George Vallone

George Vallone graduated Gettysburg College with a BA in Accounting in 1976 and Fordham University with an MBA in International Finance in 1978. He has been an urban developer for over 29 years. His company purchased the Maxwell House Coffee Factory, a 24 acre site on the Hoboken waterfront, in 1999 and, after obtaining all City, County, State, and Federal zoning and environmental approvals, he sold it to Toll Brothers for $76M in January of 2004. He is also in the process of raising $65M of venture capital to build an Aerated Autoclaved Concrete, ("AAC"), manufacturing facility in NJ. This facility will be the first in the North East to produce AAC products for developers who want to reduce construction costs, save on energy costs, and reduce carbon emissions by incorporating Mass Wall technology into their buildings. He is a Past President of the NJ Institute of Multi-Family Housing, Past President of the NJ Builder's Association (NJBA) Metropolitan Chapter and a Lifetime Member of the NJBA State Board of Directors. He was Vice-Chairmen of the NJBA's PAC from 1986 to 1993, is a member of the Redevelopment Committee, and Chairmen of the Licensed Site Professionals Committee. He is President of Our House, Inc. a non-profit group that builds, owns, and operates 29 group homes and provides job training for 120 developmentally disabled adults. He has held a NJ Real Estate Broker's license since 1986. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Rutgers Graduate School of Business Finance. He has Guest Lectured for the past 20 years at Rutgers, NJIT, NYU, and is also a regular speaker at the IMN (Information Management Network), Builder, and Realtor conferences and travels all over the country speaking on Redevelopment, real estate finance, and Green Building topics.