Antonina has been a professional in the construction industry for over two decades, proactively reaching, identifying, and building relationships with clients, and growing existing and new markets for business opportunities. She is results-oriented, with a consistent track record of generating sales and cultivating relationships to expand business.

As Vice President of Business Development for JRM, she works closely with the firm’s leadership, marketing, accounts, and field disciplines to envision and implement strategies for growing the firm’s business, reaching top-line revenue goals, winning new projects, and building relationships in key markets. Antonina strategizes short-term and long-term business goals and creative contributions to sales/marketing proposals, presentations, and collateral materials. In addition, she works closely with JRM’s clients and project teams from project inception to closeout. Antonina can be found on-site reviewing her client’s project and ensuring a successful turnover. She has also been instrumental in expanding the firm’s use of tools such as win/loss debriefs, CRM data analysis, and other methods to understand market trends, identify opportunities, and track success metrics.

Joseph Rigazio is the CEO of Talisen Construction Corporation. Talisen is a commercial construction firm founded in the New York Metro marketplace in 2009. Focusing on the Healthcare and Education markets has brought Talisen success in the hospital, ambulatory centers, medical office buildings, charter schools, private universities, and special projects areas.

Trained in both Electrical Engineering, Business Economics, and Construction Management, Joseph entered the professional world with a strong vision. After a 23-year-long career in technology, in which he managed Fortune 100 company relationships in sales management, ran marketing organizations, and ultimately, lead a major business unit at Texas Instruments, Joseph chose to utilize his expertise and leadership skills to start Talisen.

Concentrating on growing a team bonded by a common vision, Talisen has become a trailblazer in the New York construction field. Focused investments on employees, processes, and the NY Metro subcontractor ecosystem, along with an innovative approach to project management, differentiates Talisen from the competition. Founded on the key tenants of safety and collaboration, Talisen has grown into a premier New York construction firm that truly partners with their clients to bring their vision to life.

Ashley Sobkiw is a dynamic, people‑first executive known for leading high‑performing, geographically dispersed teams and driving strong customer outcomes across complex enterprise and technology environments. With deep experience in Fortune 50 organizations, she has built her leadership reputation on empowering people, elevating customer experience, and guiding teams through rapid transformation in the connectivity and network sectors.

With almost 30 years of experience in telecommunications, Ashley brings a compelling blend of strategic clarity and human‑centered leadership to the stage, offering actionable insights on organizational culture, customer engagement, and team performance. She is widely recognized for her ability to demystify complex challenges while inspiring audiences to lead with authenticity and intention.

Emma is a Principal Director and designer with significant experience across both architecture and interior design; with an international portfolio covering a wide range of sectors including legal, high-end corporate, and large-scale finance & technology. Emma’s focus on design excellence, sustainability and innovation has led to the delivery of outstanding fit-out and refurbishment projects, working with clients such as King & Spalding, William Blair, Cinven, Brookfield, Warburg Pincus and Landsec.

As Senior Vice President of Building Repositioning, Brooks McDaniel provides overall direction and leadership to STOBG’s Building Repositioning Group. He works closely with the NYC-based executive leadership for Pavarini McGovern and Structure Tone to develop long-range strategic plans to help establish STOBG as an expert in building repositioning, particularly in the NYC market, as well as work with leadership across the organization to best leverage the company’s expertise in this important sector.

Brooks was previously Vice President of Design & Development at Extell Development

Company, where he was responsible for the design of millions of square feet of residential,

commercial office, hotels, retail, and educational buildings. Prior to working at Extell, Brooks

was a project director at SHoP Architects in New York, where he worked on various cultural,

residential, and institutional projects. Earlier in his career, he also worked as an architect at

Asymptote Architecture, Davis Brody Bond, and Roger Ferris & Partners. A registered architect, Brooks earned undergraduate degrees in management and in marketing from Lehigh University and a master’s of architecture from Parsons New School in New York.

Robert Huberman is a partner in Herrick's Land Use and Zoning Group where he advises developers, property owners, attorneys, architects and engineers on all aspects of land use and zoning in New York City.

