Professionals

Cynthia D.M. Brown, J.D., TEP VCard
President

Cynthia D. M. Brown is the President of CTC and a member of its Board of Directors. Cindy has more than fifteen years of experience in the areas of trust administration, estate planning and tax. Her responsibilities include business development as well as oversight of trust administration, trust operations and compliance. In addition, Cindy is an active member of the Delaware State Bar Association Trust Act Committee, which drafts annual revisions to the Delaware Code.

Prior to joining CTC, Cindy worked at a large Philadelphia law firm, where, among other things, she administered estates and trusts, drafted sophisticated estate planning documents, prepared and reviewed Federal and State death tax returns, and prepared and reviewed fiduciary accountings. Cindy's experience also includes over eight years as an estate and trust paralegal with both large Philadelphia law firms and a local private practice in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. In law school, Cindy served as the Blue Book Editor of the Widener Law Review and received several achievement awards in the area of Federal Estate and Gift Taxation and Planning. Cindy is active in many professional organizations and community leadership and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Delaware CarePlan, Inc.

 

Professional and Community Activities

  • Member, DSBA Trust Act Committee
  • Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners [STEP]
  • Chairman, Delaware Bankers Association Trust Committee
  • Member, Delaware Bankers Association Trust Education Sub-Committee
  • Member and Past Steering Committee Member, Delaware Bankers Association Trust Conference Planning Committee
  • Member, Delaware Estate Planning Council
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Delaware CarePlan, Inc
  • Sunday School Teacher, Grace Fellowship Church

Professional Seminars

  • "Crossing the Bridge – Drafting v. Administration," Panelist
    December 2011
  • "How to Identify Opportunities for Delaware Trust Planning," Webinar
    June 2011
  • "Directed Trusts – Taking Orders from the Captain," Panelist
    December 2010
  • "Your Delaware Directed Co-Trustee," Webinar
    September 2010
  • "The Delaware Difference in Trust Legislation – Do the Uniform Trust Acts Matter?" Panel Moderator
    December 2009
  • "Directed Trusts," Speaker
    May 2009
  • "Directed Trusts," Discussion Leader
    December 2008
  • "Why Use a Delaware Administrative Trustee," Speaker
    September 2008
  • "Directed Trusts," Panel Moderator
    December 2007

Publications

  • "Directed Trusts" Delaware Banker Magazine
    Summer 2009
  • "Domestic Asset Protection Trusts from a Delaware Trustee's Perspective" Delaware Banker Magazine
    Fall 2010

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, Widener University School of Law, 2003
  • B.A., Grove City College, 1992

Bar Memberships

  • Pennsylvania, 2003
  • New Jersey, 2003
  • Delaware, 2004

Professional Designations

  • TEP