Kevin C. Brown
President 

Kevin C. Brown, President of Summit Trust, attended Millersville University (major in accounting) near Lancaster, Pennsylvania and immediately became employed by Brown Investment Advisors, Inc. in 1986. He progressed from providing the firm's basic back-office services to becoming chief of operations, and eventually President of the firm.

He has 18 years of experience in virtually all aspects of running a broker/dealer and a registered investment advisory firm, managing a life insurance general agency, and operating as CEO and executive director of a public not-for-profit charity. He acts as Trustee for numerous trusts of many types, and knows well the fiduciary responsibilities of a Trustee.

Kevin is Chairman of the Summit Trust Company Investment Committee, and participates in the evaluations and visits to prospective and current professional advisors, money managers and hedge fund money managers. He is active in his church, and also plays the bass guitar. He lives in Bucks County, PA with his wife and two children.

George P. Brown CLU, ChFC
Chief Marketing Officer

Dr. George P. Brown Ph.D. TEP is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Summit Trust Company. He holds designations and registrations including CLU, ChFC, RIA and RFC. He graduated from the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York in 1956 (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering), and performed graduate studies at Hofstra University in Accounting and Finance and his Doctor of Philosophy at Logos University in Management and Leadership.

He entered the securities industry in 1959 after three (3) years as a project engineer in the Defense Industry. He became involved in evaluating firms for “initial public offerings” and ultimately taking them public. In 1962 he became involved in performing cost studies in the medical/hospital industry, which eventually led, from 1965 to 1972, to becoming part of the merger and acquisition team at Narco Scientific Industries, Inc. His role was to scout for and evaluate potential corporate acquisition candidates for the company, in medical electronics, surgical products manufacturers, aviation electronics, and marine technologies.

In 1972 Dr. Brown was recruited by a major Philadelphia bank, to direct the marketing efforts of the Bank toward high-end retail clients, including trust and estate planning services. He also created a Corporate Services program to provide cash management services, commercial lending and investment banking services to small and medium sized businesses in the southeastern Pennsylvania market, which ultimately culminated by 1986 in several billion dollars of commitments and investments, and over $2 billion in ongoing deposit relationships.

Terry Lee
Vice President

Terry Lee, is Summit's Trust Officer. Terry has been a Trust Officer with various companies for over 30 years.

Terry brings to Summit a wealth of experience gained through his tenure with trusted institutions like Wells Fargo Bank, First Security Trust, American Bank of Commerce and Valley Bank of Nevada.

He began his career in banking in Las Vegas in 1978 when he served as Trust Officer and Operations Officer for Valley Bank of Nevada. He spent nearly a dozen years with Wells Fargo Bank as Trust Officer and Assistant Vice President before serving as President of Vestin Advisors and Director of Trust Administration and Operations for Preferred Trust Company.

Terry's responsibilities with Summit Trust Co. include processing all new Trust business, as well as working with attorney's of our Trust clients.

Dan Pompei
Business Development, ITC Support

Dan Pompei is an experienced sales professional and assists in Business Development and ITC Support for Summit Trust Company. In the past he worked for 32 years as an educational counselor, and sales manager for colleges and business and technical schools. He is also an expert motivational speaker, and gives seminars on goal setting and self-esteem.

Dan's past includes 5 years of service with the United States Marine Corp, including teaching combat tactics to the Vietnamese Marine Corp at the outbreak of the Vietnam War.

Capitalizing on his past military successes, Dan is a Captain with the Civil Air Patrol (C.A.P.), which is an official auxiliary of the United States Air Force, providing search and rescue, aerospace education and a cadet development program. As the Pennsylvania Wing (C.A.P.) Special Projects Officer, he has organized trips all over the country for the cadets, providing them with an opportunity to travel for educational experiences while visiting military bases, historical sites and museums. Air Force large transport and refueling aircraft are often utilized for these exciting missions. He also provides flight instruction to the cadets.

Dan is also a licensed commercial pilot, in addition to being a certified flight instructor.

Jutta Tardiff
Office Administration, ITC Support

Jutta Tardiff is the Office Administrator for Summit Trust Company, and also asssists in ITC Support. Jutta has worked for this firm for the past 12 years, and originally hails from Germany. There she was the executive secretary in the engineering division for an American Consulting company based in Frankfurt. It was in Germany that she met her husband, Richard.

When Jutta and her husband moved to the U.S., they settled in Missouri, where she worked for Emerson Electric as an Engineering Aid for the Commercial Engineering Group, processing engineering requests for performance evaluations and test reports.

After her husband retired from the U.S. Army, they moved to Pennsylvania where they live with Amanda, their daughter, and five pets. Jutta enjoys camping with family and friends, hiking, and gardening.

Jennifer Santos
Assistant Vice President

Jennifer Santos is Assistant Vice President of Summit Trust Company. She joined the Summit Trust Family in August of 2010 and works out of the Las Vegas, Nevada office. She possesses a strong background of administrative and customer service skills.

Originally from Arizona, Jennifer has lived in Las Vegas for 18 years. In 2004, while on a bowling league, she met her husband, Earl.

They have been married for 5 years. Along with bowling, she enjoys camping, spending time with family, watching football and playing interactive games.

Theresa Le, JD
Personal Trust Officer 

Theresa Le is originally from San Francisco, California and moved to Las Vegas in 1998 after earning her law degree from the University of Oregon. She worked as a Trust Administrator for Wells Fargo Bank in the Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Department for 10 years. Her professional experience includes working with professional advisors in law, insurance and investments and welcomes discussions with regard to any aspect of the trust services offered by Summit Trust Company.  She enjoys traveling to ancient ruins, reading, calligraphy, graphic design, and is an insatiable landscape photography enthusiast.