Darell L. Krasnoff, Managing Director

Darell is a founding member of Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC. Prior to starting Bel Air, Darell was a Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co., overseeing Private Client Services for the Los Angeles office, where he started his investment career in 1981.

Darell is on the Board of Directors of the Center Theatre Group, the operating company for the Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum, and is the Chairman of the investment committee for the Music Center Foundation. He is the past Chairman and current member of the Board of L.A. Team Mentoring, an organization that provides mentors for approximately 1,200 students at ten middle schools in challenging urban neighborhoods in Los Angeles. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.

Darell holds a B.A. from Occidental College, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Management.

Ronald J. Silverman, Managing Director

Ron joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2003 as an investment advisor. Prior to joining Bel Air, Ron was a Senior Managing Director and a member of the Management Committee of Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co., Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York. Before GKM, Ron was a partner of the Beverly Hills-based law firm Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman, & Silverman for 15 years; earlier he was a partner of the Los Angeles law firm Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney. Ron started his legal career as a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.

Ron is on the Board of Directors of the City of Hope. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Ron has also been active in Jewish Federation activities, leading the Los Angeles chapter on its first mission to Cuba in 1999 and co-chairing a UJF Major Gifts Mission to Washington, D.C. Ron is also on the Board of Trustees of Children Institute Inc.

Ron serves on the Board of Advisors of the George Washington University Law School, where he received his J.D. degree. He received his B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State University.

Jack R. Suzar, Managing Director

Jack joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 1999, after more than 32 years consulting and advising clients on tax and investment strategies at BDO Seidman, LLP in Los Angeles. He was a member of senior management at BDO Seidman, serving on its Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

Jack has long been active in civic and charitable organizations. He is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of City of Hope National Medical Center and the Beckman Research Institute, has served on the Board of Advisors at the University of Southern California Leventhal School of Accounting, and has been involved with the Music Center and the United Way. Additionally, he has served as the President of the Board of Directors for Jewish Vocational Services.

Jack received his B.S. in accounting from California State University at Northridge.

Michael B. Miller, Managing Director

Michael joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2008 after more than 20 years consulting and advising clients as an international corporate lawyer. Prior to joining Bel Air, Michael was the founding partner of Miller Law, a Beverly Hills based boutique law firm specializing in business law, finance, real estate, employment issues and family office oversight. Before Miller Law, Michael was a partner at Alschuler, Grossman, Stein and Kahan and an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Michael started his legal career in New York at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher.

Michael is on the Board of Directors of Whole Child International and has also served of numerous nonprofit organizations including The Child Labor Project, We Are the Future, Arnold’s All Stars, Bet Tzedek, the Museum of Tolerance, Jewish Big Brothers, the Los Angeles Business Council, and California Lawyers for the Arts.

Michael received his J.D. degree from New York University School of Law. He received his B.A. from Rutgers College and a General Course degree from the London School of Economics.

Josh Markman , Vice President

Josh joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2008 and is responsible for client servicing and business development.  Prior to Bel Air, Josh was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co. in Los Angeles.  He specialized in fixed income, equity, and alternative investments for high net worth families, institutions, and foundations.  He began his career at the William Morris Agency. 

Josh received his B.A from the University of Pennsylvania and is active in the Penn Alumni Committee, conducting interviews for high school seniors applying to U Penn.  Josh earned his M.B.A from the Wharton School of Business.   He is also an active participant in the Jewish Federation and Israel Humanitarian Foundation.  

Kevin W. Philip, Vice President

Kevin joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2002 and is responsible for client servicing and business development. Kevin has in-depth experience in asset allocation modeling, complicated estate structuring, and asset manager evaluation.

Prior to joining Bel Air, Kevin had experience at Morgan Stanley, Century National Bank and the U.S. State Department in Berlin. He is an active supporter of UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, International Medical Corps (IMC) and the American Red Cross.

Kevin received his B.A. with honors from Stanford University.

David Sadkin, Vice President

David joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2006 and is responsible for client servicing and business development. Prior to joining Bel Air, David was senior counsel to Rep. Henry A. Waxman and executive director of his political action committee, L.A. PAC. He previously served as counsel to the House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform in Washington, D.C., and is admitted to the California and District of Columbia bars.

David earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1994. While at Harvard, David was a teaching fellow in economics, and was recognized with the Outstanding Teaching Fellow award. David received his B.S. in Economics with highest honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Eric S. Bright, Vice President

Eric joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2004 and is responsible for client servicing and business development. Eric has in-depth experience in asset allocation modeling, complicated estate structuring and asset manager evaluation.

Eric is a Director of The NineTenths Group, a non-profit organization that provides pro bono consulting services to early stage education-related ventures. Eric is also a member of various education related non-profit organizations in the greater Los Angeles community.

