Leslie Wohlman Himmel earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania graduating Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa and received her MBA with high honors from Harvard Business School. Ms. Himmel is the Co-Managing Partner of Himmel + Meringoff Properties. Formed with Stephen Meringoff in 1985, the firm has become one of the City’s most successful owner/operators specializing in creating value in commercial property and has developed a privately owned portfolio consisting of over two million square feet. In 2017 and 2019, Ms. Himmel was named as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York by Crain’s. She was honored as Harvard Business School Club of New York’s ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ for 2016 and, in 2011, received REBNY’s Mendik Lifetime Leadership in Real Estate Award for exceptional accomplishment and dedication to leadership in New York real estate.

In 2021, Ms. Himmel was honored with the Champions for Youth Award by SparkYouth NYC, a charitable organization which supports community-based programs for the young people of New York City. Ms. Himmel is a Board member of the M&T Bank Directors Advisory Council and M&T New York City Mortgage Committee, as well as Lionheart Strategic Management, LLC, a mezzanine debt fund. She is on the Board of the Harvard Business School Club of New York.