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Our People
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Habitat-NYC has a highly engaged Board of Directors composed of 23 members with diverse backgrounds and expertise. The Board has a vital leadership role in making strategic decisions about the immediate and longer-range direction of Habitat-NYC, as well as identifying and obtaining essential financial support. Rev. Mark Hallinan, Chair Father Hallinan is Assistant for Social Ministries to the Provincial of the New York Province of the Society of Jesus. In this role he engages members and constituents of the Society of Jesus in New York on issues of social justice. He also represents the Province in groups and organizations working to further a more just social order. He is Chair of the National Jesuit Committee on Investor Responsibility, serves on the Steering Committee of the National Jesuit Commission on Social and International Ministries, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-Community Center for Justice and Peace. Father Hallinan also works with the East Side Congregations for Housing Justice, Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing, the Citizens’ Committee for Children, and the Juvenile Justice Ombudsman Review Board. He graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio with a B.A. in History. He also earned a M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif., and a M.A. in Medieval History from Fordham University. Karim Hutson, Vice Chair Karim Hutson is the Managing Partner and Founder of Genesis Partners where he oversees the company's development and acquisitions efforts and is actively involved in plotting the strategic growth of Genesis as well as its efforts in the area of sustainable and smart design. Since founding Genesis in 2004, Mr. Hutson has engaged the firm in over $60 million of development activity equating to the creation of close to 200 residential units and several retail facilities within the firms residential buildings. Prior to founding Genesis, he was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs in New York City and a private equity investor with General Atlantic in Greenwich, Connecticut. Mr. Hutson received a B.A. in philosophy and economics from Amherst College in Massachusetts and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. A graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School, Mr. Hutson is an avid hiker, enjoys tennis and actively volunteers his time for non-profit organizations focused on education and housing. He is also a member of the US Green Building Council-NY and the Urban Land Institute. Nia Rock, Vice Chair Nia Rock is Vice President and Community Reinvestment Officer with Independence Community Bank and manages the bank’s CRA Compliance initiatives throughout New York and New Jersey. With an extensive career in Banking and Real Estate finance, Ms. Rock’s primary expertise is in Community and Economic Development lending and product development. Ms. Rock also serves as director on the boards of various housing, community and economic development organizations and is a leader in a number of strategic initiatives throughout the region. She holds a B.A. in economics from Bard College and is presently pursuing graduate study at New York University's Real Estate Institute. Neil Bader, Treasurer Neil Bader served as an Area Manager for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in New York. In this role, he was responsible for the Private Mortgage Bank, Retail Mortgage Lending, Home Credit Solutions and Reverse Mortgage Lending. Before joining Wells Fargo in 2003, he was the Chief Executive Officer of IPI-Skyscraper Mortgage, which at the time of its sale in 2001, was the nations largest mortgage brokerage. Mr. Bader has frequently appeared on radio and television, including the Today Show, ABC Nightly News, CNBC and Bloomberg, for his expertise in housing and mortgage trends. Mr. Bader is a graduate of the University of Rochester. A New York native, he lives with his wife Amy and children Griffin and Caleigh, on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Christine A. McGuinness, Secretary Christine McGuinness is a partner at Schiff Hardin LLP. Her practice is concentrated on real estate, with a focus on corporate finance, commercial lending and financial institutions. Her work often involves matters combining real property and corporate elements as well as equity and debt financings. Some of Ms. McGuinness’s pro bono activities include representing the Leviticus Fund in connection with the financing of low-income housing and day care centers. Ms. McGuinness received her B.A. from Fairfield University and her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law. Jennifer A. Armstrong Jennifer Armstrong currently is a consultant for Westfall Consulting focusing on business development for small banks and acquisitions in the financial services arena. Prior to this Jennifer spent 23 years in banking with Citigroup and Bankers Trust working in both consumer banking and corporate banking. She has focused her career on business Development with the expansion of the US consumer group and using outside partnerships for distribution, in addition she spent 9 years in the securities industry managing the Global network to buy and sell securities for the large institutions. Jennifer sits on the Board for the New York Woman's Agenda as their past president. She was on the NCEE as a board member focusing on education children in Economics. