The City Ave District Board is crucial to our success!
The City Ave District is well-represented by a diverse Board of Directors made up of property owners and managers, institutional leaders, and business owners as well as many elected officials who serve as Ex-Officio members.
The Board is composed of representatives from Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township. To serve on the Board, one must be a commercial or industrial property owner, or a merchant in the District.
These people are crucial to the ongoing success of City Ave District:
Paul Blake (LM)
Vice President, Director of Sales
Beasley Media Group, Inc.
Bob Brackett (LM)
Head of Global Facilities
Susquehanna International Group, LLP
Gary Brandeis (Phila)
CEO and Founder
Scholar Hotel Group
Mark T. Brennan (LM)
VP Regional Development
Federal Realty Investment Trust
Rick Carrion (Phila)
Retail Market Manager
TD Bank
Dr. Jay Feldstein, DO (Phila)
President & CEO
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
John W. Glomb, Jr. (LM)
President & Chief Underwriting Officer
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Jeffrey Goldstone (Phila)
President
Herbert Yentis & Co. Realtors
Richard Gottlieb (Chair) (LM)
President and COO
Keystone Development & Investment
Joseph Kender Jr. (Treasurer) (LM)
Senior Vice President for University Relations
Saint Joseph’s University
Robert Kennedy (LM)
Managing Director
Newmark
Susan McKee (Secretary) (LM)
Officer & President
165-171 Associates, Inc.
Bernie Prazenica (Vice-Chair) (Phila)
President & General Manager
6abc/WPVI-TV/DT
Cheryl A. McConnell, PHD (Phila)
President
Saint Joseph’s University
Nathan Muchnick (Phila)
Partner
Muchnick Properties
Sereena Quick (Phila)
Owner
Chick-fil-A City Ave
Jonathan Spergel, Esq. (LM)
Partner
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP
Howard J. Wurzak (Phila)
Chairman & CEO
Wurzak Hotel Group
Amanda Cappelletti *
Member
Senate of Pennsylvania
Morgan Cephas*
Member
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Mary Jo Daley*
Member
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
James S. Ettelson, Esq.*
Principal
Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld, LLC
Vincent Hughes*
Member
Senate of Pennsylvania
Curtis Jones, Jr.*
Councilman
City of Philadelphia
Louis E Rossman DMD*
Commissioner
Township of Lower Merion
Todd Sinai*
Commissioner
Township of Lower Merion
* Ex-officio
2025 Board Meeting dates can be found (here)