Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation; President and Senior Managing Partner, The Mack Company; and Managing Partner, AREA Property Partners
William L. Mack has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 1997 and as its chairman since 2000. Mr. Mack also has served as chairman of the Company's Executive Committee of the Board of Directors since 1997.
Prior to December 1997, he served as president and senior managing partner of The Mack Company, where he pioneered the development of large, class A office properties and helped to increase The Mack Company's portfolio to approximately 20 million square feet. In addition, Mr. Mack is a founder and managing partner of AREA Property Partners (f/k/a Apollo Real Estate Advisors, L.P.). He currently serves as a board member of the Regional Advisory Board of JP Morgan Chase.
Mr. Mack previously served as a member of the boards of directors of City and Suburban Financial Corporation from 1988 to 2007; The Bear Stearns Companies Inc., from 1997 to 2004; Vail Resorts, Inc., from 1993 to 2004; and Wyndham International, Inc., from 1999 to 2005. Mr. Mack is a vice chairman of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System and chairman of the board for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. He also is vice chair of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and serves on the Board of Overseers of The Wharton School of Business and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Mack attended The Wharton School and has a B.S. degree in business administration, and finance and real estate from New York University.
Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, and Former Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Alan S. Bernikow has served as a member of the Board of Directors and as chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors since 2004. Mr. Bernikow was the deputy chief executive officer at Deloitte & Touche LLP, from 1998 to 2003, where he was responsible for assisting the firm on special projects such as firm mergers and acquisitions, partner affairs, and litigation matters. He joined Touche Ross, the predecessor firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP, in 1977, prior to which he was the national administrative partner in charge for the accounting firm of J.K. Lasser & Company.
Mr. Bernikow is currently a member of the board of directors of Revlon, Inc., and Revlon Consumer Products Corporation, and is chairman of the audit committee and compensation and stock plan committee of Revlon, Inc. Mr. Bernikow also currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and the audit and nominating and corporate governance committees of the Casual Male Retail Group Inc. Mr. Bernikow is also a member of the Board of Directors of UBS Global Asset Management (US) Inc. ("UBS"), and currently serves as chairman of its audit committee. He has also served as a member of the boards of directors of investment funds managed by UBS, including Global High Income Dollar Fund Inc., Insured Municipal Income Fund Inc., Investment Grade Municipal Income Fund Inc., Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc., and Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. These companies are the only public companies for which Mr. Bernikow serves on the board of directors or any committee of the board of directors. Mr. Bernikow is also a director of Premier American Bank, N.A.
Mr. Bernikow is also a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the audit committee of the FOJP Service Corporation; a member of the Board of Directors of the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.; the former treasurer, a past member of the Board of Directors and former chairman of the audit committee of the Jewish Communal Fund; a member of the Board of Directors of Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, where he also serves as a member of the governance and executive committees and as chairman of the audit committee; past chairman and current member of the Board of Directors of the Heart Institute of Staten Island. Mr. Bernikow is also a past president of the Richmond County Country Club. He has a B.B.A. degree from Baruch College, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA).
Member, Cali Futures, LLC
John R. Cali has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2000. Mr. Cali also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors from 2000 to 2009. Mr. Cali served as executive vice president-development of the Company until June 2000, and as chief administrative officer of the Company until December 1997. In addition, Mr. Cali was a principal of Cali Associates and served as a member of its Long Range Planning Committee from 1981 to 1994 and its Executive Committee from 1987 to 1994, during which time he was responsible for the development of Cali Associates' office system and the management of its office personnel. Mr. Cali also developed and organized the leasing and property management departments of Cali Associates, and was responsible for directing the development functions of the Company.
Mr. Cali is currently a member of Cali Futures, LLC, a private real estate development company, and is also currently a member of the Investment Advisory Board of Juniper Communities and a member of the Board of Directors of Wharfside Village Limited Partnership. Mr. Cali is a member of the University of the Pennsylvania Board of Penn Medicine, and serves as a member of its Research, Education, and Patient Care Committee.
Mr. Cali has an M.Ed. degree in counseling, organizational development, and personnel from the University of Missouri.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Duberstein Group
Kenneth M. Duberstein has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2005, when he was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Martin Gruss. In addition, Mr. Duberstein has served as a member of the Executive Compensation and Option Committee of the Board of Directors since March 2006.
Mr. Duberstein has served as chairman and chief executive officer of The Duberstein Group, an independent strategic planning and consulting company, since 1989. In addition, Mr. Duberstein has served as a member of the Board of Directors of The Boeing Company since 1997, and is also the lead director and the chairman of its governance, organization, and nominating committee. Mr. Duberstein has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Travelers Companies, Inc., since 1998, and is also a member of its compensation and investment and capital markets committees and is chairman of its governance committee. Mr. Duberstein has also been a director of ConocoPhillips since 2002, and is a member of its public policy committee.
