MBC sponsor Doug Rogers with wife Mary at the Grand Canyon.
During last year’s annual fundraiser, Doug Rogers helped Mat Bevel Company (MBC) reach its financial goal with a matching gift challenge during the last 15 days of the campaign. His support of MBC over the last several years stems from his fascination with innovation. He says, “A lot of innovation comes from people who develop the ability to think in active and creative ways. Ned Schaper’s world of Beveldom encourages people to think outside the box.”
Doug Rogers is a Certified Public Accountant who co-founded Sonora Investment Management, LLC in August 1986 with business partner Brad Toland. Prior to this, he worked for a national CPA firm in Los Angeles, California, and in industry in the financial accounting realm. A native Arizonan, Doug received his Bachelors in accounting and finance and an M.B.A. from the University of Arizona.
As a former auditor and verifier of companies’ financial statements, he’s learned that financial statements reveal some things about a company, but certainly not the whole picture. Doug’s passion and experience researching businesses help him see common-sense success patterns and predict the odds of their long-term viability for client investment portfolios.
Doug Rogers with his dog Zoey.
“Sometimes people have negative perceptions of business, but I think that’s misplaced because successful companies are solving problems. They’re creating a service or product that people choose because it’s better than someone else’s, it’s cheaper than others, or it’s one-of-a-kind.
And that’s where his interest in Mat Bevel Company comes in. Doug believes if you solve a problem that no one has solved, often that’s the ingredient of a very good business. “Most innovation requires someone to think in a creative and different way, or to make a connection that other people don’t see. Ned Schaper is compelled to take risks and think in new ways, and that’s where the world’s progress comes from.”
As a financial advisor, Doug maintains financial success follows from solving problems or simply materially improving on what already exists. He believes that the world of Beveldom transports us from the mundane to the fantastical realm, to a place where imaginative solutions can address some of today’s critical problems. He’s banking that innovative programs like The Universe Within world-building educational course and Bevel Café arts entertainment for the whole family will inspire people to re-connect with the physical world, become more aware of available resources to solve problems and strive to think creatively to help reach our greatest potential as individuals. He says, “I think Mat Bevel Company is extraordinary as a way of making that creative and mind-expanding thought happen.”
Thank you, Doug, for supporting Mat Bevel Company’s work during the 2018-2019 season!