We invite you to connect with fellow business leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs at the JBN Business Breakfast networking event.
The event will feature breakfast networking, industry breakout sessions and a keynote address covering topics on personal experiences, business development and positively impacting the community.
Date
September 12th, 2019 | Elul 12, 5779
7:45 AM Networking/Breakfast Buffet • 8:30 AM Breakout Sessions • 9:00 AM Keynote Address • 9:45 AM Conclusion
Location
Double Tree by Hilton, 455 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY
Couvert
Partners: Complimentary | Early bird: $45 (by August 27) | Standard: $54
Refreshments
Catered breakfast buffet (certified Kosher)
Keynote Speaker
CEO,
GAMCO Investors Inc.
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Mario J. Gabelli is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GAMCO Investors, Inc. and LICT Corp. He is Executive Chairman of Associated Capital Group, Inc.
Mr. Gabelli is a summa cum laude graduate of Fordham University and holds an MBA degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Roger Williams University and Fordham University.
Mr. Gabelli is a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia University Graduate School of Business and the Board of Trustees of Roger Williams University and he is a Trustee Associate of Boston College.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American-Italian Cancer Foundation and the Foundation for Italian Art & Culture. He is a Trustee of the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States and the E. L. Wiegand Foundation.
Panelists
Chairman,
Westrock Development LLC
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In 1971, Robert Friedland established Friedland Realty Inc. as an industrial real estate brokerage firm servicing the Bronx and Lower Westchester. The company started as a one-man operation in the basement of an office building, with a focus on industrial real estate. Forty five years later, Friedland Realty Inc is the largest privately owned commercial real estate firm in the Bronx and Westchester area, with more than twenty brokers specializing in Industrial, Retail and Office leasing and sales and investment sales
While running Friedland Realty, Mr. Friedland began a side-practice of investing in commercial real estate, often putting together syndications and other joint venture deals. For the most part, these deals were value added investments, where some level of development was done in order to make a property realize its intrinsic value. These investments proved to be extremely lucrative for both Mr. Friedland and his investors. It was a natural progression to look for value-added investment opportunities on a full time basis. In the spring of 2001, Westrock Development was created, and Mr. Friedland now serves as chairman of Westrock. During the past 18 years Mr. Friedland acquired Shleppers Moving and Storage, KIA of Old Saybrook and created Sensible Auto Lending.
Mr. Friedland earned his bachelor degree from Bard College, and received an MBA from Adelphi University. He also did graduate work in Physics at the University of Connecticut.
Mr. Friedland has been active with, just on a Jewish level, JNF, JCCMW, ADL, UJA, Temple Israel Center, Sulam Ya’akov and a myriad of other organizations. He was also an owner of the former Westchester Jewish Chronicle
Managing Director/Partner,
Robert Martin Company LLC
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As Managing Director at Robert Martin Company, LLC, Mr. Berger is responsible for managing the company’s partnership interests and investments in over five million square feet of commercial and multifamily properties in the Tri-State area and in Florida. Prior to his current position at Robert Martin Company, he served as President and CEO of Colin Service Systems in White Plains, NY, one of the nation’s largest privately owned cleaning companies with over 5,000 employees operating in 10 states. Before joining Colin Service Systems, he served as Vice President at Mack-Cali Realty, one of the nation’s largest real estate investment trusts where he managed 14 million square feet of their properties in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Washington DC. Prior to joining Mack-Cali, Mr. Berger was Vice President and Managing Director at Robert Martin Company, where he was responsible for overseeing a 7 million square foot portfolio consisting primarily of office and industrial assets. Mr. Berger earned a BA at Fairleigh Dickinson University and holds a Real Estate Certificate from New York University. His past and present community commitments include board memberships with the Westchester Business Development of United Jewish Appeal, New York Metro chapter of the Young Presidents Organization, Board of Directors of White Plains Hospital and the City & Suburban Federal Savings Bank. Mr. Berger resides in Purchase, NY with his wife, Janelle, and their two children.
Co-Partner-in-Charge
Real Estate Group, Marks Paneth LLP
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Abe Schlisselfeld, CPA, EA, is the Co-Partner-in-Charge of the Real Estate Group at Marks Paneth LLP. With more than 20 years of experience in public accounting, Mr. Schlisselfeld’s concentration lies in the real estate industry, where he advises commercial and residential real estate owners, real estate management firms and REITs (real estate investment trusts) on all facets of accounting and taxation. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Marks Paneth, which sets policy and strategy for the firm.
Mr. Schlisselfeld can frequently be found speaking at industry events such as IMN conferences and AREAA seminars. In addition to his deep expertise and understanding of the latest trends and issues in real estate, he has extensive knowledge of multistate taxation, tax planning for high-net-worth individuals and business-entity structuring.
After beginning his career at a small local accounting firm, Mr. Schlisselfeld joined Marks Shron & Company, a predecessor of today’s firm, in 1996. Steadily growing his business and presence in the firm, he now leads of one of the oldest and largest practice groups at Marks Paneth.
Partricia Salkin
Provost, Graduate and Professional Divisions,
Touro College
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Patricia E. Salkin is the Provost for the Graduate and Professional Divisions of Touro College. She previously served as Dean of the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg School of Law after a long a successful career as Associate Dean, the Raymond and Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law, and Director of the Government Law Center of Albany Law School. A nationally recognized scholar in land use and sustainable development law, Salkin has written more than one hundred books, articles, chapters and columns on land use and zoning, community development, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, and government ethics. Her 4-volume treatise, New York Zoning Law and Practice, 4th ed. is the “go to” book for lawyers and judges in New York on everything land use. Provost Salkin has also established herself as a leader in higher education. She completed the Harvard Institute for Higher Education Management and is currently writing about leadership in higher education. She presents on topics including the role of accreditation in higher education, and the rapidly changing public policy landscape in the field on other topics such as student debt, outcomes and assessment, the demographics, investment and the future of higher education.
