Donna E. Trammell

Managing Director and Director
Family Wealth Stewardship 
Ms. Trammell leads Bessemer’s initiatives with families and next gen, working directly with clients to customize financial education curriculums, design and facilitate multigenerational family meetings, and help families make decisions about shared assets. She also leads Bessemer’s Next Gen Client Council and Bessemer’s annual Next Gen Workshop.
Previously, Ms. Trammell led the marketing program for Bessemer. In this role, she initiated Bessemer’s Across the Board video series and the Women & Wealth forums. Prior to joining Bessemer in 2001, she worked in the private client group at Goldman Sachs. Prior to that, she held client relationship management positions in the advertising and communications firms BBDO, Young and Rubicam and Grey.
She is a noted speaker on the topic of raising good stewards of wealth and has been quoted in such publications as The Wall Street Journal and Worth. She is certified as a Family Business Advisor (FFI) and a Multigenerational Facilitator (21/64). She also teaches financial literacy to teens from low-income households.
She has a B.A. in history and English from Colgate University.