Kathryn W. Miree is President of Kathryn W. Miree & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that works with nonprofits and foundations to develop administrative policies and planned giving programs. She received her undergraduate degree from Emory University and her law degree from The University of Alabama School of Law. She spent 15 years in various positions in the Trust Division of AmSouth Bank where she was the manager of the Personal Trust Department before joining Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. to start its trust company. She established Kathryn W. Miree & Associates, Inc. in 1997.

Ms. Miree is a past president of the National Committee on Planned Giving, a past president of the Alabama Planned Giving council, a past president of the Estate Planning Council of Birmingham, Inc. and a past member of the Board of the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils. She currently serves on the boards of the United Way of Central Alabama, Inc., The Altamont School, Independent Presbyterian Church Foundation, The Capstone Foundation, the McWane Center Foundation and as national chair of NCPG’s Leave a Legacy program.

Ms. Miree is a frequent lecturer, co-author of The Family Foundation Handbook with Jerry J. McCoy (Panel Publishers 2001) and author of The Professional Advisor’s Guide to Planned Giving (Panel Publishers, 2001). Her clients include a variety of nonprofits and foundations across the country.