Monmouth's Reinhart Gets Endowed Chair

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ—Peter Reinhart, Esq., director of the Kislak Real Estate Institute at Monmouth University, has been named the first recipient of the Arthur and Dorothy Greenbaum and Robert Ferguson/New Jersey REALTORS Endowed Chair in Real Estate Policy in the university's Leon Hess Business School.

The endowed chair was named in honor of the late Robert Ferguson, who served as executive vice president of New Jersey REALTORS for nearly 40 years, and Arthur Greenbaum, senior partner at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, who received the first Monmouth University Kislak Real Estate Institute Leadership Excellence Award in 1994.

Reinhart's appointment was announced by Laura J. Moriarty, Monmouth University provost and vice president of academic affairs.

“Peter Reinhart's cutting edge understanding of law and politics make him ideally suited to hold the endowed chair,” says Moriarty.

“New Jersey REALTORS has always had a strong interest in how our land is used for current and future generations. We are proud to help endow the Chair in Real Estate Policy to further the discussion of our state's future land uses,” says Jarrod Grasso, CEO of New Jersey REALTORS. “Peter Reinhart is an excellent choice for this chair with his extensive background and experience in housing and other real estate policy issues,”

"I am very grateful to the University and the donors for endowing this chair,” says Reinhart. “I look forward to making Monmouth University New Jersey's center for policy discussion on the important issues affecting the future use of our land and the associated development, environmental, social, infrastructure and fiscal impacts."

Reinhart has held many leadership roles in a diverse set of issues relevant to the quality of life in New Jersey. He is the chairman of the board of New Jersey Future, the leading land use policy organization in the state, vice chairperson of the board of trustees of Meridian Health Corporation, past chairman of the Jersey Shore Partnership, and past president of the New Jersey Builders Association.  Reinhart was senior vice president and general counsel for Hovnanian Enterprises for 33 years and served on the Council on Affordable Housing for 10 years. He was also a member of the Real Estate Task Force of Governor Christine Todd Whitman's Economic Master Plan Commission. Reinhart has authored articles for Housing New Jersey, Tri-State Real Estate Journal, and New Jersey Lawyer. He holds a bachelor's degree from Franklin & Marshall College and a law degree from Rutgers Camden Law School.