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 Leslie A. Anderson
Executive Director; New Jersey Redevelopment Authority
Development/Redevelopment Panel
Leslie A. Anderson was appointed as Executive Director of the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA) by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors in June 2004. As Executive Director, Anderson is the first African-American woman to head a state financing authority in New Jersey. Anderson played an integral role in the development of New Jersey’s urban strategy that was enacted into law in July 1996 through the New Jersey Urban Redevelopment Act, which created the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority. To date, NJRA has approved commitments totaling more than $320 million leveraging more than $2.8 billion in private investments. Through her leadership and management, NJRA will continue to successfully convey its mission and mandate of improving the quality of life by creating value in New Jersey’s urban communities. Anderson is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University.
 J. Christian Bollwage
Mayor, Elizabeth
The Mayor's Panel
Now in his 13th year as Mayor of Elizabeth, a diverse city of more than 124,000 and the fourth largest city in New Jersey, J. Christian Bollwage has created a more efficient city government while sparking $800 million in economic redevelopment which will see the city into the 21st century. Mayor Bollwage, a native of the city, was elected to his first term in 1992, and reelected in November 1996, November 2000, and November 2004. Mayor Bollwage currently serves on the United States Conference of Mayors National Advisory Committee. Last year Mayor Bollwage was appointed to serve as President on the Executive Board of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities and as Chair of the United States Conference of Mayors’ Criminal and Social Justice Committee. Currently, the Mayor is an adjunct professor in the Public Administration Department at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, where he teaches undergraduate courses in Public Administration.
 Mayor Cory A Booker
Mayor, Newark
One-on-One with Cory A. Booker
The Honorable Cory A. Booker is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He took the oath of office as Mayor of New Jersey’s largest city on July 1, 2006 following a sweeping electoral victory. He is only the third person to govern the city since 1970. Elected with a clear mandate for change, Mayor Booker has begun work on realizing his vision for the city, embarking upon a bold and ambitious agenda for change that is mission-driven and results-oriented. His vision: for Newark to be America’s leading urban city in safety, prosperity, and the nurturing of family life. His mission: for Newark is to set a national standard for urban transformation by marshalling its resources to achieve security, economic abundance, and an environment nurtures and empowers individuals and families.
In his first week in office, Mayor Booker introduced a 100-Day Plan to implement unprecedented reform in Newark. The major components of the plan are public safety, economic empowerment, nurturing families and children, and government reform. Among the areas of emphasis are adding police officers. Other changes include modifying the background check process for many city jobs, an effort to help former offenders find employment in the city; refurbishing police stations; improving the delivery of the city’s core services; and expanding summer and year-round youth programs and services.
Mayor Booker’s political career began in 1998, after serving as Staff Attorney for the Urban Justice Center and as a Program Coordinator of the Newark Youth Project. He rose to prominence by upsetting a four-term incumbent to become Newark’s Central Ward Councilman. During his four years of service, he earned a reputation as a leader with innovative ideas and bold actions, from increasing security in public housing to building new playgrounds. For this work, he has been recognized in numerous publications, including, among others, Time, Esquire (which named him one of the country’s 40 Best and Brightest in December 2002), New Jersey Monthly (which named him one of New Jersey’s Top 40 Under 40), and Black Enterprise (which named him to the Hot List, America’s Most Powerful Players under 40, in December 2005).
In addition to being the Founder of Newark Now, Mayor Booker is a member of several boards, including Integrity Inc.’s Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee of Yale Law School, Columbia University Teachers’ College Board of Trustees, the Black Alliance for Educational Options, North Star Academy, and the International Longevity Center. This shining star reformer earned a BA and MA at Stanford University and a Bachelor in Modern History at Oxford.
 Peter Cocoziello
President & CEO; Advance Realty Group
Transit Oriented Development Panel
Peter J. Cocoziello is the President and CEO of Advance Realty Group, formed in 1979, which specializes in real estate development, construction, and property management. Cocoziello had a mission to be the premier developer of creative real estate solutions. He started the company by purchasing a vacant lot in West Orange with the plans to develop his first property (14,000-square-foot office building). From there he moved on to single-family homes and town homes and finally to build-to-suit commercial office space. Today, the company owns more than four million square feet of commercial buildings, located from New Jersey to Washington, and has three million square feet in the development process along with more than 4,000 housing units.
