estate banking and at CBRE in the multifamily investment capital markets platform. Earlier, he worked for the State of Florida’s Office of Financial Regulation as a bank examiner.

Max graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Finance. Max is a member of the Endowment Board for St. John’s Episcopal Church & Day School in Tampa, Florida. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and currently serves as President of CFA Society Tampa Bay.

Stephanie Hackett

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Stephanie is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management, managing investment assets for families, foundations and endowments.
 
Stephanie is the Chair of the firm’s External Manager Selection Committee, which is responsible for the selection, due diligence and ongoing monitoring of all third-party investment managers.
 
Stephanie joined Evercore in 2014 from Brandywine Group Advisors, a multifamily office, where she worked for eight years as an investment director, responsible for all aspects of the investment process. She previously worked at J.P. Morgan for seven years, focused on alternative asset management and private banking. She has significant experience in managing portfolios for high net worth individuals and families that invest in both alternative and traditional asset classes, including public equity, fixed income, hedge funds and private equity strategies.
 
Stephanie received her B.A. from the University of Colorado and her M.B.A. from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business. Stephanie holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Rachel Halverson*

Vice President, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Rachel is a Vice President and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., providing support in financial planning, fiduciary administration, and client services for families. She has 15 years of experience in the financial services industry.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2017, she was a Paraplanner at Allodium Investment Consultants serving on a team responsible for delivering wealth management services to high net worth individuals and foundations. She started her career with Wells Fargo Advisors providing investment operation support to Financial Advisors.
 
Rachel received a B.S. in Business Marketing from St. Cloud State University.

James Holihan

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Jim is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management. He has over 25 years of experience in managing fixed-income investment strategies.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2008, Jim was a managing director and portfolio manager at U.S. Trust, where he managed fixed-income portfolios for high net worth individuals. Following Bank of America’s acquisition of U.S. Trust, Jim was a managing director and fixed income specialist with Columbia Management where he was part of a team with investment management responsibility for $6 billion.

Jim was earlier the head of the Fixed Income Management Department at Glickenhaus & Co., a managing director and municipal bond trader at Lebenthal & Co., and an assistant vice president and municipal bond trader at Oppenheimer & Co., where he focused primarily on securities from the states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Jim received his B.A. in Economics from Hobart College. He is a member of the Municipal Bond Club of New York and the Executive Director and Founder of the Harborfields Lacrosse Club, a not-for-profit youth sports organization.

Andrew Huang

Director, Portfolio Manager

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Andrew is a Director at the firm, where he supports the Equity Selection and Manager Selection Committees. He also conducts investment analytics for client portfolios.
 
Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, Andrew was a research analyst at Allianz Global Investors, where he supported the mid cap portfolio management team and other sector analysts. Previously, he was a senior associate at BayStreet Research, a boutique market research firm that focused on the wireless telecommunications industry.
 
Andrew received his B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.S. in Finance from the University of San Francisco. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of San Francisco and the CFA Institute. He also serves on the board of the CCDC Legacy Foundation, which supports the mission of the Chinatown Community Development Center.

Helena Jonassen*

Partner, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Helena is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., advising families on wealth planning, fiduciary, and family wealth service issues. She works closely with clients’ outside advisors to implement sophisticated planning solutions.

She joined Evercore in 2014 from U.S. Trust, where she worked for 18 years as a trust and fiduciary officer and as a lead relationship advisor to families with complex wealth management needs.

Prior to joining U.S. Trust in 1997, she worked as a financial planner and portfolio manager for Train, Smith Counsel in New York, a wealth management firm serving high net worth individuals and families. Helena has over 30 years of experience in serving high net worth families.

She received her B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and holds a CFP® certification.

Michael Kirkbride

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Michael is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management, managing investment assets for families, foundations and endowments.
 
Michael joined Evercore in 2019 from Fieldpoint Private, a boutique private bank headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he served for two years as a senior investment advisor, providing asset allocation, security selection, and estate and tax planning advice to high net worth clients. He previously worked for 13 years as a senior portfolio manager at U.S. Trust, managing $2 billion in assets for families and foundations.
 
Prior to joining U.S. Trust, Michael worked in education and policy as a charter member of Teach for America and as the manager of external relations at the Manhattan Institute.
 
Michael received a B.A. at Rutgers College and an M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Business.

Pamela Lundell*

Partner, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Pam is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., responsible for delivering comprehensive, multi-generational wealth management and planning advice to clients in the Midwest. She has 22 years of experience providing tax and financial services to high net worth clients.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2011, Pam was a financial principal at Lowry Hill, managing individual and family relationships. She was previously a tax accountant in the fiduciary tax division of Norwest Bank and a tax officer for C&S/Sovran Trust Company.

Pam received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of South Florida and successfully completed the CPA examination. She is a member of the Twin Cities Financial and Estate Planning Council.

Alexander Lyden-Horn*

Managing Director, Chief Fiduciary Officer, Director of Delaware Trust Services and Trust Counsel

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Alex Lyden-Horn is a Managing Director and the Chief Fiduciary Officer, Director of Delaware Trust Services, and Trust Counsel at Evercore Trust Company, N.A. He is also the Chair of Evercore Trust Company’s Personal Trust Advisory Committee, which is responsible for setting the firm’s fiduciary policy for the personal trust business, and the Chair of Evercore Trust Company’s Fiduciary Oversight Group.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in May 2021, Alex served as President of Christiana Trust Company of Delaware, a wholly owned subsidiary of WSFS Financial Corporation. Prior to joining Christiana Trust in 2015, he served as Trust Counsel to Commonwealth Trust Company and, earlier, practiced as an estate planning and tax attorney at several law firms in Pennsylvania.
 
Alex earned a B.A. with distinction from Yale University, and both a J.D. and an LL.M. in taxation from the James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University. He is a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bars and a member of the Delaware bar under Rule 55.1.

Tom Mahowald

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager

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Tom is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Policy Committee.

He joined Evercore from U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, where he worked as a senior portfolio manager. Previously, he served as the chief investment officer at Great Northern Capital, an asset manager for institutional and high net worth individual clients, and as the director of equity research at FAF Advisors and American Express Financial Advisors. He has over 25 years of investment experience in research and portfolio management.

He received his B.S. in Management from Saint John’s University and a Master’s Degree in Finance Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Tom is a board member and Chair of the investment committee of the True Friends Foundation, which serves children and adults with disabilities. He is also a member and President of the alumni association board of directors at St. John’s University, a member of the finance council at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Eagan, and a member of the CFA Society of Minnesota.

Jeff Maurer*

Partner, Chairman

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Jeff is the Chairman of Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A. Jeff, Chris Zander and their partners established Evercore Wealth Management in 2008. The firm is now one of the leading independent Registered Investment Advisory firms in the United States (Barron’s, Financial Advisor1).

Jeff was earlier Chairman and CEO of U.S. Trust, where he started his career in 1970 and served as President and Chief Operating Officer before he was appointed CEO in 2001 and Chairman of the Board in March 2002. In 2003, he joined Lehman Brothers as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers Trust Company and remained with the firm through 2007.

