Leadership Excellence Award Recipients
The Leadership Excellence Award recognizes the interdependent relationship between Monmouth University and the real estate industry. This prestigious award is conferred annually upon an outstanding individual for their distinctive contributions to the state of New Jersey and the nation through a career in real estate. Recipients are distinguished not only by their professional achievements but also by their impeccable reputations within the community. Each honoree embodies integrity and ethical business practices, ensuring that their dealings are beyond reproach. The award celebrates those who have made a significant impact while earning the respect and admiration of their peers and the broader community.
- 2024
Donald M. Moliver, Ph.D., CRE, MAI
Founder, The Kislak Real Estate Institute
Pozycki Professor of Real Estate - 2022
Peter J. Cocoziello
Founder & CEO
Advance Realty Investors - 2019
Ralph Zucker
President
Somerset Development, LLC - 2018
Eric Dinenberg
Executive Vice President
Development, Construction and Operations
Rouse Properties - 2017
Prologis - 2016
Jan Kokes
President
The Kokes Organization - 2015
Murray Kushner and The KRE Group - 2014
Ronald S. Ladell
Senior Vice President
AvalonBay Communities - 2013
Joseph Macnow
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
Vornado Realty Trust - 2012
Joseph S. Taylor
President & CEO
Matrix Development Group - 2011
Jay I. Kislak
Chairman
The Kislak Organization - 2010
John A. Giunco, Esq.
Chairman, Real Estate, Land Use & Development
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, PC
Peter S. Reinhart, Esq.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. - 2009
Peter J. Riguardi
President, New York Region
Jones Lang LaSalle - 2008
Carl J. Goldberg
Managing Partner
Roseland Property Company - 2007
Charles F. Lowrey
Chief Executive Officer
Prudential Real Estate Investors - 2006
Emanuel Stern
Chief Operating Officer
Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc. - 2005
Ara Hovnanian
President and CEO
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. - 2004
Patrick Murphy
Executive Managing Director
NY Tri-State Suburban Markets
CB Richard Ellis - 2003
John A. Somers
Executive Vice President
TIAA Investments - 2002
Mitchell E. Hersh
Chief Executive Officer
Mack-Cali Realty Corporation - 2001
Stephen B. Siegel HN’03
Global Chairman
Brokerage Services
CB Richard Ellis - 2000
Alan B. Landis
Chairman
The Landis Group - 1999
Charles Klatskin
Chairman & CEO
Binswanger/Klatskin - 1998
Benedict J. Torcivia, Sr.
Chairman & CEO
Torcon, Inc. - 1997
Anne Evans Estabrook
Owner
Elberon Development Co. - 1996
Steven J. Pozycki ’73
Chairman & CEO
SJP Properties - 1995
Kevork S. Hovnanian
Chairman & CEO
K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. - 1994
Arthur M. Greenbaum, Esq., HN ’96
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel, LLC
Service to the Industry Award Recipients
The Service to the Industry Award is given occasionally to an individual or organization who has provided exceptional service and support in advocacy, education or other services to the real estate industry.
- 2024
Andrew W. Janiw, P.P., AICP
Principal
Beacon Planning and Consulting Services, LLC - 2019
Anthony L. Marchetta
Principal
ALM Consulting Group, LLC - 2017
Michael G. McGuinness
Chief Executive Officer
NAIOP, New Jersey
Carol Ann Short, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
NJ Builders Association - 2016
Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno
State of New Jersey - 2015
James W. Hughes, Ph.D.
Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers University - 2014
Caren Franzini
President
Franzini Consulting, LLC - 2013
Donald M. Moliver, Ph.D., CRE, MAI
Dean, Leon Hess Business School
Pozycki Professor of Real Estate
Monmouth University - 2012
Ted Zangari, Esq.
Chair, Redevelopment Law and Public Policy Practice Groups
Sills Cummis & Gross, PC