Brian Aaron Zavalkoff

Chesley, Taft & Associates LLC (CTA) is an independent wealth management firm and registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Faris Chesley and A. Richard Taft in 2021. CTA provides portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals and their related entities. Related entities include personal trust, IRA, and retirement accounts. The firm also manages family limited partnerships, family foundations and employee benefit plans related to a client’s business. Trust accounts include revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, estates and guardianships.

On April 12, 1853, the New York State legislature passed a bill chartering the United States Trust Co. of New York with the mission of serving as manager, executor and trustee of personal and corporate funds. They opened for business in New York City in August of that year. US Trust has divisions in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Oregon, California, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The firm also owns Campbell Cowperthwait, which manages growth-oriented portfolios for U.S. Trust's institutional clients.

Part of Wintrust Financial Corp., The Chicago Trust Co. NA provides investment advice. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded in 1991. Robert J. Mayo has been the CEO of the company since 2003.