Adrienne Penta is the Executive Director of the BBH Center for Women & Wealth (CW&W). She led the creation of the CW&W, which supports women as they create and manage wealth and seeks to create a dynamic and inclusive environment where women can engage in conversations about wealth, family and values. Adrienne has expertise in values-based planning and assists families in making decisions about wealth in alignment with their values and objectives. She also oversees Private Banking Marketing and Sales Enablement.

Prior to joining the firm in 2008, Adrienne practiced at the law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP in Boston.

Adrienne serves on several boards, including New America’s Better Life Lab Advisory Council, Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Lilly School of Philanthropy Advisory Board, the Massachusetts Women’s Forum Board of Directors and the Boys and Girls Club of Boston (BGCB) Board of Trustees. She is a past chair of the Boston Foundation Professional Advisors Committee and past member of the Winsor School Board of Trustees. In addition, she speaks and writes on a variety of issues related to women and wealth, wealth planning and family communication about wealth and values.

Adrienne received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was the executive editor of the Virginia Tax Review.