Administration Bios

Matt joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2005 from private practice, where he focused on securities regulatory matters for investment advisory and broker-dealer clients. He practiced with the law firm of Bryan Cave LLP in Santa Monica and, earlier, with Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP in New York and Washington, D.C. Matt is admitted to the California, Maryland and District of Columbia bars.

He received his B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University and his J.D. with honors from Emory University.

Tyler is the chief operating officer and a partner at Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC, a Los Angeles-based asset management firm that manages and oversees over $5 billion for high-net worth families, individuals and organizations. Prior to Bel Air, Tyler worked at AECOM, the largest general architectural and engineering design firm in the world, where he was responsible for strategic planning and acquisitions, and reported directly to the CFO and chairman. Before AECOM, Tyler worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in Los Angeles for the Mergers and Strategic Advisory Group.

Currently, Tyler serves as a Los Angeles County commissioner and was past chairman of the Local Government Services Commission. Additionally, he is a past co-chair and member of the Los Angeles County Museum of Arts’ (LACMA) corporate advisory committee and a founding board member of the New Millennium Secondary School, the first charter school in Carson, California. Most recently, Tyler is a founding co-chair of Generation Conservation, Conservation International’s new program to engage the next generation of conservation leaders.

Tyler graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in International Relations and Political Science, where he served as the student body president in 2000. Upon graduation, Tyler was named one of 18 Henry R. Luce scholars in a nationwide competition that took him to Jakarta, Indonesia where he worked for the Castle Group, a leading entry market strategy firm in Southeast Asia.

Tyler speaks regularly on topics pertaining to leadership development and has been quoted on various subject matters in publications, including the Los Angeles Times and Investment Advisor Magazine, for his work in the not-for-profit community. Tyler is also an avid adventure traveler and has visited over sixty countries.

Before joining Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2006, Ron held positions as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a national chemical company, and as a Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche, where he was a national expert in financial services and financial instruments.

He has served on the Board of the Western Securities Management Association and various nonprofit boards. He currently serves on the Board of the Child Educational Center serving CalTech and JPL as chair of the finance committee.

Ron has an M.B.A. and B.S. in Finance from the University of Southern California, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Deborah has dual roles as a Compliance Officer and Operations & Human Resources Manager. Prior to joining Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2005, she held positions as Assistant Vice President, Manager of Conversions/New Client Implementation and Client Relationship Manager for Fiserv Securities, a custodian and clearing firm. Deborah also served as Vice President of Client and Brokerage Services for WM Financial Services Inc. (Washington Mutual Bank’s Broker/Dealer). She also spent time in roles at Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch, and her work experience has taken her to New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago and London.

Deborah is an avid runner and has completed the New York Marathon. She received a B.S. in Business Management from California State University, Long Beach. She holds NASD Licenses including the Series 7, 63 and 24.

Ed joined Bel Air Investment Advisors in 1999, after serving as a Fund Accountant for Strome-Susskind Investment Management, LP, where his responsibilities included accounting for hedge fund transactions, database maintenance, performance reporting and preparation of financial statements.

Ed received his B.A. in Sociology from California State University, Los Angeles in 1994.