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ULI Southeast Florida / Caribbean Announces Graduates of the 2020 Leadership Institute
December 10, 2020
The Urban Land Institute of Southeast Florida / Caribbean is delighted to announce and congratulate the graduates of the third cohort of the district’s Leadership Institute, a real estate-focused leadership program dedicated to developing the region’s emerging land use and real estate leaders.
The graduating class is comprised of 27 emerging land use and real estate development industry leaders from throughout South Florida, and includes developers, architects, attorneys, engineers, bankers, planners, brokers, and other real estate professionals from both the private and public sectors.
“We’d like to congratulate the Class of 2020 on their hard work and perseverance,” said Julie Medley, the district’s Executive Director. “We are very proud of their accomplishments and are excited to welcome them into our growing cohort of Leadership Institute Alumni.”
The hands-on program is designed to cultivate leaders in the real estate industry and facilitate collaboration to examine some of Southeast Florida’s most pressing land use issues.
Typically eight months, the program cultivates leadership skills and provides a mix of lectures and experiences in which participants collaborate with real estate, business, and public sector professionals in learning about the region and the complex issues confronting it. This year’s program was temporarily paused due to the Covid-19 shutdown before being transitioned to a virtual experience.
“Leadership is a critical component of this industry,” said the program’s Chair Eric Swanson, Principal of Avison Young. “The knowledge, perspectives, connectivity, and passions that this graduating class brings to our district is huge, and will play an important role in helping make our communities more livable, vibrant and sustainable. Congratulations to this class of 2020 that will have that kind of impact in South Florida!”
The graduates of the 2020 Leadership Institute class are:
Alejandro Arias – Holland & Knight
Samuel Artmann – Sonder
Nicholas Barshel – Akerman
Leighton Brown – LCN Group
Chris Capellini – Bohler Engineering
Denise Castro – Emerald Construction
Herbert Conde-Parlato – City of Hollywood
Scott Correale – NuConcept
Margina Demmer – NBWW
Jeff Feldman – The Rinaldi Group of Florida
Jennifer Frastai – City of Oakland Park
Tommy Gu – Kawa
Melissa Hege – Melissa Hege City Planning LLC
Fiorentina Hutt – Keith
Joseph Ianole – Mast Capital
Teneka James-Feaman – West Palm Beach DDA
Charlo Jenkins – Development Service Solutions, LLC
Allison Justice – West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency
Scott Kriebel – Atlantic Pacific Communities
Hande Obuz – Stantec
Jessi Pereira – DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Jonathan Popovich – Iberia Bank
Michelle Sadeghy – Group 14 Engineering
Jessica Shapiro – Gunster
Meredith Singer – Greenberg Traurig
Grant Souviron – Iron Property Management
Diana Yankee – KAST Construction
View the 2020 Graduating Class
Said the district’s Executive Director Julie Medley, “We’d like to congratulate the Class of 2020 on their hard work and perseverance. We are proud of your accomplishments and know that the knowledge and experience you’ve gained will continue to serve our region for years to come.”
Throughout the course of the program, the graduates lent their professional expertise to solving local land use challenges through Leadership Projects, which provide pro-bono advising on particular land use or policy challenges faced by public and nonprofit entities in the region.
This year’s class worked on projects for West Palm Beach, the Opa-Locka Community Development Corporation, Habitat for Humanity of Broward Restore, Mockingbird Trail, and the South Florida Design and Commerce Center.