Donna Watson

Chinquapin Trust

Donna C. Watson is a graduate of St. Teresa’s Academy Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri, where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting.  She received her Juris Doctor from Loyola University – Chicago. Donna is a licensed attorney in Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.  
Donna recently joined Chinquapin Trust Company as a Relationship and Trust Officer. Donna is the owner and CEO of The Legacy Experience, LLC, a consulting firm that provides estate planning resources to the community. Established in 2017, The Legacy Experience, LLC was created to begin a dialogue in the community about estate planning. Donna’s life work and purpose is to normalize conversations surrounding death, estate planning, and generational wealth. 
In 2018 Donna published her first book, My Legacy Experience, How My Mother’s Life Prepared Me For Her Death. The book chronicles her experience and lessons learned while administering her mother’s estate.
Donna is a national speaker addressing the necessity of estate planning. She is also the host of the podcast, My Legacy Experience – The Podcast, addressing estate planning topics in a conversational manner.
Mission – “I have the daily responsibility and privilege of helping individuals with the management and distribution of their financial resources.”