Robert has extensive experience in preparing land use applications and obtaining complex approvals for rezonings, large-scale developments, special permits, authorizations, and certifications form the New York City Planning Commission and New York City Council; variances and special permits from the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals; zoning resolution determinations (ZRD1s) and construction code determinations (CCD1s) from the New York City Department of Buildings; and certificates of no effect, authorizations to proceed, and certificates of appropriateness from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Robert also regularly advises clients on a wide range of zoning and land use issues, including site acquisitions and development options; drafting and negotiating zoning lot development agreements (ZLDAs); transfers of development rights; completing zoning lot mergers and subdivisions; preparing zoning and building code compliance memorandums; reapportioning tax lots; and drafting and negotiating easement agreements, license agreements and restrictive declarations.

Robert was named a Rising Star by Legal 500 since 2022 for his excellence in Land Use and Zoning law and notes that he, "stands out for his ability to advise clients on preparing land use applications and approvals for rezonings, special permits and large-scale developments." In 2020, Robert was named to City & State's 2020 NYC 40 Under 40 Rising Stars list. Since 2020, Robert has been named one of Thomson Reuters' Super Lawyers Rising Stars which rates outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Robert was the recipient of the 2021 Honorable Milton Mollen Pro Bono Award, given to Herrick attorneys who care passionately about pro bono work and work tirelessly for our clients. Robert partnered with the ASPCA to enable them, under zoning, to provide overnight animal boarding their veterinary clinics. He drafted a zoning memorandum and a Zoning Resolution Determination (ZRD1) which outlined a legal strategy to allow for overnight animal boarding at clinics they operate in the five boroughs.

Prior to joining Herrick, Robert practiced law at Slater & Beckerman, P.C. for four years and previously was a code compliance manager at Design 2147, Ltd. – a firm specializing in zoning and code compliance, expediting, and obtaining New York City municipal approvals.

Doug is a partner in the firm’s capital finance and real estate team. Doug’s practice focuses

on representing commercial real estate owners, developers, investors, private equity funds,

and institutional REITs in structuring and closing all types of real estate transactions, including

joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, developments, financings, development rights or

“air rights” transactions, and portfolio transactions. Doug also represents major institutional

lenders in mortgage, mezzanine and construction financings.

Doug’s real estate practice touches all asset classes, including office, multifamily, mixed-use,

hospitality, retail and condominium.

Doug previously worked at the Office of the Corporation Counsel as an attorney for the City of

New York. As counsel to the City, Doug worked extensively on issues concerning New York City

real property taxes, including tax abatement and exemption programs, as well as

condemnation and eminent domain proceedings.

Eric Herlands is a CRE professional with 40 years of highly diverse experience. He specializes in valuation, underwriting, diligence, and asset management across all major property types on both a local and national basis. Mr. Herlands also brings a deep transactional background, including a decade-long record acquiring Class A office properties for a leading New York office REIT with one of the market’s most prominent institutional portfolios.

His real estate acumen and analytical ability are widely regarded, and Mr. Herlands is an acknowledged expert in the industry-standard ARGUS software. He developed and presently teaches a graduate-level acquisitions course at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, preparing the next generation of real estate analysts for the rigor and judgment required in institutional real estate investment.

In his present role as Managing Director at Townhouse Partners, the market leader in commercial real estate financial due diligence and underwriting, Mr. Herlands leads the firm's Asset Management and Surveillance group, as well as Special Situations, which oversees Townhouse's acquisition support team. Clients turn to Townhouse Partners when acquisition activity requires independent underwriting, disciplined diligence, transaction-level judgment, and the ability to move quickly without sacrificing analytical rigor. Mr. Herlands brings direct principal-side acquisition experience to that process, helping clients evaluate opportunities, identify risks, pressure-test assumptions, and support investment decisions with institutional-quality analysis built to withstand the highest level of scrutiny.

Mr. Herlands also leads the company’s summer internship as well as training and staff development initiatives and can be made available for external training programs for clients and industry organizations.