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Ms. Menschel is Chairman of Phipps Houses and previously served as its President and CEO. She is a current trustee of its affiliate, Phipps Community Development Corporation. Prior to joining Phipps Houses, Ms. Menschel was Deputy Mayor, and subsequently Executive Administrator, of New York City from 1978 to 1982. She served on the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority from 1979 to 1990, focusing on consumer issues and the transit system’s station environment, and served as chair of the New York City Advisory Commission for Cultural Affairs from 1984 to 1989. From 1991 to 1992, she headed the New York City Public Schools Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Arts Education. From 1998 to 2004 she served as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Ms. Menschel is the Mayoral-appointed Chair of the Trust for Governors Island. She serves on the boards of The Museum of the City of New York, Public Art Fund, Municipal Art Society, Citizens Housing and Planning Council, National Housing Conference, New York Academy of Sciences, and the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She is a Trustee Emerita of Cornell University, having served on its board for twelve years. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Program in Afterschool Education and Research at the Harvard Medical College and the Dean’s Council of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
ADAM WEINSTEIN Mr. Weinstein joined Phipps Houses in 1989 as Assistant to the President, becoming a Vice President in 1992, Chief Operating Officer in 1993, and its President and CEO in 2001. During his career at Phipps, Mr. Weinstein has at various times headed each of Phipps’ operating entities: real estate development and asset management, property management, and community development. He oversees more than 50 corporate entities employing a staff of 1000, an asset base nearing $2 billion in value and stewardship of more than $225 million in annual operating revenues. Early in his career Mr. Weinstein served as Assistant to the Commissioner of the New York City Office of Business Development, and as a Summer Associate in public finance at Goldman Sachs & Co. He is on the boards of Citizens Housing and Planning Council, the New York Housing Conference, Target Margin Theater, and is a trustee of the Village of Pelham, New York. Mr. Weinstein holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University. He is married with two children.
BRIAN S. BRICKER,
CPA
Brian S. Bricker is in charge of all financial and accounting operations for the Phipps Houses group of companies. His responsibilities include cash management, property management accounting for properties managed by Phipps Houses Services, Inc. and the production of financial statements for all Phipps Houses owned properties and the consolidated financial statements of the Phipps Houses Group. Prior to joining Phipps Houses Services, Inc. in 1993 as Controller, Mr. Bricker served as Controller at Insignia/ESG, Inc. and as a Supervisor at Price Waterhouse Coopers. A graduate of CUNY at Queens College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting, Mr. Bricker is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in the State of New York. He is also an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
ROBERT PIGOTT
Robert Pigott serves as chief legal executive to the Phipps Houses Group of Companies, advising senior management and the Board of Trustees on legal aspects of the business of the Phipps companies. Mr. Pigott supervises outside counsel, in both litigation and transactional work, and works on all legal aspects of Phipps transactions and day-to-day operations. He also serves as Secretary of Phipps-affiliated entities, and as a director of the organization’s single-purpose housing entities. Mr. Pigott was most recently Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Compliance Officer for Fidelis Care New York, a large, tax-exempt managed care organization administering government-sponsored health insurance such as Medicaid. Prior to this role, he spent nearly 11 years as a Section Chief and Bureau Chief in the New York Attorney General’s Charities Bureau. Before that, Mr. Pigott practiced law for more than 10 years as a litigator at Solomon Zauderer and Breed Abbott. He holds a law degree from Columbia University and a BA from Hamilton College.
JOSEPHINE PERRELLA
Ms. Perrella joined Phipps Houses Services, Inc. ("PHSI") in January 1996 as Vice President/General Manager. She is responsible for all facets of the property management division for Phipps Houses, its parent company. PHSI manages over 10,000 rental units and 300 commercial spaces through out New York City. With a total annual rent collection rate of over $100 million, PHSI has grown to be one of the most active management companies specializing in government assisted and distressed housing in the tri-state area. Prior to joining PHSI, Ms. Perrella was a Vice President of Grenadier Realty Corporation. As deputy general manager of Starrett at Spring Creek, Ms. Perrella was responsible for the day- to- day operation of a 5,881-unit complex with a total annual budget of $60 million. Ms. Perrella has held a variety of positions both in the private and public sectors of real estate. Her experience includes marketing and rent ups of assisted, "80/20" and market rate rental units. She began her career as a housing organizer in the South Bronx. Ms. Perrella graduated from Hunter College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She received her MBA in management from New York University.
