Parkway Corporation’s
Ownership and Department Heads
Joseph Zuritsky
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Zuritsky is largely responsible for the extraordinary growth realized by Parkway over the last twenty years. The son of company founders Herman and Lee Zuritsky, Joe Zuritsky was literally born into the parking industry. By beginning as a cashier at the age of 15, Mr. Zuritsky was able to learn the business from the ground up. Joe went on to get his B.S. in Business Administration and his Juris Doctorate from Temple University. He is active in many civic and charitable organizations in the Philadelphia area. Today, his varied experience and extraordinary reputation have helped him to forge close relationships with many of the nation's preeminent office, retail, and residential developers. He has consulted and partnered with municipalities, public and private corporations, not-for-profit entities and institutions. His remarkable depth of knowledge and experience makes him one of the industry's foremost experts in real estate development and parking management.
Etta Winigrad
First Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary
The daughter of the company's founders, Etta Winigrad has devoted her professional life to Parkway Corporation. Since 1968 she has actively guided Parkway through a period of unprecedented growth, and her design expertise and sharp business acumen have provided Parkway with years of sage advice and leadership. In recent years, Ms. Winigrad has assumed the responsibility of company investments and remains a key decision maker for all Parkway parking and real estate acquisitions, while continuing to guide the company's global growth.
Robert Zuritsky
President
As President, Robert Zuritsky has positioned Parkway as an industry leader in parking management, development and technology. Mr. Zuritsky began his parking and business education at age 12 by working various field positions at Parkway’s facilities, and advanced steadily through the ranks, ultimately assuming the position of President in July, 2002. As President, Mr. Zuritsky oversees each of Parkway's departments and leads the Company’s strategic growth through garage acquisition, real estate development and new management opportunities. Under Mr. Zuritsky’s leadership in recent years, Parkway has developed $150 million in mixed-use projects for its partners and its own account. Parkway has also automated all of its structured parking facilities and is in the process of automating many of its open parking facilities. Mr. Zuritsky received his M.B.A from Temple University in 2001, currently serves as the President of the Philadelphia Parking Association and is active in the Young Presidents Organization, the Urban Land Institute and the National Parking Association. He also serves as a board member for the Raymond and Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School.
Jake Winigrad
Vice President, Project Management
In the family tradition, third generation owner, Jacob Winigrad, has built his career by working his way through every level of the organization. By studying each aspect of the parking industry, Mr. Winigrad has worked his way up through the company from parking attendant to his current position of Vice President of New Business Development. An active executive within the company, Mr. Winigrad is now responsible for sourcing, pricing and negotiating new management and lease opportunities.
Anna Z. Boni
Vice President for Risk and Claims Management
Also a third generation owner, Anna started her career at Parkway in 1990 after completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice at the George Washington University. Anna spent 2 years working in the field as an Assistant Manager and Facility Manager before moving through the ranks to Claims Manager and to her current position as Vice President, Risk and Claims Management. In her present position, Anna directs the processing and investigations of claims for all facilities, as well as facility inspections for safety issues. Anna and her team handle all claim related issues. Her ownership perspective and intimate knowledge of operations makes her a critical link to important internal processes.
Paul Ierubino
Senior Vice President of Operations and COO
Paul began his career at Parkway Corporation as an Assistant Field Operations Manager in 1984. After exhibiting extraordinary promise in his management of numerous Philadelphia parking facilities, he was promoted to Director of Marketing where he contributed to the company's strategic growth. He left in 1992 to run the Mid-Atlantic Region for the nation's largest parking company then rejoined Parkway Corporation in 1999 as the Vice President of Business Development. In 2001, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations where he undertook an extensive organizational restructuring initiative and focused on increasing revenue, reducing expenses and improving customer service. Mr. Ierubino is currently overseeing operational integration of cutting edge revenue control systems into Parkway's larger garages and automated facilities. Since their installation, operations have been substantially streamlined, garage efficiency increased, and customer service and employee quality show marked improvement.
G. Ross Wilson
Senior Vice President, Real Estate and Development
G. Ross Wilson has been Parkway Corporation's senior real estate executive since 1993. He is ultimately responsible for planning, development, construction, and property management. Prior to his arrival at Parkway, Mr. Wilson was the Director of Development for MSK Associates where he managed the renovation of a 300,000 square foot Penn Center Office Building and the design and construction of an office and retail mixed-use project and shopping center. Before that, he was Development Director for Richard I. Rubin and Company, where he supervised the pre-construction phase of the 1.4 million square foot Mellon Bank Center in Philadelphia, and the restoration of a 600,000 square foot, historically listed office building. Mr. Wilson has planned, managed, and/or developed residential housing, hotels, university campuses, offices and airports internationally. Mr. Wilson's many projects have taken him throughout Canada, England, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States. Before embarking on a career as an architect and real estate developer, he spent several years as a public accountant with Ernst and Young's Canadian affiliate Clarkson Gordon. There he mastered in business management, auditing and tax accounting; skills he later taught at the university level in London, England. Mr. Wilson has an Honors BA in Economics from the University of Toronto, and a Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. He has his Architectural Registration in the states of New York and Pennsylvania, and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
Howard Trachtman
Senior Vice President - Finance and General Counsel
Howard Trachtman joined Parkway Corporation in 1999 as Vice President and General Counsel. In 2007 Mr. Trachtman assumed the leadership of the Company's finance department. In that capacity, Mr. Trachtman is responsible for the Company's relationships with its lenders as well as the finance, treasury and loss prevention components of the Company's business. As Parkway's chief legal officer, Mr. Trachtman is responsible for all aspects of Parkway's legal affairs, and is intimately involved in the structuring and negotiation of Parkway's acquisition, financing, equity investment, leasing and management transactions. Mr. Trachtman also oversees the company's license and permit compliance program and supervises the work of outside counsel in all matters, including tax planning, development projects and litigation. Prior to joining Parkway, Mr. Trachtman was an attorney in the real estate department at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, a major Philadelphia law firm featuring one of the nation's leading real estate practices, where he handled a wide variety of commercial real estate acquisition, financing and development transactions (including several major portfolio acquisitions, dispositions and financings) for clients in the shopping center, office and hotel industries. Mr. Trachtman graduated from Clark University, cum laude, with honors in history, and earned his law degree at The George Washington University, where he graduated with honors and was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Mr. Trachtman is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations.
Donald Hurford
Vice President, Human Resources
Donald Hurford joined Parkway in 2002 as a seasoned human resources executive with extensive personnel and project management experience. As the Vice President of Human Resources, Mr. Hurford seeks to integrate many of the organizational and managerial solutions, which have yielded significant bottom line returns for past employers, into the Parkway business model. His high energy, action oriented approach to management engenders respect, teamwork and collaboration, characteristics that proved to be critically important during the joint management of the St. Agnes Medical Center and Nazareth and St. Francis Hospitals where he led the integration of multiple human resources departments and rolled out a national benefits plan for 3,500 employees.
David Conrad
Executive Director, IT
David Conrad joined Parkway in 2000. As Executive Director of IT, he is responsible for enterprise-wide technology, including back office Enterprise Resource Planning systems, Parkway proprietary software applications, field automation systems, and the corporate data warehouse. Since joining Parkway, he has led development and implementation of industry leading technology initiatives and continues to champion technology-enabled business process re-engineering efforts. Prior to joining Parkway, Mr. Conrad spent over 20 years in technology positions with organizations such as Omni Exploration, General Electric's Space Systems Division, CIGNA HealthCare subsidiary Intracorp , and various assignments as a computer software consultant.