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Mark Goode - Chief Executive Officer

J. Mark Goode, Chief Executive Officer of
The Peninsula Group, LLC and its services subsidiary Life Policy Dynamics, LLC is recognized for innovation and leadership in the life settlement industry.
Following careful analysis of investment trends, Mark Goode identified emerging opportunities in the secondary market for life insurance during the summer of 2002. Recognizing the inefficiencies and robust growth potential of this valuable young market, Mark Goode organized and founded
The Peninsula Group, LLC in early 2003. Since 2003 Mark Goode and Peninsula have formed and manage four (4) operating companies focused on the secondary life insurance markets.
His original vision for Peninsula was an integrated holding company entirely focused on the senior life insurance and life premium finance markets. Today Peninsula controls and manages four distinct business subsidiaries which operate from Washington, DC as a service provider for life settlement and loan collateral portfolios, a licensed life settlement provider, a life insurance premium finance originator, as well as a life settlement fund manager and advisor.
In addition to serving as Peninsula's CEO and Co-Managing Member, Mr. Goode is also the CEO of Life Policy Dynamics, LLC. Mr. Goode is an elected member of the Life Insurance Settlement Association Board of Directors and serves as Chairman of the LISA Political & Legislative Committee.
Prior to his involvement in the secondary market for life insurance, Mr. Goode was integrally involved in structuring complex funding for a number of substantial commercial real estate transactions. As a real estate investment banker, he raised and placed significant European equity for the purchase of landmark commercial office buildings in Washington, DC.
In addition to his financial and entrepreneurial experience, Mr. Goode is a former Captain in the United States Marine Corps, where he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Legislative Affairs with a focus on Monetary and Fiscal Policy from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development from the University of Oklahoma.
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Nancy Trick - Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Trick oversees and manages all aspects of The Peninsula Group's forecasting, modeling, reporting and accounting functions. Ms. Trick began serving Peninsula as an advisor to its life settlement origination company in 2003. She joined the management team as its CFO during early 2005. Within LPD, she is an integral part of the support provided to funder, owner and lending clients for their investor reporting. Prior to joining Peninsula, Ms. Trick spent more than twenty-five years in senior financial capacities, including Chief Financial Officer, for several real estate ownership, management and asset management concerns. She also served as a Director of the Reznick Group, a leading national public accounting firm. Ms. Trick also participated on the task force organized by the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) to support the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in issuing the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Staff Position to FASB Technical Bulletin 85-4, which significantly changed the accounting for life settlements and made it easier for public companies to own investments in life settlements. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Illinois State University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland. She is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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Nadeem Waeen - General Council

Nadeem Waeen is the General Counsel of Life Policy Dynamics. Mr. Waeen most recently served as Associate General Counsel of InsCap Management, LLC. Mr. Waeen also worked as an attorney at Dewey & Leboeuf, one of the major insurance law firms in the United States, and clerked to a U.S. district court judge. Mr. Waeen holds a J.D. from Cornell Law School and a B.A. from New York University.
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Jerry Cherrington - Senior Insurance Advisor
Mr. Cherrington brings a wealth of financial and life insurance industry experience to the Life Policy Dynamics team. With well over 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles, Jerry is highly knowledgeable in numerous aspects of life insurance products and strategies. Mr. Cherrington has held leadership positions with life insurance firms including: Anchor National Life Insurance, Transamerica Life Companies, ING, and the Principal Financial Group. Previously Jerry held the position of Director of Acquisitions with Life Equity, LLC a well respected life settlement provider.
Jerry holds a Master's degree from the University of Maryland, a Bachelor's Degree from Beloit College (WI) and has held the following registrations: Series 6, Series 7, Series 24, Series 26, and Series 63. He also held Ohio Life, Health and Variable Products Licenses (1998-2002) and was a licensed Investment Advisor Representative from 2000-2002.
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Michael Fisher - Director of Operations

Mr. Fisher is the Life Policy Dynamics Director of Operations and is responsible for managing the day to day servicing activities. In addition to his management responsibilities Mr. Fisher focuses on individual policy and portfolio valuations, premium finance loan qualification, collateral and premium optimization for new business and inforce life insurance policies, as well as valuation quality control. He joins LPD with over 7 years experience in the life insurance marketplace.
Prior to joining Life Policy Dynamics, Mr. Fisher most recently managed the pricing department at Capital Wealth Strategies, a premium finance entity. As a Department Head with CWS he oversaw both the illustrations and collateral valuations teams and generated the financial modeling for potential cases. Mr. Fisher was also responsible for supervising case design, determining approval/failure guidelines, and quality control.
In addition to his experience with CWS, Mr. Fisher spent 5 years with The Potomac Group, a Crump Company, as a Senior Sales Consultant. In this role he assisted independent agents with advanced case design, premium finance modeling, sales strategy, product illustrations, and general sales support. He brings a wealth of product, case design, and industry knowledge to the LPD Team.
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Justin Windholtz - Director of Technology

