Silverstein Properties Executive Team

Larry A. Silverstein is the founder and Chairman of Silverstein Properties, a Manhattan-based real estate development and investment firm that has developed, owned and managed over 40 million square feet of office, residential, hotel and retail space. The firm currently has $10 billion worth of development activity underway and has been recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in New York City” by Crain’s New York Business for eight consecutive years.

In July 2001, Mr. Silverstein completed the largest real estate transaction in New York history when he signed a 99-year lease on the 10.6 million square feet World Trade Center for $3.2 billion, only to see it destroyed in terrorist attacks seven weeks later on September 11, 2001. He has spent the last 23 years rebuilding the office component of the World Trade Center site, a $26 billion project that will consume the balance of his working life.

In May 2006, Silverstein Properties opened 7 World Trade Center, the first office tower to be rebuilt at the site, and the first LEED-certified office building in New York City. The 52-story, 1.7 million square foot building is fully leased to an eclectic group of tenants. In November 2013, the company opened 4 World Trade Center, a 72-story 2.3 million square foot building designed by Fumihiko Maki. In June 2018, the company opened 3 World Trade Center, an 80-story, 2.5 million square foot building designed by Richard Rogers. The company will be developing one other office tower on the WTC site – 2 World Trade Center, designed by Norman Foster, and one residential building – 5 World Trade Center, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.

Silverstein Properties recently completed and opened a Four Seasons hotel and private residences designed by Robert A. M. Stern in Lower Manhattan which, at 82-stories, is one of the tallest residential towers in New York. The company also completed and opened the largest Four Seasons resort in the world at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Mr. Silverstein owns and manages many successful and high-profile commercial and residential properties in New York City, including 120 Broadway, 120 Wall Street, and 1177 Avenue of the Americas. Mr. Silverstein completed and opened Silver Towers, two 60-story residential towers at 600 West 42^nd Street, the companion to 1River Place, a 40-story, 921-unit tower which opened in 2000. The square block development houses over 2,300 families.

A 1952 graduate of New York University, Mr. Silverstein served as Vice Chairman of the NYU Board of Trustees, where he continues to serve as member of the Board of Trustees of the New York University Langone Medical Center. He is the Founder and Chairman emeritus of the advisory board of the NYU Real Estate Institute. As a Professor of Real Estate, his “Silverstein Workshop” became one of the most attended and informative educational sources for learning real estate development and investment analysis.

Mr. Silverstein graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1955, and is a member of the New York Bar. He is a Governor of the Real Estate Board of New York, having served as its Chairman. He has served as Chairman of the Realty Foundation of New York.

Mr. Silverstein donates his time and resources to support many philanthropic endeavors. He has served as Chairman of the Board of UJA-Federation. He is a founding trustee of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, and has served as treasurer of National Jewish Health in Denver.

Mr. Silverstein contributes his time and resources to organizations that are dedicated to higher education and medical research, meeting humanitarian needs and supporting the arts. Mr. Silverstein currently serves as a board member of the New York Philharmonic. He is a classical music enthusiast, a passionate yachtsman and a dedicated New Yorker. Larry and Klara Silverstein have been married for 67 years and have three children and one son-in-law, three of whom are executives at Silverstein Properties, and they also have eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Lisa Silverstein is Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Silverstein Properties, and oversees the firm’s capital, existing assets, new initiatives and corporate strategy. From acquisitions to new development, she has worked beside her father, the founder and Chairman for over 25 years. A graduate of NYU, with two degrees, Lisa sits on the Board of Trustees of New York University, UJA and Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, as well as several other philanthropic and financial organizations and institutions from the United States to Israel. She lives with her husband in Tribeca and has three children.

Tal Kerret is the President of Silverstein Properties. He is responsible for managing and monitoring the company’s portfolio of assets and devising strategies for growth. Mr. Kerret oversees day-to-day operations at the company.

Mr. Kerret joined Silverstein Properties in 2011, as Executive Vice President, was promoted to Chief Investment Officer in 2013 and to President in 2015.

Prior to joining SPI, he was Chairman and Co-Founder of Oberon Media, Inc., the leading casual games platform and solution provider established in 2003.

Prior to co-founding Oberon Media, Mr. Kerret was CEO and co-founder of RichFX, an e-commerce technology infrastructure company, for seven years. Prior to RichFX Mr. Kerret served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces for six years.

