Jasper Vaccaro joined Prairie Trust in May of 2021 and serves as senior vice president – managing director of our Madison office. He has over 23 years of trust and wealth management experience in addition to 11 years of legal expertise. He will be responsible for establishing and building our Madison presence as well as growing directed and delegated trust business.
Prior to joining Prairie, Jasper was regional manager for Heartland Financial USA, Inc. where he oversaw wealth management services for Wisconsin Bank & Trust, Illinois Bank & Trust, Minnesota Bank & Trust and Blue Valley Bank & Trust in Kansas City. Prior to his role at Heartland, he served as a vice president with BMO Private Bank where he managed personal trust relationships servicing high net worth and ultra-high net worth families.
Jasper earned his Juris Doctor degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois and his Bachelors of Business Administration degree in accounting from Chapman College in Orange, California. He and his family currently reside in Waunakee, and he is active in the community where he has served on the board of directors, which included a term as President or Chair, for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Madison, YMCA of Dane County and Community Action, Inc. of Rock and Walworth Counties.