Matthew Burkett, founder of The Flyfisher Group, is also the Chairman and CEO. Burkett is a serial entrepreneur with a proven track record for unlocking value in opportunity. He is committed to helping other entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial businesses become investable assets with enduring long-term value.

Burkett got his start as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., founded his first company in 1996 in Denver and has founded more than twenty-five companies in his over twenty-year career. The Burkett Family Office, which he established in 2006, is the primary capital partner of The Flyfisher Group. Through his family office, Burkett has personally invested in more than one-hundred pieces of real estate and in over fifty small and medium-sized businesses.

He gives back through the Burkett Family Foundation (which he established with his wife in 2010), Lincoln Hills Cares Foundation and River Deep Foundation which he co-founded, Denver Museum of Nature & Science as a Trustee, Visit Denver as a board member and member of the executive committee and as a Mayoral appointee and board member for the Denver Hotel and Convention Center Authority. Burkett is also a former Governor Appointee to the Parks and Wildlife Commission.

Matt Nery is the CTO for TFG’s software development. He is the lead architect engineering software design that focuses on managing independent sponsor assets and family office relationships. He has been instrumental in the architecture and development of TFG’s proprietary software platforms that are used to manage portfolio assets and consolidate reporting across multiple industries and asset classes.

Matt also is a lead developer and development manager for a 15-person cross-functional team in his own software development company that joint ventures with TFG’s portfolio company DagonIT Systems Ltd. He has worked with businesses from the start-up level to Fortune 500 companies. His experience managing large development teams makes him an excellent project manager and communicator. A business owner himself, he is an expert in working with budget-conscious startups, making him keenly qualified to deliver reliable cost-efficient software development solutions.

Matt engages with his community by volunteering with the Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS) and The Children’s Hospital.  During his decade long tenure with TFG he has grown and donated his hair to Locks of Love multiple times. He also volunteers his time as a guide and developer for Anglers of Honor and with Lincoln Hills Cares.

Alison Dorsey is the Chief Construction Officer of the Abel Willing departments at TFG.

She oversees all construction residential & commercial building nationally acting as dual owner’s rep to ensure budget guidelines, quality control, and completion schedules are met.
Alison brings 20 years of construction expertise, operational diversification management implementation, and OSHA compliance implementation from the West Los Angeles area
(municipal to high- end projects) which has the reputation of the best means and methods for construction processes. Having exposure to diverse consultants nationally, provides opportunities to solidify and maintain good relationships within the construction industry and clientele.

As manager of Abel Willing Department at TFG, Alison along with her staff oversee multimillion-dollar assets nationally, as well as, maintaining excellent property management service, superb concierge services, and facilitating client requests.

The unique opportunity to oversee multiple departments, allows her to inter-face with all departments across the company. Her critical thinking and people skills in various areas are necessary to utilize on a daily basis.
Alison is the Chair of God Cares a Non-profit organization her family established in 2018. This Los Angeles charity which pushes forth efforts to resolve homelessness, hungry, and mental treatments in the infamous “Skid Row” and surrounding Los Angeles areas.
She also organized community combined relief efforts for the following disasters this past decade, Katrina Hurricane Relief in Louisiana, Flint Michigan Water Crisis, Haiti Earthquakes and No Child Hungry. In most recent activity, this past summer was the Pray & Protest March that took place near USC and the African American Museum which boosted and great bond in the community during these unprecedent times. Her overall love for people motivates her to progress daily professionally and personally.

Jason Pomerantz, Chief Legal Officer, oversees all legal aspects of TFG, ensuring legal compliance and sustainability of stakeholder interests. Jason offers a unique process that gets deals done, combining solid legal strategy with a creative approach to managing risk, financing projects and the skill to find novel solutions to thorny issues.

Jason’s background in private law practice and in-house at several real estate development and service firms allows him to bring a depth of legal knowledge, combined with practical business sense, adding unique perspective to the leadership team. It is this perspective that lends to community building that is the core of the TFG mission.