Resume of Ian Berke

• 2824 Clay Street
  San Francisco, CA 94115

35+ Years in San Francisco Real Estate

• Focus on architecturally interesting residential properties, $700,000 to $4,000,000, closing approximately 16 purchases/sales annually.
• Appointed by the San Francisco Association of Realtors to the Professional Standards Committee (1992-2001); elected director (1975); served on the Grievance Committee (1976-79, 1987-91) and the MLS development team (1987).
• Charter member, Real Estate Roundtable.
• Restored four Victorian homes.
• Expert witness: standard of care (residential real estate).

Engineering Training and Experience

• Planned and scheduled construction of nuclear power plants with Bechtel Corp.
• Planned and supervised road, airfield and building engineering with RMK-BRJ in Vietnam for four years, following two years active duty as an Army Corps of Engineers lieutenant (1 year in Vietnam).
• Graduated Colorado School of Mines: geological engineering.

Personal Interests and Affiliations

Architectural history and preservation

• VSA architectural summer school (Newport)
• Attingham Study Course: Yorkshire (2005), Madrid (2006)
• Architectural history tutorials: London (1996), Paris (1998), Florence (1999), Rome (2000), Venice (2002), Sicily (2009), London (2005), Madrid and Barcelona (2006)
• Stained glass tutorials: New York (1996), London (1996 & 2005), Boston (2006)
• Member, Society of Architectural Historians
• Member, Victorian Society in American; past president, Bay Area Chapter
• Member, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Board member, Pacific Heights Residents Association (1993-2009)
• Member, San Francisco Heritage & Victorian Alliance

Decorative Arts

• Board member & lecture chair, American Decorative Arts Forum (1988-2002)
• Member, Association for Gravestone Studies
• Collector of 19th century American furniture, glass, ceramics, lighting, and folk art.

Philanthropic

• Supporter, Swords to Plowshares (veterans support organization) Swords-to-Plowshares.org