Nathaniel Foster

4th generation family member

Founder & Principal, Praxis Consulting

Nathaniel Foster, MNPL, is a Colombian American strategist, builder, and connector with over 20 years of executive leadership across the nonprofit, philanthropic, and private sectors. A fourth-generation member of a five-generation family office, he has served on its Board since 2010 and now sits on its Executive Committee, playing an active role in both investment strategy and governance. He is also a deeply proud father to a spirited young son—one of eight members of the family’s rising fifth generation.

With a BS in Business from the University of Denver and a Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership from Seattle University, Nathaniel has led transformative growth efforts for mission-driven organizations across the U.S. and globally. His work spans education, health, child welfare, and social justice—advancing equity and sustainability through bold strategy and collaborative execution.

Nathaniel previously served as Chief Growth Officer at World Savvy, where he spearheaded national expansion and cross-sector partnerships to reimagine K–12 education. As Chief Advancement Officer at Seneca Family of Agencies, he led a comprehensive advancement portfolio—driving fundraising, venture philanthropy, marketing, and brand strategy. Earlier, he served as Northern California Executive Director at Playworks, where he scaled programming that supported hundreds of thousands of children with inclusive play, conflict resolution, and social-emotional learning.

Nathaniel is the founder of Praxis Consulting, a strategic advisory firm that helps nonprofits, philanthropists, and foundations move from bold vision to measurable impact. Praxis specializes in fundraising strategy, organizational development, governance, and revenue diversification—supporting leaders through times of transition, growth, and transformation. The firm also advises families and individuals on launching foundations, structuring donor-advised funds, and building legacies of impact.

Nathaniel currently serves on five for-profit and four nonprofit boards and chairs the San Francisco Chapter of the Private Asset Liaison (PAL) Group. Known for his strategic mind, deep emotional intelligence, and bias toward action, he brings grounded expertise and visionary thinking to every partnership.

Kirby Rosplock

Founder and CEO, Tamarind Partners, Inc.

Kirby is the founder of Tamarind Partners, Inc., a leading family office consultancy named 2019 Best Family Office Management Consultancy and Best Family Wealth Counseling by the Family Wealth Report. Kirby is recognized by her peers as an innovator, trusted advisor, lauded author, and world-renowned speaker in the family business and family office domains.  Born into a complex enterprising family, Kirby understands first-hand being a beneficial owner, inheritor, fiduciary, and an operator.

Kirby combines her life experiences with her passions for research, client advisory, and her love of writing, which have culminated in many articles, research studies, and books including The Complete Family Office Handbook and The Complete Direct Investing Handbook. Kirby received honors including the prestigious Family Wealth Industry Thought Leadership award in 2018 from the Family Wealth Alliance, and the Richard Beckhard Practice award for life-time achievement and outstanding contributions to family business practice from the Family Firm Institute (FFI) in 2018.

Kirby earned her undergraduate degree from Middlebury College, MBA from Marquette University, and PhD from Saybrook University. For more than 20 years, she has worked in the world of finance, family wealth, and family business, including working in the securities industry for a broker-dealer and more than a decade in a prominent multi-family office as the head of Research and Development. Kirby is Dean of Family Office at the Purposeful Planning Institute, a Fellow and Family Governance Faculty of the FFI GEN Program, co-trustee of the Harbeck Family Foundation, and currently serves on the advisory board of Merton Venture Philanthropy and on the board of directors of Hope Trust. 

Patricia Armstrong

Family Wealth Consultant & Family Leadership Coach

As an advisor to families of wealth, family leaders, and family offices Pat provides coaching and consultation on effective communication about wealth and its impact on family dynamics, engagement with the rising generation of family leaders, governance and decision-making in family business, and vision and mission planning for family philanthropy and family enterprise. 

Pat was a co-founder and senior director of the Institute for Family Culture with Abbot Downing, Wells Fargo’s multi-family office and was head of Family Dynamics at Wells Fargo Family Wealth. She was the human resources director for Wells Fargo’s Private Bank and held a series of management roles focused on developing talent.

In her earliest professional life, Pat was an independent management consultant to family businesses and nonprofit organizations, a faculty member in psychology and a mental health program director. 

Pat holds a doctoral degree in psychology and a certificate in executive coaching from Columbia University.  She is a member of the Family Firm Institute (FFI), the American Psychological Association (APA) and serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Family Office Community.

Linda Mack

Founder and President, Mack International, LLC

Linda Mack is the Founder and President of Mack International LLC (www.mackinternational.com), the premier boutique firm that specializes in providing C-suite retained executive search and strategic human capital consulting solutions to family office, investment firm and enterprise clients on an international basis. Clients range from first generation business owning wealth creators through multi-generational families of six or more generations. Clients also include multi-client family offices and select wealth and investment management firms who serve family offices.

Prior to founding Mack International in 2002, Linda was a Partner in the Global Financial Services Practice of TMP Worldwide, where she was responsible for executive search assignments across a wide range of wealth and investment management functions. 