Jeff is the author of the book, Rich in America: Secrets to Creating and Preserving Wealth. Prominent in industry activities, he is a former Chairman of the American Bankers Association’s Trust and Investment Management Division. He is also actively involved in a number of community organizations in Florida and New York. He serves on the boards of several charitable organizations and acts as Chairman of the Board of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in New York.

Jeff holds a B.A. from Alfred University, an M.B.A. from New York University, and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law.

1 We were named among the Top 100 Independent U.S. Registered Investment Advisors by Barron’s for 2023 (09/15/23). We were named a leading registered investment advisor for 2023 by Financial Advisor (07/14/23).

Joseph McManus

Vice President, Portfolio Manager

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Joe is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management. He analyzes investments, manages customized asset allocations and coordinates performance reporting for clients.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2023, Joe worked at Merrill Lynch as an investment management specialist, responsible for portfolio construction, investment due diligence and performance evaluation for private wealth clients. He earlier worked as a portfolio management associate with U.S. Trust, where he supported the management of global multi-asset class portfolios for high-net-worth individuals and institutions.
 
Joe received his B.A. from Assumption College in 2012. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation awarded by the CFA Institute and is a member of the CFA Society of New York.

Todd McPherson*

Vice President, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Todd is a Vice President and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., focused on financial planning and goals-based asset allocation for individuals and families.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2018, Todd was an investment associate at Fiduciary Trust International, the private wealth management subsidiary of Franklin Templeton. He previously worked as a client service analyst with Fiduciary Trust International serving high net worth individuals and foundations.
 
Todd received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Colorado.

Keith McWilliams

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Keith is a Partner at Evercore Wealth Management.

He was previously the founding partner of Mt. Eden Investment Advisors, which was acquired by Evercore Wealth Management in 2012. He directed the firm’s strategy and served as the chief investment officer and lead wealth strategy advisor. Keith has 31 years of experience in wealth management. Prior to founding Mt. Eden in 2004, he was a managing director at Weiss, Peck & Greer, responsible for the firm’s West Coast private client group. Previously, he worked at Scudder, Stevens & Clark.

Keith earned his B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley and his M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management. He holds the Certified Financial Planner license, the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and the Accredited Investment Fiduciary designation.

He serves on the board of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Committee and is past President of the San Francisco Estate Planning Council. He is a member of the Bay Area Financial Education Foundation, a member of The San Francisco Foundation Development and Donor Services Committee and a Director of the A.P. Giannini Foundation.

Justin Miller*

Partner, National Director of Wealth Planning

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Justin Miller is a Partner and the National Director of Wealth Planning at Evercore Wealth Management, counseling advisors and clients on complex taxation, trusts and estates, charitable planning, and family governance issues. He additionally serves as a Senior Wealth and Fiduciary Advisor at the San Francisco office of Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2021, Justin was a national wealth strategist for 10 years at BNY Mellon. He previously was a managing director at Wells Fargo and began his career as a tax attorney at Sidley Austin.
 
Justin is an adjunct professor at Golden Gate University School of Law, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He has served in leadership positions with the American Bar Association, California Bar Foundation, San Francisco Estate Planning Council, and State Bar of California, and is a former editor-in-chief of the California Tax Lawyer. Additionally, he is a past recipient of the Outstanding Conference Speaker Award from the California Society of CPAs and the V. Judson Klein Award from the California Tax Bar.
 
Justin received a B.A., with honors, from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. He also holds the Accredited Estate Planner® designation and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER certification and is a member of the State Bar of California.

Judith McDonald Moses

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Judy is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management in San Francisco, managing investment portfolios for families, endowments and foundations. She is a member of the firm’s External Manager Selection Committee, which is responsible for the selection, due diligence and monitoring of all third-party investment managers.

Prior to joining Evercore, Judy was a vice president at U.S. Trust, and a senior portfolio manager at Charter Financial Group, Inc. in Washington, D.C.

She received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California – Berkeley, an M.B.A. from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. She is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of San Francisco, and also serves on the Board of Trustees of Santa Catalina School.

Kate Mulvany*

Partner, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Kate is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A. She works with families, foundations and endowments and their other trusted advisors to provide comprehensive, multi-generational wealth planning and fiduciary advice to our clients’ families. She is a member of Evercore Trust Company’s Fiduciary Oversight Group.

Kate joined Evercore in 2009 from U.S. Trust, where she led a number of complex personal and fiduciary relationships and served as leader of the Southwest Connecticut and Long Island Trust groups.

Kate received her B.S. in Finance from Le Moyne College. She is a graduate of the New York Bankers Association Estate Administration School. Kate is a member of the Calvary Hospital Professional Advisors Council, and she volunteers as a high school student mentor through Student Sponsor Partners, a not-for-profit serving underserved NYC high school students. Kate served as a past Executive Board member and Finance Committee member of Silver Source, a not-for-profit organization serving senior adults in Fairfield County, CT.

Arthur Noderer

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Arthur is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management in Tampa, Florida. He is a member of the firm’s investment decision-making body, the Asset Allocation Committee, and the Investment Policy Committee. He has over 30 years of experience in managing investment strategies for high net worth families, endowments and foundations.

He joined Evercore from SunTrust Bank, where he worked for 18 years as an investment strategist. Prior to joining SunTrust, he worked for seven years as a registered representative with Paine Webber in the Florida region.

Arthur earned his B.S. from the University of South Florida, with a concentration in Finance. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Thomas Olchon*

Managing Director, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Tom Olchon is a Managing Director and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A. He works with families, foundations and endowments and their other trusted advisors, delivering comprehensive planning and fiduciary services. Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A. serve clients across the United States.
 
He joined Evercore in 2018 from Bessemer Trust, where he led a team responsible for delivering the firm’s wealth management services to ultra high net worth clients. These included investments, estate planning, tax planning, philanthropic advisory, inter-generational planning, closely held business advisory, and family office services.
 
Prior to joining Bessemer Trust in 2004, Tom worked as a portfolio manager at U.S. Trust, where he started his career in 2000.
 
Tom earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics at Gettysburg College and a Juris Doctor at New York Law School. He is a member of the New York Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Aldo Palles*

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Aldo is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at the Palm Beach office of Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., delivering global investment management to families, foundations and endowments.

He joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2018 from U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, where he served as a managing director and senior portfolio manager. Prior to joining U.S. Trust in 2007, Aldo served as the chief investment officer of Crestmark Investment Management in Jupiter, Florida, and worked as a financial advisor at GenSpring Family Offices in Palm Beach Gardens. He was also previously an assistant professor of Applied Finance and Accounting at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

He has a B.S. degree in Business Administration and Finance from Florida International University, a Master’s in Accountancy from the University of Denver, and a Master’s in Finance from the University of Miami. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Certified Financial Planner and Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor designations.

Alex Pavelock*

Director, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Alex Pavelock is a Director and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., providing client support in the fiduciary administration, wealth management and financial planning disciplines.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2022, he worked eight years as a client advisor at Bessemer Trust Company on a team responsible for delivering wealth management and trust services to ultrahigh net worth clients.
 