Mr. Duberstein previously served as a director of Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) from 1998 to February 2007, and is a former member of the Board of Governors of the NASD. Mr. Duberstein also previously served as chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan from 1988 to 1989. He also served in the White House as deputy chief of staff in 1987, as well as both the assistant and the deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs from 1981 to 1983.
Mr. Duberstein previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Collegiate Funding Services, Inc., from 2004 to 2006, and was chairman of its Audit Committee and a member of its compensation and nominating and governance committees. Mr. Duberstein earned an A.B. degree from Franklin and Marshall College and an M.A. degree from American University.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, and private investor
Nathan Gantcher has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 1999, as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors since 1999, and as a member of each of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors since 2000. Mr. Gantcher also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp., and is a member of the audit, compensation, and governance and nominating committees of the Board of Directors of Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp.
Previously, Mr. Gantcher served as a member of the Board of Directors of NDS Group Ltd., from 2004 to February 2009, and was a member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of NDS Group Ltd. He also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Centerline Holding Company from 2003 to 2008, and as a member of its nominating and governance, compensation, and capital markets committees. These companies are the only public companies for which Mr. Gantcher has served or currently serves on the board of directors or any committee of the board of directors.
Mr. Gantcher currently serves as managing member of EXOP Capital LLC. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Refco, Inc., from 2004 until 2006, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Neuberger Berman, a NYSE listed company, as well as a member of its audit and compensation committees, from 2001 until 2003. Mr. Gantcher also served as the co-chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Alpha Investment Management L.L.C., from 2001 until July 2004. Prior to joining Alpha Investment Management L.L.C., he was a private investor from 1999 to 2001.
Mr. Gantcher served as vice chairman of CIBC Oppenheimer Corp., from 1997 to 1999. Prior to becoming vice chairman of CIBC Oppenheimer Corp., Mr. Gantcher served as co-chief executive officer and chief operating officer of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. He previously served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Tufts University and as a member of each of the Council of Foreign Relations and the Overseers Committee of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Gantcher received his A.B. in economics and biology from Tufts University and his M.B.A. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation
Mitchell E. Hersh has served as a member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors since 1997. He serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Hersh is responsible for the strategic direction and long-term planning for the Company. He is also responsible for creating and implementing the Company’s capital markets strategy and overall investment strategy.
Additionally, Mr. Hersh serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Gale Real Estate Services Company, a subsidiary of Mack-Cali.
Prior to joining the Company, he served as a partner of The Mack Company since 1982 and as chief operating officer of The Mack Company since 1990, where he was responsible for overseeing the development, operations, leasing and acquisitions of The Mack Company’s office and industrial portfolio.
Mr. Hersh is a member of the New Jersey Real Estate Advisory Board and was recently appointed to Governor Chris Christie’s Economic Development and Growth Transition Subcommittee. He serves on the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). Mr. Hersh also serves on the Board of Trustees of Montclair State University.
Senior Partner, The Mack Company
David S. Mack has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2004. Mr. Mack served as a member of the Company's Advisory Board from 1997 to 2004. He is a vice president and senior partner of The Mack Company, where he pioneered the development of large, class A office properties and helped to increase The Mack Company's portfolio to approximately 20 million square feet. Mr. Mack currently serves as a member of the board of directors and vice chairman of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and serves as a Commissioner of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Mr. Mack also serves as a member of the Boards of Trustees of the Pratt Institute and the Palm Healthcare Foundation, Inc.; a member of the Board of Directors of the Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center; and a member of the Board of Governors of the Palm Beach Country Club. Mr. Mack also is an assistant commissioner with the Nassau County Police Department, is currently vice chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Hofstra University, and is a member of the Board of Trustees at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.
Mr. Mack received his B.A. degree in business administration from Hofstra University.
Attorney-at-Law
Alan G. Philibosian has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 1997 and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors since 2000. In addition, Mr. Philibosian has served as a member of the Executive Compensation and Option Committee of the Board of Directors since 1997, and has served as the chairman of said committee since 2004.
Mr. Philibosian is an attorney practicing in Englewood, New Jersey, and since 1997 has had his own practice. Mr. Philibosian served as a commissioner of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1995 through January 2003. While commissioner, he served as chairman of the audit and construction committees and vice chairman of the Finance Committee.
Mr. Philibosian previously served on the Board of Directors of NorCrown Bank in Livingston, New Jersey, prior to its acquisition by Valley National Bancorp of New Jersey in 2005. He is a member of and serves on the Board of Directors of the Armenian Missionary Association of America in Paramus, New Jersey. Mr. Philibosian graduated from Rutgers College, and received his J.D. degree from Boston College Law School and his L.L.M. degree in taxation from New York University.
