The Creative Team

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Paul McKibbin is an Executive Director in the Ernst & Young LLP’s Americas Family Office Advisory practice. He has more than 20 years of experience in advising families on the creation, management and optimization of family office services tailored to their unique needs. 

Prior to joining EY in 2016, Paul was a Managing Partner of Family Office Metrics, a firm that provides targeted business consulting on management, operations and technology applications for family offices. Previously the director of GPFN, a wholly owned subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners (GP), he developed its highly secure “Virtual Family Office” websites which provided a blueprint for knowledge management while enhancing the overall interaction of family members, trustees, staff and various advisors. 

Before his firm’s acquisition by GP in December 2004, Mr. McKibbin was the founder and president of Private Family Networks (PFN), a vice president with SEI and a consultant with The Metropolitan Group. An entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience creating financial software solutions, he received a BA in English and MA in organizational behavior from the University of Pennsylvania. 

Throughout her career, Maryann Fernandez has been an industry leader in creating substantial opportunities for multiple stakeholders to convene, explore and solidify ways to work together. 

As an independent consultant, Maryann brings decades of experience and insight from both the private and public sectors to her work with a diverse set of clients, ranging from wealthy families to US-based non-profits to large multi-national organizations. The primary focus of her consultancy includes partnership development, resource mobilization, organizing/refining complex processes, donor engagement, strategic planning and philanthropic advisory.

Prior to her consultancy, Maryann served as Senior Partnerships Officer for the Regional Bureau for Asia & the Pacific for the UN World Food Programme, developed custom philanthropic learning journeys for Philanthropy Indaba, and produced many wealth management industry events in multiple roles including VP Family Education Services at Harris Private Bank.

David Kersnar is a Founding Ensemble Member of Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company where he has served as Artistic Director and head of its Education and Community programs. 

As our group’s artistic influence and leading practitioner, David has written and directed several interactive case studies for the financial services industry and managed several educational workshops using theatrical techniques in problem solving exercises. 

Additionally, David has designed, directed and performed in over 50 productions with Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Children’s Choir, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, has also appeared with the Goodman, Steppenwolf and Remains Theatre companies, and performed critical roles in numerous television, radio and film productions. 

He received a BS in Theatre and Performance Studies and an MFA in Directing from Northwestern University.