 Donald Cresitello
Mayor, Morristown
The Mayor's Panel
Donald Cresitello was born in 1946 in Morristown, and has lived there for 59 years. He attended St. Margaret’s Grammar School, Oratory Prep, New York University, Red Rocks Community College and Thomas Edison State College. Cresitello has been a successful businessman for over 35 years in construction and real estate development. For more than 30 years Donald has served the people of Morristown. He has been a member of the planning board, town council and served as Mayor from 1978 to 1981. Donald is proud of his public service because he has always put the people of Morristown first. His accomplishments are many, but most important is his commitment to housing, commercial development and public parks for the town.
 Joseph V. Doria, Jr.
Joseph V. Doria, Jr., Commissioner; New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Transit Oriented Development Panel
Joseph V. Doria, Jr. was sworn in as Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs on January 22, 2008, following his appointment by Governor Jon S. Corzine. He has more than 30 years of experience in state and local government. As Commissioner, Doria oversees the Divisions of Local Government Services, Codes & Standards, Community Resources, Housing and Fire Safety, as well as the Division on Women, the Office of Smart Growth and the Center for Hispanic Policy, Research & Development. He also chairs the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, the New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency and the Council on Affordable Housing. Prior to joining DCA, Doria served as Mayor of Bayonne for nine years and represented Hudson County in the State Senate. Before becoming a Senator in 2004, he served 12 consecutive terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, including 10 years as Minority Leader and two years as Assembly Speaker.
Doria began his career as a social studies teacher at Holy Family Academy in Bayonne before joining St. Peter's College as an administrator and adjunct faculty-member. He served as a trustee on the Bayonne Board of Education for four years, three of them as board president, and served as Hudson County Board of Education President from 1978 to 1979. He has taught college-level courses at St. Peter’s College and Rutgers University. Doria has a bachelor’s degree from St. Peter’s College, a master’s degree from Boston College and a doctorate in education from Columbia University’s Teacher’s College. He is a trustee of both St. Peter's College and Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Bayonne.
 Carl Dranoff
Founder and CEO; Dranoff Properties, Inc.
The CEO Panel
Carl E. Dranoff is the Founder and CEO of Dranoff Properties, Inc. The firm’s distinctive brand of development create great places that transform and revitalize the urban core and develops projects that change the equation for their neighborhoods, cities, and regions by creating value and cultural vitality. Over the last 10 years, Dranoff has become the Philadelphia region’s leading multifamily, mixed-use developer. His latest masterpiece is the 32-story Symphony House, a luxury condominium building in Philadelphia that embraces the arts as a trigger for urban revitalization. Dranoff’s innovative redevelopment of the Camden Waterfront has been hailed as a national case study that demonstrates how creative, thoughtful development can bring lost communities back to life. In January 2008, Dranoff was selected to develop three mixed-use towers around the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark
 Jamie Fox
Partner; Fox & Shuffler
Transit Oriented Development Panel
Jamie Fox was the Former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Executive Director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Chief of Staff to New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey and U.S. Senator Bob Torricelli and State Director for U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg. Most recently, Fox served Governor Corzine as Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the nation’s largest public authority. Fox has developed a national reputation for political, communications and legislative strategy. He led national democratic efforts to regain the U.S. Senate Majority in 2000 and successfully developed plans to overhaul the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicles and the merger of the state’s toll roads. At the Port Authority, Fox has been at the center of negotiations involving the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site and the creation of a public-private collaboration to modernize and renovate Newark Liberty International Airport. Fox also spearheaded the Port Authority’s efforts to secure public and governmental support for ARC and to develop a fourth airport for the metropolitan region.
 David T. Gockel
P.E., P.P, President & CEO; Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
Development/Redevelopment Panel
As President/CEO of Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, David T. Gockel, P.E., P.P. has led Langan, the state's premier land development engineering and environmental services consultant, through the firm's most dramatic growth in its nearly 40-year history. Gockel specializes in complex urban redevelopment and brownfield projects, which often require innovative solutions that integrate Langan's site/civil, geotechnical, and environmental expertise. He has served as the Principal in charge of numerous high-profile projects such as Giants/Jets Stadium, Meadowlands Xanadu, Prudential Center, and Colgate Center.
