People: Winthrop Realty Trust (FUR.N)
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Prev Close
$12.77
$12.77
Open
$12.57
$12.57
Day's High
$12.98
$12.98
Day's Low
$12.43
$12.43
Volume
42,438
42,438
Avg. Vol
43,689
43,689
52-wk High
$13.66
$13.66
52-wk Low
$10.34
$10.34
Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Michael Ashner |
59 | 2004 | Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chief Executive Officer |
Carolyn Tiffany |
45 | 2010 | President, Trustee |
John Garilli |
47 | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer |
John Alba |
41 | 2007 | Chief Investment Officer, Secretary |
Arthur Blasberg |
84 | 2003 | Independent Trustee |
Howard Goldberg |
66 | 2003 | Lead Independent Trustee |
Thomas McWilliams |
2008 | Independent Trustee | |
Lee Seidler |
77 | 2010 | Independent Trustee |
Steven Zalkind |
70 | 2008 | Independent Trustee |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Michael Ashner |
Mr. Michael L. Ashner is Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chief Executive Officer of Withrop Realty Trust. He has been a Trustee since 2004. Mr. Ashner has been Chief Executive Officer since December 31, 2003 and Chairman since April 2004. Mr. Ashner also served as the Executive Chairman and a trustee of Lexington Realty Trust (“Lexington”), a New York Stock Exchange listed real estate investment trust, from December 31, 2006 when Newkirk Realty Trust, Inc. (“Newkirk”) was merged into Lexington to March 20, 2008. Mr. Ashner previously served as a director and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Newkirk until it was merged into Lexington. Mr. Ashner also currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Winthrop Realty Partners, L.P., a real estate investment and management company, a position he has held since 1996. Mr. Ashner previously served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of Shelbourne Properties I, Inc., Shelbourne Properties II, Inc. and Shelbourne Properties III, Inc. (collectively, the “Shelbourne Entities”), three real estate investment trusts, from August 2002 until their liquidation in April 2004. During the past five years Mr. Ashner has served as a director of the following public companies that had a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or subject to the requirements of Section 15 of such Act: Lexington Realty Trust, NBTY, Inc., Newkirk Realty Trust, Inc., GB Holdings, Inc and Atlantic Entertainment Holdings, Inc. |
Carolyn Tiffany |
Ms. Carolyn Tiffany is President, Trustee of Winthrop Realty Trust. She has been a Trustee since 2010. Ms. Tiffany has been President since January 1, 2010 and served as Chief Operating Officer and Secretary from January 8, 2004 to January 31, 2007. From February 2007 through March 2008 Ms. Tiffany served as a principal and the Chief Operating Officer for High Street Equity Advisors, a private equity real estate firm. From April 2008 to December 31, 2008, Ms. Tiffany was a private investor. In addition, Ms. Tiffany served as the Chief Operating Officer and Secretary of Newkirk and its predecessor entities from 1996 to December 31, 2006. Ms. Tiffany’s real estate experience and her performance as President led the Board to conclude that she should again be nominated as a Trustee. |
John Garilli |
Mr. John Garilli has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer of Winthrop Realty Trust, effective June 15, 2012. Mr. Garilli has been with Winthrop Realty Partners L.P., an affiliate of the Trust’s external advisor, since 1995 serving in various capacities in its accounting department. Mr. Garilli holds an MBA from Babson College. |
John Alba |
Mr. John Alba is Chief Investment Officer, Secretary of Winthrop Realty Trust. Mr. Alba was appointed Chief Investment Officer in October 2005 and Secretary in May 2007. He has served as a Vice President of Winthrop Realty Partners, L.P. since January 1998 where his responsibilities included asset management and investment analysis. |
Arthur Blasberg |
Mr. Arthur Blasberg, Jr., is Independent Trustee of Winthrop Realty Trust. He has been a Trustee since 2003. Mr. Blasberg's activities for the past five years include serving as a receiver appointed by the Superior Court in Massachusetts and as a trustee of various businesses, including real estate investment firms and industrial companies. Mr. Blasberg was a director and chairman of the audit committee of each of the Shelbourne Entities from August 2002 to their liquidation in April 2004 and was Chairman of the Trust’s audit committee from January 2004 to the third quarter of 2011. Mr. Blasberg also has served as a director of several private companies. He is an attorney admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, various federal courts and state courts and served for five years in the general counsel's office of the SEC. |
Howard Goldberg |
Mr. Howard Goldberg, Jr., is Lead Independent Trustee of Winthrop Realty Trust. He has been a Trustee since 2003. Mr. Goldberg has been a private investor in both real estate and start-up companies and has provided consulting services to start-up companies since 1999. From 1994 through 1998, Mr. Goldberg served as President, CEO, and board member of Player’s International, a publicly-traded company in the gaming business prior to its sale to Harrah's Entertainment Inc. From 2003 through 2005, Mr. Goldberg served as a part-time consultant to Laser Lock Technologies, Inc., LLTI.OB, a publicly-traded development stage company, engaged in the development and marketing of technologies for the prevention of product and document counterfeiting and electronic article surveillance. From 1995 through 2000, Mr. Goldberg served on the board of directors and audit committee of Imall Inc., a publicly-traded company that provided on-line shopping prior to its sale to Excite-at-Home. Mr. Goldberg served as a member of the board of directors and the audit committees of the Shelbourne Entities from August 2002 until their liquidation in April 2004. Mr. Goldberg has a law degree from New York University and was previously the managing partner of a New Jersey law firm where he specialized in gaming regulatory law and real estate from 1970 through 1994. |
