Kate Maloney joined Advocacy Trust in 2021 as Regional Trust Director for our Mooresville, NC office. Kate brings over 30 years of trust industry experience, focusing on trust administration, client relationships, and management. Kate began her career in the trust industry as a Trust Operations Officer at the First National Bank of Rhinebeck. During the next ten years, she progressed to a Trust Officer/VP and graduated with honors from the Cannon Trust School, the Cannon Trust Audit and Compliance School, and obtained her CTFA designation.

In 2000, Kate joined Fiduciary Trust Company International as a Trust Administration Officer and worked on numerous high-net-worth family relationships. During this time, she completed the ABA Trust Graduate programs. In 2006, Kate joined the Bank of Millbrook to lead the Trust Department and successfully built the department and grew the client assets for the Bank. She joined Hudson Valley Bank Trust Services Division in 2011, where she focused on the administration of special needs trusts, guardianships, and court-appointed trusts. In 2013, Kate was promoted to the SVP and Trust Services Director, managing a team of trust professionals focused on the special needs trust area of the business in the New York City metro market. In 2014, she joined Orange Bank & Trust Company as SVP and Trust Services Director, where she led the effort to expand the division, including expanding the market footprint for the division by adding a new team and building the special needs trust business for the bank. 

Kate brings a passion for delivering excellence in service, knowledge, and client relationships to Advocacy Trust. Kate has been a guest lecturer for the NYS Bar Association Elder Law Section, NYS Bankers Association Trust and Investment Division, and the Estate Planning Councils of Westchester and Putnam Counties. She was active in the New York State Bankers Association as the past Chair of the Trust and Investment Division, Board Member, Executive Committee, Legislative Committee, and Trust Administration Committee. She also believes in community service and, most recently, was the Treasurer of the Orange County Arts Council and a Board Member of the Garnet Health Medical Center Foundation.