 Robert S. Goldsmith
Partner, R.E.Dept/Chair, Redevelopment Group; Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, LLP
Development/Redevelopment Panel
Robert S. Goldsmith is Partner in the law firm of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP in its Real Estate Department, where he chairs the Redevelopment Practice Group. Goldsmith concentrates his practice in downtown redevelopment and revitalization. He has counseled and consulted with both developers and municipalities for numerous redevelopment projects throughout the state and over 30 Special Improvement Districts.
 Jerry Gottesman
Chairman; Edison Companies
The CEO Panel
Jerry Gottesman actively leads Edison Properties, LLC in strategic planning, real estate acquisition and development, operations, and marketing. He founded Edison Parking in 1956, with his late brother Harold, with one surface lot in Newark and expanded the business to be the operator of 160 locations, including 40 where Edison owned the property and 120 of which were leased or managed. In 1997, Gottesman transferred responsibilities for the managed locations to Allright Parking, which later merged with Central Parking. Gottesman developed a national reputation as a leader in the parking industry by authoring The Parking Book series, which explains the elements of design, revenue control, economics, and audit in parking. In 1978, he purchased the Hippodrome Building, 1120 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, a 650,000-square-foot office building, which includes the 650-space Hippodrome garage. He also developed a large executive office suite in the Hippodrome building, successfully challenging many prior paradigms of the business. Also in 1978, he founded Manhattan Mini Storage, Manhattan’s first self-storage business, which owns and operates 17 buildings comprising 2,500,000 square feet and 33,000 rooms. He is a member of the Board of Advisors, New York University Real Estate Institute, and Urban Land Institute, is a Trustee of Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and the Newark Museum, and is a founding member of the Newark Real Estate Board. Gottesman earned a BS degree in Engineering from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1952.
 Jerramiah Healy
Mayor, Jersey City
The Mayor's Panel
Jerramiah T. Healy is a lifelong resident and advocate of Jersey City. Mayor Healy attended Villanova University in Pennsylvania and graduated in 1972. He received a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law. Since taking office, Mayor Healy and his administration have been advocates for reducing crime and making the streets safer, improving the quality of life, and bringing more jobs and ratables to reduce the property tax burden on the Jersey City community. By establishing the Jerramiah T. Healy Charitable Foundation, Inc., the Mayor and Mrs. Healy hope to ease the financial burdens of those residents of limited financial means to help them create a better and brighter future for themselves and their families.
 Mitchell E. Hersh
President & CEO; Mack-Cali Realty Corporation
The CEO Panel
As President and CEO of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, Mitchell E. Hersh provides the company’s overall direction and oversees the implementation of its capital markets and investment strategies. Interviewed frequently by major media outlets, he is an expert on real estate issues and is a strong advocate for sound economic policies in New Jersey.
 George Jacobs
President; Jacobs Enterprises, Inc.
Making the Numbers Work: Dealing with the unique costs of urban redevelopment Panel
George Jacobs has been active in the real estate industry since 1974. He spent most of the 1980's as a principal with Hartz Mountain Industries in Secaucus where he was a partner and active in the development of over 20 million square feet. Jacobs started Jacobs Enterprises (“JEI”) in 1990. Currently, he is managing member of a $100 million+ (equity) acquisition and development fund seeking out real estate investment and development opportunities. His most prominent recent projects include the acquisition and redevelopment of the 230,000-square-foot Styertowne Shopping Center in Clifton, Washington River Run, a new $40 million mixed-use project in Belleville, and the $75 million mixed-use Livingston Town Center, the new downtown created in Livingston. Jacobs received his undergraduate education at Rutgers College. He received a Masters Degree in City and Regional Planning from Harvard University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Rutgers University. He is licensed as a Planner in the State of New Jersey, and as a Real Estate Broker in the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 Douglas J. Janacek
Director, Real Property & Environmental; Gibbons
Development/Redevelopment Panel (Moderator)
Douglas J. Janacek, Esq., is a Director in the Gibbons Real Property & Environmental Department, where he represents clients with regard to real estate development and entitlements in the Northeast United States, with particular emphasis on mixed-use, commercial and industrial projects in the Greater Metropolitan area. He has served on and chaired various committees on behalf of NAIOP, ICSC, NJAP, and other industry associations. Janacek is located in the Newark office of Gibbons and is a frequent author and speaker on topics relating to development and redevelopment.
