EVP, WHITTIER TRUST
WHY: Top OC rep for trust that made its money discovering Bakersfield oil fields. Whittier the oldest, largest multifamily office on West Coast, has $13.7B in assets under advisement. Chapman University’s Jim Doti on board. Board of OC YMCA.
RECENT: Named 2020 Man of Character by OC Boy Scouts. Less driving to Pasadena with cancellation of 2021 Pasadena Tournament of Roses, for which he chairs a committee responsible for testing out floats prior to parade.
NOTABLE: Whittier a heritage sponsor of the California-to-Hawaii Transpac sailing race. Custer owns a Duffy.
FUN FACTS: Alma mater: University of Puget Sound; favorite film: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”