Charles Slamar Jr BA, JD, LLM, FCEP

Charlie Slamar is Vice President of Thompson & Associates. In addition to his consulting services with Thompson & Associates, Charlie is an attorney whose private practice includes advising individuals on tax, estate and charitable planning; charitable organizations on governance, gift planning and litigation; and corporate fiduciaries on tax exemption.

He is the Dean of The Charitable Estate Planning Institute and a faculty member of the AHP Institute for Healthcare Philanthropy. Previously, Charlie was a Philanthropic Regional Executive with Bank of America and Director of Estate Planning Services for Children’s Memorial Medical Center.

A founding member of the Chicago Council on Planned Giving, he is a two-time past President and a recipient of its Russell V. Kohr Memorial Award for Excellence in Planned Giving. He served on the Board of the National Committee on Planned Giving (now the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning) and has spoken at four of its annual conferences.

Charlie received his B.A. from the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) and is a member of the Board of Visitors for its Department of Political Science; his J.D. from Loyola Law School (Chicago); and LL. M. (Taxation) from John Marshall Law School (Chicago).