USFID - Key Persons


A. G. Newmyer III

Job Titles:
  • Director / U.S. Fiduciary Advisors, LLC

Arnold H. Koonin

Job Titles:
  • SVP, Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley / Retired Tax Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Washington, DC

BARRY BYRD

Job Titles:
  • Partner
BARRY BYRD is a partner at the law firm of Pineiro & Byrd, P.A., in Palm Beach County, Florida, specializing in real estate law. He has practiced for over 25 years. Barry has held leadership positions in numerous community organizations and served as president of his area's Chamber of Commerce. He currently chairs both the Abacoa Partnership for Community and the Boys & Girls Club of Riviera Beach.

Brian J. McMahon

Job Titles:
  • President of the Thornburg Funds, Santa Fe, NM

CHAD TOMS

Job Titles:
  • Partner With Whiteford, Taylor & Preston in Wilmington, Delaware
CHAD TOMS is a partner with Whiteford, Taylor & Preston in Wilmington, Delaware, and serves as U.S. Fiduciary's primary Delaware-domiciled trustee. Chad heads up the Community Association practice on the DelMarVa peninsula and manages several of the firm's offices in that area. As such, he has extensive experience with board and director issues and real estate matters. He has been recognized as a rising star in Delaware Super Lawyers. Chad is also a Certified Public Accountant.

CRAIG TURK

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
CRAIG TURK is a political consultant and screenwriter in Los Angeles. He graduated from Harvard College with high honors, pursued graduate studies in politics at Oxford University, and earned his law degree with honors at Harvard. Craig served as chief counsel of John McCain's presidential campaign and has practiced law in Washington and California. Craig advises political parties in Europe and Asia, as well as domestically. He is a board member of the Epilepsy Foundation in Los Angeles.

James R. Beers

Job Titles:
  • Founder, Beers & Cutler PLLC, Washington, DC

Jonathan M. Forster

Job Titles:
  • Partner and Northeast Private Wealth Coordinator, Baker Hostetler, Washington, DC

Leslie K. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Planning Officer, Chevy Chase Trust, Bethesda

NORAH MOLNAR

Job Titles:
  • Partner in the Cordatis LLP
NORAH MOLNAR is a partner in the Cordatis LLP law firm in Washington, DC. with primary practice areas in insurance coverage, bid protests, and government contracts. Norah has personal experience in eldercare, and in addition serves as needed as a U.S. representative for a Beijing-based foster home caring for orphans with medical needs (negotiate fees, raise funds, assist with documentation requirements); she is fairly conversational in Mandarin Chinese. She is an alumna of the University of Virginia for both undergraduate and law degrees.

Rebecca S. Manicone

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Baker Hostetler, Washington, DC

Thomas C. Gaspard

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director / U.S. Fiduciary Advisors, LLC
THOMAS C. GASPARD has been a professional fiduciary since 1999, one of USFid's founding members. He has since served in a variety of trustee roles. Tom previously spent 30 years as a senior manager at Citigroup, parent company to Citibank. At Citi, he specialized in consumer financial services with a range of assignments: founder and CEO of Citibank in Washington, DC; president of the worldwide systems subsidiary Transaction Technology, Inc. headquartered in Santa Monica, California; and director of distribution for Citicorp Investments in New York, where his responsibilities included the Citi-Travelers merger transition for global asset management.

Thomas E. Ireland

Job Titles:
  • Retired Partner

Todd I. Steinberg

Job Titles:
  • Trusts and Estates Practice Leader, Loeb & Loeb, LLP, Washington, DC