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Chairman
Daniel J. Barnett
Portfolio Management Team
Christopher J. Guptill, CIO
Richard P. Damico
Eric C. Fisher, CFA
Francis T. Mullen
Chief Financial Officer
Jerome Crown
President, Global Distribution
Ricardo L. Cortez, CIMA
Chief Operating Officer
Laura A. Hespe
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The founders of Broadmark previously worked together as senior members of a highly successful investment management
company in Anchorage, Alaska. There they played instrumental roles in helping develop the company from a long-only
retail manager with under $100 million in assets under management to an institutionally-oriented multi-strategy firm
approaching $2.0 billion in assets.
Click on a name in the left hand column for a detailed biography.
Daniel J. Barnett
Chairman
Mr. Barnett, a founding member of Broadmark Asset Management, LLC, is based in the New York office. He began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank,
and from 1976 until 1986 he was with E.D. & F. Man where he was Group Finance Director. Mr. Barnett was responsible for the company’s
financial activities and served on the Board of Directors of Man from 1982 to 1986. In 1986, he acquired a controlling interest in Machado & Co. Inc.,
a coffee trading and asset management firm with offices in New York and London and subsequently arranged the sale of Machado to the French
commodity firm Sucre et Denrees' in 1990. Mr. Barnett was CEO of Sucre et Denrees' North American Operations until he reacquired Machado in 1991.
He joined McKinley Capital Management, Inc. in 1995 as marketing director and became President of McKinley's international business in 1996.
Mr. Barnett graduated from Dartmouth College, earning his B.A. with distinction in Psychology in 1970. After graduation, Mr. Barnett served as
a commissioned line officer in the United States Navy.
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Christopher J. Guptill
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
Mr. Guptill, a founding member of Broadmark Asset Management, LLC, is based in the California office. He is responsible for the executive management
of the firm as well as the development of Broadmark’s investment management programs and products. He also oversees the implementation of all
portfolio management and execution. Mr. Guptill began his career in 1979 at Paine Webber, Jackson and Curtis. In the mid-1980s he developed a
specialty for identifying emerging equity managers. In 1994 Mr. Guptill joined McKinley Capital Management, Inc., as a Senior Portfolio Manager.
He later became the firm’s Chief Equity Strategist. Additionally, Mr. Guptill developed, launched and co-managed the firm’s highly successful
alternative investment portfolios. Mr. Guptill is a 1979 graduate of California State University, Chico with a B.A. in Economics.
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Richard P. Damico
Senior Portfolio Manager
Mr. Damico joined Broadmark in March 2005 and is based in the California office.
As a Portfolio Manager he participates in the implementation of portfolio management
and trading functions. Most recently he was a Managing Director at ThinkEquity
Partners, LLC where he established and was responsible for the development of the
institutional trading desk at their San Francisco headquarters.
Prior to ThinkEquity Partners, from 1997 to 2002, he was a Vice President
and Senior Institutional Sales Trader at Morgan Stanley.s San Francisco office
covering West Coast institutional accounts. Additionally, Mr. Damico
was an Associate Director and Senior Sales Trader at Bear Stearns in
San Francisco from 1990 to 1997.
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Eric C. Fisher, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
Mr. Fisher joined Broadmark in 2000 and is based in the California office. As a Portfolio Manager, he participates in the equity selection and
research processes as well as performing trading functions. He began his career in the securities industry in 1995. A year later, he joined
McLaughlin Capital Markets, Inc. where he became involved in trading and research for institutional clients. In 1999, he moved to Broadmark Capital
Corporation, an unaffiliated entity, where he concentrated on research for his institutional clients. Prior to 1995, he worked in the metal
fabrication and construction industry for his family's business as their chief project manager and estimator, including engineering and design.
Mr. Fisher is a 1991 graduate of Vanderbilt University with a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering. In 2000, he earned the right from the
Association for Investment Management and Research to use the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
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Francis T. Mullen
Senior Portfolio Management Specialist
Mr. Mullen joined Broadmark in late 2001 and is based in the California office.
As a member of the portfolio management team, Mr. Mullen participates in all aspects of the
portfolio management process. He has over 25 years of experience in the financial services
industry, most recently as Managing Director and Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets at
Putnam Lovell LLC. While at Putnam Lovell, Mr. Mullen established and developed their
Research, Institutional Equity Sales, Equity Syndicate and Trading Departments in
San Francisco and New York. Prior to Putnam Lovell, he was the Managing Director
of Western U.S. Institutional Equity Operations and a partner of the investment-banking
firm Furman Selz. Mr. Mullen graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a
B.S. in Psychology and Anthropology in 1977.
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Jerome Crown
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Crown, who joined Broadmark in September 2000, is based in the company's New York office and has extensive experience in accounting, finance
and tax matters. As Broadmark's CFO, he is responsible for monitoring and supervising all of the financial reporting,
controls, tax reporting and financial planning of the company. After twelve years as a public accountant, he joined Farr Man & Co., Inc., a commodities
trading firm, where he became a Director and Group Controller and was responsible for all accounting, reporting and tax matters. It was at Man where
Mr. Crown first began his association with Mr. Barnett. In 1988, he joined Mr. Barnett at Machado, a coffee trading and asset management firm where
he performed a similar role. In 1996, Mr. Crown joined the Emesa Group, a diversified trading and wholesale distribution operation, as its Controller.
Mr. Crown graduated from The City University of New York, Bernard M. Baruch College, with a BBA degree in 1963. He is licensed by the State of New York
as a Certified Public Accountant.
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Ricardo L. Cortez, CIMA
President, Global Distribution
Mr. Cortez joined Broadmark in September 2009 as President, Global Distribution and is
based in the New York office. He has over 25 years of investment experience in the
investment management industry. Most recently, Mr. Cortez spent 8 years as President
of the Private Client Group for Torrey Associates, LLC, based in New York City. Prior to
that, he was Vice President at Goldman Sachs and Product Manager for the Goldman.s
external money manager program, Global Multi-Manager Strategies. Before joining Goldman,
Mr. Cortez spent 11 years at Prudential Investments as a Senior Vice President overseeing
product development, communications, and sales for the Investment Management Services
Division. Mr. Cortez graduated BA cum laude from Queens College of the City University
of New York and has been a guest lecturer on Investment Policy and Hedge Funds at the
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and at Harvard University. Rick was awarded
the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) designation in 1993 and is the author
of numerous published articles on hedge funds.
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Laura A. Hespe
Chief Operating Officer
Ms. Hespe is based in the California office and has been with the
firm since January 2000. Prior to assuming the role of COO in
January 2010, she was Director of Investment Operations, responsible
for managing all trading operations and portfolio administration for
the firm. Her 25 years of experience in the financial industry
includes five years with Kidder Peabody Asset Management where she
became Director of Wrap-Fee Administration. Immediately prior to
joining Broadmark, she was Vice President of McLaughlin Capital
Markets, Inc., a Broker/Dealer specializing in institutional equity
trading. There her responsibilities included oversight of Operations,
Compliance and Administration. Ms. Hespe holds a B.S. in Management
from Binghamton University.
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