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Steven Kohn

Cushman & Wakefield, Vice Chairman & President

President
Ed Adler

BentallGreenOak, Head of US Credit

Vice President
Greta Guggenheim

TPG Real Estate Finance Trust, Chief Executive Officer

Vice President
Kenneth Horn

Alchemy Properties., Vice President

Vice President
Robert Lapidus

L&L Holding Company, LLC President and Chief Investment Officer

Vice President
Eric Mulkowsky

Robin Hood Foundation, Senior Management Consultant

Treasurer
Jeffrey Schwartz

Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg & Atlas LLP, Partner

Secretary
Marty Burger

Silverstein Properties, Inc., Chief Executive Officer
Anar Chudgar

Artemis Real Estate, Managing Director
Matt Galligan

CIT, President - Real Estate Finance
Suzy Myers Jackson

Opening Act, Executive Director
Sonny Kalsi

BentallGreenOak, Founder and Partner
Richard Kessler

Benenson Capital Partners, Chief Operating Officer
Marty Kravet

Royal Abstract, President
Matt Lazar

Angelo, Gordon & Co., Vice President
Michael Lehrman

BGC Real Estate Partners - Cantor Fitzgerald, Global Head of Real Estate
Steven Lichtenfeld

Proskauer, Partner
James Nelson

Avison Young, Principal Head of Tri-State Investment Sales
Michael Nash

Blackstone, Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer
Bethany Logan Ropa

UBS, Managing Director - Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure Group
David Schulman

Bear Wagner Specialists, LLC (retired)
Adam Schwartz

Angelo, Gordon & Co., Managing Director
Richard Wagman

Madison Capital, Managing Director – United States/Europe Real Estate Group
Florence Wiener

SparkYouth NYC, Executive Director
Rhea Wong

Nonprofit Consultant

Sally Berg, Co-Founder
Barbara Kohn Welsh
Barbara Kronman, Co-Founder

Florence Wiener, Executive Director

Flo has a wealth of experience in the nonprofit sector in general and children’s issues in particular. A lawyer by training, Flo’s legal career included serving as a staff attorney with The Legal Aid society, and Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York. In 1999 she co-founded and served for eight years as Deputy Director of The Partnership for Children’s Rights, an organization dedicated to providing legal services to disadvantaged and disabled youth in New York City. She has served as a consultant to numerous foundations and nonprofit organizations on issues relating to development, program management, Board engagement, and strategic planning. Flo is a graduate of Tufts University and NYU School of Law.
Kelley Cunningham, Director of Operations & Development

Kelley joined SparkYouth NYC in 2014. Before SparkYouth, Kelley served as the Development Manager for The Waterfront Alliance and spent six years working in the Development Department of the international ocean conservation organization Oceana. During her time at Oceana Kelley garnered extensive experience in event planning; corporate and foundation fundraising; and the management and administration of major gift programs. Kelley also worked in Development at the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Reading Partners New York. Kelley earned her A.B. from Mount Holyoke College and is currently completing a Certificate in Fundraising at NYU.
Natasha Lee, Office Coordinator

Natasha got her start in the non profit sector at Atlas: DIY, an organization empowering undocumented immigrant youth in NYC. Rotating between a variety of roles as Front Desk Manager, Membership Coordinator, Development Assistant and the coordinator of one of the first youth immigration paralegal teams, DACA Squad, Natasha has learned a diverse set of skills in programming, communications, fundraising, and operations. She joined SparkYouth NYC in 2016 and continues her dedication to emerging youth centered organizations. Natasha holds a B.A. in Statistics and Sociology from Hunter College.