Alex received his B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Management and Business from Skidmore College and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. Alex holds the Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor designation.

Brian Pollak*

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Brian is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management, managing investments for families, foundations and endowments. He is the Chair of the Investment Policy Committee and co-Chair of the Asset Allocation Committee. He is also Head of the Fixed Income Team and a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. Brian also serves as Chief Investment Officer of Evercore Trust Company, N.A.
 
Brian joined Evercore in 2009 from AIG Investments where he co-managed over $60 billion in corporate bond portfolios. Brian earlier served as a corporate bond analyst, focused on basic industries, including paper/forest products, chemicals, and packaging companies. Prior to attending business school, Brian worked for the Milken Family Foundation.
 
Brian received his B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.

Martha Pomerantz

Partner, Manager of the Minneapolis Office

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Martha is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management and the manager of the firm’s Minneapolis office. She is a member of the firm’s Strategic Planning Committee and the firm’s investment decision-making body, the Asset Allocation Committee.

Martha joined Evercore in 2011 with several partners to establish the firm’s Midwest office. She previously served as an investment principal and the co-chair of the Investment Committee at Lowry Hill, a wealth management firm in Minneapolis. She earlier worked as a securities analyst for Schroder Wertheim in New York.

She received a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management.

Martha serves on the board of trustees for Miss Porter’s School, a girls’ boarding school in Farmington, CT, and is the Chair of the Investment Committee for the school’s endowment. She is a board member and the Treasurer of the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable, a small invitation-only forum for women leaders to share insights on broad economic issues.

Stacie Price*

Partner, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Stacie is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., part of the team responsible for delivering customized planning and administrative services to families, foundations and endowments. She is co-lead of the firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. She is a member of Evercore Trust Company’s Fiduciary Oversight Group and the firm’s Strategic Wealth Planning Committee.

She joined Evercore in 2011 from Lowry Hill, where she worked directly with individual and family clients and was additionally responsible for operations strategies and oversight. Previously, she was a financial analyst with Norwest Bank Minnesota. She has experience in business valuations for succession planning, prospective sales and estate tax returns.

Stacie received her B.A. in Organizational Leadership at Bethel University. She completed the financial planning certificate program at Minnesota State University and holds a CFP® certification and is a Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor.

Stacie is a member of the Bethel University Business and Leadership Advisory Board.

Charles Ryan

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Charlie is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management. He is a member of the Equity Selection Committee and a co-manager of the Evercore Equity Fund, an equity mutual fund advised by the firm.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2008, Charlie was a managing director and a market investment executive for U.S. Trust, a portfolio manager in the Growth Equity Strategy Group at U.S. Trust, and a member of the division’s Investment Policy Committee. He previously worked for BNY Asset Management, the institutional investment arm of The Bank of New York, where he was head of the equity division and co-manager of the bank’s largest mutual fund at the time, The Hamilton Equity Income Fund.

Charlie earned his B.A. from Villanova University. He serves on the advisory counsel for the undergraduate school of business at Villanova University. He is also a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, a former member of the board of trustees for The Rumson Country Day School, in Rumson, N.J. and a former member of the board of visitors for Worcester Academy in Worcester, MA.

Ross Saia*

Partner, Wealth and Fiduciary Advisor

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Ross is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at the Palm Beach office of Evercore Wealth Management and a Managing Director at Evercore Trust Company, N.A., providing families, foundations and endowments with comprehensive, goals-based wealth planning.

He joined Evercore in 2018 from U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, where he served as a senior vice president and senior trust officer in Palm Beach. Prior to joining U.S. Trust in 2007, he oversaw fiduciary and investment administration at the Palm Beach office of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Ross has a B.S. degree in Business Management from the City University of New York. He holds the Certified Financial Planner and Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor designations. He is also a member of the East Coast Estate Planning Council Council and Palm Beach County Estate Planning Council.

Mike Seppelt

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Mike is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management and a member of the firm’s Equity Selection Committee. He is also a portfolio manager of the Evercore Equity Fund, an equity mutual fund advised by the firm. Mike has over 20 years of equity analysis and portfolio management experience.

Mike joined Evercore in September 2011 after 11 years as an investment principal and a portfolio manager at Lowry Hill. He previously worked at Wells Fargo Private Asset Management.

He received a B.A. in Economics and Computer Science at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Mike is President of the Board of the Maple Grove Youth Lacrosse Association, and a member of the investment committee of the Children’s Theatre Company.

Iain Silverthorne

Partner, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Iain is a Partner and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Policy Committee and a member of the firm’s investment decision-making body, the Asset Allocation Committee. Additionally, he is a member of the External Manager Selection Committee, which is responsible for the selection, due diligence and monitoring of all third-party investment managers. In this capacity, he is primarily responsible for conducting research and due diligence on passive and “smart-beta” investment vehicles, as well as on socially responsible and impact investing.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2009, Iain was a senior vice president at U.S. Trust, advising clients on financial planning issues, including tax efficient asset allocation and investment strategies, estate and wealth transfer planning, liability analysis, and cash flow planning.

Iain received a B.A. from San Francisco State University and an M.B.A. from the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University.

Erica Sloan*

Vice President, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Erica Sloan is a Vice President and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at the San Francisco office at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., providing client support in the fiduciary administration, wealth management and financial planning disciplines.

Prior to joining Evercore in 2023, she worked five years at WealthValues, LLC, an independent registered investment advisory firm, and she was most recently a wealth advisor there on a team responsible for delivering wealth management financial planning services for high to ultra high net worth clients. Before entering this field, she practiced family law.

Erica received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington and a J.D., with honors, from Seattle University School of Law. Erica holds a CFP® certification and is a member of the State Bar of California and the Washington State Bar Association.

Jay Springer*

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Jay is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management, managing investment assets for families, foundations and endowments. He is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee and the Investment Management Committee.

Jay joined Evercore in 2008. He was previously a managing director at U.S. Trust, which he joined in 1983. He was responsible for managing individual client portfolios, mutual funds and common trust funds. Jay also held several management roles, including supervising all client-facing portfolio managers and managing the New York Wealth Management and Wealth Advisory Groups.

Jay earned a B.B.A degree, magna cum laude, from Boston University and an M.B.A. from New York University Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the New York Advisory Board of the Caron Treatment Centers.

Daniel Stolfa*

Managing Director, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Dan is a Managing Director and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management in Minneapolis and Evercore Trust Company, N.A. He works with families throughout the Midwest to identify financial planning needs and implement solutions.

Dan joined Evercore in 2018. He previously worked as a private wealth advisor to high net worth families at Stiles Financial Services and, earlier, as a private wealth advisor at Stolfa Private Wealth Advisors and the Private Banking and Investment Group at Merrill Lynch. Dan has also practiced law as an estate planning attorney, served as the planned giving officer for Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and worked as a senior tax specialist with KPMG.
 
