Mary Myers Kauppila is the President of Delaware Ladera Management Company, a family office that manages an integrated investment portfolio, inclusive of agriculture, venture capital, public and private equity, and real estate.  She is the President of the Ladera Foundation, a private family foundation.  

Mary served as director (1991-2009) for American Funds managed by the Capital Research & Management Company.  She is Vice Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; is trustee emeritus of Harvey Mudd College; is former trustee of Buckingham, Brown & Nichols School; and is former member of the National Board of Directors of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.  

Mary received her BA in economics from Harvard University. Mary resides in Boston, Massachusetts and has one son.