 Glenn C. Kienz
Partner, Department Head, Land Use Section; Weiner Lesniak LLP
Development/Redevelopment Panel
Partner Weiner Lesniak LLP specializing in land use and redevelopment. He teaches and writes, and is the past Chair of the Land Use Section and Local Government Law Section of the New Jersey Bar Association and past President of the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys.
 George J. Kimmerle
AIA, PP, NCARB; The Kimmerle Group
Transit Oriented Development Panel
President of The Kimmerle Group of Morristown, George J Kimmerle is a practicing architect, planner and urban designer as well as an adjunct professor at NYU’s Real Estate Institute and the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers New Brunswick where he is also completing a PhD in planning. His research area focuses at issues in redevelopment planning and policy and he has conducted university based research in several New York and New Jersey communities related to transit development, place branding, urban imaging and the in place structural barriers to redevelopment in these kinds of contexts. His academic work has been published and presented on a national and international basis.
 Ronald S. Ladell
Vice President-Development; AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Making the Numbers Work: Dealing with the unique costs of urban redevelopment Panel
As Vice President of Development for New Jersey, Ronald S. Ladell oversees AvalonBay’s development and redevelopment activities throughout New Jersey. Ladell is based in the company’s Woodbridge office and focuses on developing premier residential and mixed-use communities in high barrier to entry markets. Over the last few years, AvalonBay has built communities located in Tinton Falls, Lyndhurst and Lawrenceville and has purchased communities located in Aberdeen and East Rutherford. AvalonBay is currently constructing a mixed-use community in North Bergen.Mr. Ladell is a member of the New Jersey Apartment Association’s Board of Directors and previously served as a Board member for a special improvement district. He is a licensed real estate salesperson. Ladell received his JD from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark and his BA from Rutgers College, Rutgers University in New Brunswick.
 Timothy J. Lizura
Senior Vice President; New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Making the Numbers Work: Dealing with the unique costs of urban redevelopment Panel
Timothy Lizura is Senior Vice President for Business Development for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA). He oversees the EDA’s sales strategies and processes to support regional business development, urban development, real estate site solutions, and the growth of technology and life sciences industry in New Jersey. Prior to re-joining the EDA in 2008, Lizura served as Director of World Trade Center Redevelopment/Deputy Director of Redevelopment at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. He was responsible for overseeing all redevelopment activities for the commercial interests of the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan. Lizura previously worked for over a decade in the EDA’s Real Estate Department where he served as Director until his departure in 2006. Lizura obtained a BA from Rutgers University in 1990, with a major in Economics and minor in Accounting. He also obtained his MBA in 1996 from the Rutgers Graduate School of Management.
 David Mclain
Principal; Palisades Financial
Making the Numbers Work: Dealing with the unique costs of urban redevelopment Panel
David McLain is one of the founding principals of Palisades Financial, LLC, a real estate investment advisor and fund manager to the Palisades Regional Investment Funds I and II. David has over 20 years of experience as a commercial real estate professional in the structured finance, acquisition and portfolio management arenas. Through the years he has directly participated in transactions well in excess of $1.5 billion. At Palisades, he is primarily responsible for structuring, closing and overseeing many of the non-traditional hybrid loan transactions, corporate financings and defaulted debt purchases for Fund I and II. He also oversees the asset management of many of the two Fund’s transactions. He has a BA in Economics from Wittenberg College and an MBA from Miami University.
 Gus Milano
Executive VP Finance & Leasing; Hartz
Development/Redevelopment Panel
Gus Milano joined Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc. in 1981 and has served as Executive Vice President—Finance & Leasing at Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc.
since 1993. Milano oversees leasing activity for one of the largest private real estate portfolios in the country, totaling 38 million square feet in over 200 office, industrial, hotel, and retail buildings. Additionally, Milano is responsible for securing financing for Hartz’s largest development projects and acquisitions.
 Douglas Palmer
Mayor, Trenton
The Mayor's Panel
Douglas H. Palmer was born and raised in Trenton becoming Trenton's first African-American Mayor on July 1, 1990. He has been re-elected four times and leads a sustained revitalization effort that has reshaped neighborhoods, lowered unemployment, and initiated sophisticated innovations across the spectrum of municipal government. He is a graduate of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, where he received a BS in Business Management in 1973. Since being elected, Mayor Palmer has implemented changes and improvements in every area of city government, orchestrating plans producing more than 1,600 new and rehabilitated homes for working families, with another 1,600 in the works by 2009. The transformation of downtown Trenton owes to the Mayor’s perseverance, as the city has seen its abandoned properties reduced from more than 8,000 to fewer than 2,500 during his tenure.
