Vince Rocco is labeled as a new condo development sales and marketing expert, successfully selling out three prominent projects in New York City.

Vince has appeared on HGTV’s House Hunters, DIY Network’s Sweat Equity and in publications such as The New York Times, New York Post and New York Magazine. He is the radio talk show host of “Good Morning New York, Real Estate with Vince Rocco”.

Vince lives on the Upper West Side with his dog Jett.

Jason Gesing served as the Chief Executive Officer of eXp Realty from May, 2016 until August, 2018 and as its President from October, 2013 until May, 2016. During this period eXp Realty established itself as one of the fastest growing real estate brokerage brands in the industry, increasing agent count from approximately 300 to more than 12,000; and, increasing revenues from approximately $10.7 million (2013) to $156.1 million (2017).

He also oversees international expansion for eXp Realty.

Eric Zollinger has 20 years’ experience in all aspects of new development sales and marketing. His recent role has been as Executive Manager of Sales with Douglas Elliman Development Marketing.

Eric is  Co-Chair of FIABCI USA’s Grand Prix Real Estate Recognition Awards and participated in the 70th World Congress in Moscow, Russia.

While at The Related Companies, Eric worked on multiple new developments: One Madison, Superior Ink, The Caledonia, Astor Place, the RFP of Hudson Yards, Clarendon Back Bay in Boston, and pre-development for Zaha Hadid’s 520 West 28th Street.  He founded Zollinger & Associates (2010-2013), a boutique real estate firm.

Edward de Mallet Morgan operates within the Global Wealth Team at Knight Frank. With more than 16 years’ experience transacting in over 15 countries and across 4 continents, Edward assists high net worth clients with selling and sourcing often ‘off market’ property in high value city, rural and waterfront locations in Europe, the Caribbean and America.

Edward is a confidential advisor and trusted single point of contact that enables clients to confidently transact around the world.

Pierre Albert Winter is Vice President of this architecturally ambitious real estate development firm. He coordinates projects from acquisition to financing, design, construction and sellout, using his development experience with his expertise in finance and architecture.

Pierre is also a Principal of Studio FtB, a boutique real estate and architectural firm, which produced a short film presented at the Cannes Film Festival.

Mr. Winter was a Managing Director at Rose Associates, where he financed equity and debt placements totaling $1 Billion, including conventional, securitized and tax-exempt bond structures. He also identified acquisitions, negotiated and coordinated new developments of projects totaling 2.5 Million square feet.

Pierre holds an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a BE from The Cooper Union.

Mr. Altman is instrumental in fund-raising, structuring JV partnerships, sourcing and acquiring real property and debt. To date, Adam has participated in transactions totaling approximately over five million square feet of commercial properties, as well as thousands of residential units, hotels and new development land with over 3000 units of entitlements.

Prior to joining KABR, he focused on acquisition, development, management and disposition of real estate for a multi-billion dollar healthcare company. He has also worked with the private wealth team at Deutsche Bank, portfolio manager/analyst at Chestnut Ridge Capital and founded and sold Freshpair.com, an ecommerce company. Adam sits on the Board of directors for NYPEN Real Estate and has guest lectured at the graduate schools of NYU and Columbia.

Debra Tantleff operates a certified Women’s Business Enterprise development and advisory firm focused on creating boutique multi-family and mixed-use communities in the New Jersey region.  She was previously the Vice President of Development at Roseland Property Company, with a portfolio consisting of more than 5,000 residential units and 200,000 square feet of retail space.

Ms. Tantleff serves on the New Jersey Committee of the Regional Plan Association, the Executive Board of Directors for Downtown New Jersey, and is also a member of New Jersey Future and the New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA).

Ms. Tantleff holds a B.A.S. from the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information Studies and is a member of the Executive Committee at the Center for Real Estate at the Rutgers Business School, where she also serves as Chair of the Emerging Leaders Council. She holds a Masters in Real Estate Finance from the Schack Institute of Real Estate at New York University.

Farook Mahmood has been in the real estate for over 39 years. Based in Bangalore, he has been the linchpin in finalizing numerous deals for multinational and national corporations, companies and High Net worth Individuals.

Mahmood is the Founder and President of FIABCI-INDIA.  He was FIABCI World President 2017-18.  He is one of the founders of the Bangalore Realtors Association of India (BRAI) which was formed in the year 2000 and served as its president for two terms. He was the President & Vice Chairman of National Association of Realtors – India (NAR - India) in 2007 and currently Chars the Foreign Affairs. Across 46 Associations in India. He was a founder member of the Global “Think Tank” on Real Estate (Nice, France).

Silverline is the first and only Real Estate company in India to be awarded with three titles in 2008 – “Best Property Finder for “India”, “Asia Pacific”, and “The World” for the year 2008, by International Property Awards in association with CNBC.

Federico Ranuzzi de’ Bianchi became a lawyer and in 2004 was admitted to the Italian Bar. After an experience in the sales and marketing division of Bper Bank, he continued to work in marketing and communication. He became sales and events Director of the Unipol Arena, one of Italy’s premier indoor venues. There, he coordinated and organized numerous corporate, live-music and international sports events.

