Board of Directors
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Steven Kohn
Cushman & Wakefield, Vice Chairman & President
President
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Ed Adler
BentallGreenOak, Head of US Credit
Vice President
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Greta Guggenheim
TPG Real Estate Finance Trust, Chief Executive Officer
Vice President
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Kenneth Horn
Alchemy Properties., Vice President
Vice President
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Robert Lapidus
L&L Holding Company, LLC President and Chief Investment Officer
Vice President
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Eric Mulkowsky
Robin Hood Foundation, Senior Management Consultant
Treasurer
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Jeffrey Schwartz
Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg & Atlas LLP, Partner
Secretary
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Marty Burger
Silverstein Properties, Inc., Chief Executive Officer
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Matt Galligan
CIT, President - Real Estate Finance
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Suzy Myers Jackson
Opening Act, Executive Director
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Sonny Kalsi
BentallGreenOak, Founder and Partner
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Richard Kessler
Benenson Capital Partners, Chief Operating Officer
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Marty Kravet
Royal Abstract, President
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Matt Lazar
Angelo, Gordon & Co., Vice President
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Michael Lehrman
BGC Real Estate Partners - Cantor Fitzgerald, Global Head of Real Estate
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Steven Lichtenfeld
Proskauer, Partner
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James Nelson
Avison Young, Principal Head of Tri-State Investment Sales
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Michael Nash
Blackstone, Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer
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Bethany Logan Ropa
UBS, Managing Director - Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure Group
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David Schulman
Bear Wagner Specialists, LLC (retired)
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Adam Schwartz
Angelo, Gordon & Co., Managing Director
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Richard Wagman
Madison Capital, Managing Director – United States/Europe Real Estate Group
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Florence Wiener
SparkYouth NYC, Executive Director
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Rhea Wong
Nonprofit Consultant
Legacy Members
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Sally Berg, Co-Founder
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Barbara Kohn Welsh
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Barbara Kronman, Co-Founder
SparkYouth NYC Staff
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Florence Weiner, 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.
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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.
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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.