Keynote Speaker on “A Matter of Trust: How Trustees and Advisers Can Strengthen the Client Relationship” at the Marcus Evans Elite Summit 2014 in lovely Montreux, Switzerland.

Also a panelist on “Family Governance Forum — Good Governance, Good Business: Aligning Objectives with Family Philosophy to Improve Decision Making through a Shared Vision” at the same Summit event.

Speaker on “Preserve, Grow and Transfer Wealth & Values to the Next Generation” at the annual investors meeting of Mango Tree Real Estate Holdings L.P.

Moderated a panel of Single Family Office Senior Executives on “Lost in Translation: Communicating Financial Information to Non-Financially Oriented Family Members” for the Family Office Committee of the NYS Society of CPAs.

Speaker on “Generational Wealth Transfer” at the Tax Planning for High Net Worth Individuals Conference sponsored by the Foundation for Accounting Education in NYC.

This session focused on the integration of generational wealth transfer from both the tax/legal side and the personal family dynamics side. We discussed not just crafting the estate plan but communicating it to, and with, the next generation, and designing it in a way that best reflects the family’s values and legacy.