About Wyoming Trust Company
Your Trust Partner
Wyoming Trust Company specializes in professional and thoughtful trust administration.
Located in Wyoming, a favorable trust situs, our focus is on supporting attorneys, CPAs, advisors, and estate planners across the United States and internationally. As an independent trust company owned and operated by estate planning professionals and trust officers, our team takes pride in helping your clients protect their legacy through trust administration, probate, and estate services.
We specialize in delivering a unique trustee experience whether as Trustees of directed trusts or assisting private family trust companies.
How We Work With You
As an independent trust company, our vision is to be integral in providing comprehensive trust administration and probate and estate services that protect your clients’ legacy.
Professionals
We collaborate with attorneys, CPAs, advisors, estate planners, and other trust and wealth professionals to support you in delivering trust administration and estate services for your clients. Our expertise lies in flexible and results-driven strategies and services that protect your clients’ legacy, allowing you to focus on their overall financial planning and legal needs.
Individuals
For individuals with an established trust, we partner with your attorneys or advisors to assist in the administration and management of your trust. Our role is to support the professional team you have in place, ensuring your trust is managed in accordance with its terms and your wishes. Please note, we do not establish or open new trusts for individuals.
Are you new to trust and estate planning? Learn more about trusts in Wyoming.
Meet Our Team
Amanda Johnson
Trust Officer
“Why Wyoming” for Amanda? She credits the wide open spaces that engender an incredible sense of community for the people here.
The favorite part of her job is getting to build meaningful relationships with her clients. She feels Wyoming Trust offers “intimate” trust administration which allows for real personalization and sets them apart.
Amanda has been in her role as a trust officer for over six years at Wyoming Trust. She has her Associates degree from Casper College, and loves spending time with her family.
The other reason she loves the wide open spaces of Wyoming is that she loves shooting her bow.
Melissa Burgardt Kegler
Trust Officer
Melissa believes that Wyoming stands out due to its unique laws surrounding asset protection and privacy. These allow Wyoming Trust Company to provide a different level of trust administration and more customized client service.
Melissa has been with Wyoming Trust Company (WTC) since 2012, serving as a Trust Officer. She holds several Certifications from Cannon Financial Institute, providing her with a deep expertise in trust and estate management. Melissa prides herself in assisting clients with their estate plans and delivering exceptional customer service.
Melissa is a country girl and is passionate about Wyoming’s abundance of natural beauty and year-round outdoor activities such as hiking and horseback riding. She enjoys traveling to new destinations, where she finds both inspiration and relaxation.
An avid reader, Melissa delights in exploring new ideas, stories, and perspectives. Above all, she cherishes spending quality time with her family, balancing her active lifestyle with meaningful moments at home.
Britney Hanneman
Trust Officer
Britney attributes the friendly environment at Wyoming Trust Company for helping clients feel confident and comfortable. Britney believes that our focus on trust administration, and collaboration with highly skilled fiduciaries, allows the team to foster genuine connections while dedicating time to understanding each client’s needs and goals. She treasures building long-term relationships.
A passionate reader, Britney is always on the lookout for a great book, and she values the quiet reflection time that reading offers. Britney also appreciates the challenge and relaxation that golf provides, often spending weekends on the course.
Additionally, Britney has a deep connection to Wyoming’s nature and takes every opportunity to be outdoors, whether it’s hiking, camping, or enjoying a walk in the fresh air. Britney loves spending quality time with her family, whether it’s sharing a meal, exploring new places, or simply enjoying each other’s company.
Britney holds a BS from University of Wyoming and a CTFA Designation from The Institute of Certified Bankers.
Samantha Bowen
Operations/Compliance Manager
Sam’s “Why Wyoming?” includes the state’s unique blend of history, diverse landscapes and down to earth people. She’s also the only one who put ‘snow’ on her list.
But most important to her is the close knit team at Wyoming Trust focused on working together to match each client’s personalized needs. Sam believes that the state’s favorable trust and tax laws help clients secure their financial futures.
Sam has been with the team since the fall of 2023. She has a BS in Business Administration with emphases in Accounting and Finance, which she has also used for her family’s Christmas tree farm business, which may explain her affinity for snow.
Meet Our Board of Directors
Judith Studer,
JD, CTFA
President
Judy has chosen Wyoming because she is among people who exemplify and honor the code of the west that includes honesty, integrity and respect for others. Simply put, she believes that “Wyoming is what America should be.”
Judy is a shareholder and President of Wyoming Trust Company. Together with Tassma Powers, she saw the possibilities in forming the first trust company to be chartered in Wyoming.
Judy has a successful career as an attorney and a named member of Schwartz, Bon, Walker & Studer, LLC. She has successfully prosecuted claims and defended clients in various trust cases. This perspective ensures that great attention is paid to not only the various legal requirements but the desires of our clients.
Tassma Powers, JD, CTFA
Vice President and Senior Trust Officer
For Tassma Powers, the “Why Wyoming” is very simple: it’s the people. While most mention the beauty of the wide open spaces and the cowboy code, Tassma feels that these things combine to be a magnet for people who are independent, creative and charting their own paths. She loves to work with and work for these kinds of people.
