Our Team.
A small, dedicated team of remote freelancers and contributors who keep the Foundation's work moving forward.
Meet the people making it happen.
The Foundation maintains minimum overhead. Our work is done by a small team of part-time remote freelancers — and by Paul Merriman and others who volunteer their expertise without compensation.
We remember.
Two members of our Foundation family whose work and spirit remain with us.
Aysha was a certified business and life coach, writer and editor, and advocate for women's financial empowerment. A desktop publishing pioneer, she founded her own marketing and communications agency in 1986 following a career in newspaper, magazine and broadcast news.
She was author of Leonardo's Revenge and Other Stories and ghostwriter and editorial consultant for dozens of authors. A world traveler with a wide range of professional experience, she facilitated workshops in entrepreneurship and money management. She served as Communications Director for the Foundation from 2012, living on the Costa Brava in Catalunya, Spain with her Standard Poodle until her passing in February 2023.
Richard was a Seattle Times business reporter for 20 years, capping a 30-year journalism career that included eight years as a writer and editor for The Associated Press. He began working with Paul in 1993 and retired in 2011 as senior editor of Merriman LLC.
He was the ghostwriter for Paul's books Financial Fitness Forever and Live It Up Without Outliving Your Money! , and Paul's co-writer for the How To Invest series, hundreds of MarketWatch articles, and the book We're Talking Millions!. Rich passed away in February 2026.