The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore is pleased to announce the appointment of three new officers:Tim O’Donald, Chairman; Ira Weinstein, Treasurer; and Mark Pollak, Secretary, to its Board of Directors. In addition, the nonprofit organization, dedicated to improving the maintenance, beautification and visitor services of the Baltimore Waterfront and the community, has welcomed eight new members to the board.
O’Donald, president of Harbor East Management Group, oversees approximately 5.5 million square feet of commercial retail, office, hotel and residential space in Baltimore’s burgeoning Harbor East development as well as several other real estate assets owned and managed by the firm. He has over 25 years of real estate experience in Class A commercial office and urban/ mixed-use projects. Under his management, Harbor East has become one of Baltimore’s most visible, rapidly emerging neighborhoods and a premier destination for national employers, local residents and visitors, attracting corporations such as Legg Mason, Morgan Stanley and Laureate as well as high end national retailers such as Under Armour, Whole Foods Market and J.Crew. Tim earned the RPA designation from the Building Owners and Managers Institute (BOMI) and the CPM designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management. In addition to O’Donald’s experience in real estate, he was also a commissioned officer in the United States Army and served two combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal for his service. He is a graduate of Kennesaw State University.
Weinstein, who hasserved as a member of the Waterfront Partnership’s Board of Directors for two years, serves as co-managing principal of CohnReznick's Baltimore office. His areas of focus include transaction and finance services for projects utilizing the federal New Markets Tax Credit Program, the federal and state historic tax credit programs, renewable energy tax credits for investment and production, and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Weinstein advised economic development businesses on their geographic footprint. He provides these services to such industries that include affordable housing, commercial real estate, and renewable energy. Prior to joining CohnReznick, he advised local economic development organizations on strategies to revitalize their geographic footprint. He also spent several years in the corporate finance department of a public company raising capital for corporate and project finance and completing acquisitions and divestitures of company assets. Weinstein received his B.S. in management from the University of Delaware and an M.S in Finance from Loyola.
Pollak, an attorney at Ballard Spahr, has more than 30 years of experience in real estate and finance, including representing a major NFL team in the development and financing of its $250 million stadium, serving as counsel to the entity that established the Cadillac Grand Prix of Washington, D.C. and assisting developers in real estate projects throughout downtown Baltimore. He was the recipient of the Maryland Daily Record’s Maryland Leadership in Law Award in 2005 for outstanding contributions to the legal profession and the community, and for his dedication to promoting professional and community leadership in future generations. In addition, he has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America from 1995-2017. Pollak received his B.A. degree from Brooklyn College, City University of New York in 1968, his M.C.P from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Waterfront Partnership is also pleased to announce the addition of several new board members: Councilman Leon Pinkett;Sarah Harrison, Vice President at Morgan Stanley; Michelle Pourciau, Director of the Dept. of Transportation; Pete Hammen, Chief of Operations at the Baltimore Mayor’s Office, Brian Dean, Vice President & Group Manager at T. Rowe Price; Terry Worden, General Manager of the Waterfront Marriott Hotel. The organization has also added Jim Mobley, Vice President at Elm Street Development and Gail Furman, Owner of Max’s on Broadway, to the Waterfront Management Authority Board.
Waterfront Partnership is the proud steward of Baltimore’s crown jewel, its Inner Harbor and Waterfront. We’re lean, nimble and effective; the only organization that wakes up every day, rolls its sleeves up and gets to work on new ways we can make Baltimore’s Waterfront even more active, attractive and appealing. We’re the hosts who greet visitors, the creators of programs and promotions and managers of our beautiful parks. We encourage investment in Baltimore’s most celebrated asset so it can continue to grow, to serves as a place of pride and the place where Baltimoreans come together to recreate and to celebrate. For more information, visit www.waterfrontpartnership.org.
