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Lauren Scarantino is a partner in the Real Estate Group of the New York office of Alston & Bird LLP, an Atlanta law firm. Lauren graduated with honors from Georgetown University in 2002 and received a law degree, magna cum laude, from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University in 2007.

Lauren focuses her practice on commercial real estate finance. She represents institutional investors, life insurance companies, commercial banks, investment banks, debt funds, and opportunity funds in a variety of complex single and multi-asset financings of commercial real estate lending transactions. These financings include permanent loans, bridge loans, mezzanine loans, mortgage loans for commercial mortgage-backed securitization (CBMS) programs, loan participations, loan assumptions, and sales and loan modifications, including loan pledges to warehouse facilities, and are secured by various types of real estate, including hotels, office and retail properties, shopping centers, multi-family residential properties, and vacant land.

Lauren was born and raised in raised in Garden City and, along with her three children, currently resides there as well.  She has strong ties to the Garden City community and is committed to supporting and promoting philanthropic causes to benefit the Garden City community.

Mrs. Rufrano is the Asset Management Director for the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio where she is responsible for managing a 7 million sf portfolio of office, retail, multifamily and industrial assets in the East Region.  Previously, Mrs. Rufrano was the Head of Asset Management for Related Companies’ national luxury rental and NYC street retail assets where she was responsible for driving operating performance across the $7B portfolio.

Prior to joining Related, Mrs. Rufrano was a Managing Director responsible for asset management, financing, recapitalization and disposition activities for Greystone Development’s national multifamily and mixed-use operating and development portfolios. Mrs. Rufrano also held VP roles at Paramount Group, a publicly traded office REIT, and in J.P. Morgan’s Global Real Assets group, where she collectively oversaw 15 million sf of trophy office assets in New York, Boston, Washington DC and Atlanta. Mrs. Rufrano began her career at Clarion Partners in 2005 where she had responsibilities in industrial asset management as well as acquisitions and capital raising.

Mrs. Rufrano holds an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in finance from The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. She is a member of ULI New York’s Mixed-Use Council, a member of New York Women Executives in Real Estate (WX) and an Executive Board Member of the Garden City Real Estate Professionals Foundation which raises funds and awareness for local charities.

As a co-leader of Savills’ Integrated Consulting Strategies (ICS), Mr. Wolk guides the strategic planning, financial analysis, and contract negotiations for some of the firm’s largest clients. Joining Savills in 2005, Mr. Wolk rapidly ascended to become one of the youngest global Vice Chairmen. In 2022 he founded, and now leads, Savills’ North American Strategy & Finance Group — a pioneering consultancy of 50+ financial professionals collaborating on best practices and advanced analytics. His team has won multiple REBNY Most Ingenious Deal of the Year awards and numerous accolades for transactional excellence.

As an avid member of the GCRE Professionals Foundation, Mr. Wolk actively supports several medical institutions including Komansky’s Children’s Hospital, Winthrop University Hospital, and Memorial Sloan Kettering. A graduate of Brooklyn Law School, Mr. Wolk proudly resides in Garden City, NY, with his wife, three children, and labradoodle.

John Nero serves as Vice Chairman of Newmark’s Healthcare Capital Markets Group and Head of Healthcare Debt. Based in Newmark’s New York headquarters, John works on a variety of healthcare real estate transactions across asset and portfolio sales, financings and equity placements and development advisory on behalf of healthcare provider and institutional investor clients.

John has worked with a wide range of client types, including healthcare systems, hospitals, REITs, and private real estate investment and development firms. His experience with healthcare real estate spans a broad range of asset classes, including medical office buildings, post-acute care facilities, hospitals and others.

John joined Newmark in 2019 from Hammond Hanlon Camp, LLC, a strategic advisory and investment banking firm focused on the healthcare sector where he was a Director in the firm’s real estate group. Previously, he spent five years with Morgan Keegan and Co., where he worked in the firm’s healthcare real estate investment banking group. He began his real estate career at Wells Fargo Bank in their commercial real estate lending group. Nero is a FINRA licensed investment banking professional, holding Series 7 and 63 designations.

John is a Garden City resident where he lives with his wife, Danielle, and two children.

As a licensed real estate professional with Douglas Elliman, Linda O’Connor provides trusted guidance to buyers, sellers, and investors with authenticity, integrity, and personal excellence. She specializes in assisting clients through major life transitions, offering thoughtful, strategic support tailored to their unique goals.

With a background in luxury concierge services, high-end sales, and VIP relationship management, Linda brings a refined approach to every client experience. Her global network of real estate experts allows her to serve an international clientele and deliver seamless results across markets.

Passionate about building meaningful relationships and exceeding expectations, Linda is dedicated to providing world-class service and creating exceptional outcomes for every client.