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NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate

ADVISORY BOARD

The NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate owes its reputation to the quality and commitment of its industry support. Since 1967, the Institute’s prestigious advisory board has been guiding the Schack Institute in its activities. Members are prominent leaders of the real estate community from New York City and the national real estate arena. They serve on the board under the direction of a chairman and an executive committee.

Board members review curricula, suggest new programs, organize and participate in conferences, raise funds, and support the Institute’s other public purpose activities. A number of special advisory boards, councils, and committees support specialized segments of the Institute’s programs


NYU SCHACK INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE ADVISORY BOARD

* denotes Executive Committee Board Member

James D. Kuhn*, president, Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc.; chairman, advisory board, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate
Larry A. Silverstein*, president, Silverstein Properties, Inc.; chairman emeritus, Advisory Board, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate

Robin Abrams, executive vice president, The Lansco Corporation
Joseph F. Azrack, chairman, Citigroup
Keith Barket, senior managing director, Angelo, Gordon & Co.
Robert S. Blumenthal, managing director, Deutsche Bank Securities Corp.
Joseph J. Bonner, managing director, Prudential Real Estate Investors
Leonard Boxer, senior partner , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP
Louis Brause, chairman, Brause Realty, Inc.
Richard B. Clark, president and chief executive officer, Brookfield Properties Corporation
Martin Cohen, co-chairman and co-ceo, Cohen & Steers
Milton Cooper, chairman and chief cxecutive cfficer, Kimco Realty Corporation
Joseph A. DeLuca*, principal, MHD Capital Partners, LLC; president, Joseph A DeLuca, Inc.
Jonathan Dracos, vice president , Investcorp International Inc.
Douglas Durst, president, The Durst Organization, Inc.
Lester Fisher, partner, Olnick-Fisher Development Associates
Kevin Fitzpatrick, president, AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp
Thomas Flexner, vice chairman of the board, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.
Bruce D. Frank, partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Mary Ann Gilmartin, executive vice president, director commercial & residential development, Forest City Ratner Cos.
Patricia Goldstein, senior executive vice president & chief credit officer, Emigrant Bank
Jerome W. Gottesman*, chairman of the board, Edison Properties, LLC
Eugene M. Grant, president, Eugene M. Grant & Company LLC
David R. Greenbaum*, president, New York Office Division, Vornado Realty Trust
Francis J. Greenberger, chief executive officer, Time Equities, Incs.
Veronica W. Hackett*, managing partner, The Clarett Group
Abby Hamlin, president, Hamlin Ventures, LLC
Deborah Harmon, president and chief investment officer, JER Partners
Henry W. Haunss, Jr., partner, Apollo Real Estate Advisors
David Henry, vice chariman, Kimco Realty Corporation
Dorothy Herman, president and chief executive officer, Prudential Douglas Elliman
Mitchell E. Hersh, president and chief executive officer, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation
Michael P. Higgins, managing director & head of U.S. real estate finance, CIBC World Markets
Marc Holliday, president, Green, S.L. Realty Corporation
Kenneth W. Hubbard, executive vice president, Hines
Robert W. Jones, president, Robert W. Jones & Associates, Inc.
Jonathan L. Mechanic*, partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Richard Katzenstein, senior managing director, MMA Realty Capital, Inc
Richard A. Kessler, chief operating officer, Benenson Capital Partners, LLC
George Klein, chairman, Park Tower Group
Michael Kornblum, president, Mi-Kor Realty Corp.
Benjamin V. Lambert, chairman, Eastdil Secured
Richard S. LeFrak, president LeFrak Organization, Inc.
Jeffrey Levine, president, Levine Builders
David Lowenfeld, partner, The World Wide Group
Harry Macklowe, president, Macklowe Properties
Charlie J. Maikish, executive vice president, JP Morgan Chase
Paul Massey Jr., founding partner, Massey Khakal Realty Services
Elliot S. Matz, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp
William C. McCahill, Jr., partner, Apollo Real Estate Advisors, LP
