2nd Annual Women in Real Estate, Design and Construction Forum

Kelley Lovshin is a Senior Construction Manager at Boston Properties with over 15 years’ experience in design, development, project management and engineering of major commercial and residential projects. She is currently leading the construction of Dock 72 which is a 16-story, 675,000-square-foot commercial property in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the borough’s first ground-up commercial building in over a decade. Her large development projects in New York City also include the Alexandria Center for Life Sciences East Tower, Memorial Sloan-Kettering New Research Building, and 250 West 55^th Street. She is actively involved in the Urban Land Institute and is currently serving as a co-chair for the ULI NEXT committee. She holds a Master’s degree in Real Estate Development from Columbia University and received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

Samantha Rudin Earls started working at Rudin Management Company in July of 2007. She sits on the executive committee of Rudin Management Company. She focuses on development, redevelopment, design and marketing for the Rudin portfolio. She has been actively engaged in the development of 130 W. 12th Street and The Greenwich Lane Condominium Developments in the West Village, in addition to the Rudin’s latest project, Dock 72, a 670,000 SF office building focusing on the Technology sector at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
In March of 2011 she joined the board of the Incarnation Children’s Center—the only skilled nursing facility serving children living with HIV/AIDS in New York City. In 2016 Samantha helped launch an Association for Better New York's Working Women's Committee which helps connect and find ways to support women from all sectors in New York. In February of 2017, Samantha joined the Roundabout Theatre board. She is also on the board of the May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation as well as other family foundations.

Samantha is a proud New Yorker and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Samantha is married to David Earls. They have a daughter Elle Rudin Earls.

Beth Barton has returned to Jaros, Baum & Bolles, bringing over 30 years of combined experience in engineering design and extensive project management leadership to JB&B.  Ms. Barton first joined JB&B in 1988, and for nearly a decade she performed electrical design and field coordination services on large-scale projects with clients such as Chase, IBM, Morgan Stanley, Citibank and Prudential Securities.

During her hiatus from JB&B, she has had a successful project management career with top firms in the pharmaceutical, central bank and financial services sectors.  Between corporate roles, Ms. Barton was a consultant performing portfolio, program and project management services for clients in the fitness, law, retail, investment banking, technology and private real estate development industries.

Ms. Barton earned her bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology.  She is a Certified Project Management Professional of the Project Management Institute and Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

Mariana Circiumaru is the Head of U.S. Construction at GreenOak Real Estate, a partner-owned real estate investment management and advisory firm founded in 2010. In her role, she is responsible for providing oversight on the development and redevelopment projects of all asset classes of GreenOak portfolio, throughout the United States. She is directly involved in particular situations that requires solutions.

She is part of GreenOak investment committee, assisting with the acquisition of new buildings.

Mrs. Circiumaru has previously held the position of Project Executive at RXR Realty where she has provided leadership and oversight for all the construction operations and project management for a multitude of capital improvement, tenant fit out and repositioning projects as well as for the new development projects.

Mrs. Circiumaru was also an Assistant Vice President of construction at Forest City Ratner Companies and a Project Manager at The Lefrak Organization.

Mrs. Circiumaru holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Bucharest University of Construction. She has been certified by US GBC as LEED Accredited Professional and by OSHA for Construction Site Safety. She has over 25 years of experience in the field of design development and construction for retail, office space, residential and mixed-use lifestyle centers.

Rebecca D’Eloia is a real estate development executive with 20 years of experience in large-scale, public/private redevelopment projects in the metropolitan region. As a Senior Vice President for development at RXR, she oversees the company’s Long Island portfolio.

Her projects include the Nassau Hub –the 66 acres surrounding Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and Garvies Point—a $1 billion, 1,100 unit mixed-use redevelopment project which is reclaiming a 56-acre former industrial site along the waterfront in Glen Cove, the first phase of which will deliver over 550 units and 20 acres of open space by the end of 2019.

