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cpbray@braycapitaladvisors.com<\/a>
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Chris is a national author and speaker on estate, gift, income tax, financial planning, and succession planning topics. He has been invited to speak for the AICPA Advanced Estate Planning Conference, the Ohio Bar Association Plisken Advanced Estate Planning Conference, the Ohio Society of CPA 1st Annual Estate Planning Conference, the Canadian Strategies for the Preservation of Wealth Conference, the National Tax Conference, the Great Lakes Federal Tax Institute, the Cleveland Bar Association Estate Planning Institute, the Estate Planning Councils of Cleveland, Jacksonville, Columbus, Western Michigan, Ft. Wayne, Louisville, Peoria, and Akron, and various other local state bar and CPA association meetings throughout the Midwest and Florida. His award-winning articles have appeared in a variety of professional periodicals including\u00a0Trusts & Estates, Tax Notes, Estate Planning, Tax Management \u2013 Estate, Gifts and Trusts Journal, TAXES \u2013 The Tax Magazine, Journal of Taxation, Journal of Personal Financial Planning, and The Tax Adviser<\/em>. Chris received the nationally acclaimed \u201cArticle of the Year\u201d award from the renowned wealth management periodical,\u00a0Trusts & Estates<\/em>\u00a0magazine. Chris also served as President of the Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, Chair of the Trusts & Estates Section for the Collier County Bar Association, and Adjunct Professor of Taxation for the Graduate Program in Taxation at the University of Akron.<\/p>\n

Chris is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law on the faculty of Ave Maria School of Law and serves as Treasurer of the Forum Club of Southwest Florida. He recently served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation of Collier County and on the Board of Directors of the Kent State University Foundation, the Naples Zoo, the Naples Players, and the CFA Society of Naples.<\/p>\n

Chris is the Managing Director of Bray Capital Advisors. Chris is also a managing partner of the law firm of Christopher P. Bray Associates, LLC. Chris serves high net worth families on a variety of private wealth management planning matters. He is admitted to the Ohio Bar, the Florida Bar, and is a member of both the American Institute of CPAs and the Ohio Society of CPAs. Chris received his Bachelor\u2019s degree in Accounting from Kent State University and his Master\u2019s degree in Taxation and Juris Doctor from the University of Akron, all summa cum laude.<\/p>\n

Before joining Bray Capital Advisors, Chris served as Senior Vice President and Market Executive for the Southwest Florida region of a national bank. Chris also served as the National Director of Estate and Succession Planning and was a Managing Director for the family office division of the same national bank. Earlier in his career, Chris served as the Director of the Estate and Succession Planning Services Group for Deloitte in Northeast Ohio. While at Deloitte, Chris served on the firm\u2019s National Brain Trust developing sophisticated tax and estate planning techniques and strategies for the firm\u2019s wealthiest clients.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Managing Director- Bray Capital Advisors
\ncpbray@braycapitaladvisors.com
\n239-451-6008<\/p>\n\n

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