Kevin F. Gillespie

Tech Coast Angels (TCA), the largest angel investor group in the U.S., has been fueling the growth of innovative companies and entrepreneurs in Southern California since 1997. TCA identifies, mentors and funds early stage companies to help get their ideas to market, and where TCA members devote their time, expertise and capital to help companies grow and succeed.

Liberia Mercy Partners works with Individuals, churches and GNOs to provide financial assistance to build schools, support students and orphans, construct churches, agriculture projects and medical care in Liberia, West Africa. Our emphasis is on poor remote areas of the country. on the problem of poverty alleviation for the extreme poor. My personal area of focus has been on developing interventions including micro-lending/small business education and Village Savings and Loan model to develop an intervention model which will provide education and access to capital for the extreme poor throughout the Liberia.

Expertise: Buying, entitling, developing and selling commercial real property and businesses; Secured Lending. Helping clients and business associates identify, realize and achieve worthy goals for their businesses and properties, from start-up/acquisition through growth, succession, and/or sale. Extensive experience in secured lending and work-outs for distressed properties and businesses.

Mediate resolution of cases on appeal. This is a very fulfilling way I have been able to give back to the judicial system and the profession by helping parties bring closure to years of stressful and costly litigation.