Betsy Blunt Brown is founder and CEO of Pendleton Square Trust Co. and serves as a director of Pendleton Square Holdings LLC. Brown and her team are trailblazers in developing a beneficiary-focused, Tennessee-chartered trust company and service platform providing trust and estate administration. Pendleton Square is focused on building multigenerational family relationships, executing family legacy plans, and partnering with family advisors for investment management. Prior to Pendleton Square, Brown worked at Cumberland Trust and J.P. Morgan Private Bank, serving families throughout the Southeast. She was a director with SunTrust Robinson Humphrey’s corporate and investment banking group for over a decade.

Brown is also a general partner in The JumpFund, an angel investment fund dedicated to investing in female-led businesses in the Southeast. The JumpFund has invested in over 30 companies and maintains an active portfolio of high-growth, scalable ventures in the financial technology (fintech), life sciences, consumer products, and technology industries. In addition to her professional responsibilities, Brown serves as a trustee of the University of Chattanooga Foundation and The Generosity Trust. She is a prior trustee of her alma mater, Girls Preparatory School, as well as Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center, the AIM Center (for mental health), and the Association for Visual Arts.

Brown is an active member of the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church, the Estate Planning Council, and the Southeastern Family Office Forum. She graduated from Washington & Lee University, earning a bachelor of science in business administration and a bachelor of arts in East Asian studies. She also holds a master of business administration from Georgia State University. Brown lives on Signal Mountain with her husband, Hugh, and three children, Lizzie, Hugh, and Hudson.