Our Team

• Daniel Alger
  

  Managing Director
  Goldman Sachs

• William E. Banfield JD ‘77
  

  Partner
  Podell, Schwartz, Schechter & Banfield, LLP

• Juan Barahona
  

  Principal
  SMJ Development LLC

• Zachary Bernstein
  

  Partner, Real Estate
  Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

• Jeffrey I. Brodsky MBA ‘82
  

  Vice Chairman
  Related Companies

• Jim Buckley
  

  Executive Director
  University Neighborhood Housing Program

• Louise Carroll
  

  Partner
  Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

• Rafael Cestero
  

  President and Chief Executive Officer
  The Community Preservation Corporation

• Annemarie DiCola JD ‘83
  

  Chief Executive Officer
  Trepp LLC

• Martin Dunn
  

  President
  Dunn Development Corp.

• Jake Elghanayan JD ‘12
  

  Principal and Senior Vice President
  TF Cornerstone

• Zoe Elghanayan
  

  Principal and Vice President
  TF Cornerstone

• Eric Enderlin (ex officio)
  

  President
  New York City Housing Development Corporation

• Robert Ezrapour
  

  Vice President
  Artimus

• Bernard Falk JD/MBA ‘75
  

  Senior Vice President and General Counsel
  Loeb Partners Realty LLC

• Carolee Fink
  

  Principal
  MSquared

• Mark Ginsberg
  

  Partner
  Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP

• John P. Gleber
  

  Managing Director
  Mizuho Securities

• Todd Gomez
  

  Senior Vice President
  Bank of America Merrill Lynch

• Colvin Grannum
  

  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

• Bernell Grier
  

  Executive Director
  IMPACCT Brooklyn

• Fred Harris MS ‘76, JD ‘79
  

  Special Advisor for Real Estate Development
  Jonathan Rose Companies

• Adam Hellegers
  

  Co-General Counsel
  L+M Development Partners, Inc.

• Karim Hutson
  

  Founder and Managing Member
  Genesis Companies

• Marc Jahr
  

  Senior Advisor
  Forsyth Street Advisors LLC

• Jeremy Johnson
  

  Co-Head
  Citi Community Capital

• Richard Jordan
  

  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
  Freedom Mortgage Corporation

• David Karnovsky
  

  Partner
  Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

• Aaron Koffman
  

  President
  The Hudson Companies, Inc.

• Kevin Lalezarian BS ‘99
  

  Principal
  Lalezarian Properties

• Holly M. Leicht
  

  Executive Director
  Madison Square Park Conservancy

• Jeffrey Levine
  

  Chairman
  Douglaston Development

• Nicole Lockett
  

  Managing Director, Development
  Genesis Companies

• Anthony Mannarino
  

  Executive Vice President
  Extell Development Company

• Jonathan Mechanic JD ‘77
  

  Chair, Real Estate Department
  Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

• Melva M. Miller
  

  Chief Executive Officer
  Association for a Better New York

• Jason Muss JD ‘96
  

  President
  Muss Development LLC

• Liz Oakley
  

  Executive Vice President, Affordable Housing
  Douglaston Development

• Charles Ostroff
  

  Senior Vice President and Multifamily Chief Credit Officer
  Fannie Mae

• Herbert Podell BA ‘54, JD ‘58
  

  Senior Partner
  Podell, Schwartz, Schechter & Banfield, LLP

• Jed Resnick
  

  Chief Executive Officer
  Douglaston Development

• Anthony Richardson
  

  Managing Director, NY Syndications
  CREA, LLC

• Gary Rodney MUP ‘99
  

  Managing Director, Affordable Housing
  Tishman Speyer

• Stephen Ross LLM ‘66
  

  Chairman and Founder
  Related Companies

• Michael Rudin MS ‘12
  

  Senior Vice President
  Rudin Management Company, Inc.

• Mitchell Rutter JD ‘80
  

  Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner
  Essex Capital Partners, Ltd.

• Eugene Schneur
  

  Managing Director
  Omni New York LLC

• David Schwartz
  

  Principal
  Slate Property Group

• Denise Scott
  

  Executive Vice President for Programs
  Local Initiatives Support Corporation​

• Larry Silverstein BA ‘52
  

  Chairman
  Silverstein Properties

• Richard Singer
  

  Partner
  Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP

• C.J. Slicklen
  

  Vice President, Portfolio Management
  Brookfield Asset Management

• Joan T. Tally
  

  Managing Director, Community Development Finance
  Morgan Stanley

• RuthAnne Visnauskas MUP ‘05 (ex officio)
  

  Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer
  New York State Homes and Community Renewal

• Jon Vogel JD ‘96
  

  Senior Vice President of Development
  AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

• Elise Wagner JD ‘81
  

  Partner
  Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

• David Walsh
  

  Senior Vice President of Community Development Banking
  JPMorgan Chase & Co.

• Adam Weinstein
  

  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Phipps Houses

• Eli Weiss MS ‘05
  

  Principal
  Joy Construction

• Michael David Williams MA ‘08, JD ‘15
  

  Senior Managing Associate
  Sidley Austin LLP

• Paul Woody
  

  Vice President of Real Estate
  Project Renewal

• Jessica Yager JD ‘03
  

  Director
  Red Hook Community Justice Center

• Aviva Yakren BA ‘94
  

  Partner 
  Sidley Austin LLP

• Aaron Yowell JD ‘07
  

  Partner; Chief Innovation Officer
  Nixon Peabody LLP