Susan Wells Jenevein, Managing Director of Philanthropy and Family Engagement at Tolleson Wealth Management, leads the philanthropy team and serves as a charitable planning expert for client families. Along with her team, she creates and implements strategies to help meet client goals related to private family foundations, public charities, and donor-advised and charitable trusts. She specializes in place-based philanthropy, philanthropic strategy, and delivering impact through for-profit and non-profit collaboration.

Susan also leads the Family Engagement team, which focuses on guiding families as they navigate wealth and family with their values as their compass. She works with families to identify their mission and values, to equip individual members and families with essential skills, and to develop successful intergenerational communication processes. Along with her team, she facilitates family meetings and family experiences that engage all generations in the work and play of being a family.

Prior to joining Tolleson Wealth Management, Susan worked in non-profit leadership, philanthropy, and as an estate planning attorney.

Susan earned degrees in finance and Plan II Honors from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law. She is member of the Advisory Council for Communities Foundation of Texas, a member of the leadership cohort for Ultra High Net Worth Institute, a member of the advisory board for the Wealth Management Center in the McCombs School at the University of Texas at Austin, and serves as the secretary for the board of directors for the T.D. Jakes Foundation. She lives in Dallas with her husband Bob and their children.