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Also in 2006 , through their Wharton network , the Ashtons met Shirley and Vernon Hill , the Commerce Bank founders ( who now operate Metro Bank in England ) and major donors to the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine , along with Hill 's banking client , Brian Tierney , the advertising and public relations agencyorganization.organization_board_membershipwho was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Wharton that year .