MANAGEMENT Who's News PERSONNEL

Real Estate Weekly, Dec 15, 1999

Eugene H. Webb (photo), chairman of the real estate firm of Webb & Brooker, Inc., has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM), it was announced by Alfred C. Gerosa, board chairman.

NYCPM, at 124th Street and Park Avenue, is the nation's oldest and largest college of podiatric medicine. Graduates of the college, which was founded in 1911, account for more than 25 percent of practicing foot specialists.

The College's clinical arm, the Foot Clinics of New York, is the world's largest foot health center, recording more than 50,000 patient visits a year.

Webb, a former trustee of Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Cambridge College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a past member of the Advisory Board of the Atlanta University/Morehouse College Institute of Real Estate, is active in the programs of a number of industry organizations.

He has served on the board of directors of the Greater Harlem Real Estate Board; the NYC Chamber of Commerce; the Associated Builders and Owners of Greater New York, the NYC Partnership, and on the Corporate Advisory board for the Industrial Program at Columbia University's Graduate School of Social Work.

Webb is a former chairman of the United Mutual Life Insurance Company, and currently is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, the Colombian Society of Real Estate Appraisers, and the Real Estate Board of New York.

John D. Wolf, president of Alexander Wolf & Co., Inc. recently announced the election of David E. Wollman (photo), as vice president of Finance. Wollman has been with Alexander Wolf & Company, Inc. for three years as their director of accounting services. Prior experience includes financial administrator for a benefits firm and an account executive for a major insurance company, which included a formal credit-training program.

Wollman received his MBA in Finance in 1994 from C.W. Post, Long Island University, where he was awarded the Faculty Award for Excellence, and is a member of the National Honor Society of Business Administration and Accounting.

Robert Burnett (photo), president of ResidenSea (USA), Inc., has assumed the additional responsibility for all worldwide sales and marketing efforts for ResidenSea Ltd. Formerly, Burnett held the position of vice president of sales for the Americas, in addition to president of the American subsidiary.

In addition to his role at ResidenSea, Burnett is the principal of R.W. Burnett, Inc., a real estate advisory firm based in New York City specializing in the marketing of residential and resort projects. Prior to forming his own consulting firm, he was vice president of real estate for Princeville Corporation, owner of an 11,000-acre luxury resort in Hawaii. Burnett also served as executive vice president of M.J. Raynes, Inc., a major New York full service real estate organization in the 1980's, and has been responsible for the sales and marketing for over $4 billion in luxury residential and resort real estate.

Burnett is a graduate of Bowdoin College and holds an MBA from Columbia University. He resides in Manhattan.

NAI has announced the appointment of Leigh A. Purdy (photo) as director of Corporate Services. She will be headquartered at NAI's Hightstown, NJ office, and in Wayne, PA. A real estate professional for 17 years, Purdy will focus on developing and managing corporate real estate accounts on an international basis.

"Most of my recent experience has been as a corporate real estate manager," she explains, "and this position at NAI is an opportunity for me to get into the service side of the business, which is where I've wanted to be for some time. I believe my experience in the corporate realm, especially in dealing with developers, will help me best serve this segment of the market. I was especially drawn to NAL because of its focus on providing service internationally. That broader focus seems to be the direction of the future for real estate service providers."

"We're delighted to have a director who understands the needs of the corporate world as thoroughly as Leigh Purdy does," remarked Jeffrey M. Finn, president and COO of New America International, "especially since more and more corporations are outsourcing their real estate needs."

Since 1992, Purdy was manager of Corporate Real Estate Administration for Unisource Worldwide, where she managed the negotiation of all real estate contracts and oversaw legal and business issues for 400 properties totaling more than 17 million square feet. She also managed the disposition of a 1.8 million square-foot portfolio; finalized deed, title and survey issues for purchases and sales; oversaw due diligence reviews; and managed environmental compliance and remediation.

A graduate of Central Pennsylvania College, Purdy is a member of the International Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives (NACORE). York Hunter, a Manhattan-based construction services firm, has announced the promotion of Theodore A. Domuracki (photo) to president of the firm's Atlantic region. Previously, Domuracki held the post of principal of York Hunter's New Jersey office. In his new role, Domuracki will oversee the operations of the firm's offices in the Atlantic region, including Newark, NJ, Atlantic City, NJ, Philadelphia, PA and Harleysville, PA. He will also serve as senior executive for project teams in all of these offices and oversee projects throughout Northern and Southern New Jersey, as well as Pennsylvania. Domuracki will report directly to York Hunter's president and CEO Ken Colao.