He received his J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law and holds a CFP® certification and Accredited Investment Fiduciary® designation.

Fred Taylor

Senior Advisor

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Fred is a Senior Advisor to Evercore Wealth Management and is a member of the Investment Policy and Equity Selection Committees.

Fred joined Evercore in 2008 after a 40-year career at U.S. Trust. He retired in 2004 as the Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer.

He graduated with a B.A. with Distinction from Wesleyan University and received an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. He served with the United States Army Security Agency from 1966 through 1967.

Fred is a former member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts, the Association for Investment Management and Research, the board of the Vero Beach Museum, the National Council of the Norman Rockwell Museum. He served as a member of the board of trustees of Wesleyan University where he was elected an Emeritus Trustee.

Edith Tse*

Director, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Edith is a Director and Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., focused on client service and portfolio administration. She has 20 years of experience in investment management.

She joined Evercore in 2012 with the acquisition of Mt. Eden Investment Advisors. Prior to joining Mt. Eden in 2008, she worked at Charles Schwab & Co., specializing in client service and portfolio consultation.

She earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Edith also holds a CFP® certification and is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

William Vaughn

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Bill is a Partner and Portfolio Manager and a member of the Evercore Wealth Management Equity Selection Committee. He has over 20 years of experience in managing multi-asset class portfolios for families, endowments and foundations.

Bill joined Evercore in 2009 from U.S. Trust where he worked for five years as a senior vice president and portfolio manager. He was previously a portfolio manager and securities analyst at Harris Bretall in San Francisco, where he served on the firm’s strategy committee and managed the growth equity fund.

Bill earned a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. He is a member of the California Bar Association and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Cathy Yau*

Vice President, Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor

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Cathy is a Vice President at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., focused on serving high net worth individuals, families and trusts from the Evercore Wealth Management office in New York. She is a member of the Wealth and Fiduciary team.
 
Prior to joining Evercore in 2017, Cathy was a client service associate at U.S. Trust Bank of America, the private wealth management subsidiary of Bank of America.
 
Cathy received a B.A. in Business Administration from Pace University.

Christopher Zander*

President & CEO

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Chris is the President and CEO of Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, N.A., responsible for the overall strategic direction and management of the firm in serving families, foundations, and endowments across the United States.

Chris joined Evercore in 2008 as a founding partner at Evercore Wealth Management and the Chief Wealth & Fiduciary Advisor. He was named President of Evercore Trust Company in 2017, President of Evercore Wealth Management in 2019, and CEO of both Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company in 2020.

Chris previously headed the U.S. Trust Multi-Family Office, leading teams across the country in providing ultra high net worth clients and their families with investments, wealth planning and fiduciary services.

As CEO of Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company, Chris continues to advise clients across the United States.

Chris received a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University. He is an Advisory Board member of The UHNW Institute and the Northwell Health estate planning committee, and the former Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Trust Management Association.

John Apruzzese

Partner, Chief Investment Officer

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John is the Chief Investment Officer of Evercore Wealth Management, responsible for the firm’s market outlook and asset allocation policy. He has over 25 years of experience in managing balanced investment portfolios for high-net-worth clients.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management in 2008, John was a Managing Director of U.S. Trust, which he joined in 1984. He was directly responsible for managing $2 billion of client assets, representing many of U.S. Trust’s most significant clients. Additionally, John served as Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Trust of New York from 2003 to 2005, and the Head of Equity Investments and Chair of the Equity Investment Committee from 2005 to 2008. For fifteen years, he was an active participant in the formulation of overall investment strategy and a member of the U.S. Trust Investment Strategy Committee.

Prior to attending business school, John was on the staff of the U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and worked on federal budget matters.

John received his B.A. from Bucknell University in 1980, an M.B.A. from New York University in 1984, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is a former member of the Board of the New York Society of Security Analysts.

Timothy Barrett

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Tim is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at the San Francisco office of Evercore Wealth Management. He joined the firm in 2012, following the acquisition of Mt. Eden Investment Advisors, where he was a founding partner. He has 16 years of investment experience.

Prior to joining Mt. Eden in 2004, Tim was a portfolio manager at Weiss, Peck & Greer and, previously, a director of research at Sand Hill Advisors.

Tim received two B.A. degrees from UC Berkeley, in Political Economy and German, and a Masters in International Affairs and Finance from UC San Diego. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Jonathan Bergner

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager

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Jonathan joined Evercore Wealth Management in April 2012, as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, responsible for managing individual, family, and related institutional assets.

He joined the firm from U.S. Trust, where he had led a team of portfolio managers and was responsible for managing the assets of high net worth individuals and family foundations. Prior to joining U.S. Trust in 2000, Mr. Bergner directed investments at Ader Associates, a New York-based financial planning firm.

Jonathan is a graduate of Hobart College and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Financial Planner designations. He is a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Financial Planning and the New York Society of Security Analysts.

Jewelle Bickford

Partner, Wealth Advisor

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Jewelle Bickford joined Evercore Wealth Management in August 2013 as a Partner and Wealth Advisor. She works closely with the firm’s planning and investment professionals, focusing on family governance, impact investing, and the Wise Women series.

She joined Evercore Wealth Management from GenSpring Family Offices, where she served as a senior strategist, responsible for cultivating relationships with high net worth families. She also led the company’s focus on women and wealth.

Prior to joining GenSpring in 2009, Ms. Bickford was a global partner at Rothschild Group, concentrating on cross-border new business origination, and head of the debt capital markets for Rothschild Inc. She was a member of N.M. Rothchild’s Global Banking and Treasury Committee. She merged her investment banking firm, Bickford & Partners Inc., into Rothschild Inc. in 1994.

Ms. Bickford is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the founder of the Council’s task force on the role of women in economic and political development in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

She currently serves on the board of directors of Women for Women International and the Women’s Media Center, and on the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is a board member and the past president of the Trisha Brown Dance Company and is a Trustee Emeritus of the Randolph-Macon Women’s College. From 2003 to 2010 she served on the board of directors of the SEC-registered Torrey Funds. Continuously from 2003 through 2007, she attended Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Conference.

Additionally, Ms. Bickford is a member of the Committee of 200, the Women’s Forum and the Advisory Council of Afghan Women Leaders.

She earned her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in 1977, and she is a graduate of Duke’s Fuqua Business School Leadership Program.

Sheena Brunner

Vice President, Wealth Advisor

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Sheena Brunner oversees Client Services for Evercore Wealth Management’s San Francisco office and has over 13 years of experience working with high-net-worth individuals.

Prior to joining Evercore, Sheena was Associate Vice President at U.S. Trust, where she was a Client Service Team Leader managing the San Francisco Client Sales and Services group. Previously, Sheena was part of the Venture Services Group at Montgomery Securities, working with both institutional and private clients on large volume restricted stock sales and limited partnership distributions.

Sheena received her B.A. in Literature from Boston University.

Julio Castro

Partner, Wealth Advisor

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Julio is a Partner and Wealth Advisor at the Florida office of Evercore Wealth Management, providing clients throughout the region with comprehensive, goals-based wealth planning. He is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee and the Asset Allocation Committee.

