The leadership of the Real Estate Finance Association is made up of real estate professionals who are dedicated to the success of REFA-CT. If you are interested in serving in a leadership role, please contact the Assistant Executive Director at SMoran@ssmgt.com.

REFA-CT Board of Directors
George Yerrall - President/Chairperson
RiverOak Investment Corp., LLC
Patrick Mulready - Hartford President
CB Richard Ellis
Elizabeth Chappel - Fairfield/Westchester President
CB Richard Ellis
Skip Alleman - Hartford Vice President
HRP Associates
Donald Gustafson - Fairfield/Westchester Vice President Shipman and Goodwin
Frank Appicelli - Past President
Bingham McCutchen
Steven Elbaum - Past President
Robinson & Cole
Sandra Fitzpatrick - Past President
Lawyers Title/Commonwealth
Deanna Polizzo - Director
Northmarq Capital
Michael Riccio - Past President
CBRE Capital Markets

Fairfield/Westchester Executive Committee

Hartford
Executive Committee

President
Beth Chappel
CB Richard Ellis
177 Broad Street
Stamford, CT 06902
Phone 203-352-8913
Fax 203-352-8998

beth.chappel@cbre.com

President

Patrick Mulready

CB Richard Ellis

185 Asylum Street 31st Floor

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone 860-987-4735

Fax 860-249-7916

Pat.mulready@cbre-ne.com

Vice President

Donald Gustafson

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

300 Atlantic St.

Stamford, CT 06901

Phone 203-324-8100

Fax 203-324-8199

dgustafson@goodwin.com

Vice President

Skip Alleman  

HRP Associates, Inc.

197 Scott Swamp Road

Farmington, CT  06032

Phone 860-674-9570

Fax 860-674-9624

Skip.alleman@hrpassociates.com

Members at Large to 2012
Suzanne Baldasare, Esq.

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLC

30 Jelliff Lane

Southport, CT 06890

Phone 203-319-4001

Fax 203-319-4034

sbaldasare@pepehazard.com

Directors 2010-2012

Tyler Brown

Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers

One Financial Plaza

Suite 1700

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone 860-509-2248

Fax 860-509-2222

tbrown@cornerstoneadvisers.com

JoAnn McGrath
Marcus Partners
301 Merritt 7
Norwalk, CT 06581
Phone 203-849-7000
jmcgrath@marcuspartners.com

David Noli

Hartford Investment Management

55 Farmington Ave, 11th Fl

Hartford, CT 06105

Phone 860-297-6991

Fax 860-297-8853

David.noli@thehartford.com

Jeffrey Newman

Malkin Properties

One Station Place

Metro Center

Stamford, CT 06902

Phone 203-353-5200

Fax 203-353-5210

jnewman@malkinproperties.com

Edward Shelton

MacDermid, Reynolds & Glissman

86 Farmington Ave.

Hartford, CT 06105

Phone 860-278-1900

Fax 860-547-1191

eshelton@mrglaw.com

Kenneth Olson
POKO Partners, LLC
225 Westchester Avenue
Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone 914-937-5152
Fax 914-206-4388

kmo@pokomanagement.com

Directors 2011-2013

John Clark

CIGNA Realty Investors

Wilde Building, A4-CRI

900 Cottage Grove Rd.

Hartford, CT 06152

Phone 860-226-8769

Fax 860-226-8850

John.clark@cigna.com

Deanna Polizzo

NorthMarq Capital Inc.

