BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Elected May 2011 for one- and two-year terms beginning July 1, 2011
Officers
President & Legislative Affairs Chair
J. Gregory Ellis
- Patterson-Woods Commercial Properties
- (302) 622-3534
- ellis@pattersonwoods.com
Vice President & Program Committee Chair
John Birmingham
- Cushman & Wakefield of Delaware, Inc.
- (302) 655-9621
- John.birmingham@cushwake.com
Directors
Jeremy Abelson
- WSFS Bank
- (302) 573-3216
- jabelson@wsfsbank.com
Carmen J. Facciolo, Jr.
- Emory Hill Real Estate Services
- (302) 322-9500
- cfacciolo@emoryhill.com
Amelia Julian
- Eastern States Group
- (302) 999-0074 ext. 12
- ajulian@easternstatesdev.com
Education Committee Chair
Dan Lesher
- Patterson Woods & Assoc.
- (302) 622-3520
- dlesher@pattersonwoods.com
Jim O'Hara
- Jim O'Hara Realty Assoc.
- (302) 266-8490
- jimohara@jimohararealty.com
Donald Robitzer
- The Commonwealth Group
- (302) 472-7200
- drobitzer@commonwealthltd.net
Bert Root, V
- Newmark Knight Frank Smith Mack
- (302) 472-4461
- broot@newmarkkfsm.com
Marvin Sachs
- Bellevue Realty Co.
- (302) 655-1818
- msachs0517@aol.com
Ex-Officio
(Non-Voting Members)
Business Manager
Janet Sharpless Pippert
- CIRC
- (302) 633-1705
- (302) 323-9377 Landmark JCM
- (302) 633-1706 Fax
- janet@circdelaware.org
Legislative Lobbyist
C. Scott Kidner
- C. S. Kidner & Associates
- (302) 734-4486
- (302) 734-1190 Fax
- csk@kidner.com
Marketing Coordinator
OPEN
New Castle County
Economic Development Liaison
Karl Kalbacher, P.G
- New Castle County Director of Redevelopment
- (302) 395-5959
- kkalbacher@co.new-castle-de.us
Bob Chadwick, Director
- New Castle County Economic Development Council
- (302) 294-2058
- chadwickb@ncccc.com
State of Delaware
Economic Development Liaison
Jeff Stone
- State of Delaware, DEDO
- (302) 672-6849
- jeff.stone@state.de.us
City of Wilmington
Economic Development Liaison
Jeff Flynn
- City of Wilmington, Office of Economic Development
- (302) 576-2128
- jflynn@wilmingtonDE.gov


