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ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE PRACTITIONER'S INSTITUTE |
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Matthew B. Whalen rejoined AvalonBay in 2003 as Vice President of Development for
the Long Island territory. He is responsible for leading the development and acquisition
activity in the dynamic Long Island real estate market. He works out of the AvalonBay
office in Melville, NY.
Prior to rejoining AvalonBay, Matt was Director for the Northeast Region for Cogent
Communications, an optical networking company, bringing fiber-optics to office buildings
in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. He was responsible for leading a team of
professionals to build Cogent's nationwide network of multi-tenant office buildings and
was also responsible for the daily operation of Cogent's New York office.
Prior to Cogent, Matt was a Senior Director at AvalonBay responsible for acquisitions and
development in the New York region in 1999 and 2000.
In 1998, Matt was Vice President of Homestead Village; a NYSE extended stay hotel
company and subsidiary of Security Capital Group. While there, Matt was responsible for
the Urban Development program consisting of high-rise projects in the Northeast and
Mid-Atlantic totaling over $400 million. In 1995, Matt was Vice President of Security
Capital Group in Atlanta and Washington, DC responsible for acquisitions and
development for the eastern region. Prior to Security Capital Group, Matt was Vice President
of Crimson Partners of Herndon, Virginia, a private real estate investment company
acquiring and developing commercial properties. He previously worked for Toll
Brothers; a NYSE residential developer based in Philadelphia.
Matt is a 1988 graduate of Princeton University where he received a B.A. in History.
Matt was the sole captain of the 1987 Princeton varsity football team and subsequently
captained the United States Rugby team on two tours in 1998 and 1999.
In 2006, Matt was elected to the Long Island Builders Institute's Board of Directors for
a two-year term and began serving as Treasurer in 2007. He is a Board Member of the
Institute of Real Estate at Hofstra, and he also belongs to the Executive Board of both the
Long Island Real Estate Group and the Real Estate Practitioners Institute. Matt is a
member of the Long Island Association and serves on their Next Generation Housing
Committee. He is also an active member of both the Association for a Better Long Island
and Action Long Island. Matt received the Long Island Business News' annual award
for one of Long Island's 40 rising stars under the age of 40 in 2004. The awards are
established to recognize those making substantial contributions to the Long Island
Business community. Matt is very active in the community and most recently participated
in Habitat for Humanity's 2006 Long Island Builders Blitz where AvalonBay was
involved in the effort that built five homes in five days. Matt, his wife and two children,
live in Garden City, Long Island. |
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BOARD MEMBERS |
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| OFFICERS |
| Chairperson |
John J. Gutleber * |
Castagna Realty |
| Vice Chair |
Charles A. Rich * |
CA Rich Consultants, Inc. |
| Secretary |
William T. Yorio * |
Corporate National Realty, Inc. |
| Treasurer |
Peter C. Puccio, CPA * |
Madison National Bank |
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| COMMITTEES |
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| DIRECTORS |
| Ira J. Adler, Esq. * |
Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP |
| Jeffrey Barber |
State Bank of Long Island |
| Peter M. Boger * |
Ridgewood Savings Bank |
| Mark Bosswick |
Berdon, LLP |
| John R. Bransfield, Jr. |
Roslyn Bancorp. Inc. |
| Frank Brocco |
Chicago Title Insurance Company |
| Mary L. Brower |
Nassau County Assessment Dept. |
| Kenneth Buck |
The Treiber Group |
| Thomas Calabrese |
Daniel Gale Agency, Inc. |
| James Carpenter |
New York Community Bank |
| John Coffey |
Madison National Bank |
| Robert T. Coughlan * |
Tritec Real Estate Company |
| Richard J. DiGeronimo |
R.D. Geronimo, Ltd. |
| Peter Elkowitz |
Long Island Housing Partnership |
| Theresa Elkowitz |
Freudenthal & Elkowitz Consulting Group |
| Donald Eversoll |
Eversoll Associates, LLC |
| Vincent J. Ferro, Esq. |
First American Title Insurance Company of NY |
| Kathleen Giamo * |
The Giamo Group |
| Vincent Giovinco |
New York Community Bank |
| Jane Greenstein |
The Inner Circle |
| Stanley Greenstein |
The Seldin Organization, Inc. |
| William Greiner |
Greiner-Maltz Real Estate |
| Robert V. Guido, Esq. * |
Charles Wang Organization |
| Daniel Gulizio |
Suffolk County Planning Dept. |
| James R. MacCrate |
MacCrate Associates |
| F. J. McCarthy * |
Site Selection Advisory Group |
| Gerard McGuirk, Esq. |
Suffolk County National Bank |
| James M. Murphy, Esq. * |
Murphy & Lynch, P.C. |
| William J.Newham III |
Bank of Smithtown |
| Jack O'Connor |
Newmark Knight Frank |
| Peter Owens |
Owens Brokerage, Ltd. |
| Leonard Primack |
Leonard Primack Assoc., Ltd. |
| John T. Proscia |
Sutton & Edwards Management, LLC |
| Henry C. Schreiber, Jr. |
Henron Development |
| Edward Smith Jr |
Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT |
| Denise M Smyth |
Bank of America |
| Stanley J. Sibell, Esq. |
Gordon, Sibell & Iannone, PC |
| Michael Harris Spector |
Spector Group |
| Barry Stein * |
Rohman Stein Associates |
| Peter Tilles |
The Tilles Investment Commpany |
| Matthew B. Whalen |
AvalonBay Communities |
| Steven M. Zarkin |
Ridgewood Savings Bank |
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