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and resides in Manhasset, New York. David Bach David Bach has helped millions of people around the world take action to live and finish rich. He is the author of seven consecutive national bestsellers, including two consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers, Start Late, Finish Rich and The Automatic Millionaire. Bach carries the unique distinction of having had four of his books appear simultaneously on the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and USA Today bestseller lists. In addition, four of Bach's books were named to USA Today's Best Sellers of the Year list for 2004. In all, his FinishRich Books have been published in more than 15 languages, with more than five million copies in print worldwide. Bach's most recent book is the #1 bestseller, The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner which has already sold more than a million copies since the book launched in March 2006. To coincide with the release of this book, David Bach launched The Great American Homeowner ChallengeTM, a national financial literacy campaign to empower ten million people to build financial security through homeownership by buying their first home, second home or investment property. As part of his mission, David is involved with many worthwhile causes including serving on the board for Habitat for Humanity and co-founding Makers of Memories, an organization dedicated to helping women and children who are victims of domestic violence. David Bach lives in New York, where he is currently working on his ninth book, Go Green, Live Rich. Please visit his web site at www.finishrich.com. Evan Bauer Evan Bauer has 25 years of experience in the architecture, design, implementation, and maintenance of complex information systems. He is an independent consultant advising both public and private sector organizations on technology innovation. He also works with venture capital and private equity firms through Fanzilli | Bauer Technology Partners. Evan serves on the Brooklyn Community Leadership Committee of the Board of Habitat for Humanity NYC and is a founding member of its Community Builder Society. He sits on the advisory board to the Computer and Information Systems Department of LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York. He is webmaster for his wife, novelist Joan Bauer. Robert L. Burch Robert L. Burch, IV, has been a General Partner of A.W. Jones Company since 2003. He received a B.A. summa cum laude from Princeton, an M.Sc. with Distinction from Oxford, and an M.B.A. from Harvard. His work experience prior to A.W. Jones has included management consulting at Booz, Allen & Hamilton and product management at a startup telecommunications company. He is also the General Partner of A.W. Jones Concentrated, LP. Robert was born and raised in New York City Charisse Ford Charisse Ford is the Vice President of Global Skincare Marketing for the Estée Lauder Brand. Notable achievements include her role in the creation of the first global cross category franchise for the Lauder Brand. Before joining the company, she worked at Avon Products, Inc., where she received several industry accolades for new product launches, and in 2005 was selected by YMCA to receive the Black Achievers in Industry award. Though she is a Chicago native, she currently resides in New York City, where she mentors a 16-year-old high school student with the Student Sponsor Partners organization. She has also been actively involved with such organizations as RYSE and Big Brother/Big Sister. She received her MBA from the J. L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and her BA from Howard University in Washington DC. Carmen Gellineau Carmen E. Gellineau is an Executive Director on the Institutional Fixed Income Sales team at JPMorgan Securities, Inc. July 5, 2009 marked her 14th year with the firm. She started in Operations reporting the firm's security holdings to the Federal Reserve Bank. After a year, she moved to the Fixed Income Edit Desk where she acted as a Trader's Assistant and where her passion for the markets and the energy of the trading floor developed. After 3 years on the desk, she transitioned into a research position for Asset-Back Securities and Collateralized Debt Obligations, two fairly new asset classes at the time. Shortly after the merger with Chase she was given the opportunity to move into Sales where she currently works today. She graduated Cum Laude from Howard University's School of Business with a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing. Every year, she spent her summers interning at GE Capital in Connecticut via the INROADS program. It was there she realized her interest in finance and decided to accept a position on Wall Street upon graduation. Throughout her career, she has mentored teenage girls and been involved in organizations like "First Choice," to undertake this philanthropic work. Aileen Gribbin Aileen Gribbin is a partner with Forsyth Street Advisors. She currently advises both for- and not-for-profit organizations on developing, rehabilitating, and preserving affordable housing in New York City. She has aslo been concentrating on incorporating green building measures, including mixed-use affordable housing with LEED certifications. Her almost 20 years of experience with housing and community development include working as an Associate Commissioner with the NYC Department of Housing, Preservation and Development. Aileen holds an MBA in Finance from New York University's Stern School of Business, a Master of Urban Planning degree in Housing Policy from Hunter College and a B.S. in Resource Economics from Cornell University. J. Christopher Hoeffel Mr. Hoeffel is the Global co-head of the Commercial Mortgage Department where he is responsible for all of the Firm’s commercial mortgage principal transactions, including