Pegine E. Grayson, JD, CAP®

Senior Vice President, Director of Philanthropic Services

Pasadena, CA

Pegine is a Senior Vice President and Director of Whittier Trust’s Philanthropic Services department.  Together with her team of eleven professionals, Pegine provides philanthropic advisement to our high-net-worth clients and management services for their foundations and donor-advised funds.  She advises clients on issues such as formalizing their philanthropy, strategic grantmaking and involving the next generation in charitable giving.  She also provides comprehensive foundation and DAF management services, shouldering the administrative responsibilities so clients can simply experience the joy of giving and the positive impact it has on their families.

Prior to joining Whittier Trust in 2010, Pegine was as an attorney in both private practice and nonprofit legal services, and later served as the Executive Director of the Western Center on Law & Poverty, a state-wide poverty advocacy organization, and as a management and Board consultant to nonprofit organizations throughout California.  Pegine has extensive experience with private foundations, grants management, board development, nonprofit governance and administration, nonprofit financial management, organizational development, strategic planning, retreat facilitation and program evaluation.

Pegine received her law degree from the University of Southern California Law School, her Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy designation from The American College of Financial Services, and her Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College.  She is also trained as a mediator through the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Pegine serves on the Endowment Board of the Western Center on Law & Poverty and on the Board of the AltaMed Foundation.