Northern Trust Announces New ACTEC Officers, Fellows - Seite 2

Snyder holds a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law, where she was an Editor of the Journal of International Law and Business, and a B.A. in International Studies and French from Wichita State University.

Raymond “Ray” C. Odom is a Managing Wealth Planner and National Director of Wealth Transfer Services. In that role Odom serves as a national subject matter expert in wealth transfer planning and has been a sought-after speaker, advisor and wealth planner.

Odom began his career with The Northern Trust of Chicago as Tax Counsel before leaving to become an equity partner in the Chicago law firm of Hoogendoorn & Talbot. Odom rejoined Northern Trust in 2000 after serving as Relationship Manager and Trust Counsel with NBD Bank (now known as JP Morgan) in Wheaton, Illinois.

Odom is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and is licensed to practice before the U S Tax Court. He is a current member of the Association of African American Financial Advisers (AAAA), the Chicago Estate Planning Council and the American Bar Association.

Odom received his law degree from The Ohio State - Moritz College of Law, where he earned the Dean’s Award as student bar President. He graduated with B.A. in Political Science (Pre-Law) from Valparaiso University in Indiana.

Elisa Shevlin Rizzo is the Regional Chief Fiduciary Officer for the East Region of The Northern Trust Company. In that role, she oversees the delivery of fiduciary and advisory services by trust professionals throughout the firm’s East Region and provides guidance and advice on fiduciary questions, risk management, trust administration and best practices.

Rizzo joined Northern Trust in 2017 as Senior Legal Counsel and Senior Fiduciary Officer for the Northeast and has also served as the Regional Chief Fiduciary Officer for The Northern Trust Company of Delaware. Previously, she was Managing Director, Trust Counsel and Director of Estate Administration at Fiduciary Trust Company International. Earlier in her career, Rizzo was Counsel at Cummings & Lockwood LLC in Stamford, Conn., and an associate with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York City.

Rizzo is a co-chair of the ABA-RPTE Section committee on Art and Tangibles, a past vice chair of the NYSBA Trust & Estates Section Estate and Trust Administration Committee, a member of the NYSBA Trusts & Estates Section Taxation Committees and a past member of the New York City Bar Association's Committee on Estate and Gift Tax.