Kevin Dretzka

Kevin Dretzka is a private equity investor who has been active in oil and gas exploration, real estate development, agricultural processing technology development, and service company investments.

In recent years, his for-profit efforts primarily have involved two firms: Kentwood Ventures and AgVault LLC. Among other projects, Kevin is the executive producer of For a Younger Self, an album featuring the American Youth Symphony which was released July 2024 (Orchid Classics).

From 1987 until 2004, he was a managing director of Eastdil Realty (now Eastdil Secured). Prior to Eastdil, he was a vice president of Heron Properties, a private, London-based real estate firm.

Kevin has been a director of the UCLA Health System; a director and Board secretary of the Los Angeles Union Rescue Mission (URM) and chairman of URM’s $55M capital campaign; and chair of the Board of the American Youth Symphony. Prior board positions include the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, South Central Family Health Center, and the Catholic Education Foundation.

Kevin is currently the project manager (volunteer) of the Claris Health new campus development in Inglewood, California.

He received BBA and MS degrees from the University of Wisconsin. After being Los Angeles residents for 40 years, he and his wife, Silvia, relocated to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in early 2025. They have two adult children and are members of the St. Francis de Sales Parish in Lake Geneva.