President Emeritus, Wayne State University
Irvin D. Reid has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 1994. Dr. Reid served as chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors from 1998 through 2002, and he currently serves as a member of the Company's Audit Committee. In January 2009, Dr. Reid was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of A. Schulman, Inc. Dr. Reid also has served as a member of the Board of Directors and the audit and operating efficiency committees of The Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack, since 2007. Dr. Reid also serves as a member of The Michigan Economic Development Corporation board, executive and finance committees.
Previously, Dr. Reid served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Handleman Company from 2003 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2008, and served as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Handleman Company. Dr. Reid has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Fleet Bank, N.A., from 1990 to 2002, and as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Chicago-Detroit Branch, from 2003 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2008. Dr. Reid also served on the boards of First Tennessee Bank of Chattanooga and NatWest Bank, New Jersey, and as a member of the board and chair of the Trust Committee of NatWest Bank, USA.
Dr. Reid is president emeritus of Wayne State University in Michigan, having served as president from 1997 to 2008. Dr. Reid left the presidency of Wayne State University in 2008 to become inaugural holder of the Eugene Applebaum Chair in Community Engagement and director for the Forum on Contemporary Issues in Society (FOCIS). Prior to becoming the president of Wayne State University, Dr. Reid served as president of Montclair State University (formerly Montclair State College) in New Jersey from 1989 to 1997, and held positions of dean, School of Business Administration, and John Stagmaier Professor of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Dr. Reid received his B.S. degree and M.S. degree in general and experimental psychology from Howard University. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in business and applied economics from The Wharton School of Business and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania.
Chairman, Wireless Cable International, Inc.
Vincent Tese has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 1997, chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors since 2000, a member of the Executive Compensation and Option Committee of the Board of Directors since 1998, and chairman of said committee from 1998 until 2004.
Mr. Tese served as New York State Superintendent of Banks from 1983 to 1985, chairman and chief executive officer of the Urban Development Corporation from 1985 to 1994, director of economic development for New York State from 1987 to 1994, and commissioner and vice chairman of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1991 to 1995. Mr. Tese also served as a partner in the law firm of Tese & Tese; a partner in the Sinclair Group, a commodities trading and investment management company; and a co-founder of Cross Country Cable TV.
Mr. Tese is the former chairman of Cross Country Wireless. He is currently a member of the boards of directors of Bowne & Company, Inc., Cablevision Systems Corporation, and Intercontinentalexchange, Inc. Mr. Tese also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of NRDC Acquisition Corp. These companies are the only public companies for which Mr. Tese serves on the board of directors or any committee of the board of directors. Mr. Tese is also a member of the boards of directors of Magfusion, Inc.; Wireless Cable International, Inc.; Custodial Trust Company; Xanboo, Inc.; and ICE US Trust LLC, an affiliate of Intercontinentalexchange, Inc. Mr. Tese also is a trustee of New York University School of Law and New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Mr. Tese previously served as a member of the board of directors of Gamco Investors Inc. Et Al. from 2003 to 2007 and of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc., from 1994 to 2008. Mr. Tese has a B.A. degree in accounting from Pace University, a J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School, and a L.L.M. degree in taxation from New York University School of Law.
Partner and President, Robert Martin Company, LLC
Robert F. Weinberg served as a member of the Board of Directors from 2004 to 2005, 2001 to 2003, and 1997 to 1998. Mr. Weinberg also has served on the Advisory Board of the Company since 1998. He served as co-chairman and general partner of The Robert Martin Company since its founding in 1957.
Mr. Weinberg currently serves on the Board of Directors of Sequa Corp., and is also a member of its compensation Committee. He is also the chairman of the Outreach Committee on Orderly Growth in Westchester County, New York; a director of City & Suburban Federal Savings Bank; and a director of the Westchester County Association.
Mr. Weinberg earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from New York University, an M.S. degree in building engineering and construction from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation; Senior Director, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; and Chairman, Samson Capital Advisors
Roy J. Zuckerberg has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 1999, as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors since 1999, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors since 2000. Mr. Zuckerberg joined the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., in 1967, became a general partner in 1976, and has been a senior director since 1999. From 1997 to 1998, he served as vice chairman of Goldman Sachs, as a member of its Executive Committee, and as head of its equities division.
Mr. Zuckerberg was the founder of Samson Capital Advisors in 2004, and currently serves as its chairman. He also served as chairman of the Securities Industry Association in 1999. Mr. Zuckerberg is a former chairman and current member of the Board of Trustees and a member of the Executive Committee of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc., and a trustee of the American Red Cross in Greater New York and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. He is also a director of the Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc., and is chairman of the Board of Governors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Mr. Zuckerberg is also on the Board of Governors of the Weitzman Institute of Science, and he serves as chair of the Investment Committee of the University of Massachusetts Foundation.
Mr. Zuckerberg received a B.S. degree from Lowell Technological Institute in 1958, and served in the United States Army. In June, 1994, he received The Distinguished Alumni Award; in 1999, he received a Doctor of Humane Letters; and in 2002, he received the President's Medal from the University of Massachusetts.
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