Benjamin M. McGrath*, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Edward, J. Minskoff Equities, Inc.
Matthew Kasindorf, Meister Seelig & Fein LLP
Robert R. Merck, senior vice president, MetLife
Edward J. Minskoff, president, Minskoff, Edward J., Equities, Inc.
Joseph Moinian, chief executive officer, The Moinian Group
Bruce Mosler, president and chief executive officer, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
Lee Neibart, senior partner, Apollo Real Estate Advisors
Daniel M. Neidich, chairman and co-chief executive officer, Dune Capital Management, LP
James W. O'Keefe, Jr., chief executive officer, UBS Realty Investors, LLC
Robin Panovka, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Paul E. Pariser, co-chief executive officer, Taconic Investment Partners, LLC
Philip Pilevsky, president, Philips International
Alan J. Pomerantz*, partner, Evercore Real Estate Partners LP
Bruce C. Ratner, president and chief executive officer, Forest City Ratner Companies
Scott Rechler, president and chief executive officer, Reckson Associates Realty Corp.
Scott Resnick, executive managing director, Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc.
Peter E. Ricker, president, MB Real Estate
Amy Rose, managing director, Rose Associates, Inc.
Aby Rosen, owner, AAA RFR Realty LLC
Stephen M. Ross, president, The Related Companies, L.P.
Stuart Rothenberg, co-chief operating officer, Goldman Sachs & Company
Richard Ruben, president, Lawrence Ruben Company, Inc.
Mitchell E. Rudin*, president, CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
William Rudin, president, Rudin Management Company, Inc.
Glenn J. Rufrano, chief executive officer, New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc.
Mitchell Brent Rutter, president, Essex Capital Partners
Richard B. Saltzman, president, Colony Capital LLC
Pamela Samuels, president, Corridor Holdings Corp
Scott Schaevitz, managing director, Lehman Brothers Inc.
Edward Scheetz, partner, Northstar Capital Partners
Harvey Schulweis, president, Schulweis Realty, Inc.
Frank Sciame, chief executive officer, F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.
Jay Segal, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLC
Paul Selver, partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Stephen B. Siegel, president, CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
Steven Simkin, partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
Andrew J. Singer, chairman and chief executive officer, The Singer & Bassuk Organization
Richard Speciale, managing principal, Aequitas
Steven Spinola, president, The Real Estate Board of New York
Axel Stawski, principal, Stawski Group
Julien J. Studley, president, Julien J. Studley, Inc.
Jay Sugarman, chairman and chief executive officer, iStar Financial Inc.
John A. Taylor, managing director, PaineWebber Commercial Real Estate Securities
Neil Underberg, partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
Steven R. Wechsle, senior managing director, Tishman Speyer
Andrew J. Weiner, partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Marilyn Weitzman, principal, The Weitzman Group, Inc.
Richard A. Wilpon, senior executive vice president, Sterling Equities, Inc.
Lary S. Wolf, partner, Roberts & Holland LLP
Simon Ziff, president, Ackman Ziff Real Estate Group LLC

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN: Frank Sciame, chief executive officer, F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.

Richard Anderson, president, New York Building Congress
Tricia Atallah, president, Vantage Point Strategy Group
Robert V. Benazzi, P.E., partner, Jaros Baum & Bolles
Robert Burkavage, project manager, F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.
Constantine Kontokosta, P.E., clinical professor, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate
Richard Lambeck, P.E., clinical professor, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate
Patricia Lancaster, FAIA, president, The Lancaster Group of New York City
Mary McDonald, president, BBBBBB General Contractors
Joseph Mizzi, president, F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.
Robert Morgenstern, academic director, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate
John Rapaport, general counsel/dir. of operations, Component Assembly Systems, Inc.
*Milo E. Riverso, PhD, PE, president, STV Group
Rosemary Scanlon, director of academic affairs, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate
Richard Tomasetti, chairman, Thornton Tomasetti