McKenzie Paulsen, Garrett Reuter Jr. Each role is essential, but it is the trustee who carries the greatest responsibility. In fact, choosing the right trustee may be one of the most important ...

Being asked to serve as a trustee is an honor. It demonstrates respect for your skills, honesty, judgment and character. When asked, your first inclination likely is to accept, because we have been ...

So, Aunt Jane just asked you to be the trustee of her trust. You were flattered and, of course, accepted. But what did you get yourself into? Too many consumers readily accept fiduciary appointments ...

As community leaders, hospital trustees are a powerful voice for their hospitals or health systems when it comes to advocacy. They can offer legislators “real life” insights and perspectives into the ...

Given the important functions a trustee serves in the care and control of trust property and the relationship they have to beneficiaries of a trust, the selection of a trustee should not be taken ...

For decades colleges have been administered through a system of shared governance. Although the meaning of the term is ambiguous, causing border skirmishes to break out periodically, shared governance ...

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