Mission & Operations

Administrative Information

The ACTEC Foundation promotes scholarship and education in trust, estate, tax, and related areas of the law by supporting scholarship to improve the law and by encouraging teaching, careers and lifelong learning in the area. The Foundation also encourages civic engagement of individual Fellows of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel through programs and activities that serve the general community.

Operations

Articles and Bylaws
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation BYLAWS
ACTEC Foundation Bylaws Approved March 2025

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation
901 15th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005
A Delaware Nonprofit Nonstock Corporation

Foundation Policies, Practices, and Procedures Manual

Documents Related to the Delaware Incorporation

Officers and Directors

President
John T. Rogers, Jr.
Glendale, California

Vice President, and Co-Chair, Grant Committee
Lora G. Davis, Dallas, Texas

Treasurer
T. Randolph Harris, New York, New York

Secretary, and Co-Chair, Grant Committee
Kendis Key Muscheid, Phoenix, Arizona

Co-Chair, Fundraising Committee
Robert K. Kirkland, Kansas City, Missouri

Directors
Farhad Aghdami, Richmond, Virginia
Brad Bedingfield, Boston, Massachusetts
Lora G. Davis, Houston, Texas
S. Gray Edmondson, Oxford, Mississippi
Todd A. Flubacher, Wilmington, Delaware
Chasity Grice, Memphis, Tennessee
Shannon G. Guthrie, Dallas, Texas
T. Randolph Harris, New York, New York
Joshua E. Husbands, Portland, Oregon
Robert K. Kirkland, Kansas City, Missouri
Cynthia G. Lamar-Hart, Birmingham, Alabama
William P. LaPiana, New York, New York
Judy Y. Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii
R. Hugh Magill, Minneapolis, Minnesota
W. Cameron McCulloch, Houston, Texas
Kendis Key Muscheid, Phoenix, Arizona
Charles Ian Nash, Melbourne, Florida
Jeanne L. Newlon, Washington, District of Columbia
Benetta Y. Park, West Palm Beach, Florida
Stephanie Perry, Bethesda, Maryland
Michaelle D. Rafferty, Reno, Nevada
Bruce S. Ross, Idyllwild, California
Alan F. Rothschild, Jr., Columbus, Georgia
Anita J. Siegel, Florham Park, New Jersey
Akane R. Suzuki, Seattle, Washington

Foundation Committees

Foundation Audit Committee

  • Randolph Harris, New York, New York – Chair
  • Charles Ian Nash, Melbourne, Florida
  • Jeanne L. Newlon, Washington, District of Columbia
  • Bruce S. Ross, Idyllwild, California

Foundation Financial Management Committee

  • Shannon G. Guthrie, Dallas, Texas – Chair
  • Lora G. Davis, Dallas, Texas
  • Joshua E. Husbands, Portland, Oregon
  • R. Hugh Magill, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Michaelle D. Rafferty, Reno, Nevada
  • Alan F. Rothschild, Jr., Columbus, Georgia
  • Richard D. Woods, Overland Park, Kansas

Foundation Fundraising Committee

  • David F. Edwards, New Orleans, Louisiana – Co-Chair
  • Robert K. Kirkland, Kansas City, Missouri – Co-Chair
  • Shannon G. Guthrie, Dallas, Texas
  • Cynthia G. Lamar-Hart, Birmingham, Alabama
  • W. Cameron McCulloch, Houston, Texas
  • Benetta Y. Park, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Stephanie Perry, Bethesda, Maryland

Foundation Grant Committee

  • Lora G. Davis, Dallas, Texas – Co-Chair
  • Kendis Key Muscheid, Phoenix, Arizona – Co-Chair
  • Chasity Grice, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Shannon G. Guthrie, Dallas, Texas
  • William P. LaPiana, New York, New York
  • Anita J. Siegel, Florham Park, New Jersey

Foundation Marketing & Communications Committee

  • Benetta Y. Park, West Palm Beach, Florida – Chair
  • Todd A. Flubacher, Wilmington, Delaware
  • Judy Y. Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • W. Cameron McCulloch, Houston, Texas
  • Jeanne L. Newlon, Washington, District of Columbia
  • Akane R. Suzuki, Seattle, Washington

Planning and Governance Committee

  • Charles Ian Nash, Melbourne, Florida – Co-Chair
  • T. Randolph Harris, New York, New York – Co-Chair
  • Farhad Aghdami, Richmond, Virginia
  • S. Gray Edmondson, Oxford, Mississippi
  • Shannon G. Guthrie, Dallas, Texas
  • William P. LaPiana, New York, New York
  • Kendis Key Muscheid, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Anita J. Siegel, Florham Park, New Jersey

Foundation Nominating Committee

  • John T. Rogers, Jr., Los Angeles, California – Chair
  • Brad Bedingfield, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Cynthia G. Lamar-Hart, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Bruce S. Ross, Idyllwild, California
  • Anita J. Siegel, Florham Park, New Jersey
Staff

President
John T. Rogers, Jr.
Rogers Trust Law
350 S Grand Ave Ste 3500
Los Angeles, California 90071-3475

Executive Director
Deborah O. McKinnon

Membership and Foundation Management Director
Amy Michaud
amy.michaud@actec.org
(202) 684-8453

Controller
Deborah Oberst, CPA
debbie.oberst@actec.org
(202) 684-8460

Director of Communication and Outreach
Rebecca Vandall
rebecca.vandall@actec.org
(202) 465-8270