Ernst Valery

Biographie : ERNST VALERY Phone: (917) 757-4389 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION: October 2004 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY New York, NY Master of Science in Real Estate Development Sample courses: Real estate finance Asset repositioning Real estate development in the public sector Entrepreneurship and real estate Real estate law Development market analysis Political environment of development Site planning Construction technology and management WORK EXPERIENCE: 2001- Present REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER Philadelphia, PA One to four unit investment properties and rehabs  Real estate development and investment business.  Real estate consultant to low-income and immigrants in New York and Philadelphia. 2000-2001 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Ithaca, NY Part-time during graduate school  Grant Writing: won Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award to develop a “grow our own” summer program to increase minority teachers in Ithaca.  Case work and administrative work: supervised seven working teens and developed partnerships with community members and schools to facilitate new programs and secure summer employment for teens 14 and older.  Basketball coach and mentor for City Basketball Program. 1998 MADISON AND TOWER Ithaca, NY Vice President of Finance  Supervised all accounts for student-run advertising agency.  Responsible for producing itemized bills for clients and collecting payment.  Created and executed all business contracts with clients.  Responsible for investing and managing the organization’s surplus. 1995-1996 MICHAEL ESMAY, REGISTERED ARCHITECT Nyack, NY Assistant and Draftsman  Assisted lead architect in producing preliminary drawings.  Assisted lead architect in assessing projects and supervising the building process.  Responsible for research of zoning codes and design specifications. OTHER EDUCATION: August 2001 CORNELL UNIVERSITY Ithaca, NY Master of Public Administration and Affairs Concentration: International Development May 2000 CORNELL UNIVERSITY Ithaca, NY Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Studies (Urban Planning) Concentration: International Relations CONSULTING EXPERIENCE: Spring 2000 Environmental justice initiative between Cornell University and Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey. Web-GIS expert and co-presenter of findings to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2001 - Present Real estate development consultant to investors and clients in Philadelphia and New York. March 2003 Economic and community development consultant in Thailand with the UN and World-Vision (Chang Mai and Udorn Thani). December 2003 Elected to the advisory board of World Computer Exchange. www.worldcomputerexchange.org LANGUAGES: French (fluent), Haitian Creole (fluent), Spanish (proficient), Italian (proficient), Thai (basic). LEADERSHIP: President, Organization of Urban and Regional Planning (OURS); Nyack High School. AWARDS: W&E Cooper Memorial Award; Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award; Sage Fellow (Cornell University Graduate School). INTERESTS: Real estate development, public policy, urban planning, architecture and traveling.