Bio

Robert A. Speer is the Chief Financial Officer of CMEP and its management affiliates, as well as for Carl Marks & Co., LP and its affiliates. Mr. Speer has been with Carl Marks since October 1997. From 1988 through 1997, Mr. Speer was a partner at Bloom Hochberg & Co., P.C. CPAs, a public accounting firm, and prior to becoming a partner was employed there for nine years. Mr. Speer earned a BS in Accounting, cum laude, from Duke University in 1979. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.