Real Estate Board of New York

Leadership & Staff

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Lawrence J Cohen

• member, board of governors

Michael Phillips Principal and President, Jamestown

• Position

Dorothy Herman Co owner, NYC real estate firm Douglas Ellman

• member, board of governors

Paimaan Lodhi Vice President of Urban Planning, REBNY

• Vice President of Urban Planning (Mar '13→?) [+1]

• Assistant Vice President of Government Affairs (?→Mar '13)

Jamie McShane Spokesperson for REBNY, former NYC Council Spokesperson

• Senior VP for Communications (Jan 1 '14→?)

James Whelan REBNY public affairs executive; former Bloomberg official

• President ('19→?) [+1]

• public affairs executive ('10→?)

Richard De Zego Head of Commercial Real Estate for HSBC Bank

• Member, Board of the Institutional Owners Committee

John H Banks III president and CEO of REBNY

• President-Elect (Mar 2 '15→?)*

William Auerbach CFO, REBNY

• Chief Financial Officer

Eugene M Grant President of Eugene M Grant & Co real estate firm, philanthropist and leader in Jewish community

• past governor (past)

Board Members

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Laurent Morali Kushner Companies

• Board Member

Jeremy Shell TF Cornerstone Inc.

• Board Member

Eric Feuerstein Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

• Board Member

Helena Rose Durst Chief Administrative Officer, the Durst Organization

• Board Member

Bernard Warren president of Webb & Brooker

• Board Member

Winston Fisher Fisher Brothers

• Board Member

Jonathan L Mechanic Chairman of real estate department at Fried Frank

• officer

Bruce A Beal Jr. President of Related Companies.

• officer

Leonard Boxer Chairman, Real Estate Department, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

• officer

Leslie Wohlman Himmel Himmel & Meringoff Properties

• assistant treasurer

Donations

New York League of Conservation Voters 501(c)4 environmental advocacy organization aimed at elected officials and voters

• Contribution · 36,000 USD (Apr 8 '22)

New York State Conservative Party

• campaign contributions · 15,000 USD (Oct 9 '12) [+2]

• campaign contributions · 15,000 USD (Nov 13 '12)

• campaign contributions · 5,000 USD (Jun 10 '13)

Holdings

Real Estate Board of New York PAC Political Action Committee for REBNY

• Parent Organization

Members

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Newmark Group Inc. commercial real estate advisory and services firm

• Member

The Winter Organization NY real estate investment firm

• Membr

Savills Commercial real estate firm

• Member

Atco Properties & Management, Inc.

• Member

Helmsley Spear LLC America's oldest, continuously operating real estate company

• Member firm

Empire State Realty Trust NYSE-listed REIT

• Member

The Related Companies, L.P. Related Companies is a fully integrated, highly diversified real estate industry leader.

• Member

Durst Organization Inc NYC commercial and residential developer and operator

• commercial brokerage member

Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P. Major NYC real estate company

• commercial brokerage member

Forest City Ratner Companies New York division of Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises

• Member

Memberships

The Business Council of New York State, Inc. New York State business association

• Member

Affordable Housing and Local Jobs Now Coalition promoting 421-a

• Member

Putting New Yorkers to Work Inc. Group controlled by REBNY

• Member*

Taxpayers for an Affordable New York Inc. Anti-tax group of big business interests

• Member

Committee to Save New York Group of business and real estate executives set up to help Cuomo secure budget cuts

• Co-Founder

Services & Transactions

Greenberg Traurig LLP International law firm with 2000 lawyers and lobbyists

• lobbying firm · 252,000 USD

99 Solutions Lobbying Firm

• lobbying firm ('11→?)

QNS Real Estate Conference (2015) 2015 real estate networking conference in Queens, New York

• an event (Feb 26 '15→?)

Sam NeJame Lobbyist, Greenberg Traurig

• Lobbyist

Jay L Kriegel Senior advisor at Related

• consultant