Mr. Kerret holds degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Tel Aviv University.

Dino Fusco is Chief Operating Officer of Silverstein Properties. He is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operating activities of the company.

Prior to joining Silverstein, Dino was a Partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he spent over 25 years working in a variety of real estate roles. From 2012 until early-2020, Dino was the Global Head of Goldman Sachs’ Corporate Services and Real Estate organization; from 2005 - 2011, he was Global Head of Goldman Sachs’ Real Estate Strategy group; and from 1994 - 2005, he was a Managing Director in Goldman Sachs’ Real Estate Investment Banking group. Also, from 1998 - 2000, Dino helped initiate and lead Goldman Sachs’ real estate private equity efforts in Italy. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 1994, Dino was an Associate Attorney at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson in New York City.

Dino received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Yale College, and a Juris Doctor degree in Law from Georgetown University Law School. He is a graduate of the David Rockefeller Fellows program sponsored by the Partnership for New York City.

Dino and his family are supporters of the arts and Dino is an active member of the Partnership Fund for New York City. Dino is married to his college sweetheart and, together with their two daughters, resides in Lower Manhattan.

As Executive Vice President of Leasing, Roger A. Silverstein is responsible for leasing and managing all of the firm's commercial properties, including 7 World Trade Center, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 120 Broadway, 120 Wall Street and 529 Fifth Avenue.

Mr. Silverstein is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, a director of the Realty Foundation of New York, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Real Estate Executive Division of the UJA Federation. Mr. Silverstein serves and supports a variety of charitable organizations. He is a member of the Council of National Trustees of the National Jewish Medical Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, and an executive member of the Food Allergy Initiative of Mt. Sinai Hospital. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Achilles Track Club in New York, an organization established to encourage disabled people to participate in long-distance running.

Mr. Silverstein holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban Economics from New York University. He is married and has three children. He is an accomplished triathlete and a lifelong New Yorker.

AJ Arlauckas is a Senior Vice President and Head of Asset Management at Silverstein Properties where he oversees the company’s 16 million square foot portfolio of office, multifamily, and life science properties in New York and across the United States. AJ is responsible for overseeing execution of the investment strategy for all properties in the portfolio and managing investor relationships. He oversees three business lines at the company, including Asset Management, Commercial Leasing and Residential Leasing, with the common goal of maximizing investment value. AJ serves on the company’s management team and is a member of the company’s diversity and inclusion committee.

Prior to joining Silverstein Properties in 2014, AJ was an Asset Manager for New York City Economic Development Corporation (“NYCEDC”) where he was responsible for working with both city officials and industry leaders in developing and executing a strategic repositioning of New York City’s 3 million square feet of food distribution facilities in the South Bronx. Prior to joining NYCEDC, AJ worked with PNC Realty Investors, an institutional real estate fund advisor, where he asset managed a diversified portfolio of 5.2 million square feet, which included the rebranding and repositioning a luxury mixed used property located on Boston’s waterfront.

AJ is an active member of the New York City chapter of Gay Real Estate Group (“GREG”), an organization of LGBTQIA+ industry professionals that hosts conferences and events tackling a range of industry topics. AJ has been recognized by Crain’s New York as “Notable LGBTQIA+ Leaders” in 2023.

AJ graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Loyola University Maryland.

As Executive Vice President at Silverstein Properties, Bill Dacunto is responsible for managing all 15 million square feet of properties in the Silverstein portfolio, including commercial, residential, retail, and the World Trade Center. Mr. Dacunto joined the company in 1987.

In July 2001, Bill took on the role of managing the World Trade Center complex. Since 9/11/2001, he has been intimately involved in the re-building of the WTC, working as part of the team that developed the new buildings, their protective design narrative, and their operational standards. This culminated in the opening of 7 WTC in 2006, 4 WTC in 2013, and 3 WTC in 2018. Each of these towers has set new standards in sustainability, security, and wellbeing.

In recent years, as Silverstein Properties expanded its portfolio to Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and other cities across the country, Bill’s roles and responsibilities have also grown. Always looking to play a role in the local community, Bill joined the boards of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, and the Downtown LA Alliance, where he works closely with elected officials, business and civic leaders, and the police and fire departments.