DIANNE MORALES
As Executive Director/CEO of Phipps Community Development Corporation, Dianne Morales is responsible for the organization’s comprehensive network of human service programs, which reach over 8,000 participants annually. She provides strategic leadership to guide Phipps CDC’s ongoing growth and expansion, facilitates the development of innovative, effective programming, and oversees all administration and operations. Ms. Morales possesses an extensive background in human services and education. Prior to joining Phipps, Ms. Morales spent many years involved in groundbreaking education initiatives, helping to develop the national expansion of Jumpstart for Young Children and later working as part of the NYC Department of Education’s Children First team. More recently, she spent nearly five years at The Door, an acclaimed agency providing comprehensive services for at-risk youth and young adults throughout NYC; her final two years as its Executive Director. Her broad experience in education and in senior leadership roles within organizations serving youth and family has made her a trusted partner of government agencies and a leader in effective program development and management. Ms. Morales holds an EdM in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and an MS from Columbia University School of Social Work. She lives in Brooklyn with her two children.
MATTHEW KELLY Matthew Kelly joined Phipps Houses in 2002 as a Vice President in its real estate development department. Prior to joining Phipps Houses, Mr. Kelly was director of the New York office of The Low-Income Housing Fund, a national community development financial institution. Previously, he was a vice president in the real estate section of Chase Manhattan's Community Development Group. He was also the Director of Program Development at the NYC Housing Development Coalition and a program manager at the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Mr. Kelly holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business and a BA from Haverford College.
RICH HILL Rich Hill joined Phipps Houses in 1990 as Vice President, Construction and Technical Services. His responsibilities include: field office staff management; project planning and evaluation; monitoring development cash flow; design development and working drawing oversight; bid administration and contractor selection; contract negotiation and close outs; construction project administration; daily supervision of contractors, architects and other consultants; and government agency and tenant association interface. Since joining Phipps Houses, Mr. Hill has overseen the development and renovation of more than 1,500 units, representing total construction costs of nearly $150 million. Prior to joining Phipps Houses, from 1986 to 1989, Mr. Hill was involved in acquisition, syndication and property management at Colonial Realty/Cheshire Management. He acquired and financed commercial and residential properties located throughout the United States, and had management responsibility for 2,000 apartment units and 500,000 square feet of office space. From 1981 to 1985, he was a Managing Director at United Gulf Services, where he was in charge of the acquisition, financing and renovation of construction projects in New York City. From 1978 to 1980, Mr. Hill was the United States Director of Real Estate at Transol USA. He was responsible for real estate investment and development opportunities throughout the United States. From 1970 to 1977, he was a partner at Greater Sierra Construction, where he built more than 6,000 garden apartments and 500 single family homes in California, Arizona and Nevada. Mr. Hill holds a Bachelors in Civil Engineering from Stanford University.
MICHAEL WADMAN Michael Wadman joined Phipps Houses in 2007 and is responsible for property acquisition, land development, structuring financing and closing mixed-use developments. Prior to joining Phipps Houses, Michael was Managing Partner of Hudson Affordable Housing LLC where he developed a pipeline of 2,000 affordable housing units including Gowanus Green, a large mixed-use project in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, among other projects. He also spent eight years at the New York State Housing Finance Agency, most recently as the Senior Vice President of Housing, overseeing the origination of more than $1 billion in financing for affordable housing throughout New York State. In addition, Michael has been a community development lender with JPMorgan Chase as well as an associate at the New York City Department of Housing and Preservation Development. He currently serves as Board President of Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit housing organization.
