Sam Charney is the principal and founder of Charney Companies, a Queens-based real estate development, property management, and brokerage firm that builds, owns, and operates more than 3 million square feet and 3,500 apartments across New York City. Since launching the company in 2013, he has led transformative projects citywide, beginning with his first solo development, The Jackson at 11-51 47th Avenue, which received the Queens Chamber of Commerce Award for Best New Multifamily Building. His work has earned numerous accolades, including Brooklyn Building Awards (2006, 2008), NYU’s Bart Lawson Award for Humanitarianism (2012) for his work with blind athletes, and Developer of the Year at the 2025 RED Residential Awards. Charney lives in New York with his wife and two children, serves on the boards of the Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum, Pursuit, and the Brooklyn Public Library, and is an avid art collector.

Jeremiah joined Rubenstein Partners in 2013. As Senior Advisor of Brooklyn, he is responsible for spearheading the firm’s investment and asset management activities in the borough. Prior to joining Rubenstein Partners, Jeremiah worked as strategic advisor to various real estate development companies and served as Director of Acquisitions at the Paramount Group.

Mitch Korbey is a partner, and chair of Herrick’s Land Use & Zoning Group. Mitch is an accomplished urban planner and land use attorney with more than 30 years of experience in private practice and government service. Mitch is a former Commissioner of the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA), a former director of the Department of City Planning's (DCP) Brooklyn office, and a former deputy director of DCP’s Staten Island office. Mitch has been recognized by Chambers USA as one of New York City’s leading zoning lawyers for the past seven years. He advises clients on a wide range of issues, including site acquisitions and assemblages, site development options, zoning lot mergers and development rights transfers, as well as applications for zoning variances, special permits and other discretionary approvals from the BSA, DCP, Department of Buildings, Landmarks Preservation Commission, and other agencies. Mitch also regularly counsels prominent developers, owners and lenders on the management of millions of square-feet of New York City real estate. In doing so, he navigates the complexities of the City’s byzantine zoning resolution – guiding clients to the most efficient intersection of their business goals and what the rules will allow. He also keeps clients abreast of political headwinds that could impact their properties or development plans. Mitch is an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, and an adjunct with Hunter College's graduate program in urban planning.

Since founding Hello Living in 2005, Eli has built a cohesive and effective team of professionals, established a network of proprietary relationships with real estate professionals, vendors, institutional lenders, and investors, as well as created a brand that is associated with innovation and class. As CEO and Fund Manager, Eli oversees all aspects of Hello Living’s business operations and creative process. With an instinct for identifying investment opportunities and an innovative approach to pioneering emerging markets, Eli has developed ten buildings under the Hello Living brand, which have achieved some of the highest sales and rental prices in their respective class. Currently, there are another six projects in the pipeline. A self-made successful businessman and investor from a young age, Eli’s ventures have included creating a publishing company and investing in FCC licenses for cell towers when he was 21, which he later sold to jumpstart his general contracting company in 2002. Eli discovered his passion for real estate development when he began constructing luxury single-family residences under his general contracting company, which he later expanded into Hello Living. Eli has been honored to speak at various professional conferences, including the Massey Knakal’s 2013 Brooklyn Real Estate Summit and BisNow’s 2014 Brooklyn New Development Frontier, amongst other industry leaders. During his reception of the Young Jewish Professionals Development and Achievement award, Eli was called, “a quintessential example of entrepreneurial boldness.”

Daren is the Managing Partner of HCP and has over 20 years of real estate experience and a diverse background as a real estate broker, telecommunications entrepreneur and as a real estate investor & developer. Prior to HCP, he was the Senior Vice President and Principal of Metropolitan Realty Associates where he was responsible for acquisitions and development projects. Prior to MRA, Mr. Hornig managed all investment and development activities in the Northeastern United States for SAXA and directed all acquisitions, developments, sales & marketing initiatives. He was also previously the President and CEO of The Quest Group, a New York based real estate services firm. Mr. Hornig is a 1989 graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelors degree in Business Marketing. He is married with twins and resides in Roslyn, New York.