origination, marketing, securitization and syndication of Commercial real estate investments in the US, Europe and Japan. Before taking over management of the department in 1995, he was a member of the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Bear Stearns. Prior to joining Bear Stearns in 1993, Mr. Hoeffel was employed with Eastdil Realty, Inc. in New York where he was responsible for principal-oriented transactions for the firm and its clients. Previously, he was a loan production officer with Walker & Dunlop, Inc., a commercial mortgage banking firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hoeffel has a BS in Business Administration from Georgetown University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Hoeffel is a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America’s Commercial Board of Governors, a member of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association (CMSA) Board of Governors (where he also serves on the Executive Committee), a member of the Real Estate Roundtable and a member of the Real Estate Finance Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY). He is also on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity, NY. John S. Isaacs John S. Isaacs joined CB Richard Ellis as an Executive Vice President in November 2005. During his 24 years in the commercial real estate industry, Mr. Isaacs has successfully arranged over 26 million square feet of transactions, representing a wide range of public and private corporations and owners in multifaceted assignments in the NY metropolitan area and throughout the U.S. Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Isaacs established himself as one of Cushman & Wakefield's top producers during his seven-year tenure. Most recently in 2009 he completed a 100,000 sq. ft transaction on behalf of ImClone Systems Inc., as the anchor tenant in East River Science Park, the first world class research and laboratory development in NYC. He was awarded a national exclusive with IDS USA, to expand a 3 million sq. ft portfolio throughout the U.S which included 1.8 million sq. ft. of transactions in Mira Loma and Chino, CA, the largest transactions in the state of California. In 2008, he was awarded Most Creative Deal of the year by SL Green Realty Corp for a transaction on behalf of RSM McGladrey. Over the years, Mr. Isaacs has represented a multitude of companies such as Cole Haan (Nike Inc.), Pernod Ricard USA, Vestar Capital Partners, PB Capital Corporation and Salvatore Ferragamo. Rabbi Robert Kaplan Bob Kaplan is the founding director of the New York Center for Community and Coalition Building (NYCCCB), a division of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, the central coordinating and resource body for 62 major Jewish organizations in the metropolitan New York area. Under Rabbi Kaplan’s leadership, the NYCCCB has been instrumental in developing and consulting to many community-based coalitions and community-building initiatives such as the Northern Queens Health Coalition, Project C.A.R.E. (Crown Heights), the Greater Southern Brooklyn Health Coalition, the Coalition for Far Rockaway, the Lower Manhattan Health Care Coalition, and Bronx Women Moving Our World, among others. He has served as a member of and a consultant to the NYC Board of Education Chancellor’s Interfaith Commission, President Clinton’s White House Conference on Race, and the Plenary Committee for the United Nations Conference, Habitat II. Rabbi Kaplan studied at Empire State College and Yeshiva Chaim Berlin and received his rabbinical ordination in 1984. Peter Knitzer Peter Knitzer is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citibank North America. Mr. Knitzer joined Citi in 1996, and prior to his current role, was Director of Credit Marketing, Activation, and Card Member Retention, Executive Vice President of Citi Cards and Head of Customer Franchise Management, working across all North American Consumer businesses to integrate/grow customer relationships. Prior to joining Citi, he worked for the cards businesses of both Chase Manhattan Bank and American Express. His work experience includes packaged-goods brand marketing at Nabisco Brands, Inc. Mr. Knitzer received his M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from Columbia University and completed his undergraduate work at Brown University. He is currently a member of Citigroup's Management Committee and the Global, Consumer Planning Group. Shauna Rae Long Shauna Rae Long has an extensive background in non-profits. Her background includes Chief Legal Officer/Corporate Compliance Officer of Fidelis Care New York, a non-profit health plan with a mission to provide access to quality, affordable health coverage to uninsured residents and Vice President of Strategic Agency Services for The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. Prior to working at Catholic Charities, Ms. Long was Legal Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Health Plus, one of the largest managed health care plans in New York City. Prior to that, she was a partner in a private law firm, focusing her practice in health care law. Ms. Long is a member of the Bar in New York, California and Michigan and a Board Member for Youth-Bridge New York and Incarnation Children's Center. Ms. Long is a regular builder here in New York City and has built houses with the Jimmy Carter Work Project in India, South Africa, Alabama, Michigan and Mexico. Ms. Long holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of San Francisco's School of Law. Peter J. Murray Since joining Loewen Development in 1988, Peter Murray has been instrumental in developing Loewen's affordable housing portfolio, as well as its recent expansion in the market-rate