Ed Duncan, originally from San Francisco, received a BA in foreign affairs, an MBA in economic forecasting, and a MA in religion, and worked as an Air Force pilot, congressional aide, business and IT consultant, newsletter editor, African missionary, airline aircraft and flight engineer, and most recently as an assistant at the Air Force Academy Flight Training Center and Cadet Catholic Chapel. He and his family are parishioners of Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church, and attend St. Gabriel the Archangel as well.