Barbara Hauser combines an original trusts & estates legal background (Wellesley College, Penn Law, U.S. Supreme Court Clerk, law firm partnerships) with a current advisory role for wealthy global families and their family offices. She is the author of International Family Governance and International Estate Planning and the Advisory Editor of the STEP Global Family Office Handbook and of the fourth edition of Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions. Barbara is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the International Family Offices Journal. She helps families create Family Constitutions, Family Councils, and Family Offices and provides an independent evaluation of family trust documents. She is an independent Board member of the Pitcairn Company.