urban condominium market. Forging new partnerships with co-developers, cultivating relationships with government agencies, and identifying new opportunities for site acquisition are among his areas of concentration. His majored in Urban Studies at Washington University, is admitted to the bar in both New York and Florida and is a member of the Executive Board of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH). Martha Parrish Martha Parrish currently serves as a Board member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA). She recently retired from working at her own gallery that specialized in mid-19th to early 20th Century American art. Martha’s career began in journalism, where she was an editor for Palm Beach Post, and later for the Palm Beach Daily News. She then moved on to become the director of Palm Beach Galleries, a local art gallery, which gave her a well-rounded background in managing galleries and producing exhibitions. Her experience led her to joining the staff of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, a well-known gallery in New York City, where she served as the director of European art. In 1991, Martha opened up her own gallery and stayed there until she retired. Douglas L. Paul Doug Paul is a Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, a global investment bank, and is a member of the management committee of the Fixed Income Division. He has been with the firm for 35 years and represents CSFB with both sovereign and corporate clients throughout the world. He serves as a board member of the Credit Suisse First Boston Foundation and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Paul received his B.A. in English Literature from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. Douglas Renfield-Miller Doug Renfield-Miller recently retired as Executive Vice President of Ambac Financial Group and Chairman and CEO of Ambac Assurance UK Limited. Prior to joining Ambac in 2000, he spent 13 years as an investment banker at UBS working in both New York and Zurich. Doug serves on the board of School Year Abroad, where he chairs the Philanthropy Council and is a Trustee Emeritus of Connecticut College. He received his B.A. in French and Philosophy from Connecticut College, an M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University and holds an M.B.A. from Stanford. Doug also is an ordained Elder at the Brick Presbyterian Church. Connie Sargent Connie Sargent is Vice Chair of the Board of Habitat for Humanity - New York City. She is a marketing communications consultant specializing in corporate brochures, websites, and annual reports. She was a staff member at Habitat-NYC before moving onto the Board. Prior to her work at Habitat for Humanity - New York City, she worked in advertising and promotion for client CBS Television, where she created promotional campaigns to drive viewer ratings. She was also a brand manager at General Foods, where she managed all aspects of marketing on Maxwell House businesses. She has served on the Board of the Brooklyn Historical Society and worked with the School Committee of the Brooklyn Friends School, drafting 5-year strategic plans for both organizations. She holds a B.A. in English from Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. in marketing from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Andie Simon Andie Simon, the Senior Vice President for Strategic Marketing at Warner Brothers Records, has dedicated her professional life to the music industry. Starting with radio station KALX in Berkeley, California, Ms. Simon has held a series of promotion and management positions in the music business for the past 20 years, including posts at AOL and A & M Records. Her responsibilities at Warner include promoting and marketing Warner artists through videos, concerts and sporting events. An enthusiastic supporter and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity - New York City, Ms. Simon has worked through her church, St. Bart’s, to volunteer on Habitat projects from Brooklyn to the Bronx. Ms. Simons was instrumental in creating an unprecedented Habitat Operation Home Delivery marathon building event on Rockefeller Plaza in 2005 to build homes for Hurricane Katrina victims. Ms. Simon enlisted her company, the Today Show and Habitat for Humanity International to make the 24-hour-a-day, five-day event a reality. Rev. Thomas Synan The Rev. Thomas N. Synan is a Priest Associate at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City. Among his responsibilities, he oversees the outreach programs of his church, which include several feeding programs, a homeless shelter and a variety of ministries in East Harlem. He is also a Clergy Liaison with the New York City Police Department. Following the tragic events of September 11th, he assisted throughout the rescue and recovery effort as an on-site chaplain at Ground Zero and was a participant in several documentaries about it. Father Synan is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University Law Center, and Yale University’s Divinity School. Julia Taylor Julia Taylor is the owner of Platinum Caterers and Events Planning. The company provides catering and events planning services for the corporate, religious and entertainment communities. She previously spent ten years in the banking and higher education industries providing asset liability and budget analysis services. She joined Habitat for Humanity - New York City in February of 2002 and currently serves as the co-chair of the Brooklyn Leadership Committee. Mrs. Taylor holds a B.S. in Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business. Joshua Lockwood, Executive Director |
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