William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Mr. Bernstein is a registered architect and a graduate of Yale University (Master of Architecture), with over thirty years of experience in the design and construction of high-profile, large-scale institutional, commercial and residential work. Mr. Bernstein is a member of the following organizations: American Institute of Architects, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, American Society of Hospital Engineers, Hospital Engineering Society, Healthcare Construction Certified by the American Hospital Association, Construction Specifications Institute and the Project Management Institute. Mr. Bernstein is registered to practice architecture in: NY, NJ, CT, MA and FL. Mr. Bernstein is LEED-certified, and offers additional experience in the project management of sustainable and LEED-certified projects.

• Area of Project Management: High Rise Construction, Residential, Hotels, Offices, Health Care, Not-for-Profit, Educational, Laboratories, Sustainable and LEED-certified projects

Jamie Toler, PMP
Mr. Toler is a graduate of Clemson University (Masters Certificate in Project Management) and Queens University (Bachelor’s Degree – Accounting and Business Administration). Mr. Toler has spent the last twenty years of his career in the project management industry, successfully project managing complex, large-scale healthcare and commercial projects. He is a well-known expert in managing healthcare projects, having managed over $300 million of hospital and healthcare construction. In addition, he has managed over $100 million in commercial construction, where his clients have included Microsoft. Mr. Toler is a certified Project Management Professional and a member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.

• Area of Project Management Expertise: Healthcare (including New Hospitals, Hospital Additions and Renovations, Outpatient Facilities) and Commercial

Doug Dworsky, LEED®AP, AIA
Mr. Dworsky is a registered architect and a graduate of Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Yale University (Master of Architecture, Chi Medal for Excellence and Leadership), with over twenty-five years of experience in the design, construction, project management and development of high-profile, large-scale institutional, commercial and residential work. Mr. Dworsky’s background includes real estate development on both an executive and principal level, project management of a wide range of project types, and principal-level leadership in a nationally-known architecture firm. Mr. Dworsky is a member of the American Institute of Architects, and is registered to practice architecture in CA. In addition, he is LEED-certified, and offers additional experience in the project management of sustainable and LEED-certified projects.

• Area of Project Management: High Rise Construction, Commercial, Residential, Hotels, Offices

Harvey Bienstock, PE
Mr. Bienstock is a licensed civil engineer registered in the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. He received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the City College of New York and his Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from New York University. Mr. Bienstock has over 45 years experience in all facets of Civil Engineering projects, ranging from waste water treatment plants to site planning and design, to every type of infrastructure design. He is a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Water Environmental Federation and the Society of Marketing Professional Services. Mr Bienstock has been the founder and President of his own civil/structural consulting engineering firm for seventeen years.

• Area of Project Management: Health Care, Offices, Retail, Infrastructure and Site Planning

William O’Connor
Mr. O’Connor earned a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Manhattan College in the Bronx, New York. He spent 20 years as a Field Engineer and subsequently Director of the Building Commission of the Archdiocese of New York. As such, Mr. O’Connor was responsible for managing over 2,000 religious buildings spread over 500 locations. He is an active member of the International Facility Managers Association (IFMA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He has given presentations on Facilities and Construction Management on five occasions for the CCFM on topics ranging from “Owner-Architect Contracts” to “Hiring the Right Plant Manager”. He has also given presentations to the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) on “Facilities Planning” and “Fundraising for Capital Repairs”.

• Area of Project Management: Religious Institutions

Willie Landau
Ms. Landau has been active as an interior designer and purchasing specialist since 1977. She has participated in the strategic planning and implementation of both domestic and international projects of varying degrees of complexity, ranging from new construction, to restorations, and partial or total rehabilitation’s. Known in the hospitality industry as a strong negotiator with an extensive knowledge of product and sourcing, Ms. Landau has a consistent tract record of achieving substantial saving for her clients. Her work encompasses contract and residential design, purchasing, project management at high dollar volume levels, and specializes in consulting services for the hospitality industry.