Thomas McWilliams |
Mr. Thomas F. McWilliams is Independent Trustee of Winthrop Realty Trust. He has been Trustee since 2008. Mr. McWilliams is currently a managing partner and member of the investment committee of Court Square Capital Partners, a private equity company that manages approximately $6 billion in capital, a position he has held since 2006 when Court Square Capital Partners was formed. From 1983 to 2006, Mr. McWilliams held a similar position with Citigroup Venture Capital, the private equity arm of Citigroup. During the past five years, Mr. McWilliams served as a director of the following public companies that had a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or subject to the requirements of Section 15 of the Exchange Act: Remy International, Inc., and WCI Communities, Inc. |
Lee Seidler |
Dr. Lee Seidler is Independent Trustee of Winthrop Realty Trust. He has been a Trustee since 2010. Dr. Seidler is currently a private investor. He testified in 2002 before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on regulation of the accounting profession and consulted with staff drafting Sarbanes-Oxley which produced the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). He was a member of the PCAOB’s Standing Advisory Group. Mr. Seidler served as a General Partner and Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. from 1981 to 1989. Dr. Seidler was elected to Institutional Investor’s All Star first team of financial analysts for 14 consecutive years (until his retirement) for his analysis of the impacts of accounting and financial reporting and taxes on the decisions of investors. He was also director of the firm’s 55 person internal audit staff for two years and represented Bear, Stearns in Washington D.C. on legislative issues. Dr. Seidler has been a member of the boards of directors of numerous public and private companies and has served as chair of the audit committees of these companies. Dr. Seidler was a professor of accounting and the Price Waterhouse professor of auditing at New York University Graduate School of Business Administration for 22 years. |
Steven Zalkind |
Mr. Steven Zalkind is Independent Trustee of Winthrop Realty Trust. He has been a Trustee since 2008. Since 1975, Mr. Zalkind has been a principal of Resource Investments Limited, LLC (“Resource”), a real estate investment firm, acting as either an officer of the General Partner or Managing Member in the acquisition of over 26,000 multi-family apartment units and 2,000,000 square feet of commercial shopping centers and office buildings. Mr. Zalkind currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Resource. Mr. Zalkind was a director of each of the Shelbourne Entities from August 2002 to their liquidation in April 2004 and a director of Newkirk from November 2005 until its merger with Lexington in December 2006. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Michael Ashner |
-- |
Carolyn Tiffany |
-- |
John Garilli |
-- |
John Alba |
-- |
Arthur Blasberg |
-- |
Howard Goldberg |
-- |
Thomas McWilliams |
-- |
Lee Seidler |
-- |
Steven Zalkind |
-- |
As Of
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Michael Ashner |
0 | 0 |
Carolyn Tiffany |
0 | 0 |
John Garilli |
0 | 0 |
John Alba |
0 | 0 |
Arthur Blasberg |
0 | 0 |
Howard Goldberg |
0 | 0 |
Thomas McWilliams |
0 | 0 |
Lee Seidler |
0 | 0 |
Steven Zalkind |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
GARILLI JOHN ANDREW |
75,000 | $0.00 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
131,333 | $0.00 |
TIFFANY CAROLYN B |
68,667 | $0.00 |
TIFFANY CAROLYN B |
33,333 | $0.00 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
66,667 | $0.00 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
2,400 | $10.60 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
20,000 | $10.70 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
226 | $10.15 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
7,000 | $10.19 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
10,000 | $10.30 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
10,000 | $10.42 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
5,000 | $10.55 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
5,000 | $10.55 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
10,000 | $10.60 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
4,546 | $10.65 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
3,000 | $10.78 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
291 | $10.65 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
163 | $10.65 |
BRAVERMAN PETER A |
1,000 | $25.04 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
9,338 | $9.05 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
10,000 | $8.77 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
2,500 | $9.06 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
10,000 | $8.69 |
ASHNER MICHAEL L |
17,500 | $8.77 |
GOLDBERG HOWARD A |
2,000 | $9.19 |

