Doug Freeman
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Chief Executive Officer, IFF Advisors, Inc
Biogragphy
Doug Freeman is chief executive officer of IFF Advisors, Inc, a national financial consulting firm, with offices in Irvine, Los Angeles, and New York. Mr. Freeman provides strategic planning and organizational management advice for business, nonprofit, foundation, and family clients.
Mr. Freeman’s professional career includes establishing Freeman, Freeman & Smiley, a 50-attorney firm with locations in Los Angeles and Irvine. Currently Co-author of a leading treatise for family foundations, entitled A Founder’s Guide to the Family Foundation, published by the Council on Foundations, and author of Estate Tax Freeze: Tools and Techniques, originally published by Matthew Bender (1984), who is the former contributing editor to the Journal of Financial Services Professionals. Mr. Freeman has also written dozens of professional articles published in a variety of journals. He speaks throughout the country on behalf of professional associations, such as the Council on Foundations and the Association for Small Foundations.
Year joined Foundation: 1998
UC Irvine involvement:
Chair, UC Irvine Foundation 2005-2008, 2006 Medal Recipient, Paul Merage School of Business, New University Hospital, Legacy Planning, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, 2006 Lauds and Laurels recipient
Community Involvement:
Worth magazine 100 top attorneys in the United States (2005-2006 and 2007); featured by Bloomberg Financial as one of the nation’s leading estate planning attorneys; Past chairman, board of directors Pacific Symphony and current member of their executive committee; Director, University of Southern California Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy; Trustee emeritus; Director of seven private foundations; founder, National Philanthropy Day; former service with Foundation for Independent Higher Education and the UCLA Foundation.
Education:
American Bar Association, Bachelor’s, Stanford University, J.D. from UCLA, LL.M. in taxation, University of San Diego; certified specialist in Taxation, under the State Bar of California.
