2011 Highlights (L-R): Moderator Dr. Ned Gandevani, president, Winning Edge Strategies; Dr. Andrew Spieler, associate professor of finance, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University; Dr. Patrick Socci, dean, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University; Dr. Milena Petrova, assistant professor of finance and real estate, Syracuse University, and consultant; Diane Garnick (B.B.A., ’96), investment strategist, Hyde Park Angels; Dr. Randy Anderson, Howard Phillips Eminent Scholar Chair and professor of real estate, University of Central Florida; Dr. Ehsan Nikbakht, professor of finance, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University; and Richard V. Guardino, Jr., Esq., executive dean, Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies and vice president for business development, Hofstra University.
Fourth Annual Conference on Real Estate This conference, sponsored by the Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies and the Zarb School of Business, focused on making investments in real estate in the current economic environment. A group of industry experts and business professionals were invited to share their latest assessments of the market, business models and the strategies they used in their operations. Opportunities, financial risk and exit strategies, including the anatomy of a real estate auction process, were presented.
Dr. Milena Petrova, assistant professor of finance and real estate, Syracuse University, and consultant.
Peter LaMassa, executive director, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Alternative Investments Group.
Misha Haghani, Esq., principal, Paramount Realty USA, LLC.
Dr. Patrick Socci, dean, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University.
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(L-R): Richard V. Guardino, Jr., Esq., executive dean, Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies and vice president for business development, Hofstra University; Dr. Andrew Spieler, associate professor of finance, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University; Dr. Randy Anderson, Howard Phillips Eminent Scholar Chair and professor of real estate, University of Central Florida; Michael Motazedi, M.B.A. student, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University; Chris Hartford, M.B.A. student, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University; and Dr. Ehsan Nikbakht, professor of finance, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University.
Zarb School Graduate Career Services Executive Speaker Series Presents Andrew Tisch Andrew Tisch, co-chair of the board and Office of the President of Loews Corporation, gave a presentation as part of the Zarb School’s Executive Speaker Series. Mr. Tisch discussed managing in difficult times and addressed students’ questions.
Andrew Tisch
(L-R): Barbara Church-Kattan, director of Graduate Business Career Services; Dr. Patrick Socci, dean, Frank G. Zarb School of Business; Luke Ng, adjunct associate professor of marketing and international business; Andrew Tisch, co-chair of the board and Office of the President of Loews Corporation; Dr. Esmeralda Lyn, former vice dean, Frank G. Zarb School of Business; and Dr. Herman A. Berliner, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, Hofstra University.
Capital One Entrepreneurial Lecture Series: Larry Roman Presents “Leveraging Knowledge Gained at the Zarb School to Devise Entrepreneurial Solutions” Hofstra alumnus Larry Roman (B.B.A. ’77) is chief executive officer of WDF Inc., one of the nation’s leading plumbing, HVAC contracting and specialty general contracting companies. This company’s projects include the Freedom Tower, the Time Warner Building, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden, Seven World Trade Center and Goldman Sachs’ lower Manhattan headquarters.