• Area of Project Management: Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E)

James M. Hunt, AIA
Mr. Hunt is a registered Architect and graduate of Kansas State University (Bachelor of Architecture) with over thirty-five years of experience in all phases of the construction industry. He was employed by architectural firms for ten years working primarily with health care projects, was Director of Facilities Management for the Menninger Clinic (a world renown private mental health facility) for twenty years and is presently president of a facility management company and a licensed general contractor. Mr. Hunt is a member of the American Institute of Architects, International Facility Management Association, founding member of IFMA’s Health Care Council and former Planning Commissioner in Topeka. Mr. Hunt is registered to practice architecture in Kansas and because of his NCARB certification can be registered to practice architecture in all 50 states and Canada within 30 days of application. His experience with the Menninger Clinic allowed him to gain intimate knowledge of the very specialized requirements for designing safe environments for behavioral health care units. He has consulted with facilities in eight states on design and remodeling of this type of facility. He co-authored a white paper titled “Guidelines for the Built Environment of Behavioral Health Facilities” which was published on the website of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems. Mr. Hunt has also been published in Psychiatric Hospital magazine and featured on the cover of Facility Design and Management and has been a guest lecturer at the College of Architecture and Design at Kansas State University.

• Area of Project Management: Health Care (with a sub-specialty in Psychiatric Facilities)

Kenneth Yesmant
Mr. Yesmant is a graduate of SUNY Farmingdale, Pratt Institute, and the National Academy of Art & Design. He has devoted his career to the design and construction of restaurants, and he has worked on some of the most prominent and successful restaurants in the country. He has a national reputation in restaurant design and construction, and has completed over (20) prominent restaurant projects around the country.

• Area of Project Management: Restaurants

Steve Winter
Mr. Winter is a an engineering designer and project manager, and a graduate of City University (Bachelor of Engineering), with over thirty years of experience in the engineering design and construction of high-profile, large-scale institutional and commercial work. Mr. Winter is a member of American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) – Chapter President, 1984, 1985, American Society for Sanitary Engineers, Professional Plumbing Practices Advisory Committee (ASPE), Building Owners Managers Association, and New York Association of Consulting Engineers. He has been a partner of one of New York’s largest engineering companies for several decades, and has designed and managed close to twenty major hotel projects, worldwide, over the past decade.

• Area of Project Management: Hotels

Gerd Althofer
Mr. Althofer is an architectural designer and project manager, and a graduate of the Technische Hochschule Aachen in Germany (Dipl. Ing. Architekt) and the University of California at Berkley (Master of Architecture), with over thirty five years of experience in the design and construction of high-profile, large-scale projects for the financial services industries. Mr. Althofer has provided architectural and project management services to over twenty major financial institutions, in the USA, Canada, Ireland, Mexico City, Russia and Turkey. Clients have included banks, brokerages, and hedge funds. In terms of trading floors, Mr. Althofer has designed over fifty trading floors, with a total of over 7,000 trading desks. His work in this area has been published and awarded widely, and his experience in financial facilities design and construction management is unparalleled.

• Area of Project Management: Financial Services

Bernice Leader
Dr. Leader holds a doctoral degree in art history from Columbia University, and has sixteen years’ experience as founder and manager of an art consulting firm, which she continues to run. She has worked with many health care facilities and corporations in the tristate area, and has gained particular renown as an experienced art consultant to hospitals. Dr. Leader manages every phase of art acquisition projects from the creation of art budgets to the installation of site specific art. She is a member of the International Association of Professional Art Advisers, and is a past president and current board member of the New Jersey Business Network. Dr. Leader also served on the Board of the Bergen Museum of Art and Science. Before starting her own business, she worked in print production management for several companies, and in her academic career, taught art history at SUNY Stony Brook, Cooper Union, Ramapo College, and Fairleigh Dickinson University.

• Area of Project Management: Art Selection, Procurement, Installation

Mike Swick
Mr. Swick is a graduate of the Ohio Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering) with over twenty five years’ experience in the healthcare industry. He has held positions with medical equipment manufacturers, medical equipment service delivery companies and has worked for multi-facility hospital groups. His career has focused on the total equipment life cycle, from assessment to procurement, delivery, installation and certification. Working as a capital equipment and technology manager at a multi-facility hospital system, he was responsible for assessing equipment procurement for all hospital departments. He has provided medical equipment planning services for new hospitals, hospital additions, hospital renovations, and outpatient facilities.

• Area of Project Management: Equipment Selection, Procurement, Installation