Wilmington Trust Wealth Planner Named to American Bar Association Council

Wilmington Trust announced that wealth planning professional Carol G. Kroch has been named to a three-year term on the Council for the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA).

Ms. Kroch, managing director of charitable trusts and head of Wealth and Financial Planning for Wilmington Trust’s Wealth Advisory Services (WAS) business, is the immediate past chair of the Charitable Planning and Organizations Group for the ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section. She is also co-chair of the Model State Regulatory Statutes Subcommittee of the Exempt Organizations committee of the ABA Tax Section and serves as the ABA advisor to the Drafting Committee to Revise the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act.

"We congratulate Carol on this well-deserved and prestigious nomination,” said Mark A. Graham, executive vice president and head of WAS. "Carol’s selection speaks to the expertise and knowledge of estate, trust, and charitable gift planning she brings to Wilmington Trust clients.”

The Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the ABA is a leading national forum for lawyers, and currently has over 30,000 members. The Real Property Division focuses on legal aspects of property use, ownership, development, transfer, regulation, financing, taxation, and disposal. The Trust and Estate Division focuses on all aspects of trusts, estate planning, employee benefits, insurance, and probate and trust litigation.

Ms. Kroch is responsible for oversight of charitable trusts and for leading a team of trust professionals who focus on trust and estate planning, income tax and financial planning, and philanthropic planning. She joined Wilmington Trust in 2005 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest foundation in the United States devoted to health care, where she was senior counsel. Ms. Kroch also spent more than 20 years in the private practice of law. She holds a J.D. from Boston College Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review and the Order of the Coif, and a Bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College.

Wilmington Trust’s Wealth Advisory Services business provides comprehensive fiduciary, asset management, and family office services that help high-net-worth individuals and families grow, preserve, and transfer wealth. It maintains 21 offices throughout the country and focuses on building long-term relationships with families, some of which span five generations.

Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE: WL) is a financial services holding company that provides Regional Banking services throughout the mid-Atlantic region, Wealth Advisory Services for high-net-worth clients in 36 countries, and Corporate Client Services for institutional clients in 88 countries. Its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Wilmington Trust Company, which was founded in 1903, is one of the largest personal trust providers in the United States and the leading retail and commercial bank in Delaware. Wilmington Trust Corporation and its affiliates have offices in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, London, Dublin, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, and Amsterdam.

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