Joel Sachs
Senior Counsel,
Keane & Beane P.C.
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Joel H. Sachs is Senior Counsel in the White Plains law firm of Keane & Beane, P.C. Joel has spent his entire legal career representing private and public entities in a wide variety of land use, environmental and commercial development matters. Mr. Sachs has advised a significant number of clients in regard to major commercial development proposals throughout the Hudson Valley and from time to time has litigated against competing businesses and developers and various governmental agencies.
Mr. Sachs is a graduate of Cornell University and received his law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School and a Master of Laws from New York University Law School. Mr. Sachs has served as an attorney for a number of municipalities in the Hudson Valley and has taught a number of courses at Pace University School of Law as an Adjunct Professor on various construction, land use, commercial, municipal and environmental law issues. Mr. Sachs is recognized each year as a “Best Lawyer in the New York Metropolitan Area”, a “Best Lawyer in America” and as a New York area “Super Lawyer” in the Super Lawyers Annual publication.
Moderators
Principal,
Jackson Lewis P.C.
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Penny Ann Lieberman is a Principal in the White Plains, New York, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Since joining the firm in 1988, she has devoted her time to representing and advising management in the for profit and not- for-profit sectors in a wide variety of employment matters with an emphasis on complex reductions-in-force, restructuring and corporate transactions, wage and hour, workplace investigations and independent contractors.
Ms. Lieberman uses an interdisciplinary approach to providing advice and counsel on the cutting edge of the reduction-in-force and workplace reorganizations employees face today. She regularly counsels on compliance with WARN and state plant closing laws, group terminations, disability management, sexual harassment and other types of discrimination, wage and hour, independent contractors, developing personnel policies and effective employee handbooks. In addition, Ms. Lieberman works closely with clients in developing and conducting supervisory training programs relating to various issues such as worker classification issues, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, wage-hour, lawful interviewing and discharge tactics, and handling disability-related issues. Ms. Lieberman has authored several articles and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal and The American Lawyer and various employment law-related publications. She frequently conducts seminars and workshops on worker misclassifications reductions-in-force, avoiding discrimination and harassment in the workplace, employee handbooks and wage and hour topics.
Ms. Lieberman is active in various community and charitable organizations.
Alexander Roberts
Executive Director,
Community Housing Innovations
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CEO,
Pell Wealth Management
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Geri Eisenman Pell, Private Wealth Advisor and CEO of Pell Wealth Partners, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., has been a financial advisor since 1986. Among numerous national recognitions, Geri has appeared on CNBC, CNN, NBC Nightly News, and Fox Business News. She has also been quoted in and written articles for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Financial Planning, Financial Advisor and Registered Rep Magazines. For the past few years, Geri was a member of CNBC’s first Digital Financial Advisor Council.
Geri has had the distinct honor of being recognized as one of the Top 100 Women Financial Advisors in the country by Barron’s Magazine from 2009-2019. She was also named to the Barron’s list of Top 1,200 advisors in the country in 2014-2019. Geri was recognized as one of Financial Times Top 400 Financial Advisors from 2017-2019 and was a 2017 Brava Award Winner by Smart CEO. In 2018, Geri was inducted in the Business Council of Westchester’s Hall of Fame recognizing her professional accomplishment, community service and leadership as their Women in Business honoree.
In 2016, Geri was recognized in an article by Westchester Magazine as one of Westchester’s 30 Most Intriguing People. Her focus is on helping high net worth clients plan their financial goals for a lifetime and beyond.
As the owner of a growing and successful practice of 19 team members, including 8 financial advisors, Geri continues to travel the country as a mentor, educator, and counselor for women and new advisors on financial planning initiatives and practice management. Geri has helped to train thousands of advisors over the years through one-on-one training, partnering sessions, and large group workshops. She is extremely proud of the knowledgeable team she leads and the culture they have all created, and in 2018, Pell Wealth Partners was recognized by InvestmentNews as one the “Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers”.
Geri is a graduate of SUNY Albany, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. She went on to receive a Masters of Business Administration in Finance & International Business from New York University’s highly regarded Stern School of Business in 1981.
Geri is member of the Global Advisory Network for World Pulse, an international organization that uses the power of interactive media to connect and bring a global voice to women worldwide. She is also President of the Board of Trustees for Treehouse Shakers, an organization that brings dance and storytelling to children. Geri is on the Westchester Business and Professional Board of UJA, is a member of the UJA Women’s Executive Counsel in NYC and a board member for the SUNY Purchase College Performing Arts Center.
Always striving to achieve balance in her life, Geri’s passions include music, yoga, reading (at the beach), and traveling. Most of all, she enjoys listening to her son, Duncan play piano and guitar, and having engaging conversations with her older son, Ben who teaches History at a High School in Brooklyn.
JBN Committee
Jason Barnett, Vice Chairman & GC, RXR Realty
Eric Frank, CEO, LightBox
Scott Greissman, Partner, White & Case
Lou Kerner, Partner, Flight VC
Alexander Roberts, Executive Director, C.H.I.
Dina Shapiro, Chief Tax Officer, Marsh & McLennan Companies
Host Committee
Gary Gash, Gash & Associates
Francie Malina, Compass Real Estate
Gene Kozlov, InsuranceNY.net
Brian Haskel, Sills Cummis & Gross
Ronnie Ram, Inspiria Outdoor Advertising
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