Shonita Bossier became Vice President of Operations in June 2020. Shonita joined the Presbyterian Foundation in July 2018, with more than 20 years of experience in securities, and trust administration and operations.

Shonita is responsible for management of the Operations department with oversight of 20 staff members that handle processing and administration of gifts and trust accounts and the records reflecting operational transactions on all accounts for the Presbyterian Foundation and New Covenant Trust Company. She leads staff activities to ensure the timely and accurate financial record keeping, information systems tracking, tax reporting, delivery of account statements, as well as the procurement, and investment of funds in the manner designated by clients and operating procedures for gift transactions.

Prior to joining the Presbyterian Foundation, she served as Director of the Securities Division of the Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions, working for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Shonita was responsible for the examination and registration of securities firms and professionals as well as the registration of securities offerings and investigations of alleged state and federal securities law violations.

Shonita has also formerly held positions at the Bank of Bermuda, U.S. Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank. Her extensive operations background includes experience in international trade settlement operations, global custody operations, and trust administration and operations.

Shonita served as Kentucky’s representative to the North American Securities Administrator Association (“NASAA”), providing the state’s position on a wide range of developments in state securities regulations. She was a former member and Secretary of the NASAA Board of Directors. In 2016, Shonita was elected to serve as a trustee of the Investor Protection Trust (IPT), a national nonprofit devoted to investor education.

Shonita earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the State University of New York College at New Paltz.