Avi Kozlowski

Experience

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  Jewish Community Center

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2013

  Summer Inclusion Counselor

  Provided daily support for children with autism to ensure their inclusion in camp activities. Recevied multiple Heart of Gold awards for exceptional performance.

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  Sandy Spring Builders

  Mar 2012 - May 2012

  Intern

  I met with clients, filed construction plans, and created a plan library database consisting of all the houses the company had ever built according to their specific attributes.

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  National Hillel Basketball Tournament

  May 2014 - May 2017

  Co-Chair of the National Hillel Basketball Tournament

  Spent 200+ hours putting together a 4-day sports conference with over 1,200 participants, featuring a basketball tournament with over 350 athletes and 25 staff members. Secured sponsorships including; Under Armour, Pepsico, Ben Yehuda Pizza, and Fuel-Strip.

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  WaterBridge Recruits

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2015

  Co-Founder

  Founded a recruiting company to help match our peers with top employers.

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  TAMID Israel Investment Group

  Oct 2014 - May 2016

  Investor

  TAMID is a comprehensive, multi-phased program on college campuses to connect American business-minded students with the Israeli economic landscape. I worked in the investment track where we researched various Israeli stocks featured in the NASDAQ, and presented a weekly stock pitches to determin where to allocate ur investments.

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  KPMG US

  May 2015 - May 2015

  Fast Forward National Leadership Program

  Accepted to a 4-day conference in Hollywood, CA focussing on strengths & weakness awareness, building good work ethic and how to be an ideal employee. Program had a 0.5% acceptance rate, with over 20,000 applicants.

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  Deloitte

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2015

  National Leadership Conference

  Accepted to a 4-day conference at Deloitte University focussing on self-marketting, collaboration and intellectual capacity. The program had a 2% acceptance rate, and over 30,000 applicants.

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  VITA/TCE - IRS

  Oct 2015 - May 2016

  Volunteer

  Completed required certification and filed tax returns for individuals struggling to do so. This organization met once a week and discussed the various returns we filed and conducted quality insurnace tests to ensure all returns were filed appropriately.

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  Deloitte

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Intern

  Summer internship at Deloitte in the Business Tax Services Division. I expanded my personal tax accounting knowledge of both federal and state compliance rules and got experience working in all client service areas within the firm. I participated in a case study competition where my team pitched a potential client to five Partners, who then pursued that client. I also spent one week on an Audit Rotation at Fannie Mae where I conducted Tie-Outs for the Multi-Family Mortgage Backed Securities, and another week at Fannie Mae assisting with the firm's Tax Provision. Show less

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  Goodwin Brothers Inc

  Sept 2016 - Jan 2017

  Consultant

  Hired for a 5 month consulting project to improve the operational efficiencies of Goodwin Brother main warehouse facility by adding and relocating shelving, creating an inventory tracking system, clearing floor space, and expanding logistics docks. Saved GB over $150K in annual costs, and created a potential increased revenue of $1.2M, all while remaining $15K under our budget of $50K.

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  Greystone

  Aug 2017 - now

  Founded in 1988, Greystone is a private commercial real estate finance and investment company with unmatched experience in debt, equity, investment sales and loan servicing solutions. The firm is the #1* overall HUD multifamily and healthcare lender by firm commitments, and a top 10 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily real estate lender. In 2023, Greystone produced $13 billion in CRE transaction volume and currently manages a combined primary and special loan servicing portfolio of over $98.2 billion across a wide variety of commercial property types. In 2021, Greystone entered into a strategic joint venture with Cushman & Wakefield, the number two ranked brokerage in the nation as reported by Commercial Property Executive. Together, the partners provide full-service investment sales, advisory and lending services. *For HUD’s 2023 fiscal year. Based upon combined firm commitments received by Greystone Funding Company LLC and Greystone Servicing Company LLC and excludes risk sharing and hospital loans. Learn more at greystone.com Show less Financial Analyst for multifamily lending. I and my team have successfully closed over $4.5 Billion of loan volume across a variety of platforms, including Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, FHA, Bridge/Balance Sheet and CMBS. Many of the loans we've closed include Greystone-sourced JV or Preferred Equity in the capital stack. My roles included structuring debt, sizing transactions for soft-quotes, submitting transactions for official quotes and working with our internal and external deal teams to ensure certainty of execution and unparalleled financing. Show less

  • Managing Director

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Director

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Senior Associate

    Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Production Analyst

    Aug 2017 - Aug 2020