Dirck Keyser Iacobelli (1949–2026) was a graduate of the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth in 1972, and joined the General Electric Company in Schenectady in 1972. A later transfer with GE brought him and his wife to Darien, Connecticut, where Dirck worked with the GE Pension Trust’s real estate portfolio.
In 1982, Dirck joined the Del E. Webb Corporation in Arizona, where he helped develop Elliott Grove and the Ahwatukee Foothills. He later built a successful career as a self-employed consultant specializing in real estate development, bankruptcy restructuring, and turnaround management. Throughout his career, he managed the liquidation and disposition of real estate assets for several major companies, including American Continental Corporation, Executive Life Insurance Company, and Grossman's Bargain Outlet.