Mr. Dacunto serves as a member of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) Management Board of Directors. He was a recipient of REBNY’s Edward A. Riguardi Commercial Management Executive of the Year Award in 2024, the Brooker Management Executive Award in 2017, the John M. Griffin Community Service Award in 2015, and the Corporate Management Executive of the Year Award in 2005. Bill also serves as a board member of the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations.

Bill devotes considerable time and resources to charitable and philanthropic work. He is a founding board member of Donate Eight (a project of, and associated with, LiveOnNY), an organization formed to raise awareness of the immediate need to increase organ donation registration, as well as a member of the LiveOnNY Foundation Board of Directors (and currently board chair). Bill is also involved in many other charitable activities, including the establishment of blood drive (New York Blood Center, to which he has donated over 10 gallons of blood) and food collection (City Harvest) programs throughout the Silverstein Properties’ portfolio. He was named the Covenant House New York 2016 Lifeline Honoree, where he actively serves as a board member; and was a recipient of the Special Award for All Around Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility from City & State in 2015. Bill and his wife Karen are proud supporters of many other charitable organizations including the National 9/11 Memorial Museum, Tunnel to Towers Foundation, Gary Sinese Foundation, and Children International.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the State University of New York at Brockport, and a Real Property Administrator designation from the Building Owners and Managers Association. Bill has been married to Karen for 36 years; they have two children, Kristen and Andrew; a son-in-law, Stephen; granddaughter, Hailey; and a shih tzu, Trixie. In his downtime, he enjoys weight training and kickboxing, where he has earned the rank of black belt.

Jeffrey Deitrich is Head of Equity Investments and Portfolio Manager. He leads opportunistic equity funds, investing nationally across asset classes. He is a member of the company’s Management Committee and Investment Committee.

Mr. Deitrich rejoined Silverstein Properties in 2022 after founding both a real estate advisory firm that provides asset management and capital markets services and a design-build integrator offering technology and automation solutions for commercial buildings. Previously, he spent a decade at Silverstein Properties in Acquisitions and Capital Markets, and was involved with the origination and capitalization of over $7 billion across different product types.

Mr. Deitrich started his career at Prudential Real Estate Investors, where he was an asset manager for a $2 billion fund.

Mr. Deitrich is a Board Member of Fundrise’s Interval Fund, where he chairs the Audit Committee. He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute and the New York State Society of CPAs Real Estate & Family Office Committees.

He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA from The College of William & Mary.

He lives with his wife and two children in Westchester County, New York.

Debra Hudnell is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Silverstein Properties. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing talent, performance management, recruitment, culture design and management, professional development, employee engagement, legal compliance, as well as compensation and health/benefits initiatives. Debra is co-chair of the company’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Debra joined Silverstein Properties in 1981. Since that time, she has played an integral part in the exponential growth of the company. She develops, implements, and oversees Human Resources practices that ensure a balanced program throughout all the company's departments and properties, while maintaining its core values (integrity, respect, and collegiality). Debra’s efforts continue to make Silverstein Properties a career destination for qualified applicants and a sound investment for employees. Under Debra’s leadership, Silverstein Properties has been named one of the "Best Places to Work in New York City" by Crain's New York Business for eight consecutive years.

Debra is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Diversity Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY). A native of Brooklyn, Debra and her husband have two adult children. She has been named among the 25 Influential Black Women in Business in 2016 by The Network Journal, a New York-based monthly African-American business magazine aimed at professionals and business owners. In 2020, Debra was featured on Crain’s New York Business list of Notable Women in Talent Resources.

Shawn Katz is the President of Silverstein Capital Partners. He is responsible for overseeing all the lending activities of the company.

Previously, Mr. Katz held the position of Senior Managing Director at Silverstein Capital Partners. He joined the company shortly after its inception in 2018 and was actively involved in managing all aspects of the business, including originations, execution, portfolio management, and investor relations.

Prior to his career at Silverstein, Mr. Katz was the Managing Partner and co-founder of KUB Capital, where he led the firm with a focus on acquisitions, investment strategy, capital markets, and financial management. Before KUB, he was the Senior Vice President at Rosemont Realty, managing the acquisition department and serving as a member of the investment committee.

