The Jersey City Summit for Real Estate, Economic Development & Innovation

Date: Thursday, June 4, 2026

Location: Harborside 1, 150 Hudson Street, 4th Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302

7:30 AM – NJBIZ Breakfast Reception

8:15 AM – Connell Foley Chair Welcome Remarks

8:20 AM – Affordable Housing

Denise Ridley, Council President, Jersey City

Melanie Walter, Executive Director, New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency

Stephen Cea, Executive Director, Jersey City Housing Authority

Tim Henkel, President & CEO, Pennrose

Richard Martoglio, COO, RPM Development

Matthew Posado, Co-Chair – Land Use & Development, Sills Cummis & Gross (Moderator)

9:05 AM – Placemaking, Arts & Culture, Innovation & Technology

Jeff Mooallem, COO, Urban Edge Properties

Sean Saadeh, Chief Programming Officer & Head of Entertainment, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment

Christine Goodman, Office of Cultural Affairs Director, City of Jersey City

Sam Bernstein, COO, Chelsea Piers

Terry Loftis, President & CEO, New Jersey Symphony

Geroge L. Garcia, Partner & Co-Chair, Real Estate and Land Use, Connell Foley (Moderator)

9:50 AM – JZN Mid-Morning Reception

10:20 AM – Urby & Ironstate Leadership Fireside Chat

David Barry, Founder & CEO, Urby

Michael Barry, President & CEO, Ironstate Properties

W. Nevins McCann, Co-Chair, Real Estate & Land Use, Connell Foley

10:45 AM – Mixed-Use + Retail & Placemaking

Frank Cretella, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Landmark Companies

Joseph Altobelli, President & CFO, Bond Vet

Frank Monterisi, Executive VP, Related Companies

Abe Naparstek, Partner & COO, G&S Investors / Hudson Exchange

Jared Toothman, EVP, Market Leader, Lincoln Property Company

Jennifer Porter, Member | Practice Group Leader, CSG Law (Moderator)

11:30 AM – Governor’s Video Remarks

Mikie Sherill, Governor, State of New Jersey

11:40 AM – LIUNA Remarks

Michael E. Hellstrom, Vice President & Eastern Regional Manager, LIUNA

11:45 AM – Scarcini Hollenbeck Lunch Reception

12:40 PM – JCEDC Remarks

Mira Prinz-Arey, Executive Director, JCEDC

12:45 PM – Capital Markets – Finance, Tax, Incentives

Jose Cruz, Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets, JLL

Fred Cooper, Founder, Fin River Advisors (Moderator)

David Schechtman, Senior Executive Managing Director, Meridian Capital Group

Jeremy Kaplan, Chief Operating Officer, KRE Group

David Wolfe, Managing Partner, Skoloff & Wolfe

Evan Weiss, Chief Executive Officer, NJEDA

Patton Roarke, Managing Director, Richmond Capital

1:25 PM – ChooseNJ Remarks

Amy Herbold, President & CEO, ChooseNJ

1:30 PM – Office & Innovation | Growth, Capital, Talent, Placemaking

Kenneth Pasternak, Executive Chairman & CEO, KABR Group

Rob Naso, Managing Partner, BGO

Paul Hoffman, President & CEO, Liberty Science Center &  SciTech Scity

Debbie Hart, President & CEO, BioNJ

Paul Silverman, Co-Founder & Principal, SILVERMAN & Andco Coworking

Jonathan Kyriacou, President & CEO, Jersey City Medical Center

Charles Harrington, Partner, Connell Foley (Moderator)

2:05 PM – Saint Peter’s University NJCU Leadership Fireside

Andrés Acebo, President, NJCU

Hubert Benitez, President, Saint Peter’s University

Matthew Fazelpoor, Author, NJBIZ

2:25 PM – Garden State Development Afternoon Reception

2:50 PM – Hudson County Chamber Special Remarks

Emory Edwards, President, Hudson County Chamber of Commerce

2:55 PM – Emerging Markets & Region

Wasseem Boraie, Managing Principal, Boraie Development

Bret Schundler, Founder, School Partners; Former Mayor

Meredith Marshall, President & CEO, BRP Companies

William Rosato, Managing Partner, Alpine Residential

Carlos Medina – Host & Board Member – PBS, HBCBSNJ, Que Pasa, HCEDC

Keshav Poddar, Deputy Mayor for Housing & Economic Development, City of Jersey City

Joseph P. Baumann, Jr., Chairman, McManimon, Scotland & Baumann (Moderator)

3:40 PM – Multifamily

Christopher Albanese, President, The Albanese Organization

Ed Geerloff, Founder & CEO, Noble Construction

Aaron Shiran, Principal & Managing Director, Lions Group

Drew Fletcher, President, Greystone Capital Advisors & Greystone Construction

Joseph Panepinto, Managing Principal, Panepinto Properties

Kyle Masters, Founder & Managing Principal, KL Masters

Gerard Pizzillo, Partner, Genova Burns (Moderator)

4:30 PM – Mayor’s Fireside Chat

James Solomon, Mayor, City of Jersey City

Bernell Hall, President & CEO, New Jersey Community Capital (Moderator)

5:00 PM – Connell Foley Chair Closing Remarks

5:05 PM – Panepinto Closing Reception (Ends ~6:00 PM)