One Penn Plaza

Stamford, CT  06902

Phone 212-904-1224

Fax 212-904-1882

dpolizzo@northmarq.com

Thomas Healey

People’s United Bank

One Financial PlazaSecond Floor

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone 860-280-2718

Fax 860-280-2690

thomas.healey@peoples.com

Members at Large to 2013

David Allen

The Davis Companies

200 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, CT  06854

Phone 203-866-1220

Fax 203-866-1238

dallen@thedaviscompanies.com

Mark Vasington

Fidelity National Title Insurance Company

111 Founders Plaza, Suite 600

East Hartford, CT 06108

Phone 860-289-9548

Fax 860-528-7847

mvasington@fnf.com

Darlene Lee
Patriot National Bank

1177 Summer Street

Stamford, CT 06905
Phone 203-912-3936

dlee@pnbk.com

Membership

Derek Ezovski

Outsourced Risk Management Solutions

7 South Main Street

West Hartford, CT 06107

Phone 860-838-5388

Fax 860-838-5378

Derek@orms.com

Richard Redniss

Redniss & Mead

22 First Street

P.O. Box 3247

Stamford, CT  06905

Phone 203-327-0500 X 5110

Fax 203-357-1118

Cell 203-912-7855

rick.redniss@readnissmead.com

Rocco Quaresima

FRQ Property Advisors

750 Main St.

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone 860-263-7922

Fax 860-271-8218

Rquaresima@frqadvisors.com

Al Mirin

Cushman & Wakefield

107 Elm Street

Four Stamford Plaza, 8th Floor

Stamford, CT  06902

Phone 203-326-5822

Fax 203-977-3269

al.mirin@cushwake.com

Sponsorship

John Alissi

Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.

100 Pearl Street

PO Box 231277

Hartford, CT 06123

Phone 860-548-2619

Fax 860-548-2680

jalissi@uks.com

Randy Salvatore
RMS Construction

75 Camp Avenue

Stamford, CT 06907

Phone 203-968-2313

Fax 203-968-2341

randy@rms-construction.com

Paul LaMonica

Farmington Bank

One Farm Glen Blvd

Farmington, CT 06032

Phone 860-284-6618

Fax 860-409-3019

plamonica@farmingtonbankct.com

Sponsorship Co-Chairs

Darlene Lee
Patriot National Bank

1177 Summer Street

Stamford, CT 06905
Phone 203-912-3936

dlee@pnbk.com

Member Hosting

Sharon Alleman

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney433 South Main St.West Hartford, CT 06110Phone 860-313-7147

sharon.alleman@mssb.com

JoAnn McGrath
Marcus Partners
301 Merritt 7
Norwalk, CT 06581
Phone 203-849-7000
jmcgrath@marcuspartners.com

Kate Schuler

Bingham McCutchen

One State St.

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone 860-240-2705

Fax 860-240-2534

Kate.Schuler@bingham.com

At Large member.  Does not need to attend board meetings

Membership Co-Chairs

Jeffrey Gage  

CresaPartners

200 Connecticut Avenue, 4th Floor

Norwalk, CT 06854-1907

Phone 203-899-7710

Fax 203-899-7701

JGage@cresapartners.com

Program Committee Chairs

Timothy Mitchell

CB Richard Ellis

185 Asylum Street

31st Floor

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone 860-987-4712

Fax 860-987-4770

tmitchell@cbre-ne.com

Marjan Murray                         

People’s United Bank

350 Bedford Street

Stamford, CT 06901

Phone 203-359-6035

Fax 203-359-6028  

marjan.murray@peoples.com

Jennifer Gosselin

CB Richard Ellis

185 Asylum St.

31st Floor

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone 860-987-4734

Fax 860-249-7916

jennifer.gosselin@cbre-ne.com

Young Professionals Membership Co-Chairs

David Allen

The Davis Companies

200 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, CT  06854

Phone 203-866-1220

Fax 203-866-1238

dallen@thedaviscompanies.com

Program Committee Members

Dan Joseph

Corridor Ventures

20 Avon Meadow Lane

Avon, CT 06001

Phone: 860-470-1200

Fax: 860-470-1222

dan@corridorventures.com

William Fenn

46 Beekman Place

Madison, CT 06443

Phone 203-376-0950

bfenn@comcast.net

Mike Fish

Fish Enterprises

302 West Main St.

Suite155

Avon, CT 06001    

Phone: 860-677-1381

Fax: 860-677-2160

Mikef1131@gmail.com

Program Co-Chairs

David Genovese                      

Baywater Properties

1019 Boston Post Road

Darien, CT 06820

Phone 203-656-0500

Fax 203-656-0507

david.genovese@baywater.net

Michael Mihalek

Talcott Realty Investors, LLC

One Financial Plaza

Hartford,  CT 06103

Phone 860-293-6106

Fax 860-293-6166

mmihalek@talcottllc.com

James Moran

Cushman & Wakefield

107 Elm Street

Four Stamford Plaza, 8th Floor

Stamford, CT 06902

Phone 203-326-5879

Fax 203-326-5835

james_moran@cushwake.com

Dennis Stanek

RBC Capital Markets

20 Church St.

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone: 860-241-8600

Dj.stanek@rbc.com

George Yerrall

RiverOak Investment Corp

One Atlantic St.

