Gail E. Cohen, Vice Chairman and General Trust Counsel, is responsible for overseeing Fiduciary Trust Company's trust and estate services and client relationships. She has over 30 years of experience in the area of trusts and estates. Ms. Cohen is a member of Fiduciary Trust's Board of Directors and a member of the Management and Executive Committees. In 2010 and 2011, she was named one of the "Top 50 Women in Wealth," selected by AdvisorOne. Before joining Fiduciary Trust in 1994, Ms. Cohen was a trusts and estates attorney at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. Previously, she was an associate at the law offices of Edward S. Schlesinger, P.C. Ms. Cohen is currently serving as Chairman of the New York Bankers Association (NYBA), having previously served as its Vice Chairman and Treasurer. She currently sits on the Investment Committee of the New York City Bar Association and is a former member of that Bar Association's Committee on Estate and Gift Tax, which she chaired from 1998-2001.

Ms. Cohen is a member of The Rockefeller University Committee on Trust and Estate Gift Plans and the Graham Windham Board. She teaches estate planning as an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School.

Ms. Cohen received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and a J.D., summa cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School. She is admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey.