The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
The College is pleased to announce that 34 individuals were elected: 26 Fellows, one Academic Fellow, three Fiduciary Counsel Fellows, two International Fellows from Canada, one International Fellow from Japan, and Russell N. James, III, Professor of Charitable Financial Planning at Texas Tech University, was elected as an Honorary Fellow.
The ACTEC Foundation today announced the 2025–2026 Foundation Officers and the four new Directors elected to The Foundation’s Board on Saturday, March 22, during the ACTEC 2025 Annual Meeting in La Quinta, CA.
ACTEC today announced that Peter S. Gordon will serve as the 2025–2026 President. Gordon is a Director at Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A. in Wilmington, Delaware. He succeeds 2024–2025 ACTEC President Susan D. Snyder, a Senior Planner on Northern Trust’s Regional Wealth Advisor Team in Chicago, Illinois.
ACTEC today announced that a new Regent were elected to its Board of Regents during the College’s Annual Business Meeting, held in La Quinta, California, on Friday, March 21, 2025.
The College today announced that ACTEC Past President Ronald D. Aucutt (2003–2004) is stepping down as the author of Capital Letters. ACTEC Fellow Beth Shapiro Kaufman will succeed Aucutt in this esteemed role
The College is pleased to announce 35 newly elected individuals, including 27 Fellows, 4 International Fellows and one Academic Fellow
ACTEC released its 300th podcast in the ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk series, titled “Estate Planning in 2024.” ACTEC Fellow and Past President Stephen R. Akers of Dallas, Texas, delivers this special podcast, discussing key issues in estate planning in 2024.
ACTEC today announced the 2024–2026 Editors of the ACTEC Law Journal.
The College is pleased to announce 25 newly elected individuals, including 22 Fellows, one International Fellow from Australia, and one International Fellow from Mexico. Benjamin Orzeske, Chief Counsel of the Uniform Law Commission, was elected as an Honorary Fellow.
ACTEC today announced that Susan D. Snyder will serve as the 2024–2025 President. Snyder is a Senior Planner on Northern Trust’s Regional Wealth Advisor Team in Chicago, Illinois. She succeeds 2023–2024 ACTEC President Kurt A. Sommer of Sommer Udall Law Firm, P.A., in Santa Fe, New Mexico.