About Us
David Scott Chamberlain is the founder of Engaged Legacies.™ Formerly a Wall Street financial advisor and now an entrepreneur and philanthropist, David advises high net worth individuals and families in wealth optimization legacy planning and philanthropy. He has developed expertise in helping families reach positive decisions relating to shared assets and business ventures, developing next generation leaders and creating family governance structures that ensure successful collaboration among family members.
His legacy in transformative leadership for high net worth families began in Haiti with his grandfather at the age of 7 and has subsequently spanned the globe, first while serving as an officer in the US Army and later founding Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel. David received a BA in Political Science from Farleigh Dickinson University.
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Bill Turner Ph.D
In the rural, isolated part of the Appalachian Region where Bill Turner was born and reared, history, continuity, beliefs of the ancestors, and transferred values are as perinneal as the mountains.
How and why people should be autonomous and free from most hindrance, but at the same time, completely interdependent with their extended families is not only his personal story but is also the basis of his research, scholarly writing, and executive coaching.
Trained at the prestiguous Notre Dame Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Dr. Turner understands and articulates the value systems that underlie the attitudes and behaviors that hold families together intergenerationally.
Dr. Turner, presently the National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Chair of Appalachian Studies at Berea College (KY) served for more than a decade as a Research Associate to Roots author, Alex Haley.
Married for 40 years to Vivian—retired President of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Company Foundation—Bill is father to three and grandfather to four.
AWARDS & HONORS & BOARD SERVICE
2009 • Lifetime Achievement Award – Appalachian Studies Association
2008 • Member – Board of Trustees – New Opportunity School for Women
2007 • Member – Board of Directors—Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
2007 • Governor’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Citizenship Award
2006 • Member – Board of Directors – Kentucky African American Historical Commission
2006 • President’s Diversity Champion Award – University of Kentucky
2005 • Black Exemplar Award – University of Notre Dame
2002 • Member – Board of Trustees – Lees-McRae College. Banner Elk, NC
1995 • Person of the Year – Christian Appalachian Project
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Susan Chritton, M.Ed is a legacy transition expert. She has guided over a thousand individuals through their life and legacy transitions. Susan takes a client through the process of looking within to discover not just what they can do but who they are and her skill as a family business legacy counselor and a coach bring direction, creativity and renewed enthusiasm to Engaged Legacies™ clients.
An Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco, she holds a Master of Education degree in Career Education from St. Mary’s College, a Post-Master’s Certificate in Career Development from John F. Kennedy University, and is a Certified Professional Coach of the Hudson Institute. She attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo for her undergraduate degree.
Her professional certifications are numerous and current, and include Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Master Career Counselor (MCC), Reach Personal Branding Strategist, Career Management Fellow Practitioner (CMF), National Certified Career Counselor (NCCC), Registered Professional Career Counselor (RPCC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), Career Development Facilitator Instructor (CDFI), Certified in Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS), Distance Credentialed Counselor (DCC), and is a Myers-Briggs Professional.
Susan has been involved in community affairs for the past 21 years, where she currently serves on the Advisory Board for Wardrobe for Opportunity. She is a past President of the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay and provides leadership development for the several non-profits in Northern California.
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Isabelle Gingras Ph.D coaches family business leaders to understand their vision for succession planning and development of leadership. She then determines the skills and training that will be necessary for that vision to become reality.
She also assesses the motivations of younger family members and key employees to determine the fit with the values of the family, therefore planning for successful transitions. Fit is the match or congruence between the individual (e.g., skills, cognitive style, emotional intelligence, values, motivations) and the requirements of a role in the family’s business and assets management.
Bringing young family members into the business and ensuring next generation succession rely on maximizing fit – thus avoiding costly and painful mistakes. Dr. Gingras holds a Ph. D. in psychology from Stanford University and has extensive experience in assessing motivations, aspirations, values, and goal setting, thus enabling individuals to make better choices and implement their action plans.
