Dean R. Murray, CFA

Mr. Dean Murray is founder and chief investment officer of Murray & Co. Asset Management, Ltd. Mr. Murray was formerly the Chief Investment Officer and Executive Director of the Texas Permanent School Fund (PSF), the largest public educational endowment in the US with $20 billion in assets at the time of his service to the fund. As Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Murray was responsible for managing the entire portfolio management process of the fund and developing specific investment strategies within the domestic equity, fixed income, and short-term money market asset allocations. During his tenure at the fund, Mr. Murray managed the security selection process at different times for various sectors of the fund and was further responsible for the implementing the overall asset allocation decisions of the fund and managing transitions across multiple portfolios involving internal and external investment managers.

Prior to joining the Permanent School Fund in 1991, Mr. Murray was retained in management consulting positions for two privately owned manufacturing firms. Additionally, he served as a Senior Vice President of Southwestern Commercial Capital, Inc., a private lending company located in Texas. From 1981-1985, Mr. Murray worked in the Dallas Institutional Equity Office of Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., a major New York brokerage and investment banking firm he joined after obtaining his MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Murray also has a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Texas and has taught courses in corporate finance, banking and portfolio management in the College of Business Administration at UT - Austin.

Mr. Murray is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder, a member of the CFA Institute and the Austin Society of Financial Analysts. Also, he currently serves as Vice President of the St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Endowment Fund, Inc. and is on the board of Front Steps, the managing organization for the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless. Mr. Murray has served on the boards of several non-profits in Austin, including the LBJ Wildflower Center, the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Association of Austin, and the Asset & Financial Management Task Force of the State Comptroller's e-Texas Commission. Mr. Murray volunteers or has volunteered for the American Red Cross, the God of Hope Ministries, Bill Glass Champions for Life, the Boy Scouts of America, West Austin Youth Association and the Austin Chamber of Commerce.

Roy Rushing

Mr. Roy Rushing is an associate of Murray & Company Asset Management, Ltd. and is responsible for business development and client relationships. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rushing was a Vice President in commercial banking with Wells Fargo in Austin where he focused on the intermediate market ($250,000 - $20 million) of commercial lending. With more than 45 years of experience in banking, he has been an executive with many local, regional and nationwide banks in the Austin-area. He also established and was the first president of Austin’s MBank Arboretum. For 25 years of his career, Mr. Rushing specialized in executive and professional lending, where he worked with professionals including physicians, attorneys, engineers and accountants. In this arena, he coordinated the entire life cycle financial needs of high income individuals, moving beyond commercial lending and into wealth accumulation strategies, business and retirement planning, and tax strategies.

Mr. Rushing attended the University of Texas at Austin, and graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown with a BA in business. In addition, he graduated from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. In 1981, he also graduated from the second class of Leadership Austin, a program of the Austin Chamber of Commerce for local civic leaders.

Mr. Rushing has been an active member of the community throughout his professional life, having served on the boards of the Austin chapters of many health and civic organizations, including the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, and the Young Men’s Business League. He is a past board chairman of Brackenridge Hospital, Shoal Creek Hospital, Hospice Austin, the Austin Nature Center, the Balcones Council Campfire, and CrimeStoppers, Inc. His leadership positions also include serving on the boards of Southwest Health Providers, P.A., and Si3 (the Scientific Investigation and Instruction Institute).

Lida Bresette Zolno

Lida Bresette Zolno is Office Manager for Murray and Co. Asset Management, Ltd. and handles administration and account service responsibilities for the organization. Ms. Zolno has had a diverse 20-year career in business-to-business marketing and communications. In her most recent full-time position, she served as Marketing Director for Austin’s Seton Healthcare Network where she was responsible for developing marketing materials and programs for both the hospital and its affiliated physicians.

Previously, she was an account supervisor at several advertising and public relations agencies where her clients included 3M, Continental Airlines, First Interstate Bancorp and Texaco. In that capacity she drafted news releases, speeches, brochures and annual reports in addition to executing various special events on behalf of her clients. For five years, she worked in corporate public relations for The First National Bank of Chicago. Her work has been recognized by the Public Relations Society of America, the American Marketing Association and the International Association of Business Communicators.

Ms. Zolno has a bachelor of science in journalism degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and has completed work toward her MBA. She spent three years as marketing chair and board member with the Volunteer Healthcare Clinic, and is active with the Alumni Advisory Committee for Northwestern University. In addition, she serves on the board of the Westbank Community Public Library, and has been active in volunteer activities for the Eanes Independent School District.