She and her team have been able to corral this spirit and into a high performing group that treats every client with the individual attention they deserve, and the creative solutions they have been looking for. Tassma sums it up as “Excellence with every trust.” Simple and powerful, like Wyoming. And Wyoming Trust.
Tassma is a shareholder and Vice President and Senior Trust Officer of Wyoming Trust Company. She draws upon more than twenty years in trust and estate planning. She is the founding member of the Legacy Planning Group and instrumental in the formation of Wyoming Trust Company.
Tassma saw a need for a different kind of trust company—one with an excellent staff that is more responsive to clients and flexible in accepting assets. After a successful career as an estate planner and attorney, she provides the perfect foundation for trust administration oversight. Tassma brings a wealth of knowledge that other professionals call upon when appointing Wyoming Trust Company as Trustee.
Dick Bell, CPA, CVA
Treasurer
Dick Bell is the Treasurer and part owner of Wyoming Trust Company. He is also on the Board of Directors. He is the managing partner and majority owner of CPA Consulting Group, LLP. CPA Consulting Group, LLP is a public accounting firm located in Casper, WY.
Dick is a native of Wyoming. Dick serves as our Treasurer and makes decisions about allocating resources to meet the needs of our clients. He also serves on the Trust Committee and provides oversight and assurance about financial information.
Richard Reinmann, CPA
Trust Committee Chairman
Richard Reimann is the Trust Committee Chairman and part owner of Wyoming Trust Company. He is also on the Board of Directors. He is the managing partner of Lenhart, Mason & Associates, LLC, a public accounting firm in Casper, WY.
Rick is a native of Buffalo, WY, where he grew up. He attended college at the University of Wyoming and has lived in Casper, WY, for the past 34 years. Rick is the Chair of the Trust Committee that has oversight over trust administration. He also monitors trust assets and investments. His experience brings keen insight into tax and accounting issues.
Ted Grooms, CPA
Director
Ted Grooms is a shareholder of Wyoming Trust Company and serves on the Board of Directors and its examining committee. He is a shareholder in Grooms & Harkins, P.C., a public accounting firm in Casper, WY.
Ted graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1975 and has practiced in Casper, WY, since 1979. His firm supports their clients by providing auditing, tax consultation and preparation, estate planning, advisory services, and business transaction services.
Rick Mason, CPA
Director
Rick serves on the Board of Directors and the Trust Committee of Wyoming Trust Company and holds an ownership interest. He recently retired from Lenhart, Mason & Associates, LLC, a public accounting firm in Casper, WY.
During his career as a CPA, he had the opportunity to work with clients in the development of their estate plans and trust documents to help them achieve their desired results. His experience also included providing services in buying/selling businesses, tax planning, and related accounting assistance. Rick graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1976.
David A. Drell, JD
Director
Rick serves on the Board of Directors and the Trust Committee of Wyoming Trust Company, and holds an ownership interest. He recently retired from Lenhart, Mason & Associates, LLC, a public accounting firm in Casper, WY.
During his career as a CPA, he had the opportunity to work with clients in the development of their estate plans and trust documents to help them achieve their desired results. His experience also included providing services in buying/selling businesses, tax planning, and related accounting assistance. Rick graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1976.
Working with Wyoming Trust
The Process
We work in accordance with the terms of a Directed Trust. Unlike other trust companies, we do not provide brokerage services or actively invest your client’s money in our own predetermined funds. Rather, we help each client achieve their financial goals and fulfill flexible, results-driven investment strategies. We adhere to fiduciary standards and work with each client’s chosen financial advisor and estate planning professionals to help them invest, protect their assets, and accumulate more wealth.
We charge for our trust administrative services in accordance with the terms of a directed trust. This charge is not based on the buying or selling of securities or other assets. We respect the existing relationships between clients and their financial advisors, brokers, CPAs, lawyers, or other estate planners. Your client’s investments are not lumped into a group or a type of investment chosen by an account manager that has no relationship with you or the Trustmaker. Asset allocation is determined by the Trustmaker’s trusted advisors.
Wyoming Trust Company is paid pursuant to a written fee agreement and does not receive hidden commissions or brokerage fees from brokers or asset managers generated by securities trading or asset sales.
Benefits of Working with a Professional Trust Company
As a private trust company, we function as an independent and impartial third party to address the disparate needs and interests of families. We’re regulated by the Wyoming Banking Commission, and our approach ensures:
- Objective execution of trust provisions
- Regular correspondence & communication with client’s beneficiaries and advisors
- Protection of the status of exemption/family trusts
- An ability to coordinate professional resources to address complex trust issues
- Mediation of conflicts that may arise to minimize family friction
Important Disclosures
Wyoming Trust Company is audited by an independent CPA firm and the Wyoming Banking Commission.
The material contained in this website is not intended, or written to be used, and it cannot be used by any taxpayer, for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer under U.S. federal tax laws.
Wyoming Trust Company and its representatives do not provide tax or legal advice. Therefore, clients should consult their personal tax advisor or attorney for matters involving taxation and tax planning.
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