Membership Co-Chair

Membership Co-Chair

Pamela Caruso is Vice President-Leasing Counsel of Vornado Realty Trust. In this position, Pamela is responsible for the legal work in connection with the leasing of 15.7 million square feet of office space. She works closely with the in-house leasing brokers on the day-to-day operations of Vornado’s extensive office portfolio.

Pamela has been working in the real estate industry for 18 years. She started her career as an associate in Schulte Roth & Zabel's real estate department. She was a partner at Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen and at Mintz, Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. before joining the Vornado team five years ago. During her law firm years, Pamela worked on real estate financings, conveyancing and leasing transactions.

Pamela has a BA from Colgate University and a JD with distinction from Hofstra University School of Law where she was a member of the school’s Law Review.

Membership Co-Chair

Membership Co-Chair

Dana C. Endicott joined Floorworks, Inc. in 2004 as Managing Director to design, develop and implement a growth plan. Since her arrival, the organization has achieved a net profit result, doubled the annual revenues and improved the profitability. She continues to focus on strategic growth and development of the company, as well as financial management, and business planning.

Ms. Endicott has over 10 years of combined experience in business analysis, sales, and strategy development from working with small businesses operating in the United States and in Western Europe. Her expertise assessing internal procedures leads to the creation of new systems increasing efficiencies and productivity resulting in improved profitability. Additionally, she effectively assessed and developed strategies for new market entry or growth of existing opportunities for several companies.

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Dana has an MA in International Business, a BA with dual majors in Business Administration and Marketing from Webster University. She has been involved with AREW since 2004, serving on the Board of Directors as Co-Chair of the Membership Committee and as Member At Large. She currently resides in New Jersey and has one daughter.

Luncheon Co-Chair

Luncheon Co-Chair

Bonnie has been a member of the Manhattan real estate community for over 18 years. Currently with Trump Sales and Leasing, Bonnie has found her niche in the residential real estate market. Working closely with people who are buying and selling their homes as well as with investors who wish to invest in the NYC market, gives Bonnie a great sense of pride and satisfaction.

Prior to focusing on the prestigious New York residential market, Bonnie managed Class-A office buildings throughout Manhattan. She has worked with such well-respected names as Paramount Group and Jones Lang LaSalle, with whom she provided unparalleled management services to the most demanding of high-profile office tenants. Bonnie began her career in the Chase Real Estate Finance Group where she learned the ins and outs of commercial real estate lending to a national list of real estate owners and developers.

In addition to her professional experience, Bonnie holds a Master of Science in Real Estate from New York University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Bonnie also completed the highly regarded Management Credit Training Program at Chase.

Bonnie stays well connected with the New York real estate market through her membership in numerous organizations including of the Real Estate Board of New York, and Association of Real Estate Women. She previously served on the Board of Directors of NYU Real Estate Institute's Alumni Association and coordinated its annual fundraiser, "An Evening of Monopoly". Most important to Bonnie is her involvement in the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, which allows her to make a meaningful impact against a disease which has inflicted a close family member.

Luncheon Co-Chair

Luncheon Co-Chair

Julia has been in the contract furniture industry for over a decade. Prior to joining Teknion, LLC. in 2006 as Architecture and Design Market Manager, she served as the Senior Architecture and Design Manager at Humanscale. With her years of experience in museum and not-for-profit work, she has been and continues to be involved in a variety of fundraising activities and special events, primarily while employed at The Museum of Modern Art and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Julia lives in Park Slope with her husband, Thom, and their children, Jack and Lily.

Programs Co-Chair

Programs Co-Chair

Ms. Lyons has been a Partner at Rhodes Associates since 1998, specializing exclusively in the Real Estate Industry, and has completed more than 500 search assignments. Earlier in her career, Ms. Lyons worked in marketing and sales for the Wharton Business School and CBS, Inc. Ms. Lyons is a member of Urban Land Institute, Pension Real Estate Association, Mortgage Bankers Association, Commercial Mortgage Securitization Association, Cornell University Real Estate Council and is a participant in the ULI YLG Mentor Program. Ms. Lyons holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland.

Programs Co-Chair

Programs Co-Chair

Barbara Iannucci is with Knoll, one of the leading manufacturers of office furniture. Her focus is on sales to corporate end users. Prior to joining Knoll, Barbara was with Meadows Office Furniture, an organization that provides both furniture and related services to businesses, as Director of Sales and Marketing. Meadows is one of Haworth's top-ranked dealers in the United States.

Barbara has an in-depth knowledge of the contract furniture industry, having worked for both manufacturers as well as dealer organizations for the last 17 years. Throughout her career her focus has been on cultivating an understanding of customers needs, defining project requirements, and coordinating with architectural firms to make sure that all of her clients' expectations are fully realized and exceeded. She has completed numerous projects that span all industry and market segments, with Fortune 500 companies among their ranks.

