The Advisory Board of the Schack Institute of Real Estate provides support and guidance to the Institute’s leadership in advancing its mission as one of the world’s leading centers of real estate research and pedagogy. Advisory Board members are amongst the most prominent members of the national and global real estate industries and serve a critically important role in the development of the Institute’s educational and research programs.
Schack Advisory Board

James D. Kuhn
Newmark
Board Chairman

Larry A. Silverstein
Silverstein Properties Board
Chairman Emeritus

David Z. Hirsh '90
Blackstone Group (Retired)
Board Vice Chairman

Farah Ahmed
Greenberg Traurig

Marc Bell ‘89
Marc Bell Capital

Robert S. Blumenthal
Deutsche Bank Securities

Thanh Bui
Clarion Partners

Marty Burger
Silverstein Properties
Executive Committee

Andrew Chung
Innovo Property Group

Marcella Fasulo
Newmark

Laurie Golub '89
Affinius Capital
Executive Committee

Todd Gomez
Bank of America

Asim Hamid
Blackstone

Richard A. Kessler
Benenson Capital Partners

Khaled W. Kudsi
Sterling Investors

Margarette Lee
YoungWoo & Associates

Catherine Marcus ‘90
PGIM Real Estate
Executive Committee

Jonathan L. Mechanic ‘77
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

Sas Mehrara
Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett

Martin Nussbaum
Slate Property Group

Renato Ochman
Ochman Real Amadeo

Robin Panovka
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Sujan Patel
Nantam Capital

Jerry Pi ‘07
Pi Capital Partners

Brian Ray ‘02
Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners

Scott Rechler ‘90
RXR Realty

Mitchell B. Rutter
Essex Capital Partners

Andrew Scandalios ‘04
JLL Capital Markets

Kenneth Schack
Schack Realty Company

Kevin Smith
Cushman & Wakefield

Thomas Vecchione
VOCON

Janet Woods
Savills

Simon Ziff ‘90
Ackman-Ziff Real Estate