The Kenneth R. Gerrety Humanitarian Award

Recognizes REBNY members’ outstanding service to the community.

With trusted relationships with leading real estate executives and multinational clients around the world, John C. Santora is one of the commercial real estate industry’s most experienced global executives.

JOHN C. SANTORA Chairman, New York tristate region Cushman

Santora, chairman of the New York tristate region at Cushman & Wakefield Inc., previously was president of the tristate region. In that position he was responsible for executing the firm’s strategic plan for the region. He has been with Cushman & Wakefield for more than 40 years. He was a member of firm’s board of directors for more than 20 years. Earlier in his career he was the firm’s global chief operating officer and its chief integrating officer. Before that, Santora was CEO of North America, the firm’s largest global operating region.

& Wakefield Inc.

MARY ANN TIGHE

Chief executive officer, New York tristate region

CBRE

She has been chief executive officer of CBRE’s New York tristate region since 2002. She is a nine-time winner of Real Estate Board of New York’s Deal of the Year Award for ingenious brokerage. For a three-year term starting in January 2010, she was chairman of REBNY, the first woman to hold the position in its then 114-year history.

He is a past fellow of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York’s Directory Advisory Board and a member of the board of trustees for Local 32BJ Health and Benefit Funds.

Santora attended New York City Community College and the College of Staten Island.

Chairman Emeritus, Real Estate Board of New York

Board member, The Lung Cancer Research Foundation

– Co-Chair, Business Committee, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

– Co-Chair, Real Estate Council, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

– Vice Chair, Columbia University Real Estate Development Advisory Board

Trustee, St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Trustee, Archdiocese of New York

Board member, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Board member, The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center

CBRE congratulates Mary Ann Tighe for being honored with REBNY’s Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award. You’ve earned this accolade through a lifetime of exceptional accomplishment and countless contributions to making New York City a better place. cbre.com