Who We Are

Mark C. Sullivan, President and Chief Investment Officer

Mark has over 30 years of investment management experience. Prior to joining Mount Vernon Associates in 1994, he was a Vice President and Portfolio Manager for Walnut Asset Management for 2 years, where he was a member of the Investment Policy Committee, co-managed $250mm in equity, fixed income, and balanced accounts and executed a value-oriented investment style for pension funds, profit sharing plans, endowments, foundations and private investors. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager and General Securities Principal for Burke, Lawton & Brewer for 7 years, where he co-managed over $100mm in balanced accounts executing a low P/E value approach. There, he also supervised investment banking and trading activities as well as the monitoring of primary and secondary markets. Mark started his career as an Options Special Assistant for John Louis Securities Group, Inc., PHLX, where he was a market maker, executed strategies such as reversals, conversions, spreads, straddles and butterflies and cleared trades for 16 NYSE-listed companies.

Mark graduated from Lake Forest College with a B.A. in Business and Economics.

Mark was Chairman of Towson University Foundation for several years.

Nancy V. O’Hara, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Nancy joined Mount Vernon Associates in 1993 and oversees the Corporate Compliance Program and financial reporting. She also coordinates administration, operations, and trading activities. Previously, she managed systems and compliance for trust operations at Maryland National Bank.

Nancy graduated from the University of Maryland in Baltimore County with a B.S. in Economics