Prior to joining RXR, Rebecca spent twelve years as a Senior Vice Present at Forest City Realty Trust, focusing on the development and entitlement of Pacific Park in Brooklyn, and the design and construction of Barclays Center, home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and the NHL’s New York Islanders.  She also led the $160M renovation of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Nassau County.

Prior to Forest City, Rebecca was part of the team leading the redevelopment of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a $1.2 B reconstruction of the campus housing eleven world-renowned performing arts originations, including the New York Philharmonic, the Juilliard School and the Metropolitan Opera.

Rebecca began her career at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, where she oversaw revenue contracts and licenses for the agency.  A graduate of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Rebecca resides in Huntington, Long Island with her husband and 2 children.

A seasoned leader and construction project manager, Stacey Dackson has extensive experience in nearly every type of interiors construction, from corporate offices, to museums, to academic facilities. Stacey is well-versed in the management of large construction programs spanning multiple years with simultaneous ground up, renovation and interior fit-out work. Her work ethic, integrity and 23 years of successful projects led to her promotion last year to Vice President of Structure Tone’s Special Projects division.

Stacey received her master’s degree in urban planning from New York University and dual bachelor’s degrees in political science and urban planning at CUNY/Queens College. She also holds a Certificate in Building Construction Management from New York University, as well as OSHA 10 Hour, Mold Prevention and Scaffold Safety certificates. Stacey co-chairs our organization’s newly formed Diversity and Inclusion committee, is an active participant in our organization’s Women in Construction (STOWIC) and is a member of Professional Women in Construction.

Ms. Anita Konfederak is a Vice President of Merritt Engineering Consultants, P.C..  With over 30 years of experience, she is an expert in high rise building restoration, waterproofing and roofing, having worked on hundreds of buildings in the tristate area for institutional, commercial and residential clients, such as; the Hospital For Special Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, NSLIJ, Mt. Sinai, Verizon, Citi Corp, Lawrence School District and numerous building management companies, developers and owners. Her reputation for high quality design, thorough project management and on-time delivery is well known in the industry. She also provides construction management, owner’s rep. and peer review services, as well as emergency investigation services after water infiltration, fire and structural collapse accidents.  Ms. Konfederak is responsible for multi-million dollar projects and up to 30 field and office employees.

Alexis Lenza joined Hines in 2017 and has over thirteen years of experience in construction and project management. Ms. Lenza is responsible for the design development, construction coordination and fit-out of One Vanderbilt’s building amenity, restaurant and observation deck floors. One Vanderbilt is a 59-story, 1.6 million square foot Class A commercial office tower currently under construction and across from Grand Central terminal in Midtown Manhattan.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES

Bachelor of Engineering – Civil, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

LEED Accredited Professional

10-hour OSHA Construction Safety Certificate, United States Department of Labor

30-hour OSHA Construction Safety Certificate, United States Department of Labor

The Cooper Union Alumni Council: Chair of the Events Committee

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Prior to joining Hines, Ms. Lenza:

‒Led the $165 million interior and exterior renovation of the 14,500 seat Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale NY for Forest City Ratner Companies

‒Provided on-site construction project management services for the fit-out of a 3,400 SF luxury restaurant of the Baccarat Hotel, a 5-star property as an independent contractor.

‒Initiated and facilitated design coordination, system optimization and provided general project management for several parametrically designed exterior wall projects including the 95,000 SF fully custom and prefabricated aluminum composite cladding system for the Nassau Coliseum project with  SHoP Construction.

While working with Turner Construction Company, Ms. Lenza served as an Assistant Project Manager for several projects: Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Zuckerman Research Center; the World Trade Center Transportation Hub focusing on superstructure and exterior wall trades; and 610 Lexington Avenue, a Hines project.

Denise M. Richardson is the Executive Director of the General Contractors Association of New York, a trade association that represents New York City’s unionized, heavy civil, public works general contractors.  Prior to joining the GCA, Ms. Richardson had a long career with both the MTA and New York city government in construction contract procurement, administration and financial management.