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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 WINNERS!

Joseph Ali
PKF O'Connor Davies
Partner - Private Foundation Practice

Victor Abiamiri 
Brown Advisory
Portfolio Manager

Emily Cashman
Ballentine Partners
Partner & Senior Client Advisor

Michael Clark
The Family Office at Synovus
Chief Operations Officer

Liz De Nitto
Sequoia Financial Group
Vice President, Wealth Advisor

Jeffery P. DeHaan
Clearwater Capital Partners
Partner & Chief Compliance Officer

Candace Duecker
Seneschal Advisors
Principal, Managing Director

Laurel Eschbach
Market Street Trust Company
Director of Personnel & Culture

Ben Evers
Tiedemann Advisors
Managing Director

Karen M. Fleming
FORVIS
Private Client, Director

James Futrell
BMO Family Office
Director, Investment Advisory Services

Brian Gaister
Pennington Partners
CEO & Co-founder

Abigail S. George
CIBC Private Wealth Management 
Managing Director, Family Office Executive

Annie Hays
Sequoia Financial Group
Director, Wealth Advisor

Amanda McGrath
Asset Advisory Group
Partner

Karla Ortiz-Flores
Market Street Trust Company
Buisiness Intelligence Manager

Kristen Hosak Pace
ArentFox Schiff
Partner

Kristy Pennock
BMO Family Office
Director, Strategic Initiatives

Rachael Reese
Tolleson Wealth Management
Director, Client Advisory Team

Oliver Rose
Cresset
Founder, Cresset Catalyst

Elliot Rotstein
Ballentine Partners
Senior Client Advisor

Whitney Webb
Cresset
Managing Director of Governance, Education and Philanthropy

Jacquie Weflen
TFO Phoenix
Partner, Family Wealth Strategist

Cathy Wiegand
The Family Office at Synovus
Wealth Strategist

Lauren Wood
Wetherby Asset Mangement
Wealth Manager and Share Holder

OVERVIEW OF COMPETITION

The Young Professionals competition is a way for The Family Wealth Alliance to honor the industry's rising stars who have demonstrated success in their careers and made significant contributions to the industry.


2022 Eligibility Requirements

Nominees should be established professional leaders with a strong record of innovation and outstanding performance. Additional requirements include:

  • Nominees must be under the age of 40 as of January 1, 2022
  • Nominees must be employed at an established or aspiring family wealth firm
  • Nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m. ET on May 6, 2022


2022 Judging Process

A panel of third-party judges (listed below) reviewed the nominations and selected the 2022 honorees. Winners were announced during the annual Alliance Fall Forum on October 18th, 2022. All nominees and winners were invited to the awards gathering; however, winners were not required to attend in order to receive their award.


2022 Scoring Criteria

Nominees were judged based on three criteria, equally weighted and averaged together to calculate their overall score. Weighting was executed by a computerized scoring system and not by judges’ determination. Judges could abstain from judging a category or a nominee if they believed there was a conflict of interest. Judges provided their unbiased assessment on each candidate.

Judges looked for the following elements while reviewing nominees:

  • Thoughtfulness of the application
  • Insights into the industry
  • Introspective reflections and considerations
  • Demonstrated impact
  • Does the candidate seem to focus on putting clients’ interests above their own?
  • Does the candidate appear to have high standards and values?
  • Does leadership see true potential in the candidate?

JUDGES

A panel of third-party judges will review all applications. All judges agree to recuse themselves from discussing and voting on nominations with which he/she could be perceived as having a conflict of interest.

BRUCE BENESH

Retired Executive

CHRIS QUINN

Co-Executive Director, CIBC Family Office

ELYN DAVIS

Director, Schwab Advisor Family Office

JACK THURMAN

Retired Executive

SCOTT SUMNER

Vice President, Head of Custody, Fiduciary Trust Company

VAL GORMAN

Chief of Staff, Cresset Capital 

WALLY HEAD

Retired Executive

CARA WILLIAMS

Director of Client Service, Wetherby Asset Management

QUESTIONS?

For questions regarding this and future Alliance Young Professionals Awards, please contact:

Brooke Morimoto
Senior Director of Strategic Programs
312.248.8820, ext. 702
Brooke@fwalliance.com

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