 Steven J. Pozycki
Chairman & CEO; SJP Properties
The CEO Panel
Steven J. Pozycki is Founder, Chairman and CEO of SJP Properties, a privately held commercial real estate development organization headquartered in Parsippany. Under Pozycki’s leadership, the company has developed more than 20 million square feet of speculative and build-to-suit headquarters-quality office space in prime markets throughout the region. SJP Properties also controls a pipeline of an additional 6 million square feet of strategically located office space fully permitted for future development. The company is currently developing approximately $2 billion of new residential and commercial projects in New York, including 11 Times Square, a 1.1 million-square-foot speculative commercial and retail tower, and two luxury condominium towers also located in midtown. An alumnus of Monmouth University, Pozycki earned a BA in Business Administration in 1973. Pozycki serves in a leadership capacity on many community, civic, and professional organizations, including the Board of Directors of New Jersey Future, a statewide advocacy and watchdog for New Jersey’s pioneering Development and Redevelopment Plan.
 Stefan Pryor
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development; Newark
Making the Numbers Work: Dealing with the unique costs of urban redevelopment Panel
Stefan Pryor is Deputy Mayor for Economic Development in the City of Newark. In that capacity, he oversees the City offices responsible for economic development, city planning, and housing and workforce development, among other areas. Before his appointment to this post, Pryor served as President of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation where he served as the agency’s chief executive. Pryor previously served as a Vice President at the Partnership for New York City (where he worked from 1998 to 2001). At the Partnership, Pryor led the organization’s public education efforts and served as Executive Director of its main school reform program. From 1994 to 1997, Pryor served as Policy Advisor to the Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut. Pryor is a co-founder and was the first Board President of Amistad Academy, a highly acclaimed charter school in New Haven. Pryor is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School.
 S. Maurice Rached
Director of Traffic & Engineering; Maser Consulting
Transit Oriented Development Panel (Moderator)
S. Maurice Rached P.E., PTOE, Principal, Discipline Leader Traffic & Transportation Engineering Services. Rached has extensive experience in all facets of traffic engineering and transportation management. His expertise includes traffic systems planning and design, traffic studies, traffic safety, highway geometrics, transportation infrastructure planning, regulatory policy, business development and budgeting, traffic demand management and Intelligent Transportation Systems. Rached is a New Jersey licensed Professional Engineer and a registered Professional Traffic Operations Engineer. He is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and has authored many articles varying in content from policy and planning to geometric design, including the widely distributed "Review Manual in Transportation." Rached earned a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Rutgers University.
 David Roberts
Mayor; Hoboken
The Mayor's Panel
David Roberts was elected the 37th Mayor of The City of Hoboken in May 2001. Prior to his election, Mayor Roberts served as a Hoboken Councilman for 16 years, representing the City’s 6th Ward. Mayor Roberts is a fierce advocate for the Hoboken property taxpayer, and he works diligently to promote responsible government spending, consistently reviewing budgets and identifying ways to provide better, more efficient, and more cost-effective city services. He is also a strong advocate for renters and families who live in affordable housing, leading the fight time and again to preserve the city’s affordable housing stock. More recently, Mayor Roberts has been a strong voice on behalf of local residents, addressing their concerns regarding over-development in Hoboken. He also has made successful investments in commercial and residential real estate in Hoboken.
 Stephen Santola
Executive Vice President/General Counsel; Woodmont Properties
Transit Oriented Development Panel
Steve Santola graduated from Colgate University in 1987 and received his Juris Doctorate degree from The Seton Hall University Law School, Cum Laude, in 1990. He has been a practicing attorney in New Jersey and New York specializing in land use and real estate since 1991.Mr. Santola joined Woodmont Properties as its Executive Vice President and General Counsel in 2004. As General Counsel to the company, Santola is responsible for the firm’s legal matters, including the oversight of the company’s regulatory and municipal approvals. Santola also serves as project manager and manages the development approval process for many of the company’s downtown redevelopment sites including the Epstein’s Morristown Redevelopment Project, the West Side Lofts in Red Bank, the Netcong Transit Village, and Lower Broadway in South Amboy. He also coordinates the company’s public relations and political outreach efforts and has been a frequent panelist and speaker on redevelopment and regulatory issues.