He joined the firm in 2014 from GenSpring Family Office in Florida, where he led new business development and client integration, and was a member of the national leadership committee. Additionally, he has practiced as an attorney, specializing in estate and tax planning, and trust litigation, and as an accountant, focused on individual and trust estate planning. He has 25 years of experience in wealth management.

Julio earned his B.A. degree in accounting from the University of South Florida and his Juris Doctorate from University of Florida’s Levin College of Law.

Paulo Coelho

Vice President, Wealth Advisor

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Paulo Coelho is a Vice President and Wealth Advisor, serving high-net-worth individuals and families. He joined the New York office of Evercore Wealth Management in March, 2012.

He joined the firm from Convergent Wealth Advisors, where he served as a lead advisor to high net worth families, responsible for designing and implementing wealth management strategies. Mr. Coelho was previously a senior investment analyst at Ipreo and, earlier, a senior analyst at Thomson Reuters.

Paulo received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics & Business and International Affairs from Lafayette College. In addition to English, he speaks Portuguese and Spanish.

Michael Cozene

Partner, Wealth Advisor

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Michael is a Partner and Wealth Advisor at the Florida office of Evercore Wealth Management, serving clients throughout the Southeast with comprehensive, goals-based wealth planning. He is a member of the firm’s investment decision-making body, the Asset Allocation Committee.

He joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2014 from GenSpring Family Offices in Florida, where he led business development and spearheaded wealth planning and family office services for the firm’s ultra-high net worth clients. Prior to joining GenSpring in 2001, he served as an advisor to ultra high-net-worth families at Sun Trust. He has 25 years of experience in wealth management.

Michael earned his B.S. degree from Florida State University, with a concentration in finance and accountancy.

Howard Cure

Managing Director, Municipal Bond Research

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Howard Cure is the Director of municipal bond credit research for Evercore Wealth Management. He joined the firm in 2009 and has over 25 years of experience in analyzing tax-exempt municipal securities. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Cure was a Director for 11 years in the Public Finance Department of Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC). Previously, Mr. Cure was a Vice President with the investment banking firm of Prager, Sealy & Co. from 1994 to 1997, and also served as a Vice President at Moody’s Investors Service from 1986-1994.

Mr. Cure began his career as an economist with the New York State Senate Finance Committee in Albany, NY from 1985 to 1986. He has also written topical credit pieces and has been quoted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News/Business Week, Barron’s, Reuters, The Financial Times and The Bond Buyer and appeared on CNBC, National Public Radio and Bloomberg News.

Mr. Cure received a bachelors’ degree in Economics from the State University of New York at Albany in 1982 and he earned a joint masters’ degree in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and Business from the McCombs School of Business in 1985.

Bruce Elwell

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Bruce is an Equity Portfolio Manager and is also an employee of Evercore Trust Company. Bruce joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2009 with 35 years of experience working with high-net-worth individuals, families, endowments and foundations. He is responsible for overall asset allocation for clients and is a member of the Equity Selection Committee.

Previously, Bruce was a Managing Director of U.S. Trust which he joined in 1997. There he managed multi-asset class portfolios for individual clients, served on numerous national investment policy committees and supervised client-facing portfolio managers on the West Coast. He also served as a regional chief investment officer for Chicago’s Harris Private Bank for 12 years.

Bruce received his B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from Princeton University. He is a member of the San Francisco Financial Analysts’ Society.

Tim Evnin

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Tim is an Equity Portfolio Manager and the Chair of the Equity Selection Committee at Evercore Wealth Management. He is also the co-manager of The Wall Street Fund, an equity mutual fund advised by the firm. Tim has over 24 years of experience managing balanced portfolios for high-net-worth clients, equity accounts for institutional clients, and equity mutual funds.

Tim was previously a Managing Director at U.S. Trust, and, following Bank of America’s acquisition of U.S. Trust, a Senior Equity Portfolio Manager with Columbia Management, where his group managed over $14 billion in assets.

Tim received his B.A. from Princeton University in 1987 and an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1999. He is the President of the Mianus River Gorge Preserve and is on the board of the Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York.

Cynthia Flannigan

Vice President, Wealth Advisor

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Cynthia is a Wealth Advisor, focused on financial planning and client service. She has 16 years of experience working with high-net-worth individuals, trusts and non-profit organizations. She joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2012 as a member of the Mt. Eden Investment Advisors team.

Prior to joining Evercore, she worked as a senior client associate at Mt. Eden Investment Advisors, focused on intergenerational issues, philanthropic goals and multiple entities. Ms. Flannigan was previously at Harris Bretall Sullivan & Smith as a portfolio associate, and began her career in client services at Spare Kaplan Bischel & Associates.

She received a B.S. in Business Analysis from San Francisco State University, graduating cum laude, and a Masters in Financial Planning and Taxation from Golden Gate University. She holds the Certified Financial Planner license and is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

Karen Francois

Partner, Wealth Advisor

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Karen is the Partner responsible for Wealth Advisory and Fiduciary Administration. With over 33 years of experience, Karen leads a team of Wealth Advisors who deliver customized planning and administrative services to clients of Evercore.

Karen was previously responsible for the metro-New York trust group of U.S. Trust and provided the division with technical expertise and advice on all fiduciary, risk management, and business issues.

Karen was a board member of the New York City Estate Planning Council and a member of the Financial Planning Association of New York City. She is the past Treasurer of Opus 118, Harlem School of Music.

Karen received her B.S. in Criminal Justice from American University. She holds both a Certified Financial Planner license and a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor designation.

Nancy Shavel Gabel

Managing Director, Financial Advisor

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Nancy is a Managing Director, working in a business development role with high-net-worth families and their outside advisors. Nancy brings over 30 years of experience as a trusts and estates attorney and is an expert in intergenerational Wealth. Nancy speaks to groups of high-net-worth families across the country on financial education and issues of wealth transfer.

Nancy was previously a Managing Director at U.S. Trust, where she was the Head of the Intergenerational Wealth Planning Group. She created the “Wealth Training Program” which educated family members on how to manage the transfer of wealth to younger generations. Nancy also ran the Estate Planning Department from 1996 to 2006.

Nancy earned a B.A. magna cum laude from Ithaca College and a J.D. from New England School of Law. She is currently a member of the Museum of Modern Art Planned Giving Advisory Committee, the Central Park Conservancy, Planned Giving Professional Advisory Council and the Northwestern University Parents’ Fund Committee. Nancy is a member of the New York and Massachusetts Bar.

Gary Gildersleeve

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Gary is a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager with over 30 years of experience in managing fixed-income investment strategies.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, Gary was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at U.S. Trust. As Manager of the Personal Fixed Income Division he oversaw fixed-income investment and administration for $6 billion in client assets. Following Bank of America’s acquisition of U.S. Trust in 2007, Gary was a Managing Director and Fixed Income Specialist with Columbia Management. Gary joined U.S. Trust from The Portfolio Group, a Chemical Bank affiliate, where he co-founded the tax exempt bond management service.