Mr. Katz holds a BA in Business Administration and Communications from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

Michael Levy joined Silverstein Properties as Chief Financial Officer in 1997 and currently serves as Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has vast experience in finance, acquisitions and sales and has closed in excess of $10 billion in transactions.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Levy was a senior tax partner at the accounting firm of Friedman Alpren & Green LLP, where he worked for over 20 years.

He is a member of both the American Institute and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a member of the finance committee of a not-for-profit organization, and has served on various tax committees.

As Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for Silverstein Properties, Dara oversees the firm’s public relations, media, advertising, documentary, branding, events, and digital and social media activities. He is a member of the company’s management committee, and works with the leadership team and top executives on a wide range of corporate matters, with direct responsibility for the company’s marketing and communications initiatives.

Highlights of Dara’s work include building a team of some of the industry’s leading marketing professionals; developing a long-term World Trade Center repositioning and branding strategy; the construction, opening and marketing of 3 WTC, 4 WTC and 7 WTC – for which his group was awarded a Silver Anvil from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA); unveiling designs for the iconic One WTC and the subsequent buildings at the WTC site; Silverstein’s successful “two occurrence” insurance litigation; launching several commercial and residential websites and dozens of social media channels; and overseeing a program to document the historic rebuilding project through feature films, TV documentaries, books, photographs, art, and interactive media.

Dara is the editor of A Century Downtown, a visual history of Lower Manhattan, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Downtown magazine. He works with dozens of artists, photographers, and filmmakers to document the company’s rebuilding projects. For the past several years, Dara has invited a group of international street artists into raw, unoccupied floors to use them as a canvas and gallery installation, in the words of Forbes, “flipping the corporate office script Silicon Valley style.”

Previously, Dara was the Communications & Media Manager of Shearman & Sterling LLP, a corporate law firm of 850 lawyers in 20 cities around the world. Based in New York, he was responsible for devising and managing strategies to maintain and build the firm’s reputation, image, and visibility. In June 2003, Dara’s group was awarded a Silver Anvil from the PRSA for its work on behalf of a Sept. 11 pro bono client of the firm.

Dara began his career as a reporter at Variety and Daily Variety in Los Angeles. He has also worked at Academy Award-winning Merchant Ivory Productions, Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Film Center, and Universal Pictures.

Earlier in his career, Dara worked in the Department of Public Information of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, and in New York, where he wrote an analytical and historical study of the United Nations library that became an official publication of the UN.

Born in Ireland and raised in Brussels, Belgium, Dara studied at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where he graduated with a Master’s degree in Philosophy. He spent a year as an Erasmus Scholar at the University of Bologna, Italy, where he studied Italian and philosophy under Umberto Eco. Upon graduation, Dara won a Bobby Jones Jr. Graduate Fellowship to UCLA.

Lior Mor oversees Silverstein’s operations in Israel which includes analyzing various investment opportunities and managing relationships with Israeli institutional investors. He is the CEO of Silverstein Properties Limited, a bond issuer on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE).

Prior to joining SP, for over six years Lior led the real estate division at Menora Mivtachim Group, one of Israel’s largest insurance and finance groups with $80 billion of assets under management.

Prior to Menora, Lior was a senior analyst at Giza Singer Even, Israel’s largest financial advisory and investment banking firm. Lior currently serves as a board member of Azorim, a publicly traded company on the TASE.

Lior holds an MBA with a major in financing from Tel Aviv University (TAU), and currently acts as a professor for real estate courses in the MBA program at TAU. Lior is a former Davis Cup member on the Israeli national team and was a professional tennis player until the age of 24. He was also the coach of the Israeli women’s national team. He lives in Even Yehuda, Israel, with his wife and three sons.

Jeremy Moss is an Executive Vice President at Silverstein Properties responsible for leasing new office developments and repositioning major office properties. Jeremy is also a leader in the company’s strategy to covert commercial office buildings to residential use. During his fifteen years at Silverstein Properties, Jeremy has overseen all aspects of leasing for the company’s entire 15 million square foot commercial portfolio, including the redeveloped World Trade Center which is presently 95% leased.

