Jeffrey I. Brodsky is Vice Chairman of Related Companies where he works closely with Related’s executive team to optimize business development and drive improved performance and results across the platform and internationally. Mr. Brodsky joined Related’s affordable housing development group in 1982, has been an Executive Vice President of Related Affordable for 18 years, and served as President of Related Management from 1997 through 2015. He also leads Related Companies’ initiative to increase diversity, equity and inclusion within the company and the broader real estate industry.
Mr. Brodsky is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York Residential Management Council and the recipient of its 2006 George M. Brooker Management Executive of the Year award, the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the National Leased Housing Association, the Realty Advisory Board of N.Y., and served a 4 year role as the Chairman of the Property Management committee of the National Multi‐Housing Council. He is the 2009 recipient of the Institute for Real Estate Management (IREM) NY Chapter Certified Property Manager of the Year Award.
He has also been the past Chairman of Urban Green, the US Green Building Council chapter in New York, is a member of FNMA’s Green Housing Task Force, and is the current Chairman of the New York Energy Efficiency Corporation. In 2009, Mr. Brodsky initiated Related’s National Smoke Free Housing program across all asset classes, the first such program in the U.S. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from New York University.