Industry Leaders Named To University Of Miami Real Estate Advisory Board

CORAL GABLES, Fla., April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Miami School of Business Administration today announced the appointment of 12 real estate industry leaders to its new Real Estate Programs Advisory Board. The Board is chaired by Steve Witkoff, the chairman and CEO of The Witkoff Group LLC, a New York City-based real estate investment firm, whose holdings include Manhattan's famous Woolworth Building. The Board also includes other prominent real estate industry leaders from South Florida and across the nation. The full board includes:

• Paul Amoruso, Managing Director, Oxford & Simpson Realty Inc
• Tere Blanca, President and CEO, Blanca Commercial Real Estate
• Michael Comras, Principal, Comras Company
• Malcolm Butters, President, Butters Construction and Development
• Howard Lorber, President and CEO, Vector Group, Ltd
• David Luski, President and CEO, DRA Advisors LLC
• Noelia Moreno, President, Latin Builders Association
• Scott Panzer, Vice Chairman, New York Region, Jones Lang LaSalle
• Mark Rose, Chairman and CEO, Avison Young Inc.
• Gary Trock, Senior Vice President, CBRE Retail Services
• Scott Sime, President, Holly Sime Realty
• Steve Witkoff, Chairman and CEO, The Witkoff Group LLC

The Board will advise the School on the development of its real estate curriculum, which includes an undergraduate business major, a Bachelor of Architecture/MBA program offered jointly with the University's School of Architecture, an MBA concentration and a Master in Real Estate Development and Urbanism (MRED+U) program offered in partnership with the School of Architecture and School of Law. The board will also help the School establish and promote a new Center for Real Estate Studies and Research.