He joined Gianluca and Gabriele Giordani, and together in 2012 they established Ranuzzi & Giordani Real Estate Broker Agency.

Since October 2017 he has been the appointed National Delegate of foreign relationships for Fiaip, the largest Italian estate agent Federation.  In April 2018 he was elected Vice President - President Real Estate Agents at European Association of Real Estate Professions (CEPI aisbl)www.cepi.eu

For over two decades Dean Foster has been involved in researching, writing, and consulting on the nature of culture and its role in society, work and politics in a globalizing world. Based in NYC, Dean has played a central role in the development of the field of cross-cultural training and consulting.

Dean works with most major Fortune 500 companies, national governments and NGOs (the United Nations and World Trade Institutes, among others), and as a guest lecturer and faculty for educational institutions, such as Harvard Business School, Columbia University School of Business, NYU and Darden Business School.  He is the host on CNN of the nationwide “Doing Business in…” series. Dean is also a frequent guest commentator on culture, global work and social issues for CNN, CNBC, the BBC and other radio and TV shows.

Dean wrote the book, Bargaining Across Borders, voted as one of the top ten business books of 1994 by the American Library Association. Dean’s other books include the series The Global Etiquette Guide(s) to: Europe;  Asia; Africa & The Middle East; and Latin America. He was a Contributing Editor with National Geographic, writing the monthly “CultureWise” column in National Geographic Traveler Magazine  Most recently, he is the co-host of the syndicated podcast, “Oops, Your Culture’s Showing!” (www.blubrry.com/oopscultureshow/)

Ramon Riera, CRS, is a Property Manager and Real Estate Agent who has spent more than 30 years working for the development of the Spanish real estate sector and its internationalization.

Riera has been CEO of the multinational AISA, a member of the board of directors of the College of Realtors of Barcelona, and the owner/CEO and founder of the Eurofincas Real Estate Agency.

Since 2011 Ramon Riera has been president of FIABCI Spain and since 2014 he has been president of FIABCI Europe.

Ramon graduated in Law at the University of Barcelona.

Fernando García Erviti took the CRS (Council of Residential Specialists) courses to Spain, and launched SIRA, the association of the International Realtors in Spain. More than 1,000 professionals have earned the designation there. He was the creator and presenter of Inmociónate, the largest real estate professional event in Spain, which this year reached its tenth edition.

He is currently developing CRS in Latin America for a year, where he has taught CRS courses in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama.

After graduating as an architect in Spain, he obtained a Masters Degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, as a Fulbright Scholar. After working in administration, banking and insurance companies, he has been in real estate for the last 20 years. He specializes in historical properties in Spain, ranging from the medieval castle to Gaudí's modernism.

Noble Black has been consistently ranked as a top broker for over 10 years, and is currently ranked the #1 team at Douglas Elliman and 35th in the nation by the Wall Street Journal.

He made Manhattan's largest sale in 2018: a $73 million penthouse at 520 Park Avenue; and sold Manhattan's then most expensive co-op in 2012 - a $54 million penthouse at 785 Fifth Avenue. His clients include leaders in business, entertainment and heads of state.

After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law, Noble spent several years at a top law firm and then transitioned into real estate.  Today he is a trusted expert in the business, quoted regularly in media outlets such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and has made numerous guest appearances on CBS, NBC, CNBC, ABC and Fox Business Network.

Raj Rajpal has been with Wells Fargo for over 25 years. He has closed over 18,000 real estate transactions and has been ranked in the top 1% of mortgage originators in the country, 20 years in a row.

Raj regularly teaches homeownership and credit management classes to local minority groups, including school children, at local nonprofit organizations, churches and schools.

For over 15 years he has had a call-in real estate radio program.

Raj serves as the Secretary General of Finance for FIABCI International; he has chaired multiple international real-estate delegations and is a regular speaker and panelist at real estate and mortgage conferences in the US and abroad.

Michael Valdes oversees the international servicing platform for all Realogy brands including Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Better Homes & Garden, Corcoran, Climb and Sotheby’s International Realty in 113 countries.  He has been with Realogy in a variety of roles for the past 14 years.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Valdes was Director of Private Banking at Deutsche Bank for just under a decade where he oversaw a book of business of just under $1 billion.

Mr. Valdes is a current member of the NAHREP Corporate Board of Governors as well as the Realogy Diversity Board. He is the Executive Chair of the Latino ERG and a former Board Member of Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach.

E.B. Solomont has covered residential real estate in New York City since 2014. Before that, she spent four years at the St. Louis Business Journal, where she wrote about retail, restaurants and agriculture. Leading up to her stint in St. Louis, E.B. was a New York-based correspondent for the Jerusalem Post. After graduating from Tufts University and the Columbia School of Journalism, she cut her teeth as a crime reporter at the New York Sun.