Partner and Team Leader, Dan Marks, has over a decade of commercial real estate sales and leasing experience, handling over a billion dollars’ worth of transactions since joining TerraCRG. Dan joined the firm at the start of 2012 as Vice President to grow the firms’ strong foothold in the Brooklyn commercial real estate market, with a focus on industrial and office properties.

Dan continues to grow TerraCRG’s market presence while maintaining a vast knowledge of Brooklyn’s many diverse and integral commercially-zoned enclaves. He serves Brooklyn property owners as a market expert while providing advisory and exclusive representation in the sale of all types of investment properties. Currently, Dan is the Team Leader of the firms’ leading investment sales team. Dan’s sales team is comprised of six agents and specializes in the sale of exclusively Brooklyn commercial assets, with a focus on investment sales of industrial, office and development throughout the borough. Dan has also successfully advised a number of non-profit organizations including SCO Family of Services, League Education & Treatment Center, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, and the Brooklyn Arts Council. Since joining TerraCRG. Dan and his team have closed over $1.4B in transactions.

Prior to joining TerraCRG, Dan was a partner at Emerald Real Estate Group, a premier commercial real estate management and brokerage firm located in Boulder, Colorado. During his seven-year practice with Emerald, Dan worked on over 1,100 commercial transactions with experience as a property manager, leasing agent, seller’s agent, buyer’s agent, landlord representative and tenant representative.

Prior to working with Emerald, Dan spent four years as a corporate sales representative in Chicago for the Tribune Company as well as Turner Broadcasting. During his time in Chicago, Dan worked on national accounts including Southwest Airlines, Best Buy, International Trucks and Miller Brewing Company.

Dan received his BA degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI and holds an MBA degree from The Leeds School of Business at The University of Colorado.

Outside of the office, Dan loves spending his time in Brooklyn with his wife and two sons. He also enjoys running, tennis and watching live sporting and music events. Dan has run several marathons including New York, Chicago, Marine Corps, Boulder, Big Sur, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City. Dan is also actively involved in the community supporting a number of Brooklyn based non-profit organizations while also serving as Board Vice Chairman of Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT) and Executive Committee Board Member of the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).

Brad Hargreaves is the founder and CEO of Common. Before founding Common in early 2015, Brad was the co-founder of General Assembly, a global education institution with campuses in more than 15 cities worldwide. As part of the General Assembly founding team, Brad led the growth of the company's education business from its launch in 2011 into a global institution with over a dozen campuses. Most recently, he was a Venture Partner at Maveron, General Assembly's lead investor. Brad has been named to Vanity Fair’s “The Next Establishment”; Inc Magazine’s “30 Under 30”; Business Insider’s “Silicon Alley 100”; and Crain’s 2017 “40 Under Forty.”

Michael Feinstein joined Rosenberg & Estis in 1994 and has been a member since 1998. Mr. Feinstein is a smart and insightful attorney, whose strong level of commitment and focus on the big picture and business practicalities has earned him a highly successful record of achievement in the firm's Supreme Court and appellate practices. Over the years, he has successfully handled all facets of real estate litigation, including landlord-tenant disputes, breach of contract actions, corporation, partnership and limited liability company disputes, brokerage disputes and co-op/condo matters. Mr. Feinstein also has extensive experience in mortgage and cooperative loan foreclosures, representing both lenders and borrowers. In addition, Mr. Feinstein has successfully represented claimants in condemnation proceedings.

Mr. Feinstein is also an accomplished appellate advocate, who has successfully briefed and argued numerous appeals in the New York State courts.

Mr. Feinstein has been an active member of various bar association sections and committees, including the Real Property Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and the Supreme Court Practice Committee of the New York County Lawyers' Association. Since February 2012, Mr. Feinstein has co-authored the Landlord/Tenant Law column in the New York Law Journal.