Mitchell A. Vazquez

Mitchell A. Vazquez, age 46, died suddenly and unexpectedly on September 13, 2015 at his home in New Canaan, CT.

After attending Lakeridge and South Mercer Junior High, Mitchell was graduated from Mercer Island High School in 1986 and Stanford University in 1990 with honors and distinction.

Mitchell loved football and started playing with the Mercer Island Boys and Girls club when he was in the first grade and continued through high school. His team was undefeated in his senior year at Mercer Island High School with Mitch receiving nomination for Scholar Athelete.

After his Stanford graduation, Mitchell worked in the investment banking department of Merrill Lynch in New York City, which eventually led to a successful entrepreneurial career in the financial industry. Mitchell was active in philanthropy, including substantial gifts to the Multiple Myloma Research Foundation, to Americares which provides disaster relief to stricken areas around the world and to The Smile Train Foundation which provides free cleft surgery to children in developing countries.

Mitchell was a loving father to Clark, Gage and Trey Vazquez, life-partner to his fiancée, Pamela Chiesi and step-father to her daughters, Samantha and Sabrina. He is also survived by his mother, Cindy Vazquez of Ohio and his brother, Rick Vazquez of Kirkland.