Gary received his B.A. in economics from Lafayette College and his M.B.A. in finance from New York University. He is a member of the Municipal Bond Buyers Conference.

Ashley Greeff

Vice President and Wealth Advisor

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Ashley is a Vice President and Wealth Advisor, serving high net worth individuals and families from the Evercore Wealth Management office in New York.

She joined Evercore Wealth Management at its inception in January 2009, first working as a fixed income portfolio analyst, providing trading and operational support to the firm’s tax-exempt and taxable fixed income portfolio managers. She was promoted to her current role in June, 2012. Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, she worked in equity research at FBR Capital Markets.

Ashley received her B.A. from the University of Virginia.

James Holihan

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Jim is a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager with over 25 years of experience in managing fixed-income investment strategies.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, Jim was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at U.S. Trust, where he managed fixed-income portfolios for high-net-worth individuals for over 13 years. Following Bank of America’s acquisition of U.S. Trust, Jim was a Managing Director and Fixed Income Specialist with Columbia Management where he was part of a team with investment management responsibility for $6 billion.

Before joining U.S. Trust, Jim was the head of the Fixed Income Management Department at Glickenhaus & Co., a Managing Director and municipal bond trader at Lebenthal & Co., and an Assistant Vice President and municipal bond trader at Oppenheimer & Co., where he focused primarily on securities from the states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Jim received his B.A. degree in economics from Hobart College in 1984. Jim is a member of the Municipal Bond Club of New York and the Executive Director and Founder of the Harborfields Lacrosse Club, a not-for-profit youth sports organization.

Randy Allison Hustvedt

Managing Director, Financial Advisor

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Randy joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2011, bringing over 20 years of financial services experience. She focuses on client relationship management and business development.

She joined from Federal Street Advisors, where she oversaw the firm’s family office practice. Previously, Randy spent seven years at LongVue Advisors, a multi-family office that she co-founded, and six years with Fleet Bank. She founded and was managing director of strategic solutions in Fleet Bank’s Private Client Group, where she designed integrated, strategic solutions for high-net-worth clients. She also has extensive investment banking and legal experience, having worked at JP Morgan as an investment banker for 8 years, and as a tax attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Randy has been a featured speaker on a range of topics, including behavioral finance and philanthropy, the integration of business and personal issues, estate planning strategies, and diversification of concentrated stock positions. She is a member of the Board of Governors for Opportunity International and the Jewish National Fund’s Sapphire society, as well as an Advisory Board Member of the Naomi-Berrie Diabetes Center and a Senior Advisor to the Wealth and Giving Forum.

Randy holds a BA from Middlebury College and a JD from the University of Chicago.

Helena Jonassen

Managing Director and Wealth Advisor

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Helena is a Managing Director and Wealth Advisor, serving high-net-worth individuals and families from the Evercore Wealth Management office in New York.

She joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2014 from U.S. Trust, where she managed investment accounts as a senior trust and fiduciary officer. Prior to joining U.S. Trust in 1997, she worked as a financial planner and portfolio manager for Train, Smith Counsel in New York. She has 30 years of experience in wealth management.

Helena is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany and holds the Certified Financial Planner designation.

Allan Kaplan

Managing Director, Financial Advisor

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Allan joined the San Francisco office of Evercore Wealth Management in 2012 from Merrill Lynch, where he served as an advisor to high-net-worth families and family offices, responsible for designing and implementing wealth management strategies and constructing investment portfolios.

He was previously with Mainstream Investments, managing equity and debt portfolios for private investors. Prior to Mainstream, Mr. Kaplan was with Goldman Sachs, as an advisor to high-net-worth individuals and family offices.

He is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall).

Julie Krieger

Partner, Co-Manager of the Minneapolis Office

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Julie is a partner and wealth advisor at Evercore Wealth Management, responsible for delivering comprehensive, multi-generational wealth management and planning advice to the firm’s clients in the Midwest. Julie is also the co-manager of the Midwest office. She has 27 years of experience in financial services that include working with high-net-worth individual and family clients throughout the region.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, Julie was a financial principal and the chief financial officer at Lowry Hill where she managed family relationships and provided financial strategy and oversight for the firm. Earlier in her career, she worked as a senior tax manager at KPMG where she specialized in tax services for corporations, partnerships and executives. Julie began her career at Arthur Andersen.

Julie received a bachelor’s degree with concentrations in accounting and finance from the Oklahoma State University and a master’s degree in taxation from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. Julie has been active in many community organizations and is currently a member of the Minneapolis Foundation Advisor Committee and a partner with Social Venture Partners Minnesota. In September 2013, she was named one of the top women in finance by the Minnesota publication Finance & Commerce.

Pamela Lundell

Partner, Wealth Advisor

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Pam is a partner and wealth advisor at Evercore Wealth Management, responsible for delivering comprehensive, multi-generational wealth management and planning advice to clients in the Midwest. She has 22 years of experience providing tax and financial services.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, Pam was a financial principal at Lowry Hill, managing individual and family relationships. She was previously a tax accountant at the fiduciary trust division of Norwest Bank and a tax officer for C&S/Sovran Trust Company.

Pam received a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of South Florida. She is a member of the Twin Cities Financial and Estate Planning Council, and is active in the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis.

Kenneth Marte

Vice President, Wealth Advisor

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Ken Marte is a Vice President and Wealth Advisor responsible for providing administrative, planning and support services to clients of Evercore Wealth Management.

Ken comes to Evercore with over 30 years experience in trust and estate management and fiduciary services. He previously held the position of Senior Trust Officer at Sterling National Bank in New York City and was responsible for the overall management of the Trust Department. Prior to that, Ken held a similar position at Orange County Trust Company in Middletown, New York. He served as a member of both institutions’ Trust Management and Investment Committees.

Ken received his B.A. from Fordham College and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.

Jeff Maurer

Partner, CEO

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Jeff is the CEO of Evercore Wealth Management. He established Evercore Wealth Management in 2008, with over 40 years of experience in developing and managing financial strategies for high-net-worth individuals, families and institutions.

Jeff had been the Chairman and CEO of the U.S. Trust Corporation and helped shape the firm into one of the top wealth management firms in the U.S. Throughout his career, Jeff has worked closely with U.S. Trust clients and he was the relationship manager for several of the firm’s key accounts.

After joining U.S. Trust in 1970, he was named President in 1990 and Chief Operating Officer in 1994. Jeff became Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Trust in 2001 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in March 2002. In 2003, he joined Lehman Brothers as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers Trust Company and remained with the firm through 2007.

Jeff authored the book Rich in America: Secrets to Creating and Preserving Wealth. Prominent in industry activities, he is a former Chairman of the American Bankers Association’s Trust and Investment Management Division. He is also actively involved in a number of community organizations. He serves on the boards of several charitable organizations and acts as Chairman of the Board of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in New York.

Jeff holds a B.A. from Alfred University, an M.B.A. from New York University and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law.

