Carmen Bermúdez is the architect who designed Mission. She attended Colegio Superior de Señoritas in her native Costa Rica before immigrating to the United States, where she attended Santa Monica City College. After retirement from a seventeen-year career with TransWorld Airlines, Inc., Carmen entered the financial world and progressed to the positions of Chairman and Treasurer of Marathon Asset Management Co., Inc., a successful investment management company. She founded Mission in June of 1994. Carmen oversees the daily administration of the firm, with much of her time dedicated to Mission's marketing and business development. Appointed in 2002 by the President of Costa Rica as Honorary Consul of Costa Rica to the United States, she has opened the Consulate office in Tucson, Arizona.  As consul, Carmen's duties include expanding tourism and commerce between the United States and Costa Rica.  Carmen has served on numerous community boards and currently is a director for the University of Arizona Research Park Development Corporation.  Affiliated with a variety of women's, minority and business organizations, she is proud to be the founding and primary sponsor (since 1999) of the YWCA Bright Futures Program, which provides college scholarships and mentoring to high school girls.  A former national-class tri-athlete, Carmen brings to Mission the same ability, strength and determination that allowed her, at the age of 50, to come in first in the 40 and over age division at the annual Escape from Alcatraz Biathlon.

Slivy Edmonds Cotton is the Chairman & CEO of Portico LLM Enterprises, LLC , a funeral home acquisition and operations company, and Senior Managing Director for the Edmonds Group, a private investment and merchant banking firm, which is the successor to Walnut Capital Corporation, a highly successful merchant banking firm. Ms. Cotton received her M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and has extensive investment, management and operations experience. She has held senior level positions with a multi-billion dollar investment management firm, a start-up airline, and the nation's leading vehicle emissions testing company, which she co-founded. Ms. Cotton has served on the boards of several community and business organizations including the Bank of Tucson, Greater Tucson Economic Council, The University of Arizona Foundation and Arizona Theatre Company, and has received numerous local and national awards.

Laurel Ann Olson, J.D. helped develop and execute the business plans that opened Mission’s doors. She oversees trust administration, operations and the daily implementation of investment policy for each client. A practicing attorney for nearly 20 years, Ms. Olson served as a judge pro-tem for the San Diego Superior Court and taught business law as an adjunct professor at Coleman College. Ms. Olson is a member of the St. Elizabeth’s Health Center Advisory Board, the Charitable Gift Planning Advisory Committee of the Carondelet Foundation, Friends of the Monastery Advisory Board, Soroptimist International of Desert Tucson, and the Southern Arizona Estate Planning Council. She is the first woman to serve on the national board of the Association of Independent Trust Companies (AITCO), an industry trade association. Formerly a nationally ranked runner and a member of a world record setting masters 4 x 800 relay team, Ms. Olson later began competitive cycling, twice completing the 111-mile Tour de Tucson and winning four silver medals in the 1997 Senior Olympics. The dedication, excellence and versatility Ms. Olson demonstrates in her athletic pursuits and community activities are the same qualities she brings to Mission.

Thomas J. Feeney, President of Marathon Asset Management Co., Inc. and Chief Investment Officer for Mission, has been professionally involved in asset management, investment consulting and securities brokerage since 1969. He has worked with cities, states and major corporations, concentrating particularly on the service to charitable and other not-for-profit organizations. He was previously Executive Director of Stewardship Services, Inc. and a Senior Vice President of Atalanta/Sosnoff Capital Corporation. Prior to his investment career, Mr. Feeney served on the faculties of the University of Santa Clara, St. Joseph's College and Guadalupe College. In later years, he lectured on investments at the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown University. His own academic background includes an A.B. in economics from Boston College, an M.B.A. degree from the University of Santa Clara, studies at Stanford Law School, and additional post-graduate work at the University of San Francisco. Mr. Feeney's community activities have included fund development and pro bono consulting for non-profit organizations. An avid golfer today, he completed the famous Boston Marathon three times.

Eduardo Leon, Principal of Leon-Taylor Management, Inc., is a native Tucsonan and successful real estate developer. Mr. Leon has a B.A. in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona. Following college, he played professional baseball for eleven years, eight of those in the major leagues, playing shortstop for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. In 1976, Mr. Leon created a booming commercial sector for the Cienega firm in Tucson, which eventually led to his overseeing the planning, construction, and leasing/sales of several large projects around southern Arizona. An active member of the Arizona Baseball Commission, Mr. Leon was instrumental in bringing the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago White Sox to Tucson for their spring training. In 1996, Mr. Leon and his family were honored by the University of Arizona Hispanic Alumni Association for their contributions to the Tucson community.

Suzanne Cummins teaches full time about ethics and law in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1979, and practiced law until 1990. From 1984-1989, she served as in-house counsel for Nicolet Instrument Corporation, which was then publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Although no longer practicing law, she was admitted to the state bars of California, Wisconsin and Arizona during her legal career. Suzanne has written or collaborated on several textbooks. She has been recognized with both Eller College and University of Arizona awards for her teaching and service, including the prestigious UA Foundation's Leicester and Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award.