Eric received a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Government from Claremont McKenna College.

Kenneth Naehu, Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Trading

Ken is the senior portfolio manager and head of Bel Air's fixed income strategy. Before joining Bel Air Investment Advisors in 1998, Ken held the positions of Associate Director and senior trader, responsible for the West Coast Municipal Department of Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. Prior to Bear Stearns, Ken was an Assistant Vice President in the High Yield Department with Drexel Burnham Lambert. Ken began his investment career in 1985.

Ken is involved with Big Brothers of Los Angeles and participates in triathlons. He received his B.S. in business administration from Pepperdine University.

Craig A. Brothers, Managing Director; Portfolio Manager

Craig is a portfolio manager for Bel Air’s fixed income strategy. Before joining Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2002, Craig was the Head Municipal Trader at Fidelity Investments in Los Angeles, handling municipal securities for institutional and retail clients. Before Fidelity, Craig was a Senior Vice President/Institutional Trader at Lehman Brothers, where he traded one of the largest municipal inventories on the West Coast, with an emphasis on bonds in the serial maturity range. Craig began his investment career in 1984.

Craig is active in the community and enjoys coaching youth soccer and baseball. He received his B.S. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Richard F. Freilich, Managing Director, Head of Equity Trading

Rich joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 1998, and is head of equity trading with specific responsibilities for the Bel Air Opportunistic Fund, LP. Prior to coming to Bel Air, Rich served as an Assistant Vice President with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where his responsibilities included managing the Prime Brokerage Trading Desk. Before DLJ, he was with Icahn & Company for seven years, where his primary responsibilities included sales and trading for high net worth clients. Rich began his investment career in 1983.

Rich received his B.A. in Marketing from Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

Gary M. Flam, CFA; Managing Director / Portfolio Manager

Gary joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2004 where he is a portfolio manager at Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC. Previously, Gary held positions as an analyst at William O’Neil & Co. and a portfolio manager at Wells Fargo Bank, where he managed equity and fixed income portfolios for high net worth individuals. He was also a member of Wells Fargo’s Fixed Income Investment Policy Committee.

Gary has been a CFA charterholder since 2000 and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Rochester and his M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Timothy W, McCandless, Senior Equity Analyst

Tim joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2007 where he is a senior equity analyst. Previously, he was a principal at Chapman Capital. From 2003 to 2006, Tim was the senior analyst and then partner at Symmetry Capital, a long/short hedge fund. Prior to Symmetry Capital, Tim spent nearly four years in equity research at Banc of America Securities; he was the sole research associate on the Major Pharmaceuticals team ranked as "Best Up-and Comer" in Institutional Investor'rs 2003 All-American Team.

Tim has raised money for cancer research for the Leukemia Society of America and regularly competes in triathlons. He received his B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology with an emphasis in genetics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Neal Karchem, Senior Equity Analyst

Neal joined Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC in 2008 as a Senior Equity Analyst. He was previously an Analyst and Sector Manager for 5 years at Ascend Capital, LLC, a long/short hedge fund, focusing on the Technology sector. Prior to that, Neal was an investment banker in the Technology Mergers and Acquisitions group at UBS. Neal began his career as an engineer in Boeing's Space Systems division.

Neal has organized a fundraising team for Organs 'R Us for many years and also organizes and participates on various running and soccer teams. He earned his B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S. from Stanford University.

Brian Goldberg, Vice President / Fixed Income Trader

Brian joined Bel Air Investment Advisors in July of 2000. Prior to joining Bel Air, Brian worked as a research analyst for CIBC Oppenheimer. Prior to CIBC, he worked at Morgan Stanley where he specialized in equity and fixed income portfolio management for high net worth individuals. Brian received his B.S. in business finance from the University of Southern California.

Matthew D. Anhut, Managing Director; General Counsel; Chief Compliance Officer

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.

Ron Harrington, Managing Director; Chief Financial Officer

Arun K. Bharath, CFA; Vice President

Arun is the head of external investment strategies and a voting member of the Investment Committee. In addition to leading the process for the selection of traditional (long only) and alternative managers, he will contribute to the determination of the firm's recommended asset allocation as well as style allocation within asset classes.

Prior to joining Bel Air, Arun was the Director of Research at Beacon Pointe Advisors where he led the research efforts in asset allocation and manager selection and performance monitoring across all asset classes. He has previously worked in several manufacturing organizations such as Ford Motor Company, Toyota Motor Manufacturing NA, and Honeywell in various engineering capacities.

Arun holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society for Security Analysts. Arun has received a Masters in Business Administration from University of Southern California and also a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He has also passed Chartered Alternative Investment Association Level I exam.