Originally from Savannah, Ga., Bess earned a B.S. in Business from the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, where she was enrolled in the International Honors Program. She is a graduate of The Savannah Country Day School.
An active community volunteer, Bess serves on the board of Historic Savannah Foundation’s 13th Colony and is a member of the Savannah Community Foundation’s Emerging Leaders Committee, the Estate Planning Council, and the Telfair Museums’ William Jay Society. She currently resides in downtown Savannah.