Suite 703

Stamford, CT 06901

Phone 203-325-8009

Fax 203-325-8588

g.yerrall@riveroakic.com

Robert Sitkowski

University of CT

31 LeDoyt Rd

Unit 3094

Storrs, CT 06269

Phone:  860-486-3396

Cell:  860-803-7913

Robert.sitkowski@uconn.edu

Education Committee

Theresa Korin                       

Genworth Financial

3001 Summer Street

Stamford, CT 06905

Phone 203-708-3524

Fax 203-708-3412

theresa.korin@genworth.com

Joseph Sposito

The Fremont Group

65 LaSalle Rd

Suite 202

West Hartford, CT 06107

Phone: 860-232-9100

Fax: 860-232-9101

jsposito@thefremontgroup.net

Jack Mullen   

Summer Street Advisors

15 Ketchum Street

Westport, CT 06880

Phone 203-293-4844

Fax 509-277-2492

jack.mullen@summerstreetre.com

Debbie Laviero

OFI

28 Garfield St.

Newington, CT 06111

Phone: 860-666-3357

Fax: 860-594-4550

dlaviero@myofi.com

Golf Committee

Steven Elbaum, Esq.                  

Robinson & Cole LLP

1055 Washington Blvd

Stamford, CT 06901

Phone 203-462-7526

Fax 203-462-7599

selbaum@rc.com

Michael Camilleri

Brown Rudnick, LLP

CityPlace 1

185 Asylum St.

38th Floor

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone: 860-509-6561

Fax: 860-509-6501

mcamilleri@brownrudnick.com

Sandra Fitzpatrick      

Commonwealth Land Title Ins Co.

101 Merritt Blvd.

Suite 208

Trumbull, CT 06611

Phone 203-385-1066

Fax 203-383-4376

Cell 203-556-7647

Sandra.fitzpatrick@fnf.com

Communications

Elizabeth Judd                         

Konover Commercial Corporation

342 North Main Street

Suite 200

West Hartford, CT 06117-2500

Phone 860-760-9147

Fax 860-586-7498

ejudd@simonkonover.com

Past Presidents

Mark Ellman

Celestial Capital Group, LLC

10 East 40th Street

New York, NY 10016

Phone 646-935-1200 X 11

Fax 646-935-1515

Cell 917-620-1164

mellman@celestialcapital.com

Paul Champagne

CIGNA Realty Investors

Wilde Building, A4-CRI

900 Cottage Grove Rd.

Hartford, CT 06152

Phone 860-226-8763

Fax 860-226-8850

paul.champagne@cigna.com

George Yerrall            

RiverOak Investment Corp., LLC

One Atlantic St.

Suite 703

Stamford, CT 06901

Phone 203-325-8009

Fax 203-325-8588

g.yerrall@riveroakic.com

Past Presidents

Vincent Bergin

People’s United Bank

225 Bank Street

Waterbury, CT 06702

203-591-2614

203-591-2625

Vincent.bergin@peoples.com

Heidi De Wyngaert

The Bank of New Canaan

208 Elm St.

New Canaan, CT 06840

Phone 203-972-3838

Fax 203-966-7473

hdewyngaert@bankofnewcanaan.com

Frank Appicelli         

Bingham McCutchen

One State Street

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone 860-240-2984

Fax 860-240-2540

Frank.appicelli@bingham.com
 

Mark Duclos  

Sentry Commercial Real Estate

750 Main St.

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone 860-983-5630

Fax 860-493-2418

Duclos@SentryCommercial.com