Mitch currently serves as one of the firm’s Business Development Leaders.  He was a founder of PwC’s Real Estate Advisory practice, and has over 30 years of experience serving real estate investors, foreign and domestic.

Mitch is a widely-recognized commentator on real estate, housing, business trends, capital markets, the retail industry and the economy. He is a frequent public speaker, and a regular guest and panel member on the Fox Business Network, and Bloomberg TV and Radio. He is the co-publisher of Emerging Trends in Real Estate, a global annual market forecast.

He serves as a trustee of the PwC Charitable Foundation, where he leads its grant-making efforts in youth education and financial literacy.

Luciane Serifovic is a luxury real estate powerhouse, thought leader and CEO & founder of Luxian International Realty which launched in March, 2019.

Sixteen years ago, Luciane walked into a real estate office in Manhattan and convinced the manager to give “a young woman from Brazil who spoke little English and knew little about New York City,” a chance. Since then she has managed the sales of thousands of transactions, multi-millions of dollars of high-end New York real estate, secured properties and investments for clients in nearly all regions of the world, coached hundreds of agents, built one of the most successful real estate offices in the nation and appeared in many speaking and media engagements.

In addition to being a champion fitness model, Luciane authored the book “Handle It: Get it Together and Finally Have it All.” The book is an inspirational immigrant story. All proceeds from the book are donated to the family of Sofia Rabello to support her battle with a brain tumor.

Eric Van Hoorde has more than 20 years of experience in the Real Estate and Construction field. Since 2012 he has been involved in the development and improvement of the Real Estate sector in Panama.

Eric has twice been elected President of ACOBIR (Panamanian Association of Realtors and Developers) 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.  He was awarded the  International Realtor of the Year 2018 by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR).  Eric is an active member of FIABCI (International Real Estate Federation) and current President of its Americas Committee.

Alireza Memar, Broker Manager & Sales Director, DMG Property Management, LLC

Alireza ‘Ali’ Memar has had a 40 year career in real estate. He has experience as a real estate developer since 1977. He joined RE/MAX Realty Exchange in 2003 based out of Edgewater, NJ with a focus on global real estate.

Ali is also a licensed Broker in Dubai

.He was directly involved in the establishment of the Global Business Council for the Eastern Bergen County Board of Realtors® and is currently a CIPS Advisory Board member for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). He  is an NAR CIPS instructor and a licensed CE instructor in New Jersey and New York.

Scott Durkin joined Douglas Elliman Real Estate in January, 2016 after a 26 year career with The Corcoran Group in New York.

He began his career as a sales agent in 1991 and became a protégé of Barbara Corcoran, working directly alongside her for many years. He was directly involved in the sale of the company to NRT/Realogy and the acquisition of brokerages in the Hamptons, Palm Beach and New York. During his tenure at Corcoran he held several corporate positions including Chief Operating Officer and Senior Managing Director of the Chelsea Flatiron office, which ranked in the top 10 nationwide of all Realogy companies during the 11 years of his leadership.

Scott is an amateur dressage rider and has three horses that keep him busy between Stone Ridge, New York and Wellington, Florida.

Michael Jalbert, Executive Vice President, Global Field Operations, HSF Affiliates

Michael Jalbert is executive vice president for Global Field Operations overseeing the franchise sales team at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Real Living Real Estate. He also directs the organization’s Network Services, Conference and Meeting Services and Preferred Alliances operations.

Jalbert brings extensive consulting, operations and global franchise sales experience to his position. He was senior managing director at Banister International, LLC., where he provided personalized consulting and coaching expertise for professionals and organizations. He also served as president at New Directions, Inc., an executive career advisory services firm; and was managing director at Chestnut Hill Partners LLC., an executive search firm.

Jalbert also was vice chairman and partner at ERA Europe, Inc. in Versailles, France, responsible for franchise sales.

Mr. Pinsky leads RXR’s efforts to invest in “emerging opportunities” in the New York region.  He focuses on areas with significant growth potential, particularly in the Outer Boroughs and suburban downtowns.

Prior to RXR, Pinsky was Director of Mayor Bloomberg’s Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency, which developed a $20 billion plan to protect the City from climate change impacts.  Pinsky also served at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where he was President from 2008 to 2013.

He is a graduate of Columbia College and Harvard Law School, and is an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Paul Massey and Robert A. Knakal founded Massey Knakal Realty Services. The company became the New York metropolitan area’s dominant commercial investment sales brokerage firm and was consistently ranked New York’s #1 investment sales firm in volume for 14 consecutive years.

At the end of 2014, Cushman & Wakefield acquired Massey Knakal and Mr. Massey became President, New York Investment Sales.

In 2017, Paul Massey ran as a Mayoral Candidate for New York City.

In July 2018, Mr. Massey and his partners launched a new commercial brokerage firm, B6 Real Estate Advisors, short for “Building By Building, Block By Block”.

Paul graduated from Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, in 1983.

Mr. Massey is a member of The Lower East Side Tenement Museum. He is an amateur boxer and an avid skier. He and his wife, Gretchen, have three children and reside in Larchmont, NY.