SCHEDULE & AGENDA

Monday, December 4th, 2023 @ Ironside Newark

7:30 AM – 6 PM
 
7:30 AM – BREAKFAST RECEPTION
 
8:25 AM – CHAIR WELCOME REMARKS
Angelo Genova Esq, Co-Founder & Chairman, Genova Burns LLC
 
8:30 AM – NJIT (OPENING) REMARKS – Teik Lim, President, NJIT
 
8:35 AM – ARTS – SPACES + ECONOMIC CATALYST
 
Linda Harrison, CEO & Director, The Newark Museum of Art
Talia Young, President & CEO, Newark Symphony Hall
Steven Gorelick, Executive Director, NJ Motion Picture & Television Commission
Marcy S. DePina, President, Newark City Parks Foundation & Board President, Newark Arts
John Schreiber, President & CEO, NJPAC
Joe Lee, Vice President & General Manager, NJ PBS
MODERATOR: Frank Giantomasi, Member, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
 
9:20 AM – MIXED-USE + INNOVATIVE RETAIL
 
Adenah Bayoh, Founder & Principal Adenah Bayoh & Companies
Ashley Mays, Chief of Places & Real Estate, Newark Alliance
Samer Hanini, Founder & Managing Partner, Hanini Group
George Tenedios, Founder & CEO, fresh&co
Kerri Berson Levine, Principal, The Fidelco Realty Group
Jonathan Schultz, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Onyx Equities
MODERATOR: William Harrison, Partner, Genova Burns LLC
 
10:00 AM – MID-MORNING RECEPTION by March Associates Construction
 
10:30 AM – OFFICE | INVESTING IN HUMAN, ASSET & FUTURE CAPITAL
 
Aisha Glover, Head, Urban Innovation, Audible
Anton Vincent, President, Mars Wrigley North America
John Saraceno, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Onyx Equities
Duncan Turner, General Partner, SOSV & Global Managing Director, HAX
Vaughn Crowe, Managing Partner, Newark Venture Partners
Jon Dario, CEO, Edison Properties
MODERATOR: Melissa Strickland, Managing Director, New Jersey, HLW
 
11:15 AM – AUDIBLE REMARKS – Bob Carrigan, CEO, Audible
 
11:20 AM – MAYOR’s FIRESIDE CHAT
Ras J. Baraka, Mayor, City of Newark
Angelo Genova Esq, Co-Founder & Chairman, Genova Burns LLC
 
11:55 AM – RUTGERS REMARKS – Jeffrey Robinson, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor, Rutgers Newark
 
12:00 PM – LUNCH RECEPTION by Hanini Group
 
12:55 PM – NJEDA REMARKS – Tim Sullivan, CEO, NJEDA
 
1:00 PM – AFFORDABLE HOUSING |  Expanding, Preserving & Creating Communities
 
LaMonica McIver, City Council President, City of Newark
Leslie A. Anderson, President & CEO, NJ Redevelopment Authority – NJRA
Melanie Walter, Executive Director,  NJ Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency
Andrew Cavaluzzi, Co-Founder & Partner, Hudson Valley Property Group – HVPG
Bernel Hall, President & CEO, New Jersey Community Capital
MODERATOR: Calvin Souder, Founding Partner, Souder, Shabazz & Woolridge Law Group
 
1:45 PM – EMERGING MARKETS & REGION
 
Wayne Richardson, President, Board of County Commissioners, Essex County
Ron Beit, Founder & CEO, RBH Group
Joseph Alpert, Founder & Principal, The Alpert Group
Pedro Gomes, Founder & CEO, Gomes Group
Murat Mutlu, Founder & Principal, INOA Architecture
Jay Bolton, Principal, Bolton Development
MODERATOR: Elnardo Webster, Partner, Connell Foley
 
2:30 PM – MID-AFTERNOON RECEPTION by BOLD Demolition & Disposal

3:00 PM GOVERNORS VIDEO REMARKS: Phil Murphy, Governor, State of New Jersey 
 
3:10 PM CAPITAL MARKETS, FINANCE, TAX & INCENTIVES
 
Allison Ladd, Deputy Mayor & Director Econ. Dev. & Housing, City of Newark
Jack Klugmann, President & CEO, Accurate
David Wolfe, Managing Partner, Skoloff & Wolfe
Jay Biggins, Founder & Executive Managing Director, BLS & Co.
Brian Murray, Co-Founder & CEO, Shift Capital
Jose Cruz, Senior Managing Director, JLL
Kathy Anderson, Founding Partner, Progress Capital
MODERATOR: Andrew Camelotto, Director, Real Property, Gibbons
 
4:00 PM MULTIFAMILY
Sam Chapin, Managing Director, LMXD | L+M Development Partners
Gabriel Lopez, Principal, J&L Companies
Adam Pasternack, President, Property Management, Russo Development
Omar Mansour, Principal, Boraie Development
Michael Higgins, Managing Principal, MHS Architecture
Drew Fletcher, President, Greystone Capital Advisors
MODERATOR: Jennifer Carrillo-Perez, Partner, Connell Foley
 
4:50 PM – INVEST NEWARK REMARKS – Marcus Randolph, CEO, Invest Newark
 
4:55 PM – CHAIR CLOSING REMARKS
Angelo Genova Esq, Co-Founder & Chairman, Genova Burns LLC
 
5:00 PM – CLOSING RECEPTION by Gomes Group
 
6:00 PM – END
 
2023 SPONSORS, PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS
 
VENUE PARTNER: Edison Properties / Ironside Newark
 
CHAIR: Genova Burns
 
STATE PARTNER: NJEDA
 
MEDIA PARTNERS:
Real Estate NJ
NJBIZ
The Real Deal
ROI-NJ
Jersey Digs
 
SPONSORS:
Connell Foley
MHS Architecture
Skoloff & Wolfe
CSG Law
JLL
NJ’s Clean Energy Program
Picerno-Giordano Construction
Leadarati
Hanini Group
greenspot
March Associates Construction
HLW
Progress Capital
INOA Architecture
Violet PR
Gibbons Law
Minno & Wasko
Dresdner Robin
Boarie Development
KEA Engineers
NJIT
Souder, Shabazz & Woolridge Law Group
CPG Interactive
NJRE Direct
greenspot
Gibbons
NJ PBS
Greystone
Temporary Wall System
LiUNA
Pathways to Apprenticeship
Teach Newark
Newark Enrolls
Invest Newark
 
SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS:
New Jersey Apartment Association – NJAA
techunited
 
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