Director of Development, Residential Group, Forest City Enterprises
New York City, New York

Abe Naparstek is a Director of Development in the Residential Group of Forest City Enterprises.  Forest City Enterprises is a $10 billion real estate company principally engaged in the ownership, development, acquisition, and management of commercial and residential real estate throughout the United States.  In that capacity he manages potential and ongoing real estate opportunities for the company.  Prior to this position, Abe was the Assistant County Manager of Allegheny County.  In that capacity, Abe worked on a number of policy initiatives for the County.

Abe participated in the inaugural year of the Coro Center for Civic Leadership Fellows Program in Public Affairs. In 2000, Abe was a Coro Allegheny County Executive Fellow in Allegheny County Chief Executive Jim Roddey's office focusing on legislative policy. In 2001, Abe enrolled in The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University and finished his master's degree in public policy management in May of 2003.

Abe was a founding board member of the Sprout Fund and the UltraViolet Loop, two successful community initiatives in Pittsburgh, PA. He served as a member of the board of directors of the Coro Center for Civic Leadership in Pittsburgh for 6 years and is currently on the Executive Committee of Coro National.