CARLYLE BURKE Mr. Carlyle Burke joined Phipps Houses Services, Inc. as a Computer Systems Support Specialist in 1992 and was promoted to Director of M.I.S. in 1998. In January 2005 Mr. Burke was promoted to Vice President and is primarily responsible for the overall operation of the Phipps Houses Group technology infrastructure including the administration of a vast network of computers, telecommunications and security systems. In 1994 Mr. Burke implemented a database tracking system of all computer inventory, and hardware related issues that increased the M.I.S. department’s ability to detect problem trends and provide better support services to our client base. In 1998 Mr. Burke and his staff re-networked the entire Phipps Main Office and installed the e-mail system and high speed Internet access. Shortly after, he networked each of the Phipps site offices and linked each network together implementing the Phipps wide area network that is in place today. In 1999 Mr. Burke managed the successful transition of Phipps’ entire computer infrastructure into Y2K compliancy replacing or upgrading all non-compliant items. Currently Mr. Burke is involved in streamlining and reducing the cost of telecommunications for all of the Phipps Houses Group office locations, in addition to being actively involved with upgrading the central property management, accounting, and purchasing database system. Prior to joining Phipps Houses Services, Inc., Mr. Burke was a Systems Support Specialist at the worldwide headquarters of General Instrument. At General Instrument he helped to setup and administer a wide area network connecting the company’s headquarters to offices with networks around the world located in cities such as Dublin, Munich, and Taiwan. Mr. Burke attended Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York and has earned a Bachelors of Business Administration degree in Computer Information Systems.
EDWARD F. ROGERS Edward F. Rogers joined Phipps Houses Services, Inc. in 1983 and oversees operations of its Financial Services Departments, comprised of accounts payable, accounts receivable, voucher production, and purchasing. When he joined the company, he was responsible for creating and implementing a company-wide centralized purchasing system to ensure economical procurement of goods and services with the highest degree of internal control and integrity. In 1988 he was promoted to Director of Financial Services, assuming the additional responsibility of supervising accounts payable and receivable for all Phipps Houses Services, Inc. clients and captive companies. His departments' responsibilities include all billing and bill processing for all the Phipps owned and managed clients totaling approximately $100 million, monthly submittal of vouchers to multiple governmental funding sources and procurement of over $15 million per year in goods and services. Prior to joining Phipps Houses, Mr. Rogers was a Purchasing Manager for seven years with Diamond International Corporation. He was primarily responsible for all capital improvement and maintenance projects for the company throughout the United States. Prior to that, he was a Purchasing Agent with Chemico Construction Corporation. He is a graduate of Bernard M. Baruch College from which he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. ECHO WONG Ms. Echo Wong joined Phipps Houses Services, Inc. as the Property Manager in 1992 and was promoted to Area Manager in 1998 and to Assistant Vice President in 2002. In January 2003, Ms. Wong was promoted to Deputy General Manager / Vice President overseeing a portfolio of over 3,000-residential-unit and 50-commercial-unit with an annual operating budget of over $30 million. These properties involved various government subsidy programs and private funds ranging from Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Project-Base Section 8, HUD Section 202, Rent Controlled, Rent Stabilized and hospital staff residency. She supervises 10 managers and approximately 75 maintenance staff. Ms. Wong's primary responsibilities are to ensure all properties are in compliance with all government and regulated agencies, financial planning and management for each property in accordance with its income streams. In addition to her administrative tasks, Ms. Wong handles and supervises all capital improvement projects within her portfolio. She holds various technical licenses and certificates, which include Certificates of Fitness on standpipe system, #6 fuel oil burner operation, scaffold operation, etc. Prior to joining Phipps Houses Services, Inc., Ms. Wong was the property manager for the Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc., the largest Chinese-American non-profit organization in New York City, for 10 years. From 1996 to 1998, she was also a Court Appointed 7A Administrator managing distressed buildings for the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Ms. Wong attended Bernard M. Baruch College earning a Bachelor of Business Administration. Ms. Wong is also a graduate of the Pratt Community Economic Development Internship Program, which is a master's level program specializing in community-based real estate housing and commercial real estate developments.
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