BERKLEY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

  • Provide additional communication between Principals and Limited Partners
  • Advise Principals in the valuation of potential investments
  • Assist the General Partner in its quarterly valuations of investments held by the Fund
  • Members of the Oversight Committee:
  • Sophie Pompea
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    Sophie Pompea, 57

    Chairwoman of the Oversight Committee

    Ms. Pompea is presently a business development executive at NewPR Group LLC, was the Vice President of Business Development at Trusted Insight Inc., founded North Texas Fossil Fuels, was the Senior Vice President at Medical Excellence, was a director at Open Society Institute and was Vice President of Emerging Markets with JP Morgan Chase. Ms. Pompea is a Board Member of the Institute of Corporate Law and Governance in Moscow and the OECD Roundtable on Russian Corporate Governance, and was a Board Member of KMB Bank, Moscow and Euromarket Bank, Montenegro.

  • David Kretzmer
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    David Kretzmer, 57

    Mr. Kretzmer has more than 30 years of experience in property development and syndication, real estate law, corporate law, contracts, international trade, securities brokerage and corporate development. He is the senior partner in Kretzmer & Associates P.L.L.C., a Manhattan based law firm specializing in real estate, corporate finance and merchant banking, Estates and Trusts. Mr. Kretzmer was admitted to practice as an Attorney in South Africa in 1977. Mr. Kretzmer was admitted to practice as an Advocate in Israel in 1981. Mr. Kretzmer has a L.L.B. degree from the University of the Witwatersrand Law (South Africa).

  • Mark DePiero
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    Mark DePiero, 51

    Mr. DePiero is with Park Street Hospitality Advisors, served 8 years as a Board Member of International Association of Conference Centers and founded Dolce Hotels & Resorts in 1985 where at various times he held the position of Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development, Senior Vice President of Operations, North America and Senior Vice President of Operations, Europe. Mr. DiPiero has an A.O.S degree from the Culinary Institute of America.

  • Brian Stark
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    Brian Stark, 52

    Mr. Stark is a Principal of The Stark Companies, a family of companies focusing on real estate finance, ownership and management. The Stark Companies include: (i) Trustar Funding a private, direct real estate lender, (ii) ISM Management, a third party property manager, and (iii) New Millennium Construction which performs maintenance, repairs, comprehensive rehabilitation and build-outs for landlords and rehab investors. Mr. Stark was a Principal at Shaman Financial Group, was the founding Vice President of the Cleveland Real Estate Investors Association and is a Member of the Board of the Cleveland Restoration Society. Mr. Stark attended Cleveland State University.