Elizabeth P. Munson

Elizabeth P. Munson is the Chairperson of Rockefeller Trust Company, N.A. and The Rockefeller Trust Company (Delaware). She is a Managing Director and member of the firm’s Management Committee. In this role, she specializes in advising high-net-worth individuals and families, particularly in trust and estate planning and philanthropic matters.

Prior to joining Rockefeller, Liz was a partner in White & Case’s Private Clients Group, where she practiced from 1983 to 2001. In her law career, her practice focused on providing tax and estate planning for high-net-worth families, foundations, endowments, and nonprofit organizations. She also advised the Private Clients Group at several leading banking institutions.

Liz earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale College, an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

She is highly involved in serving several nonprofit organizations, including as Board Chair of Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, Vice President and Secretary of Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services, Secretary of the Cancer Schmancer Foundation, and a Director of Stichting to Promote Women’s World Banking. She is also a director of CPA®18, a real estate investment trust advised by W.P. Carey & Co, LLC.