Gissen named executive vp of Ginsburg Connecticut.Ginsburg Development, LLC has appointed Thomas Gissen Corporate Executive Vice-President assigned to the company's burgeoning Connecticut Division. Mr. Gissen assumes responsibility for coordinating the overall management of the company's Connecticut operations, including land acquisition and community design and development, with oversight management duties in sales and marketing. "Thomas' insight played an integral role in the creation and organization of this new division," says Joe Novella Jr., president of the two year-old Danbury-based division. "As a result, he emerged as the perfect candidate to fill the position. His hard work, extensive knowledge and invaluable input during and following the origination process has proven him a vital asset to our efforts in Connecticut." Prior to his appointment as Corporate Executive Vice President for the Connecticut Division, Gissen spent several years as Director of Development for Ginsburg Development in its Hawthorne, N.Y. home office, managing teams responsible for the design and approvals of hundreds of homes located in award-winning communities throughout Westchester County, N.Y. He has also served as City Planner in Peekskill, N.Y., as an Associate at Fredrick P. Clark Associates in Rye, N.Y. and as a Land Use Planner for a firm in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . A resident of Newton, Conn., Gissen possesses a Master of Science in City and Regional Planning from Pratt Institute, where he received the Robert C. Weinberg award for Academic Excellence in Urban Planning. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Colombia University, and has affiliations with the American Institute of Certified Planners The American Institute of Certified Planners (or AICP) is the American Planning Association's professional institute. AICP certifies professionals in the United States in the field of Urban planning and assists planners in the areas of ethics, professional development, planning (AICP AICP American Institute of Certified Planners AICP Association of Independent Commercial Producers AICP Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (Philadelphia, PA) AICP Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals ) and the American Planning Association The American Planning Association (APA) is a professional organization representing the field of city and regional planning in the United States. The APA was formed in 1978 when two separate professional planning organizations, the American Institute of Planners and the American (APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture ), Connecticut Chapter. Gissen has coached Youth Basketball and Soccer, and sat on the Housatonic Chapter Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. for Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. . The Connecticut Division of GDC was formed in 1999 to expand the operations of Ginsburg Development, New York's largest community developer, into the New England marketplace. GDC's inaugural community, Redding Woods, recently received the prestigious HOBI Award for "Creative Site Design." The 23-home clustered single-family community in Redding has enjoyed wide public, acceptance and is now nearly sold out. |
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