Leslie Winter specializes in issues pertaining to strategic planning for community development, including resource allocation and fundraising, real estate development and financing. He is the former Director of the Real Estate Institute at New York University and former Director of the Office of Real Estate for the New York City Office of Business Development. He previously co-authored New York City’s Industrial Retention and Relocation Program and Energy Cost-Saving Program. He graduated cum laude from Syracuse University where he also received a Masters in Public Administration. He also received a Masters in Psychology from the New School for Social Research.