John T. Mitchell has over fifteen years of investment experience leading to the formation of Mitchell, Vaught and Taylor, Inc., in 1996. John served as senior vice president and portfolio manager at The Chicago Corporation Asset Management Group, where he managed public pension funds. His experience includes work at an investment banking house as an investment advisor and a financial consultant to public pension funds in the Midwest. John’s legal experience includes serving as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois and as a Special Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago.

John received his undergraduate degree from Bradley University, and he received his J.D. from Lewis University in 1979. John is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. He has served as a member of the Securities Law Committee and as Chairman of the Financial & Investment Services Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. John has been a featured speaker at several national and local conferences on pension investment issues as they relate to public safety employees.

David H. Vaught, CFA, is a Chartered Financial Analyst with substantial investment and legal experience. David served on the Investment Policy Committee overseeing the Illinois Treasurer’s $5 billion portfolio. He supervised both the expansion of its targeted investment portfolio and the first use of outside portfolio managers for the Treasurer’s fixed income portfolio. He engaged in the general practice of law for thirteen years and developed a specialized practice in tax consulting, financial planning, and investment advice.

David is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the 82nd Airborne Division. He received his J.D. degree cum laude from Southern Illinois University School of Law. David became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1994, a Certified Financial Planner in 1988, and has been a member of the Illinois Bar since 1977. He formerly served as an elected member of the Naperville District 203 school board. He has completed course work and a thesis on tax accounting for the DePaul University College of Law, Master of Law in Taxation Program.