The Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute Advisory Board is comprised of top leaders in the real estate industry.
The Advisory Board provides guidance and support to the Institute in such areas as curriculum development, internship programs, job opportunities, research issues, and the expansion of the Department’s new focus on international real estate education and conferences.
Dennis Friedrich (CEO, Brookfield Property Partners – Global Office Division) is the Chair and William Newman is the Honorary Chair of the Department’s Advisory Board.
Advisory Board members also participate in networking events with degree students at the William Newman Department of Real Estate, including the Advisory Board Speaker Series and the Advisory Board Mentor for the Day Program.
| First Name | Last Name | Position | Company |
| Debbie | Bernstein | Trustee | Baruch College Fund |
| Kenneth | Bernstein | President & CEO | Acadia Realty Trust |
| Erez | Britt | CEO | Tandem Capital |
| Douglas | Durst | Co-President/Chairman | Durst Organization, Inc. |
| Daniel | Egan | Managing Director, Americas Head of Real Estate ESG |
Blackstone |
| Marc | Ehrlich | President | Rose Associates |
| Dennis | Friedrich | Principal | TKF Real Estate Investment |
| Francis | Greenburger | Chairman and CEO | Time Equities, Inc. |
| David | Henry | Co-founder | Peaceable Street Capital |
| Adam | Jacobs | Senior Director | New York Life Investors LLC |
| Sandy | Klein | Partner | Katz, Sapper & Miller |
| A. Mitti | Liebersohn | Chairman of New York Brokerage | Savills |
| Joseph | Macnow | Executive Vice President Finance & Administration/CFO/CAO | Vornado Realty Trust |
| Joe | Moinian | CEO | The Moinian Group |
| Peter | Musso | Licensed Real Estate Broker | Team Musso- Realty Connect USA |
| Miki | Naftali | Chairman & CEO | The Naftali Group |
| Richard | Pergolis | President | Pergolis & Associates, Inc. |
| Nancy | Ruddy | Founding Principal | Cetra Ruddy Architecture D.P.C. |
| Glenn | Rufrano | CEO | Realty Income |
| Joshua | Schuster | Managing Principal | Silverback Development |
| Frank | Sciame | Chairman & CEO | F.J. Sciame Construction Company, Inc. |
| David | Simon | Chairman and CEO | Simon Property Group |
| Shaunak | Tanna | Head – Structured Investments | Basis Investment Group |
| Steven A. | Wechsler | President & CEO | NAREIT |
| Jaime | Weiss | President | Weiss Realty Co. Inc. |
| Barry A. | Ziering, PhD | Head of Real Assets Capital Markets, North America | M&G Investments |