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THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

Jack O'Connor

Jack O'Connor joined Newmark Knight Frank to serve as Director of the National Industrial Practice Group and as a principal in the firm's Long Island Office.

Mr. O'Connor is a commercial and industrial brokerage veteran with more than 35 years experience, having held executive positions with a number of national commercial brokerage companies. Prior to joining Newmark Knight Frank, Mr. O'Connor served as Senior Managing Director at CBRE's Long Island Office. He has also worked at Grubb and Ellis, as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the Long Island Office and owned his own firm called Island Realty, based in Melville.

In 2002, Mr. O'Connor was awarded the "Broker of the Year" Award by the Association for a Better Long Island and the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society for his part in the disposition of Enterprise Park at Calverton's 492-acre industrial core, which included more than 800,000 square feet of commercial space in 18 buildings. He was also named as a "Long Island Power Broker" by CoStar in 2004.

His professional affiliations include: Dowling College Trustee; Advancement for Commerce Industry & Technology Board of Directors; StonyBrook Community Fund; Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island Advisory Board; Long Island Association Real Estate Committee; Real Estate Board of New York; member of the Hauppauge Industrial Association; and Board Member of the Real Estate Practitioners Institute.

Mr. O'Connor earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. John's University School of Business.

OFFICERS

Chairperson

Charles A. Rich *

CA Rich Consultants, Inc.

Vice Chair

Robert T. Coughlan *

Tritec Real Estate Company

Secretary

Robert V. Guido, Esq. *

Jaspan Schlesinger, LLP

Treasurer

Vincent Giovinco *

New York Community Bank

COMMITTEES

Business Plan Committee	Robert V. Guido, Esq. *
Education	Barry Stein
Endowment	John J. Gutleber
Events	John J. Gutleber
Governance/Nominating	James M. Murphy, Esq.
Internship	James Carpenter
Marketing	Richard J. DiGeronimo
Membership	Stanley Greenstein
Transitions	James M. Murphy, Esq.
Sponsorship	Patricia Janco-Tupper
White Paper	James M. Murphy, Esq.

DIRECTORS

Ira J. Adler, Esq. *	Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP
Jeffrey Barber	Gold Coast Bank
Peter M. Boger *	Ridgewood Savings Bank
Mark Bosswick	Berdon, LLP
John R. Bransfield, Jr.	New York Community Bank
Thomas Calabrese	Daniel Gale Agency, Inc.
James Carpenter	New York Community Bank
John Coffey	Madison National Bank
John E. Damianos	Damianos Realty
Richard J. DiGeronimo	R.D. Geronimo, Ltd.
Peter Elkowitz	Long Island Housing Partnership
Donald Eversoll	Timber Ridge Homes
Vincent J. Ferro, Esq.	First American Title Insurance Co. of New York
Patrick Fogarty	Fogarty Advisory
Kathleen Giamo *	The Giamo Group
Vincent Giovinco	New York Community Bank
Jane Greenstein	The Great Green Race
Stanley Greenstein	The Seldin Organization, Inc.
William Greiner	Greiner-Maltz Real Estate
Edward J. Gutleber	Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein
John J. Gutleber	Castagna Realty
Daniel Gulizio	Suffolk County Planning Dept.
Patricia Janco-Tupper	Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management
James R. MacCrate	MacCrate Associates
Stuart M. Mordfin, CPA	Mordfin Group
James M. Murphy, Esq. *	Murphy & Lynch, P.C.
William J.Newham III	Bridgehampton National Bank
Jack O'Connor	Newmark Knight Frank
Ludwig Odierna	Custom Funding Corp.
John T. Proscia	Sutton & Edwards Management, LLC
Lee Rosner	Coldwell Banker Commercial Rosner & Associates
Ray Ruiz	Jones Lang LaSalle
Patricia Santoli	Wells Fargo Bank
Henry C. Schreiber, Jr.	Henron Development
Denise M Smyth	Bank of America
Michael Harris Spector	Spector Group
Martha Stark	Signature Bank
Barry Stein *	Rohman Stein Associates
Michael Stoler	Madison Realty Capital
Peter Tilles	The Tilles Investment Commpany
Steven M. Zarkin	Ridgewood Savings Bank

* Executive Board Member