Carolyn M Osteen

Carolyn Osteen is a recently retired partner with Ropes and Gray, LLP, where she practiced for over 40 years. The focus of her practice has been tax-exempt organizations, and she has extensive experience with issues of governance, charitable giving, and tax. She is the co-author of the Harvard Manual – Tax Aspects of Charitable Giving and other texts. She has served in a variety of posts with the Tax Section of the American Bar Association and Boston Bar Association. Ms. Osteen currently serves as a trustee of the Clowes Fund and Preparatory Foundation, supporting Boston Preparatory Charter School. She has served as a long time director of Historic Boston, Incorporated, the New England Wildflower Society, and other New England non-profit organizations. She serves in an advisory capacity to The Trustees of Reservations, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, among other organizations. She is an alumna of Wellesley College and Duke Law School and resides in Boston with her husband, Robert T. Osteen.