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New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

SPD is a full-service development management and advisory firm. SPD is an affiliate of Sterling Equities, a 50-year-old real estate owner/manager and developer based in New York. Its ownership group also owns and operates the New York Mets Baseball Team as well as SportsNet New York, a regional sports network also based in New York. • Project Management (Project Executive)Direct design and construction teams in the development of nearly $1B of projects within the greater New York City area. Supervise over two million square feet of complex commercial, sports-related and adaptive-reuse projects, including UBS Arena (New York Islanders) and surrounding Sports & Entertainment Complex.• Project Advisory (Senior Project Advisor)Provide both due-diligence and ongoing project advisory services for real estate investment firms, developers and institutions for $2.5 billion of development projects within the Northeastern United States. Projects vary greatly across building type (residential, commercial, sports, hospitality, retail, industrial and mixed-use), project type (ground-up, renovation, adaptive-reuse, overbuild, masterplan) and scale (25,000 to 1,000,000 square feet). Evaluate all critical elements of a proposed development including: project team, permitting and entitlement, site feasibility, logistics and sequencing, budget and schedule.

Greater New York City Area

Non-profit with mission of empowering orphans & vulnerable children to complete their education and stay HIV-negative through scholarship.• Developed brand in alignment with mission statement. Currently overseeing brand-use in all company material.• Lead four-person team hosting fundraisers. Curated art exhibits showcasing non-profit’s latest product lines.• Managed website grant application and award. Currently directing design and development of new website.

Greater New York City Area

International architecture & interior design firm focusing on rethinking large-scale corporate environments.• Chelsea Market Addition – Creating schemes for design of 210,000sf office addition. Preserving façade of former Nabisco factory and operation of present-day market by lifting new design clear above existing building in order to achieve community board favor; earned City Planning approval September 2012.• 225 Park Avenue South – Leading design efforts to prepare historic American Woolen Building for departure of Port Authority from current headquarters, leaving what will be the largest rentable existing office space available in Manhattan. Providing design and leasing strategies for securing Fortune 500 CPG.• Black Entertainment Television [BET] Recording Studios – Detailed design and oversaw construction of studio floor renovation. Sustained corporate brand and established professional-quality acoustic environment.

Greater New York City Area

International architecture and interior design firm focusing on institutional & high-end commercial projects.• Carnegie Hall Renovation – Managed four designers and team of consultants in the $200M renovation of landmark concert hall. Developed acoustic details for new world-class music academy. Owned design and construction administration for music academy and office portions of project and presented work directly to client. Secured approvals from Landmarks Preservation Commission and State Historic Preservation Office.

Bachelor Of Architecture, Architecture

• Concentrations in Architectural Theory and Architectural Visual Studies • Taken courses necessary for minor in Applied Economics.

Education record