 JONATHAN A. SCHEIN
President and CEO, ScheinMedia
Welcoming Remarks, One-on-One with Cory Booker
Jonathan A. Schein is President and CEO of ScheinMedia, a diversified media company whose holdings include New Jersey & Company magazine; NJand.com, the daily business and green news website for New Jersey; MetroGreenBusiness.com, the green and sustainable business and real estate website for the metro New York area; New York House magazine; and FlierWire.com. He is the former President and CEO of Real Estate Media, Inc.
 Adam Schneider
Mayor, Long Branch
The Mayor's Panel
A Long Branch resident since 1982, Adam Schneider got his first introduction into city politics as a lawyer fighting for the preservation of Jackson Woods and a champion for open space. In 1989 he was elected to City Council and a year later was elected as Mayor, a position he has held for 18 years. For his years of public service, Schneider has received numerous awards, including the Jewish War Veterans’ Man of the Year, The Urban Land Institute's 2005 Public Official of the Year, and the Libutti Award from the Long Branch Chamber of Commerce. A Connecticut College and Vermont Law School graduate, Schneider is both a homeowner and business owner in town, as well a tri-athlete, avid cyclist and runner, and a columnist for The Link News, where he commentates on local high school sports. He is also a member of several community organizations including the Long Branch Historical Association, the Long Branch Chamber of Commerce, and Temple Beth Miriam.
 Raymond Sohmer
Senior Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis
The CEO Panel (Moderator)
Ray Sohmer oversees brokerage operations as Senior Managing Director for CB Richard Ellis’ New Jersey office, as well as provides brokerage services to his clients in Somerset, Middlesex and Monmouth Counties. Prior to being appointed as Senior Managing Director for New Jersey in 2006, Sohmer was Managing Director for CB Richard Ellis’ Central New Jersey brokerage operations. Prior to joining CB Richard Ellis in 2001, Sohmer was a Senior Vice President for Grubb & Ellis. In 2003, CB Richard Ellis completed the acquisition of Insignia/ESG. Ray led the successful integration of the two firms in New Jersey, then in December 2006, CB Richard Ellis completed the acquisition of the Trammell Crow Company. Ray once again led the integration of the two companies in New Jersey. Sohmer has been directly involved in corporate office leasing and sales for 26 years. He began his career with AT&T as a Lease Negotiator in Real Estate Management and as Manager of Real Estate with Purolator Courier Corporation.
 Arthur Stern
Founding Principal; Cogswell Realty Group
Development/Redevelopment Panel
Arthur R. Stern began his real estate career 22 years ago as in-house counsel for a New York based commercial real estate owner/developer. In 1996, Stern founded Cogswell Realty Group, L.L.C. and has spent the past 12 years as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, overseeing the day-to-day functions of the fully integrated real estate company with offices located in Manhattan, New York, and Newark. He also acts as project executive, in charge of over $240 million of active real estate investments. During his career, Stern has been involved in over $2 billion dollars of real estate transactions as a partner/investor, advisor, broker and manager. Stern graduated with a BA from New York University and earned his JD degree from New York Law School. He is currently a member of the Young Men/Women’s Real Estate Association and on the Board of Directors of the following organizations: Association For A Better New York (ABNY), Connection Newark (as well as Co-Chairman), Junior Achievement, The Link Community School, The Newark Museum, and the Newark Special Improvement District (as well as Treasurer).
 Anne Studholme
Counsel, Herrick, Feinstein LLP
The Mayor's Panel (Moderator)
Anne Studholme, of the Newark office of Herrick, Feinstein, represents developers and lenders in redevelopment, land use, and zoning throughout New Jersey. She is also a litigator with more than a decade of experience with complex litigation at all levels of New Jersey’s state and federal courts, including fair housing cases. She presents land use applications, defends board approvals from challenges, has successfully appealed denials and settled land use litigation pursuant to New Jersey’s Whispering Woods doctrine. She has particular expertise in affordable housing matters and redevelopment. Studholme is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School, and was a visiting scholar at Duke University. She is a resident of Princeton Borough, where she was born, and has a very detailed knowledge of the development and redevelopment projects and policies in Princeton and the surrounding towns.
