Distinguished Achievement Award Honorees

B’nai B’rith Housing owes it success and reputation to the real estate industry partners that both founded our organization and carry on our important work to this day. The following individuals have been honored with the B’nai B’rith Housing Distinguished Achievement Award for their commitment to building a more equitable society, their dedication to easing the affordable housing crisis, and the support and wise counsel they have generously shared with us.

2017: Kevin G. Honan, Massachusetts State Representative, Committee on Housing  and  Joseph E. Corcoran, Corcoran Jennison Companies

2016: Barry Bluestone, Dukakis Center, Northeastern University  and  The Commonwealth Housing Task Force

2015: Karen Fish-Will, Peabody Properties

2014: Pamela Goodman, Beacon Communities Development

2013: David Abromowitz, Goulston & Storrs

2012: Richard Henken, Schochet Companies

2011: Bill Kargman, First Realty Management

2010: John Keith, Keith Construction  and  Shelley Hoon Keith, Hoon Companies

2009: Franklin W. Simon, The Simon Companies

2008: Mel Barkan, The Barkan Companies

2007: Bruce Polishook, CWC Builders

2006: Joseph Flatley, MA Housing Investment Corp (MHIC)

2005: Dan Sullivan, Goulston & Storrs

2004: Ted Tye, National Development  and  Tom Alperin, National Development

2003: Larry Curtis, WinnDevelopment

2002: Andrew Chaban, Princeton Properties Management

2000: Ed Zuker, Chestnut Hill Realty

1998: Jerome L. Rappaport Jr., New Boston Fund

1997: Jonathan G. Davis, The Davis Companies

1996: Susan Winston Leff, Fleet Bank

1995: Jordan P. Krasnow, Goulston and Storrs

1992: Arthur Ullian, Boston Land Company

1991: William Leatherbee Jr., Leatherbee Companies

1982: Marvin Siflinger, HUD/Housing Partners

1980: Isadore “Z” Wasserman, State Properties of NE (aka NE Development)