William McCreery

Managing Director, Wealth Advisor

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Bill joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2012, as a member of the Mt. Eden Investment Advisors team. He has over 30 years of investment and operations experience, including eight years in trust administration.

He joined Mt. Eden in 2005 and was responsible for managing the firm’s investment operations and compliance. He previously worked for 12 years at Harris Bretall Sullivan & Smith, where he was head of compliance and chief administrative officer.

Bill earned a BA in History from UC Davis. He serves as a Trustee for the California Historical Society Foundation.

Keith McWilliams

Partner, Head of the West Coast Region

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Keith joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2012 as the head of the West Coast region. He was previously the founding partner of Mt. Eden Investment Advisors, directing all aspects of the firm’s strategy and serving as the chief investment officer and lead wealth strategy advisor. Keith has over 25 years of experience in wealth management.

Prior to founding Mt. Eden in 2004, he was a managing director at Weiss, Peck & Greer, responsible for the firm’s West Coast private client group. Previously, he worked at Scudder, Stevens & Clark.

Keith earned his BA in Economics from UC Berkeley and his MBA from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management. He holds the Certified Financial Planner license and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

He serves on the boards of the Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation, San Francisco Estate Planning Council and the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Committee. He is a member of the Mills Peninsula Hospital Foundation Philanthropic Council, an Advisory Board Member of the Bay Area Financial Education Foundation and a member of The San Francisco Foundation Professional Advisors Council. Keith is a past President of the CFA Society of San Francisco, past board member of CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point and the Cypress String Quartet.

Judith McDonald Moses

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Judy Moses is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management, as well as a member of the firm’s Asset Allocation and Manager Selection committees. Judy has over 19 years of experience in the financial services industry managing investment portfolios for high-net-worth families and institutional clients.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, Judy was a Vice President at U.S. Trust, and a Senior Portfolio Manager at Charter Financial Group, Inc. in Washington, D.C.

Judy received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California – Berkeley, an M.B.A. from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. She is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of San Francisco, and also serves on the Board of Trustees of Santa Catalina School.

Kate Mulvany

Managing Director, Wealth Advisor

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Kate Mulvany is a Managing Director responsible for Wealth Advisory and Fiduciary Administration. Kate joined the firm with over 17 years experience of working with high-net-worth individuals and their families. She focuses on identifying financial planning needs and working closely with outside advisors to implement sophisticated planning solutions.

Kate joined Evercore Wealth Management from U.S. Trust, where she was responsible for many complex personal and fiduciary relationships. In addition, Kate was a Trust Team Leader for the Southwest Connecticut and Long Island Trust group.

Kate received her B.S. in Finance from LeMoyne College. She holds a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor designation and is a graduate of the New York Bankers Association Estate Administration School. Kate also serves on the Executive Board of Senior Services of Stamford, a not-for-profit organization in Stamford, CT.

Arthur Noderer

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Arthur is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management in Florida. He is a member of the firm’s investment decision-making body, the Asset Allocation Committee, and the Investment Policy Committee. He has 34 years of experience in managing investment strategies for high-net-worth individuals, families and related institutions.

He joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2014 from SunTrust Bank, where he worked for 18 years as an investment strategist. Prior to joining SunTrust, he worked for seven years as a registered representative with Paine Webber in the Florida region.

Arthur earned his B.S. degree from the University of South Florida, with a concentration in finance. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Michael O’Brien

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Michael joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2012 as a Partner and Portfolio Manager, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He has 25 years of experience in wealth management.

Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner in Mt. Eden Investments, charged with managing its southern California practice and a member of the investment committee. He was previously a senior vice president with BNY Mellon Wealth Management.

Michael earned his BS in Business Administration from USC and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Sandy Panetta

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Sandy is a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager focusing on high-net-worth individuals. She joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2008 and has over 26 years of experience managing fixed income portfolios.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, Sandy was a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at U.S. Trust, where she created and managed the tax-exempt cash management services. Sandy served as the portfolio manager for the Excelsior Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund (since 1989) and for the Excelsior New York Money Market Fund (since its inception in 1998). Following Bank of America’s acquisition of U.S. Trust, Sandy was a Managing Director and Fixed Income Specialist with Columbia Management where she was part of a team with investment management responsibility for $6 billion.

Sandy received her B.A. in Economics from the State University of New York at Oneonta. She is a member of the Women’s Bond Club of New York and is a former member of the Investor Advisory Committee of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.

Brian Pollak

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager

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Brian Pollak is a Portfolio Manager with over 11 years of experience managing investments for individuals and institutions. Brian is responsible for managing taxable bond investments at the firm and also leads Evercore Wealth Management’s Manager Selection Committee which is responsible for the selection, due diligence and on-going monitoring of all third party investment managers.

Prior to joining Evercore, Brian was a portfolio manager for AIG Investments where he co-managed corporate bond portfolios totaling over $60 billion, primarily for AIG’s general account portfolios. Prior to his role as a portfolio manager, Brian served as a corporate bond analyst focused on basic industries, including paper/forest products, chemicals, and packaging companies. Prior to attending business school, Brian worked for the Milken Family Foundation.

Brian received his B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 and his M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University in 2003. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the CFA Institute.

Martha Pomerantz

Partner, Co-Manager of the Minneapolis Office

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Martha is a co-manager of Evercore Wealth Management’s Minneapolis office. She is a Partner and Portfolio Manager, and works directly with clients to invest their portfolios. She is a member of the firm’s Strategic Planning Committee and a member of the firm’s investment decision-making body, the Asset Allocation Committee.
 
Martha joined Evercore Wealth Management in September 2011, as one of the co-managers of a six-person team that established the firm’s Midwest office. She previously served as an investment principal and co-chair of the Investment Committee at Lowry Hill, a wealth management firm in Minneapolis. In addition to managing portfolios for client families, she was responsible for writing the firm’s quarterly investment newsletter, The View From Lowry Hill, for sixteen years. She earlier worked as a securities analyst for Schroder Wertheim in New York.
 
Martha received a B.A. from Northwestern University and a M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management.
 
Martha has been a frequent participant in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Investor Roundtable and has been widely quoted on investment strategy in local and national financial media. She was the 2006 recipient of Finance and Commerce magazine’s “Top Women in Finance” award. Martha has been a long-time member of the Board of Directors at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis and is co-chair of the Investment Committee. She is a member of the Women Presidents’ Organization and the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable.

Stacie Price

Partner, Wealth Advisor

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Stacie is a partner and wealth advisor at Evercore Wealth Management, part of the team responsible for delivering customized planning and administrative services to clients in the Midwest. She is a Certified Financial Planner and a Certified Trust Financial Advisor with 20 years of experience in financial services.

She joined Evercore Wealth Management from Lowry Hill, where she worked directly with individual and family clients and was additionally responsible for operations strategies and oversight. Previously, she was a financial analyst with Norwest Bank Minnesota. She has experience in business valuations for succession planning, prospective sales and estate tax returns.