Linda brings more than twenty-five years of combined family office/wealth management, human resources management and financial services experience to each client assignment.  Her background includes executive and management positions at Harris Bank/Bank of Montreal and The Northern Trust Bank.  

Linda received her M.B.A. in finance and accounting, from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.  She also studied at Franklin University Switzerland as an undergraduate. 

Linda is a frequent speaker at family office conferences on a global basis and is recognized as a thought leader in the family office industry. Linda is a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute (FFI) and holds the Advanced Certificate in Family Wealth Advising (ACFWA) from FFI.

Negin Bemanzadeh

Founder & CEO, EEE Corp Group

Negin is the founder of EEE Corporate Group of companies and she runs her own partner owned advisory and family office in The City of London. She founded EEE in 2012 and July same year was awarded her first mandate by the Chairman of European Venture Capital Association. Three years later, she had turned EEE into a UK & US domicile corporation with 11 people onboard also home to talented UK and US Graduates who were seeking secondment and hands on training in London. Before she knew it, EEE was recognized as an accredited training provider by Foreign International Education and was servicing prestigious institutions across the UK and the US.

She was interviewed by who’s who magazine in 2012. Was interviewed by Spears Wealth Magazine Oct 2015.  And was interviewed by BBC Correspondent in London as a woman influencer in 2018. Negin then was awarded British Community Honours Awards in Oct 2019 at the House of Lords for her services to British Community and Financial services.

EEE Corp Group was also awarded: 

Best Regulation Advisory & Specialized Finance Firm 2019 by Acquisition International

Additionally, Negin mentors women in banking and finance while continuing to speak at various Leadership events and global conferences. Negin also provides regular lectures on Alternative Investments and Turnaround Strategies as part of her pro-bono activities.

Negin is multi-based and resides both in the UK and the US. She runs a highly experienced and successful team of experts that delivers on very short turnaround timescales while operating on three different time zones. 

Suzanne Hammer

Founder, Hammer & Associates

Suzanne Hammer is the founder of Hammer & Associates, a global philanthropy advisory firm based in the Denver, Colorado area. Suzanne has worked with both large and small family foundations, family offices, and enterprises for more than a decade. She has launched and managed private foundations and corporate giving programs; facilitated impactful strategy, governance, and grantmaking; led processes to engage the next generation; and connected funders in strengthening the communities and issues they care about. 

In 2019, Suzanne directed the launch of The Sandgaard Foundation, a private Denver-based foundation aiming to band together with others to find and fund national solutions to the opioid crisis. Suzanne and team conducted a national needs assessment and published Funding Solutions to the Opioid Crisis to shape how funders can approach and participate in this issue area.

Suzanne co-produced Philanthropy in the Family Office: A Global Perspective, and has authored a series of toolkits for family offices called EngagedPhilanthropy™: A Family Office Guide to Meaningful Giving, including Laying the Groundwork; Balancing Passion and Strategy; Making the Most of Family Dynamics; and International Giving. 

Suzanne is a dedicated Rotarian and a backcountry skier who has polar-plunged into the icy waters of Antarctica (three times!) and lived to tell the tale. Speaking nationally and internationally, Suzanne takes a warm, sincere approach in sharing lessons learned as she guides others toward practicing philanthropy that is both meaningful and measurable. 

Kathleen Tepley

Founder, (LACG), Los Angeles Consulting Group

Kathleen J. Tepley is the Founder of Los Angeles Consulting Group (LACG), www.losangelesconsultinggroup.com, which specializes in business development advisory services to: professional service firms, family offices, city/municipalities, and Private Foundations.  

LACG is known for their business development support services and business growth events.

Kathleen’s strength is in connecting people and nurturing relationships.  She has over two decades of expertise in business development. She identifies, qualifies, implements, and cultivates new synergistic alliances, while cementing relationships for existing clients. Combining intuition with an unwavering commitment to “follow up and follow through", she turns potential business into essential dollars. She loves serving people and does this by personally guiding the growth of their vision. 

"Kathleen is exceptional in everything that she does. She is personable, efficient, knowledgeable and an asset to any organization. If you want results, she is the one to work with!"

Los Angeles Consulting Group strives to donate 30% of its resources to assist nonprofit and professional clients with a multitude of support services and targeted networking opportunities.  She volunteered on the Advisory Board for the Arthritis National Research Foundation for ten (10) years and now serves on the Advisory Committee, the Culver City Chamber of Commerce. From 2014 - 2017, her company managed & supported the Culver City Centennial Celebration, with 100 events in 12 months. She has been a leading member of ProVisor’s since 2004. And is an Leadership Board Member of the Exit Planning Institute for the Los Angeles Chapter and Conejo Valley Chapter.

