Jerry L. Rappaport

Mr. Rappaport co-founded the New Boston Fund in 1993.
He has years of real estate investment and development experience.
From 1981 to 1989, he served as Director of Development/Senior Associate for Halcyon, Ltd., in Hartford, CT, where he oversaw a number of development projects, including the redevelopment of Union Station in Hartford, CT.
He also served as a consultant to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) program from 1981 to 1988.
From 1989 until 1992, he served as Senior Vice President, Acquisitions and Finance for Charles River Properties, Ltd in Boston, MA.
Mr. Rappaport has served as Past President of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board.
He is also a Member of the Board of Directors for the MA Chapter of NAIOP and founding co-Chairman of the Commonwealth Housing Taskforce.
He has filled long term Steering Committee and Program Committee leadership roles at the local and national levels.
He is also active in the Rental Housing Association, Building Owners and Managers Association, Pension and Real Estate Association, National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, Real Estate Finance Association, and MIT Center for Real Estate.
He has been a long term visiting lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government and is a founding member of the Harvard Real Estate Academic Inititative.
Mr. Rappaport received an AB from Harvard College and a Master of City and Regional Planning from the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.