Peter Hauspurg is the Chairman and CEO of Eastern Consolidated, a commercial real estate service firm with 100 brokers specializing in commercial property sales, retail property leasing and mortgage finance, primarily in the New York metropolitan and Tri-State areas. Mr. Hauspurg and his partner, President Daun Paris, founded the firm in 1981 and have been creating some of the most significant deals to dot the New York City skyline ever since. Some of the nation’s most respected investors have called upon Mr. Hauspurg for counsel and representation, including the John L. Loeb family, the Edgar Bronfman family, George Soros, Stephen L. Green, the Moinian Family, the Durst Family, Rose Associates and many more. Also an accredited tax attorney, Mr. Hauspurg applies his legal savvy daily to arrange alternative acquisition and disposition structures to minimize tax effects on his clients’ behalf. Mr. Hauspurg also sits on the New York City Director’s Advisory Council and the Mortgage Committee of M & T Bank, a New York Stock Exchange listed bank with over $80 billion in assets. He is a member of the Board of Governors of The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and is a past Chairman of its Sales Brokers Committee. He is a guest lecturer in the Board’s Continuing Education Program and is a frequent industry speaker. Mr. Hauspurg has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Westchester Land Trust for over ten years. Mr. Hauspurg is committed to philanthropic efforts for the New York area community. He is currently serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA), a nonsectarian organization founded in 1822 and dedicated to providing housing, medical care and vocational training to over 16,000 families in need in the Tri-State region, overseeing a $110 million annual budget with 1,100 employees. Together he and partner Daun Paris have been dedicated to the JCCA cause for 20 years through the creation of new programs, fundraising efforts and the donation of a building. Mr. Hauspurg has also rehabilitated several Harlem apartment buildings under the auspices of New York City’s Third Party Transfer Program, which are now occupied as affordable housing. Mr. Hauspurg is a graduate of Duke University and received his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham Law School with a specialization in tax law.