Donna E. Trammell

Ms. Trammell is Managing Director and Senior Family Governance Advisor at Bessemer Trust. In this role, she works directly with clients to customize financial education curriculums, design and facilitate multigenerational family meetings, and help families make decisions about shared assets. Previously, she led the firm’s Communications team.

Prior to joining Bessemer in 2001, Donna worked in the private client group at Goldman Sachs. Before that, she held client relationship positions in several communications firms focused on financial services.

She is a noted speaker on the topic of raising good stewards of wealth and has been quoted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal. Donna is also a member of the Leader’s Council of the Ultra High Net Worth Institute and the Institute for Family Governance, both of which are nonprofits focused on knowledge-sharing among industry experts. She often publishes and presents on multigenerational family communication and regularly volunteers teaching financial literacy to teens from low-income households.

Donna earned a B.A. in history and English from Colgate University. She is certified as a family business advisor (FFI) and multigenerational facilitator (21/64).