Shelley B. Thompson
Board Member
Shelley B. Thompson is an experienced attorney, wealth advisor, and bank executive. She works as a consultant and fiduciary to her private client base, which consists of high net worth individuals and their families, assisting them with asset management, fiduciary management, and other issues specific to each family.
Experience & academic background
Previously she practiced law in the field of trusts and estates at a major law firm. Before that she worked at Bank of Hawai’i, where she served as a Vice Chair, Chief Fiduciary Officer, member of the Managing Committee, and manager of the Investment Services Group.
She was responsible for delivering trust, investment, private banking, and brokerage services to high net worth individuals and institutions.
Prior to Bank of Hawai’i, Ms. Thompson served as a member of senior management and oversaw wealth management at a few major banks, including Wells Fargo Bank, USBank, and City National Bank.
She has also served as a Trustee of the Lillian Disney Trust and as a director of a private trust company based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Ms. Thompson is a member of the State Bar of California. She holds a law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Active in the community, Ms. Thompson serves on the Boards of the Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation, the Pasadena Symphony, and the Glendale Humane Society, as well as the Aspen Family Business Group. She has served as Chair of the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles, the Hawai’i Theatre Center, the Pasadena Humane Society, and Child & Family Service, as well as Vice Chair of the Hawaiian Humane Society. She also served on the Boards of numerous other charitable organizations, including the University of San Diego, the Pasadena Humane Society, KCET Public Television, Twin Cities Public Television, and both the Guthrie and Ordway Theaters.