Barbara has a B.A. in Political Science from Queens College. She is also a member of CoreNet.

Programs Co-Chair

Programs Co-Chair

Robin Fisher joined Newmark Knight Frank in 2004 as an associate. Ms. Fisher specializes in the tenant representation of legal, business consulting and financial services firms, as well as national non-profit organizations. In addition, she contributes to the corporate advisory team that represents the most prestigious financial services firms worldwide, including The Blackstone Group, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley.

In her first two years at Newmark Knight Frank, Ms. Fisher completed a record number of transactions with clients throughout the tri-state area. Her clientele includes Hale and Hearty Soups, LLC; Biflex Intimates Group, LLC; American ORT & Women's American ORT (Both members of ORT America); GG Digital Inc.; Emancipation Capital, LLC; Annex Capital Management LLC; iDNA Inc (formerly known as National Auto Credit), Imagetech, LLC; CarbonBased Consulting; Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York; Leffler, Marcus & McCaffrey, LLP and Kreisberg & Maitland, LLP. Ms. Fisher recently completed the acquisition of approximately 20,000 rsf at 712 Fifth Avenue on behalf of Peterson Management LLC (a newly formed non-profit foundation) and is currently advising Sesame Workshop on its Headquarters real estate strategy involving approximately 150,000 RSF.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Fisher worked at The Blackstone Group and Cushman & Wakefield. The Blackstone Group provided her with a background in both research as well as real estate investments that brings an invaluable perspective to her work. At Cushman & Wakefield, she gained experience in analysis and market trend projection that is essential to creating long-term real estate solutions for her clients.

Ms. Fisher is a member of REBNY and YMWREA (Young Men'/Women's Real Estate Association). She currently serves on the Board of the Financial Women's Association, and Co-Chairs its Emerging Leaders Committee. She serves on the Board of AREW (Association of Real Estate Women) and maintains membership with the Women's Association of Venture and Equity; 100 Women in Hedge Funds and ORT America. Ms. Fisher volunteers her time to The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, as well as The Pajama Program where she reads to homeless children several times a year. She is involved with the Partnership for Student Advancement and serves on the Young Professional’s Board of the American Liver Foundation.

Sponsorship Co-Chair

Sponsorship Co-Chair

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Sponsorship Co-Chair

Sponsorship Co-Chair

THERESA A. GARELLI is Senior Vice President and Counsel of First American Title Insurance Company of New York. As an account executive, she is responsible for business development in New York, Nationally and Internationally. Until October, 2005, she served as Chief Claims Counsel of First American Title Insurance Company of New York, responsible for claims investigation, coverage evaluation, settlement negotiation and structuring, in addition to numerous additional duties including litigation management and strategy.. She has been with First American since 2001 and was previously Senior Claims Counsel and Vice President at Fidelity National Title Insurance Company in New York (1990 – 2001).

Prior to joining Fidelity in 1990, Ms. Garelli was a member of the Attorneys Title Insurance Fund, and ran a general practice specializing in real estate transactions and civil litigation in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

After graduating Cum Laude from Florida State University with a B.A. in Foreign Languages and International Business, she then attended Law School at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where she received her Juris Doctor with honors in 1985. Ms. Garelli is fluent in Spanish and Italian. Ms. Garelli was admitted to the Florida bar in 1985 and the New York Bar in 1998. Ms. Garelli may be reached at (212) 922-9700, extension 1618, or at tgarelli@firstam.com.

Special Events Co-Chair

Special Events Co-Chair

Jaclyn DiRenzo is a Senior Account Executive with Milrose Consultants, Inc, she has been with the company for six years. Milrose Consultants the industry leader in code consulting and municipal filing services with offices in New York City, New Jersey and Long Island.

Jaclyn is responsible for managing a team of Account Executives and key corporate accounts while coordinating marketing efforts, assisting with strategic planning objectives as well as maintaining and developing business relationships in both new and existing markets.

Jaclyn attended Pennsylvania State University where she majored in International Business and Real Estate. In her spare time, Jaclyn enjoys traveling, running, reading, spending time with her family and painting. Jaclyn has been actively involved with AREW for the past four years serving as Membership Co-Chair and Secretary. In addition to AREW, Jaclyn is involved in IFMA, Corenet, Leading Ladies of Real Estate and she volunteers her time for Maji Mazuri headquartered out of Nairobi, Kenya.

Special Events Co-Chair

Special Events Co-Chair

Maria is currently CEO at Nortronics, Corp., a leader in service and technology for the security industry in the New York tri-state area. Throughout her university years, Maria was employed at Nortronics, learning the business from the ground-up. She earned a BA in Advertising and Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology and also completed internships at public relations firms in New York and London, England.