Stacie received her B.A. in Organizational Leadership at Bethel University. She completed the financial planning certificate program at Minnesota State University. Stacie is also an active member on the Jeremiah Works! Committee for Jeremiah Program, a non-profit organization for furthering education and employment.

John Rendinaro

Partner, Chief Operations Officer

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John is the Chairman of the Trade Oversight Committee and leads a team of middle office professionals, who provide trading and operational support to clients and staff. He brings over 25 years of experience in domestic and international equity trading, options trading, trade oversight, managed accounts, trade support, and securities operations.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management in 2008, John was a Managing Director of U.S. Trust in charge of the Equity Trading Division, responsible for global equity trading and the managed account trading team. He was the Chairman of the Trade Policy Committee and served on the National Investment Policy Committee.

John received his B.A. in Economics from Fordham University in 1983. Active in various industry organizations, John is a member of the National Organization of Investment Professionals (NOIP) and a member of the Securities Traders Association of New York (STANY).

Charles Ryan

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Charlie is an Equity Portfolio Manager responsible for overall asset allocation for clients and is a member of the Equity Selection Committee. He is also a manager of The Wall Street Fund, an equity mutual fund advised by the firm.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management in 2008, Charlie was a Managing Director and a Market Investment Executive for U.S. Trust, a portfolio manager in the Growth Equity Strategy Group at U.S. Trust and a member of the division’s Investment Policy Committee. Prior to that, Charlie was with BNY Asset Management, the institutional investment arm of The Bank of New York, where he was Head of the Equity Division. Charlie was the co-manager of the bank’s largest mutual fund, The Hamilton Equity Income Fund.

Charlie earned his B.A. from Villanova University in 1989. He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts, a member of the Board of Trustees for The Rumson Country Day School, in Rumson N.J. and a member of the Board of Visitors for Worcester Academy in Worcester MA.

Mike Seppelt

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Mike is a partner and portfolio manager at Evercore Wealth Management, as well as a member of the firm’s Equity Selection Committee. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Mike joined Evercore Wealth Management in September 2011, after 11 years as an investment principal and a portfolio manager at Lowry Hill. He previously worked as a portfolio management assistant at Wells Fargo Private Asset Management.

He received a B.A. degree in economics and computer science at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Mike is the Secretary for the Board of the CFA Society of Minnesota, and a member of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis.

Iain Silverthorne

Partner, Wealth Advisor

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Iain is a member of the firm’s Wealth Planning team and the firm’s Investment Policy Committee. He is also a member of the Manager Selection Committee for the non-proprietary investment management platform.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management in 2009, Iain was a Senior Vice President at U.S. Trust and was responsible for client relationship management. In that capacity, Iain advised clients on financial planning issues including tax efficient asset allocation and investment strategies, estate and wealth transfer planning, liability analysis and cash flow planning.

Iain received a B.A. from San Francisco State University and an M.B.A. from the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University. Iain currently serves on the finance committee for the Napa Valley Community Foundation

Jay Springer

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Jay is an Equity Portfolio Manager, on the Board of Control of the Partnership and an employee of Evercore Trust Company. Jay joined Evercore Wealth Management with over 27 years of experience managing balanced portfolios for high-net-worth clients and equity common trust funds.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management, Jay was a Managing Director of U.S. Trust, which he joined in 1983. He was responsible for managing individual client portfolios, mutual funds and common trust funds. Jay also held several management roles including supervising all client facing portfolio managers and managing the New York Wealth Management and Wealth Advisory Groups.

Jay earned his BBA, magna cum laude, from Boston University in 1981 and MBA from New York University Graduate School of business in 1983. Jay is a member of the New York State Bankers Association Trust Investment Committee and is a former director of the Bank Fiduciary Fund.

Fred Taylor

Senior Advisor

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Fred is a Senior Advisor to Evercore Wealth Management and is a member of the Investment Policy and Equity Selection Committees.

Prior to joining the firm in 2008, Fred retired from U.S. Trust in 2004 as the Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, after a 40-year career.

Fred graduated with distinction from Wesleyan University and received an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. He served with the United States Army Security Agency. Fred is a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts, the Association for Investment Management and Research, the board of the Vero Beach Museum, the National Council of the Norman Rockwell Museum, and served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Wesleyan University and was elected as an Emeritus Trustee.

Tom Trenchard

Vice President, Financial Advisor

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Tom Trenchard is a Vice President and Financial Advisor at Evercore Wealth Management, serving high-net-worth individuals, families and related institutions. He joined the New York office in October, 2013.

He previously worked at U.S. Trust in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was responsible for new business development and led a team of wealth advisory specialists. Prior to joining U.S. Trust in 2005, he was an institutional sales specialist for Wachovia, working with corporate clients and with corporate and investment bankers throughout the United States.

Tom received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Jacksonville University.

Edith Tse

Vice President, Wealth Advisor

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Edith focuses on client service and portfolio administration. She joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2012 from Mt. Eden Investment Advisors, with 13 years of experience in investment management.

Prior to joining Mt. Eden in 2008, she worked at Charles Schwab & Co., specializing in client service and portfolio consultation.

She earned a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She also holds the Certified Financial Planner license and is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

Jennifer Tse

Vice President, Wealth Advisor

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Jennifer is a Wealth Advisor, focused on financial planning, estate and wealth transfer planning and goals-based asset allocation for individuals and families.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management in 2009, Jennifer was an analyst in private wealth management at J.P. Morgan. Previously, Jennifer worked as a client portfolio management analyst within the investment management division at J.P. Morgan.

Jennifer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Psychology from the University of Michigan. She also holds her Certified Financial Planner license and is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

Bill Vaughn

Partner, Portfolio Manager

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Bill is an Equity Portfolio Manager and a member of the Evercore Wealth Management Equity Selection Committee. He has over 20 years of experience in managing multi-asset class portfolios for high-net-worth individuals, endowments and foundations.

Bill joined Evercore Wealth Management in 2009 from U.S. Trust. He was previously a portfolio manager and securities analyst at Harris Bretall in San Francisco, where he served on the firm’s strategy committee and managed the growth equity fund.

Bill earned his B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and his J.D. from U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. He is a member of the California Bar Association and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Christopher Zander

Partner, Chief Wealth Advisory Officer

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Chris is the Chief Wealth Advisory Officer at Evercore Wealth Management, setting the firm’s strategy in providing comprehensive, goals-based wealth planning advice to clients across all aspects of their financial lives. He is a member of the firm’s Asset Allocation and Manager Selection Committees and works directly with clients across the United States.

Prior to joining Evercore Wealth Management in 2008, Chris was Managing Director and Head of U.S. Trust’s Multi-Family Office Group, which served ultra high-net-worth families nationally. He has 20 years of experience in wealth planning, investment consulting, philanthropy, and in fiduciary, administrative and family governance services.

Chris represents the firm at industry and client events and is frequently quoted in national publications. In December 2011, he was ranked sixth in the annual “Power 25″ by Private Asset Management Magazine.

Chris received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Columbia University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University. He is a member of the North Shore-LIJ Health System’s Estate Planning Advisory Committee.