Shalia McPherson. Shalia has more than 20 years experience in the banking and trust industries. She was previously a trust systems manager and trust officer at Commerce Bank of Kansas City, and an analyst in the bond investment division at United Missouri Bank. Prior to co-founding Investors Independent Trust Company in 1996, she was at SEI where she was the project leader to convert and integrate large trust accounts into SEI’s systems. She was also a product manager for Securities Lending and SEI’s outsourced trust operations business. Shalia’s institutional sales/service experience from large corporations is a good foundation for the Trust Alliance product at Investors Independent Trust Company. With a B.S. degree in mathematics from William Jewell College, Shalia has demonstrated a high level of client concern, technical competence and operational and sales knowledge. She is active in her local church and has served on various community boards.

Herb McPherson.
Herb has more than 27 years of experience in the banking, trust and financial services industries. He has held executive positions with major financial institutions prior to forming Investors Independent Trust Company in 1996. During his 18-year tenure at SEI, the largest domestic provider of trust accounting and investment services, he managed their western region operation and upon returning to their headquarters, he founded the highly successful Asset Management Division. Herb received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Illinois and his M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. He has also completed the Canon Trust School. Currently serving as president of the Association of Independent Trust Companies, a national trade group representing trust companies throughout the country with more than $48 billion in assets under management, Herb has a national reputation as a leader in the independent trust industry. He is also active on the regional level by serving on the board of the Association of Colorado Trust Companies and at the local level as a director of the Boulder County Estate Planning Council, currently serving as treasurer.