Pamela Lucina is the Chief Fiduciary Officer for Northern Trust and leads its Trust & Advisory Practice. As President of The Northern Trust Institute, Pam works to assist clients and Northern Trust partners in achieving their goals through the use of world-class tools and techniques while keeping an eye on the human element of wealth and family dynamics. 

Prior to joining Northern Trust, Pam was with BNY Mellon, where she held the national role of Executive Director for its Wealth Management Advice, Planning and Fiduciary Services practice. Before that she was with JPMorgan, providing wealth and estate planning services, and also spent 10 years in private practices as a tax consultant with Arthur Andersen, and in the trusts and estates departments of both Levin Schreder and Mayer Brown law firms.

Pam has a strong background in wealth, tax, philanthropic and business owner planning; she also brings expertise in next-generation education, governance and global family office matters. She is a recognized leader and speaker within the estate and trust legal community.

She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and a member of the National Services Leadership Team and the Wealth Management Executive Leadership Team, groups that oversee the direction of Northern Trust’s Wealth Management Business.

Pam earned her B.S. degree in business administration and management from Marquette University and her Doctor of Law (J.D.), Taxation from DePaul University.

Pam is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Lincoln Park Zoo and a member of the Planned Giving Board for The Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired. She is a frequent speaker and has been featured on CNBC & Bloomberg, and quoted in Dow Jones, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron’s, Forbes, MarketWatch, Crain’s Chicago Business, U.S. News & World Report and Business Insider.