 Andrea Sussman
Managing Member; Nexus Properties
Transit Oriented Development
Andrea Sussman joined Nexus Properties, Inc. in 1986 and is currently Executive Vice President. Nexus Properties is one of the largest and most diversified commercial and residential real estate companies in New Jersey. As co-managing partner, Andrea’s responsibilities at Nexus include marketing, lease negotiation and tenant relationships of the 2.5 million square foot portfolio of office, retail, medical arts and warehouse properties. She is involved in the design, advertising, merchandising and marketing of all residential developments as well. Sussman also oversees the management functions of the company. A GREEN initiative company, Nexus has responded to the increased attention cities and the state are giving to improving sustainability and the reduction of carbon emissions. They are looking at new, creative ways to incorporate green products, sustainable technologies, and energy efficiencies into commercial buildings and now—parking facilities. Sussman is on the Board of Directors of the Mercer County Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the Mercer County Economic Board, and an executive board member of Greenacres Country Club.
 Joseph S. Taylor
President & CEO; Matrix Companies
The CEO Panel
Joseph S. Taylor formed Matrix Development Group in 1981 at the age of 24. He is responsible for growing Matrix from a sole investment in New Jersey, CenterPoint at 8A, an 1800-acre assemblage of commercial, industrial, and residential properties, into one of the most respected and active full-service real estate companies in the industry. Under Taylor's leadership as President and CEO, the company strategically expanded its geographic reach, and its business base to include a full service construction firm and a golf and hospitality company. Over its 25-plus year history, the company has developed more than 20 million square feet of commercial, industrial, mixed use, residential, and retail properties throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
 Richard H. Tucker
President & Chief Executive Officer; Tucker Development Corporation
The CEO Panel
Richard H. Tucker formed Tucker Development Corporation (TDC) in 1996. TDC draws on Tucker's vast 25 years of experience in the development, redevelopment and financing over 8,000,000 square feet of retail and mixed-use projects. TDC has a property and development portfolio in Illinois, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
 Ted Zangari
Member; Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C.
Making the Numbers Work: Dealing with the unique costs of urban redevelopment Panel (Moderator)
Ted Zangari, Esq. is a member of the law firm of Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. in Newark, and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. He concentrates his practice on commercial real estate and business transactions, and chairs the firm’s Redevelopment, Commercial Leasing, and Government Affairs/Public Policy practice groups. Specifically, he has extensive experience representing office, retail, residential, hospitality, warehouse, and industrial owners/developers and end-users in transactions ranging from corporate office headquarters, big-box retail outlets, theatres, and warehouse distribution centers to mixed-use and multi-use downtown, transit village, urban core, waterfront, and brownfield redevelopment projects.
Zangari currently chairs the Eastern Division Government Relations Committeen of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and is the founding member and vice-chair of ICSC’s state political action committee, having previously served as co-chair of the ICSC’s Alliance Program and chair of the ICSC’s State Government Affairs Committee in New York and New Jersey. He also sits on the boards of the Newark Real Estate Board (NREB) and the Newark Alliance, the legislative affairs committee of NJ-NAIOP, and the board of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association’s political action committee as well as its economic development committee.
In 2003, Zangari co-chaired the Governor’s Business Employment Incentives Study Commission with the state’s Commerce Secretary, and also served as the real estate industry’s representative to the Governor’s Council on Jobs, Growth and Economic Development. In 2005, he co-authored a white paper on economic development to Governor-Elect Corzine on behalf of NJBIA and more recently authored a similar policy paper to Newark Mayor-Elect Cory Booker on behalf of NREB.
 Adam Zellner
Director of Policy: State of New Jersey
Making the Numbers Work: Dealing with the unique costs of urban redevelopment Panel
Adam Zellner is the current Policy Director for Governor Jon Corzine. In this role, Zellner oversees policy development for the Governor. Prior to joining the Governor’s staff, Adam served as the Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Legislative Affairs for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), was the inaugural Executive Director of the New Jersey Highlands Council and is the former Executive Director of the New Jersey Office of Smart Growth. Zellner also served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Steve Rothman, who represents the 9th Congressional District of New Jersey encompassing parts of Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties. In addition, he has worked for a variety of State Legislators throughout his career. Zellner earned a BA in Economics from Rowan University.
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