Featured Speaker

Kris Yamano

Kris leads a team of professionals dedicated to providing high-net-worth families, closely-held businesses, and charitable organizations with a full range of customized wealth services including investment management, private banking, trust & estate services and comprehensive wealth planning. Kris earned a BA from UCLA and her JD / MBA from Chapman University. She joined BMO in 2016 and has over 17 years of experience in the financial services industry.


Kris currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Arizona Center for Nature Conservation (Phoenix Zoo) and is an Executive Committee Member of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Council on Economic Education. In the past, Kris has served as a volunteer advocate for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) where she championed the safety and well-being of a child who was a victim of parental abuse and neglect in the dependency court system.