An AREW member for 6 years, and three years on the Board of Directors, Maria now joins the board as Special Events Co-chair.

Special Events Co-Chair

Special Events Co-Chair

Iva Kravitz is a principal in The Design Broker, a service that finds appropriate architects and designers for commercial projects. We specialize in restaurant, hotel and hospitality, multi-unit housing, corporate and retail design work. Iva's background, 20 years marketing and writing about architectural and creative services, forms the basis of her design credibility, intimate knowledge of the New York design community, and a stellar reputation for honesty and integrity.

Iva holds a B.A. degree from the University of Vermont and took additional courses at Harvard Extension School and New York University. In addition to her work with AREW, she is a founding Director of the Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation.

Communications Co-Chair

Communications Co-Chair

Bringing over 18 years of experience in marketing, business development, and all facets of corporate communications, Lucy Carter is known for both her professionalism and commitment to excellence. Ms. Carter currently serves as the Director of Marketing + Business Development of Ted Moudis Associates (TMA), a full-service architecture, planning and interior design firm where she remains part of the senior management team.

In this capacity, Ms. Carter is responsible for the development and implementation of TMA’s marketing, business development, client outreach and communications. In doing so, she expands the firm’s presence and upholds Ted Moudis Associate’s commitment to providing superior custom driven design services- a longtime philosophy and trademark of the New York based firm.

Ms. Carter's professional history includes business development and marketing for companies such as Morgan Stanley, Polo Ralph Lauren and others, allowing her to address today’s changing, complex business environments.

Ms. Carter remains an active member of several industry associations, including Communications and Membership Committees for Corenet Global Real Estate New York Chapter, International Facilities Management Association, The American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter and serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Real Estate Women (AREW) as Communications Co-Chair.

Ms. Carter holds a B.A in History from The University of California, Berkeley.

Communications Co-Chair

Communications Co-Chair

Jill Leonardis, a seasoned client service professional with experience in marketing, communications, competitive intelligence and business development, joined Impark as the Director of Business Development in 2006. Ms. Leonardis currently serves Impark’s Northeast region through creative marketing initiatives and operations strategies, bolstering the company’s strong client service practices.

Ms. Leonardis serves Impark, the third largest parking company in North America, by developing and implementing customized marketing plans and strategic operations practices to serve luxury Office and Residential buildings, Stadiums & Arenas, Universities, Hospitals and Valet operations. Impark operates parking facilities on behalf of property owners and asset managers under parking management agreements and through providing bankable leases. Impark has a reputation for offering superior service to its customers and clients and is well known for employing leading edge technology in parking solutions.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Leonardis served as a marketing professional for Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP. Ms. Leonardis holds a B.A. from Skidmore College.

Communications Co-Chair

Communications Co-Chair

Ellen Herman is a Principal in the New York office of The Staubach Company and co-manages the Non Profit Practice Group for the company. Ellen's specialization in development and build-to-suit projects is derived from her experience in construction management and with her previous management of The Staubach Company's Northeast region design and construction consulting activities. She has a keen sense of the cost and schedule implications of development and a strong ability to lead her clients through the real estate process.

Ellen's accomplishments since joining The Staubach Company have included: PBS’s headquarters in Crystal City, various assignments for the Smithsonian, NPR, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, the American Medical Association and the Ecological Society of America. Currently, Ellen is assisting the International Center for Research on Women, Judicial Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, American Industrial Hygiene Association and the International Food Information Council.

She began her career with Boston Properties as a construction manager. In this capacity, she was responsible for a variety of new office buildings in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area totaling in excess of two million square feet.

Management

Management

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Charitable Fund Co-Chair

Charitable Fund Co-Chair

Over the past 30-plus years Stephanie Butler has established a well-deserved reputation for excellence among her colleagues and clients in the title insurance industry. It is her distinctive reputation, coupled with her industry expertise, that Stephanie brings to her position as a senior vice president of Liberty Title Agency, LLC- a company which, she believes, expertly blends time-honored title expertise with an innovative, progressive business approach. Before joining Liberty, Stephanie was a senior vice president at Title Associates; and prior to that, she was a senior vice president at First American Title Insurance Company of New York. She also opened and managed the New York City office of Lawyers Title. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Stephanie currently serves as Co Chair of the AREW Charitable Fund and is a member of the AREW Board.. Notably, she was the only woman to have chaired the Young Mortgage Bankers Association for the first 40 yrs of its existence. Stephanie also has been honored for her outstanding accomplishments in real estate by AREW on its 25th anniversary, named a "Current Leader" and one of the "Top 50 Women in Real Estate" by Real Estate Weekly, and was recognized as a “Woman of Influence” by Real Estate New York. She was the co recipient of the cherished AREW Founders Award in 2007.

Charitable Fund Chair

Charitable Fund Chair

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