Mr. Windholtz directs all Life Policy Dynamics, LLC technology based activities and provides ongoing guidance to senior management regarding the appropriate use of technology to achieve a competitive business advantage. Mr. Windholtz is the creator and developer of Life Data Port, a new breakthrough technology, developed by LPD to serve the secondary life and life premium finance markets. The Life Data Port application was built to merge process, speed, and security in a unique, easy to use web interface. Mr. Windholtz manages the customization of the Life Data Port application to meet the dynamic requirements and unique specifications of each LPD client.
Prior to joining our team, Justin was a .Net developer for a consulting firm in Cincinnati where he worked on portfolio analytic software for hedge funds and money managers. Justin holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He is experienced in working with vb.Net, asp.Net, C, C++, and a variety of database systems, including SQL server, mySQL, and DB2 legacy systems.
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Jonathan Nguyen-Phuong - Director of Research

Mr. Nguyen-Phuong has substantial experience in analyzing and pricing life settlements. His main function at Life Policy Dynamics, LLC is in the management of the LPD Life Settlement Market Analysis. In directing a team, he accomplishes the aggregation and research behind the study and also serves as the contact point for all parties with particular questions about the report. Mr. Nguyen-Phuong is also responsible for overseeing training activities within LPD and assisting with business development opportunities.
Prior to his current role, he worked as a pricing analyst with Secondary Life Capital, LLC, the provider arm of The Peninsula Group, LLC. Other work experience includes internships in China with CDH Investments and Otis Elevator as well as with the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC. Jonathan is a graduate of Georgetown University where he majored in Economics. He also has studied in Asia and traveled abroad extensively.
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Tabatha Gassler - Insured Data Analyst

Ms. Gassler serves as LPD's Insured Data Analyst. She concentrates her main activities on servicing the needs of Life Policy Dynamics clients. Ms. Gassler is responsible for the initial set-up of policy insured data for LPD's clients, and Ms. Gassler is in charge of ordering updated medical records and life expectancy reports upon request. Ms. Gassler also leads the insured tracking activity by maintaining quarterly contact with insureds or their designated contacts and performing database searches every two weeks. She is also involved in special projects for a number of clients related to updating out of date portfolio data. Ms. Gassler supports the Life Policy Dynamics Market Analysis with data collection from contributors which provides the life settlement industry with a periodic analysis of activity within the industry.
Ms. Gassler is a graduate of Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia where she earned a Business Administration degree with a concentration in Marketing.
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Jessica Ayala - Insured Data Analyst

As Policy Analyst for Life Policy Dynamics, LLC, Jessica Ayala is responsible for the valuation and analysis of insurance policies with a focus on valuation methodology and analytical review of historical industry data. Ms. Ayala also assists with the LPD portfolio servicing activities such as tracking of insureds and ongoing portfolio maintenance. Prior to joining Life Policy Dynamics, LLC, she was a case coordinator for another company involved in the life settlement industry where she was first introduced to life settlements. Her responsibilities with that company included the review of new case submissions for pricing as well as follow up and broker relations. After her time with that company she most recently worked for a Luxembourg based fund manager where she was responsible for database management for the purpose of generating new leads such as prospective investors, completing projects for the progress of the company gaining valuable experience about life settlements in the European marketplace.
Ms. Ayala is a native Washingtonian and has a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Maryland.
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Jennifer Stabile - Compliance Director

Jennifer Stabile comes to The Peninsula Group of companies from her former position as Compliance Director at Life Asset Group, LLC, one of the leading viatical/life settlement broker firms in the nation. In that position, she was responsible for handling the many compliance, licensing and regulatory issues that face the life settlement industry on a daily basis. She also assisted the firm's business alliance partnerships with support in the areas of marketing and licensure. Ms. Stabile's experience in the viatical/life settlement industry began in 1998 at Brinkley, McNerney, Morgan, Solomon & Tatum, one of the premier viatical and life settlement law firms in the nation. She worked exclusively for broker and provider clients making her a uniquely qualified individual capable of handling both sides of the transaction. During her years at the firm as senior paralegal and legislative analyst she was instrumental in and contributed to the drafting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ('NAIC') Viatical Settlements Model Regulation, the National Association of Securities Administrators Association ('NASAA') 'Guidelines to Viatical Settlement Investments' and various other states' viatical and life settlement legislation including revisions to Florida's Viatical Settlement Act. She was liaison between a broker client and the Florida state examiner's office during an audit of that company and also offered her support to a major provider client during a state examination of its business.
Ms. Stabile graduated from Berkley College, White Plains, New York with honors, where she studied general business, and from Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with high honors, where she obtained an A.S. Degree in Legal Assisting. Ms. Stabile holds a life, health and variable annuity license in Florida.
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