Prior to joining Silverstein Properties, Jeremy was a Vice President for Commercial Development and Leasing at Forest City Ratner Companies in New York City where he managed the leasing of Forest City's 6 million square foot office portfolio. During his eight years at Forest City, Jeremy worked on 2 million square feet of commercial office leasing transactions and was involved in the development and leasing of 4 office buildings including the New York Times Headquarters Building.

Jeremy sits on the Board of Directors of the Downtown Alliance and the Association for Downtown New York. Jeremy is also on the board of Brooklyn Boatworks, a not-for-profit that runs an educational boat building program for public schools. Jeremy is a graduate of the Rockefeller Fellowship, a 12-month program that prepares senior corporate executives for more active leadership in civic and public affairs. He has also been active in the Real Estate Board of NY, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Central Park Conservancy.

Jeremy received is BA in economics and political science from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Nick Pazich is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Silverstein Properties and is a member of the company’s Management Committee and Investment Committee. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Silverstein Properties Limited, a company that is a bond issuer on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. He has led the negotiation of more than $8 billion of acquisitions, development, joint venture and financing transactions in the United States, Europe, China and the Middle East. He is a co-founder of Silverstein Properties Regional Center and was instrumental in the formation of Silverstein Capital Partners and Cantor Silverstein Opportunity Zone Trust.

Prior to joining Silverstein, Nick was a member of the real estate group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California School of Law, where he was a member of the Southern California Law Review.

Yael Ron is the Chief Hospitality Officer of Residential Properties for Silverstein Properties. She is responsible for managing the company’s hospitality and residential divisions.

An acclaimed hospitality executive, Yael has successfully led hotels across the globe from Tel Aviv to San Francisco and New York. Prior to joining Silverstein, she served as Managing Director of the Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, where she was in charge of all operational aspects including recruiting of the core team, curating the brand culture and managing the business plan, budget and all marketing channels. Prior to that role, she was the General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, where she became the property’s first female general manager, and one of only nine female general managers in the Ritz-Carlton portfolio.

Yael spent nearly a decade with The Ritz-Carlton company where she was the General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland and Director of Sales and Marketing for the opening of The Ritz-Carlton, Herzliya and facilitated the opening of The Ritz-Carlton in Macau, China. Prior to joining The Ritz-Carlton company in 2013, Yael worked at The Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv, following a decade with Hilton Hotels where she began her hospitality career as a Senior Sales Manager.

Yael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hotel Management from Technion Israel & Nova University, Florida, and an MBA from City University of New York, Baruch College. She is fluent in several languages, having lived, studied and worked throughout the world, to include the United States, Central America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Since joining Silverstein Properties in 2018 as Chief Technology Officer, Yael Urman has been the driving force behind the company's technology strategy and roadmap. Yael leads the company’s technology initiatives, driving optimization across financial, operational, and development activities.

Prior to her current role, Yael served as Director of Applications at PBF Energy, a Fortune 150 petroleum refiner, where she led the applications strategy and established a technology organization from the ground up to support the company’s fast expansion. Previously, Yael held various leadership roles at Ness Digital Engineering, managing the full spectrum of tech services, as well as Teva Pharmaceuticals, where she directed technology strategies for global operations across 36 manufacturing sites.

Yael holds an MBA from Tel-Aviv University and a BS in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Guy Vardi is Chief Innovation Officer for Silverstein Properties. He joined the company in 2016 to oversee the firm’s process of innovation and change management.

Before joining Silverstein Properties, he co-founded Matific, a startup that empowers teachers and encourages students to discover and explore mathematical concepts through playful interaction. Matific is used by millions of students and translated into 11 languages. Matific was named the winner of the 2016 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Mathematics Instructional Solution.

In 2003, Guy helped found Oberon Media, a company that expands and diversifies the demographics of computer gamers. He oversaw the development of the most popular platform for distribution of casual games at the time. Oberon's Game Center network reached over 40 million users.

Guy started his career as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces. Later he spent several years developing innovative digital experiences and interaction models for the Israeli Defense Forces. Highlights of his work include creating the first commercial VR environment for e-commerce, pioneering production of interactive video using wearables cameras, co-producing software that explores the relationships between classical poetry and interactive media, implementing the TCP / IP protocol over can and wire telephone and conducting an experiment that demonstrated carriers pigeons are faster than ADSL.

Guy holds a degree in computer science from the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzelia. He lives in the Upper West Side with his wife and children.