Kevin A. Carey is a Vice President of The Carey Group LLC, where he heads their Albany operations and is an Account Executive in our joint venture with First American Title Insurance Company.

Mr. Carey has a wide range of experience in the public and private sector that covers Municipal Finance, Real Estate Development and State Government. Since 1999, Mr. Carey served as Executive Director of the Natural Heritage Trust, a Public Benefit Corporation of the State of New York, which benefits parks, recreation, historic preservation, environmental conservation and waterfront revitalization programs. Under Mr. Carey’s leadership, the Natural Heritage Trust grew from approximately $3,000,000 in assets in 1999 to over $21,000,000 in 2006.

Mr. Carey also served as Assistant Commissioner for Public/Private Partnership at the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, helping coordinate programs such as the 2002 U.S. Open Golf Championship, the Empire State Games, and various fund raising operations across New York State. Mr. Carey spearheaded the application effort that resulted in New York State Parks being presented The National Sporting Goods Associations 2003 Gold Medal Award for the best State Park System in the country. In addition Mr. Carey worked with public and private partners to establish The Emma Treadwell and Theodore Roosevelt Nature Centers, Betty and Wilbur Davis State Park, Robert Wehle State Park. In 2005 Mr. Carey’s work was recognized when he received a New York State Parks distinguished service award.

Mr. Carey serves as Executive Director of H.O.C. Investments LLC, a family-owned and operated real estate group which has invested in a large property on the east end of Long Island. Mr. Carey oversaw the successful application permitting and approval process of a major subdivision, working with local, county and state offices.

In addition Mr. Carey has also worked in the Fixed Income Securities Market, marketing, trading and evaluating municipal bond issues. Mr. Carey worked with dealers, dealer banks, institutional and retail traders and issuers during his tenure in the industry.

Mr. Carey has a B.S. in Economics from Lemoyne College, Syracuse, New York and completed a certification program in Sports and Special Event Marketing from New York University.

Mr. Carey Serves as a board member and treasurer of the Paul Robert Carey Foundation and is involved in not for profit groups including The Adaptive Sports Foundation, Dancing in the Woods Committee for Albany Medical Center, The Metropolitan Golf Association Foundation and has volunteered with other civic groups. Mr. Carey serves as a member of the New York State Parks statewide golf advisory committee.