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Susan Wells Jenevein

Managing Director of Philanthropy and Family Engagement
Tolleson Wealth Management
Susan Wells Jenevein, Managing Director of Philanthropy and Family Engagement at Tolleson Wealth Management, leads the philanthropy team and serves as a charitable planning expert for client families. Along with her team, she creates and implements strategies to meet clients’ goals related to private family foundations, public charities, donor-advised and charitable trusts. She specializes in place-based philanthropy, philanthropic strategy and delivering impact via for-profit and non-profit collaboration. Susan also leads the Family Engagement team whose focus is on guiding families as they develop individual and family leadership skills. She works with families to design individual and family learning plans and to facilitate family meetings to build resilience and maximize family success. Prior to joining Tolleson Wealth Management, Susan worked in non-profit leadership, philanthropy and as an estate planning attorney. Susan is a devoted Longhorn having earned degrees in finance and Plan II Honors from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law. She lives in Dallas with her husband Bob and their children.

SESSIONS

Workshop I: Where are You Going to Find the Next Generation of Family Leaders? Speaker

Where are You Going to Find the Next Generation of Family Leaders?
Your family may have great leaders today, but a far more important question is whether you have a pipeline of leaders getting ready for tomorrow.  Are certain members of every family innately blessed with the leadership gene?  If not, how are they created?  What motivates them to “step up” into a leadership role?  How does a family assess capacity to lead and build stronger skills?  In this session, we will define “ family leadership,” compare it to leadership in other settings, and discuss ways to cultivate future leaders.  We will explore when family members should lead, when they should share authority and when they should follow.  The rewards for “doing the work” are endless.