Deborah Cole attended Fordham University and is currently enrolled in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Currently she is on the board of directors of the Boy Scouts of America Exploring Division; a trustee and governor of the Daytop Village Foundation; a former board member (1992) of the Young Men's/Women's Real Estate Association of New York; a founder and former director (1988-92) of Commercial Real Estate Women (New York); a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and a member of Commercial Real Estate Women (Philadelphia).

Elizabeth Harper Counihan

Vice President

The Park Tower Group

Elizabeth Counihan is a Vice President for The Park Tower Group where she manages the redevelopment of Times Square by Times Square Center Associates, a partnership of Park Tower and Prudential Insurance of America. In addition, she is responsible for managing other assets owned by Park Tower. She has also been responsible for negotiating joint venture partnerships and various financing vehicles in both debt and equity. Counihan joined Park Tower in May 1988 and has fourteen years experience in the real estate industry.

Prior to joining Park Tower, Counihun was a Second Vice President in Real Estate Finance at Chase Manhattan Bank where she completed the Global Credit Training Program. Previously, Counihan worked as an architect at I.M. Pea and Partners.

Counihan holds a Masters Degree in Architecture from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Engineering and Art from Brown University. Counihan is a Registered Architect in New York State and was a faculty member of Iowa State University in the Architecture Department. Counihan is active in several professional and charitable organizations.

Kathleen Wit

Associate Director

Julien J. Studley, Inc.

I would suspect that most successful brokerage professionals can identify with the proverb by Samuel Daniel, "This is the thing I was born to do." For me, this adage rang true after meeting Julien J. Studley eight years ago, and was offered a job at the firm which bears his name, ten minutes into our conversation.

Prior to joining Studley, I had a successful career at Chemical Bank, lending money to mid-sized companies in Manhattan. This experience provided me with the necessary financial and analytical background required to thoroughly evaluate client statements and reports. As a result, the move to commercial real estate was a natural transition.

My career began at Julien I. Studley, Inc. 's Wall Street office, where I honed my brokerage techniques and skills. As one of a handful of women in the industry, I found a strong business support mechanism by pining the Financial Women's Association of New York, and am currently a board member of FWA.

After spending three years at Studley's downtown Manhattan location, I moved to the midtown office. During this time, the marketplace was changing, placing greater demands on the real estate advisor. I too, was compelled to adapt to the needs of my clients, providing financial and strategic planning, portfolio management and long-term advisory services. My experience in both the financial district and the midtown market has enabled me to provide real estate services to a variety of clients including the banking and financial services industries, publishing, insurance and law firms.

Valerie Delson

Senior Partner

Delson Ginsberg Real Estate

Valerie Delson's outstanding sales record has earned her the distinction of being one of downtown's top producers for over 18 years. Starting out in the late 70s, she has been the exclusive sales agent for several leading New York developers, completing over 30 renovated and new buildings on time and correctly priced.

As senior partner in Delson Ginsberg Real Estate, she has moved hundreds of units during all types of economic environments. As a seller's agent, she represents properties with a thorough knowledge of the dynamics involved. Her attention to detail and her expertise in negotiation sees offers smoothly through to dosing. With her sterling reputation and proven track record, Valerie has been instrumental in bringing the downtown residential brokerage community into the 1990s.

She is a founding member of the Downtown Broker's Association, an association formed to help standardize a code of ethics among its members and to help disseminate information quickly and accurately. She is Co-Chair of the Education Committee and served as Chairperson of the Grievance and Arbitration Committee during the first DBA arbitration. Valerie finds real estate a constantly changing and consistently interesting field and plans to meet the challenge of being an innovator in New York real estate.

Roxanne Donovan

President

Great Ink Communications, Ltd.

Rexanne Donovan is President and founder of Great Ink Communications, Ltd., a public relations and marketing communications firm specializing in serving the needs of real estate developers, owners, managers and brokers in New York and around the country.

Great Ink works for a number of the country's most important real estate players, including Newmark & Company Real Estate, the Durst Organization, the Edward S. Gordon Company, Carlton Property Auctions, ONCOR International, Crown America Developments, Albanese Development Corporation and National Cooperative Bank, developing and directing strategic media relations and marketing programs that deliver results.

Prior to forming Great Ink in 1993, Donovan served as Director of Corporate Communications for the Edward S. Gordon Company. A seasoned journalist, Donovan previously covered the Real Estate/Economic Development beat as a Business Reporter for The New York Daily News. She also served as Senior Editor of Commercial Property News, and Editor of Real Estate Weekly.

"Real estate is a subject that fascinates most everyone, and news about the industry, its players and their accomplishments is in demand," Donovan said. "The value of an effective media relations campaign is that it enables the client to control the delivery of its news to a vast audience."

Hazel Ephron, RA, AIA

Partner

Wank Adams Slavin Associates

Hazel Ephron, RA, AIA has been a partner at Wank Adams Slavin Associates, Architecture Engineering Preservation for nine years. Two years ago she established a separate firm, Astor Associates, Architecture and Engineering, PC, a WBE.

Her experience in the architectural field has been varied to include Construction Administration, Building Infrastructure Condition Assessments for commercial, residential and institutional clients, exterior restoration design and detailing for competitive bidding.

She has administered the construction of a number of multi million dollar projects including a new Auditorium, Library and Speech and Theater building at Lehman College in the Bronx; an addition to the Hunter College School of Social Work in Manhattan; a Sports and Recreation Center for New York University; as well as dozens of projects at other facilities. Presently she is working on several residential properties, administering exterior work and also directs a team of professionals who perform Building Condition Assessments for commercial, residential and institutional clients.

Denise Savino Erichsen

Vice President

Automatic Industries

Automatic Industries, founded by Bob Savino, started out as a small operation and has taken thirty years of business experience and crafted a thriving route business with a respectable reputation. When Bob Savino's only son announced his intentions to become a doctor, it hardly occurred to him that his daughter, Denise, may be the next ideal candidate to groom for the family business. Starting out in college as part time office help, her duties remained clerical until she obtained a bachelors degree in marketing and management from New York Institute of Technology.

Joanne C. Wittlin

Director of Leasing

The Lanseo Corporation

Joanne C. Wittlin entered the commercial leasing industry in 1982 and has worked at The Lansco Corporation for the past nine years. Prior to her commitment to the commercial real estate Community, Wittlin received an intensive post-graduate degree in Ophthalmology and is a Certified Orthoptist as well as Ophthalmic Technician.