Mr. Kress serves as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President.
He serves as Chairman of the Trust Administrative Committee and is a member of the
Company’s Executive Committee, Marketing Committee, and Succession Planning Committee.
Mr. Kress retired from The Northern Trust Company where he held positions as the Bank’s
Fiduciary Practice Leader for Miami-Dade and Broward Counties and as Senior Trust
Administrator for a select group of high-net-worth clients. He is the Chairman of the Peacock
Foundation and a past president and member of the Estate Planning Council of Greater Miami.
Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors of Vizcaya Museum & Gardens Trust, Inc.,
and is a member of the University of Miami Planned Giving Advisory Board. He was a former
board member of Philanthropy Miami, as well as member of the faculty and past board member
of the Florida Trust School and the American Bankers Association National Trust School. He
earned an A.B. in English Literature from Dartmouth College in 1967 and a J.D. from The
University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1971.