Vasco Noya Di Lannoy

SFO Investment Executive, Private Investor

Investment executive for two single family offices (Sage Group Partners) and private investor. Invested $200MM in commercial and residential real estate, innovative companies and prominent investments funds, including several E.U. / U.S. based multi-properties, K1 Capital (enterprise software), Lyft, Thrive Market (eCommerce), BAM Ventures (consumer) and Piaggio SpA (automotive). Realised returns of 3.1x the capital invested. Board member for Obica Holdings (hospitality). 

Active donor to charitable and not-for-profit organizations, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, St Jude Hospital and the UCLA Foundation. 

Alpine skier (formally competitive racing) and squash player (UCLA Anderson team captain). 

Trish Botoff

Managing Principal, Botoff Consulting

Trish Botoff is the Managing Principal for Botoff Consulting, with she founded in 2014.  Working with families is a priority for Botoff Consulting, and the firm focuses on providing compensation and related HR consulting services to family offices, family business enterprises, family investment firms, and their philanthropic endeavors. We are the premier provider of compensation data and consulting services to the family office industry and lead family office compensation studies. 

Ms. Botoff has more than 20 years of professional experience, including ten years as a consultant working with public, private, and not-for-profit clients across North America.  She is a frequent speaker at family office events and family business conferences.  

Dr Jeremy Lurey

President & CEO, Family Legacy 1st

Dr. Jeremy Lurey is the President & CEO of Family Legacy 1st, a Plus Delta Consulting company. Jeremy is a talented family advisor, executive coach, and business consultant. He enables business owners and CEOs to improve performance and create greater value for their shareholders. For more than 25 years, he has served clients ranging from families of significant wealth to midmarket companies to Fortune 500 corporations. Jeremy supports family offices and family businesses with the critical leadership and governance practices required to create more sustainable futures. He is passionate about helping established families transition their businesses and transfer their wealth to the next generation, and he excels at supporting both Baby Boomers transitioning into retirement and their Rising Gen successors accepting increased responsibilities.

Over the years, Jeremy has supported siblings, cousins, married partners, and parents, along with their children, by preparing family constitutions, facilitating family retreats, providing individual and group coaching, and instituting better Board governance to produce breakthrough results in their families and family businesses. With a background in Big firm consulting, he has also designed and facilitated strategic planning retreats, led performance improvement initiatives, and developed custom talent management solutions to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences.

In addition to his role as a consultant, Jeremy frequently presents at professional conferences and seminars. He regularly delivers keynote addresses at trade association industry events as well as more intimate family office forums. Some of the topics he addresses include family legacy, family governance, Rising Gen leadership development, and business succession planning. Over the years, Jeremy has also published several articles on family business, Board governance, succession planning, organization development, leadership excellence, and family legacy. His clients regularly acknowledge his unique ability to get them unstuck, act more “leader-like,” and focus on what matters most in their lives.

Jeremy lives in Malibu, California. He is a proud husband, father, brother, son, and owner of 2 rescue dogs. Before launching his own coaching and consulting practices Plus Delta Consulting, CHIEFEXECcoach, and Family Legacy 1st, Jeremy worked at both PricewaterhouseCoopers and Andersen Consulting where he served clients of all sizes and across numerous industry sectors. Over the years, Jeremy’s clients have included Bay Cities Metal Products, Botoff Consulting, CORE X Partners, Crystal Cold, Global Cold Chain Alliance, Kantor & Kantor, Lawry’s, Liberty Moving & Storage, Marriott, Midwest Refrigerated, Minnesota Freezer, Mozilla, Norton Packaging, Premier Private Client, RPM-PSI, Ritz-Carlton, RLS Logistics, Technology Management Concepts & Teklas.

Justin Kunz

CEO and Founding Partner, Inflection Capital Management

Justin Kunz is the CEO and Founding Partner of Inflection Capital Management, where he leads the firm's business, investment strategy and manages client relationships. With two decades of experience in wealth management and family office services, Justin has built a reputation for providing personalized solutions and strategic guidance to ultra-high-net-worth families and institutions.

Justin began his career in 2005 and shortly thereafter, started working at Fidelity Investments, where he played a pivotal role in establishing the West Coast presence of Fidelity's Family Office team. During his tenure, he oversaw over $20 billion in client assets, offering investment expertise, bespoke private market allocations, and comprehensive asset safeguarding services.

Following Fidelity, Justin joined BlackRock as Head of the West Coast Family Office team, where he also contributed to the firm's national family office strategy. At BlackRock, he partnered with institutional families and family offices to deliver the full spectrum of the firm's investment capabilities. His approach emphasized data-driven insights and dynamic portfolio management across all asset classes, including public equity, fixed income, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate, and risk and tax mitigation strategies.

Justin earned a degree in Economics from the Eller College of Business at the University of Arizona, where he served on the Student Advisory Board and was captain of the men's Rugby team. He remains deeply committed to philanthropy, actively supporting foundations dedicated to youth athletics in the Bay Area. Additionally, he provides consultation and contributes to the stewardship of Graeagle, California.

Justin resides in Marin, California, with his wife, Lindsay, and their two children.