Dedicated, driven, and results oriented, Lindsay brings over 14+ years of experience as a trust and fiduciary officer, and a comprehensive understanding of sophisticated estate, financial, and tax planning strategies.
Lindsay is a graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara where she earned a degree in Biological Sciences with an emphasis in molecular, cellular and developmental biology. She has work experience in research and development of next generation antibody therapeutics and of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and in two, well known asset management firms in the Santa Barbara area as a junior analyst.
Lindsay has been a licensed California Professional Fiduciary since 2010 and has certifications in Professional Fiduciary Management for Conservators and Trustees. She is a National Certified Guardian, a Registered Trust & Estate Practitioner (TEP), and member of the Santa Barbara Estate Planning Council.
EXPERIENCE
Santa Barbara Fiduciary | 2009 – Present
Owner and Founder, Professional Fiduciary
- Creation and launch of strategic fiduciary services firm providing comprehensive implementation of estate and financial plans in areas including tax planning, estate planning, financial planning and investments, small businesses, property management (personal and commercial), risk compliance, family diplomacy, and philanthropy via legal positions of trust including trustee, executor, administrator, attorney–in-fact under a power of attorney, conservator, and health care agent. Development, communicating, and implementing the business’s vision, mission, and overall direction.
- Obtained and maintain license from the State of California as a private, professional fiduciary; earned certificates in “Professional Fiduciary Management for Trustees” and “Professional Fiduciary Management for Conservators,” and National Guardianship Certification.
- Forge relationships with attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors and community, resulting in over 140 client accounts.
- Interpret, administer, and implement terms of legal instruments, court orders and other related agreements; evaluating discretionary requests in accordance with terms of governing documents when applicable; consolidation, administration, transfer, and distribution of wealth.
- Manage all aspects of client on-boarding and client services, including investigating and uncovering clients’ wealth planning needs, goals and issues through systematic and detailed discovery; helping clients to prioritize objectives, and developing, implementing and monitoring custom strategies to create meaningful planning solutions for clients.
- Implementation of solutions to complex planning issues, including cash flow planning, budgeting, full managed accounting services, retirement planning, investment allocation, financial reporting to client/beneficiaries/court in compliance with legal requirements and establish internal procedures for sophisticated and affluent clients.
- Develop and implement financial systems and controls, both internally and pertaining to client services, for driving continuous improvements in operating efficiency and overall financial performance.
- Spearhead business development and marketing, including technology selection, systems management and content development (social media, newsletters, press releases, community engagement), maintain awareness of both the external and internal competitive landscape, opportunities for expansion, customers, markets, new industry developments and standards. Hire, train and supervise staff and human resources development/compliance/management.
- Stewardship of the financial and reputation assets of the foundation; Compliance with legal and ethical standards; Setting grantmaking and programmatic strategies; Establishing policies; Overseeing practices for the internal operations of the foundation; and Governing in a manner that is consistent with both the charitable purpose and mission of the organization and the needs of the constituencies it supports.
- UCSB Athletics supporter/enthusiast #GoGauchos
Dunvegan Associates, Santa Barbara, CA | 2009 – 2010
Equities Analyst, Investment Management Firm
- Founded in 1974, Dunvegan Associates provides its clients with personalized portfolio and investment advice using a process that capitalizes on knowledge of the intrinsic value of markets and companies.
- Performed complex security and fixed income investment analysis using the Bloomberg Platform to run equity and bond screens, monitor world economic indicators, equity market indicators, technical indicators, economic calendars, Fed news and analytics and distressed debt markets, analysis of comparable bond analytics based on rating and industry, monitor government swap and agency data, perform yield analysis, spread analysis and total portfolio analysis, and regularly constructed discounted cash flow models.
- Industry analysis included: Oil and Gas, Alternative Energy, Shipping, Health Care, Housing, Technology, REITs, Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs), Banking and Emerging Markets.
- Regularly used as resources: Jefferies, Value Line, IBD, Barron’s and the Economist.
- Administrative assistance including use of Ayxs and broker statement reconciliation.
West Coast Asset Management, Santa Barbara, CA | 2007 – 2008
Junior Research Analyst, Asset Management Firm
- Founded in 2000, by Lance Helfert and Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea, WCAM used a unique entrepreneurial approach to investing to provide exclusive equity and alternate asset management to high net worth individuals, institutions and charitable foundations. WCAM’s assets under management exceeded $500 million as of year end 2007.
- Performed intensive investment research and analysis of companies, products and industries under consideration with direct supervision of the Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager.
- Analyzed financial performance of selected companies and industries based on company annual reports, 10-Q filings, 8-K releases, company conference calls and presentations on the internet; monitored 13-D and 13-F filings; evaluated business plans’ viability and capital structure; constructed complex financial, operational and quantitative valuation models including discounted cash flow, forward earnings, and sum of the parts; produced research reports and investment conclusions.
- Internet resources included Capital IQ, EdgarPro, themarkets.com and ValueInvestor Insight.
Genitope Corporation, Fremont, CA | 2005 – 2006
Biotechnology Company, Research Assistant
- Genitope Corporation was a biotechnology company focused on the research and development of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer.
- Generated and characterized monoclonal antibodies employing antibody screening strategies and purification of antibodies using chromatography.
- Performed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay optimization and development using Luminex xMAP technology.
IntegriGen, Novato, CA |2003 & 2004
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Development, Research Intern
- Performed molecular biology experiments under the direct supervision of the Chief Scientific Officer and Director of Molecular Biology in developing an in vitro library of the human pre-immune antibody repertoire. This library of antibody genes is expressed on phages which are screened against desired antigens, yielding potential therapeutic drugs to treat human diseases.
- Designed and carried out VDJ recombination experiments in vitro: PCR reactions of human VH, VL, D, & J antibody genes are multiplexed in various combinations, including overlap extension PCR, to yield assembled antibody genes.
- My work referenced above provided the fundamental data used in our patent submission of 2003 as noted below.
- Methods and Compositions for Generation of Germline Human Antibody Genes, Smider VS, Sharma V and Leonard L. (60/501,073; PCT)
EDUCATION
- University of California Santa Barbara, Biological Sciences, B.S. 2002 – 2005
- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Coursework: Molecular Genetics, Developmental Neurobiology, Molecular and Cellular Immunobiology, Molecular and Cellular Immunobiology Lab, Animal Virology, Medical Microbiology, Cell Cycle Regulation, Research Colloquia in Biological Sciences and Pharmacology
- Mathematics & Statistics Related Coursework: Differential and Integral Calculus including analytic geometry, functions and limits, derivatives, techniques and applications of differentiation, logarithmic and trigonometric functions, definite and indefinite integrals, techniques of integration, with applications in mathematics and physics, and Statistics and Applied Probability
- Cal State Fullerton 2010
- Certificate in Professional Fiduciary Management for Trustees
- Certificate in Professional Fiduciary Management for Conservators
- UCSB Extension – Certificate in Financial Planning Courses 2014
- Principles in Financial Practice
- Principles in Financial Analysis
- Retirement Planning
- Estate Planning
GROUPS & ASSOCIATIONS
- California Licensed Professional Fiduciary, PF No. 470
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (fully registered TEP)
- National Certified Guardian (www.guardianship.org)
- Santa Barbara Estate Planning Council
