Martin ‘Tino’ Alexander Kamarck

Martin (“Tino”) A. Kamarck, son of Andrew M. Kamarck and Margaret E. Kamarck, was born on May 15, 1949, in Rome, Italy while his father was posted to the Allied Control Commission of Italy during World War II.  Tino then grew up and attended public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. He passed away peacefully on February 17, 2026 in New York. He was graduated from Haverford College in 1971 and received JD from Stanford Law School in 1975. Although he had a highly successful career like his father, he was a dreamer and poet at heart, much like his mother.
   Tino spent his entire career in finance, first as a lawyer and partner in the firm of Morrison & Foerster and then in senior executive positions in the financial guaranty insurance industry and in asset management over the course of more than five decades.  Prior to starting his career however, he did alternative service as a conscientious objector at Norristown State Hospital during the Vietnam War.  That experience impacted on him greatly and he drew from it throughout his life.  Among the many high-level positions he held throughout his esteemed career, he served as Vice Chair and then President & Chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States from 1993-97. Toward the end of his career, he served as an independent director of Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Inc., a commercial real estate mortgage REIT from 2018-2021 and then retired to become even more active in the community.
Beyond his career and throughout his life, he was a man driven by an ethic of civic and community service, caring deeply about causes that promoted a more equitable and sustainable world for future generations.  His volunteerism spanned decades.  Most recently he served as a trustee of the Brewster (MA) Conservation Trust (2009-2025) including holding the position of Chairman from 2021-2024.  And, after moving to Westchester County in 2016 with his wife Cassy, Tino became involved as a donor, volunteer and board member (Secretary and Chair of the Development Committee) of the Westchester Parks Foundation and a member of the Westchester County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Board.  His commitment to preserving natural habitats with native species was a driving force for his volunteerism and was a deeply held passion.
Previous civic involvement included serving as a board member of Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. of Anacostia; Chair of the Arlington County (VA) Transportation Commission; a board member of Einstein Medical School’s Center for Autistic Children’s Development; a trustee of the Berkeley Carroll School (Brooklyn, NY); a board member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers; a board member (and Vice Chair) of the Association of Financial Guaranty Insurers; a board member of the Appleseed Foundation; a member of the Brewster (MA) Housing Partnership and Community Preservation Committees; president and board member of the Brewster Cemetery Association; board member of the Rock Creek Conservancy; board member and treasurer of 1230 Park Avenue Inc. (a NYC co-op corporation); and volunteer with the Prospect Park and Central Park Conservancies.
In his private time, he enjoyed reading voraciously, writing poetry, traveling, gardening, morning coffee with the New York Times crossword puzzle, sharing a good rant about the latest world headlines with Cassy and his closest friends, slow dancing in the kitchen, 5 o’clock cocktails, pulling invasive plants, and floating in on the tide at his beloved Brewster Flats where his family had vacationed since 1929. 
He is survived by the one he called “the love of his life” and wife Cassy King Kamarck, his sisters Ellen Davies and Elizabeth Minnich, his three children (of whom he was very proud) Abraham Kamarck, Benjamin Kamarck and Chloe Kamarck Fox, and their mother Elaine; his two stepchildren Alexis Nichols and Joshua Turiczek; and ten grandchildren, Mateo Kamarck, Vincent Kamarck, Katia Kamarck, Marcus Kamarck, Meia Chao Kamarck, Luca Chao Kamarck, Kian Chao Kamarck, Grant Fox, Etta Fox, and Zadie Fox.
An inurnment for Tino will be held at the Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, MA., in the spring/summer. (He looks forward to watching over the kids pranking cars as they drive by on Old Lower Road).  If you would like to honor Tino’s memory, he would have been delighted for you to make a gift to the Brewster Conservation Trust (BCT@brewsterconservationtrust.org) or the Westchester Parks Foundation (www.thewpf.org).