Sentinel Trust Company, the Texas-based multi-family office, has hired Lissa Gangjee as a senior vice president and senior relationship officer.

Gangjee joins from Threshold Group, where she headed the company’s office in Portland, OR, as managing director and senior relationship manager in the wealth planning unit. Before that, she spent a decade at US Trust Company in New York in various roles.

In her new position, she will provide family wealth planning, together with Ross Nager, of counsel, as well as work on the overall strategic direction with a seat on the firm’s executive committee. She will be based in Houston, TX but work with clients across the country.

Sentinel was founded in 1997 as the successor to two single family offices with more than 40 years of experience each. It serves 25 families with a total of $1.9 billion in assets.