Charles Greenthal Management

Jonathan S. West has been involved in all aspects of New York City real estate for over 25 years. After beginning his career and working his way up through the ranks of the Lefrak Organization, he joined the Charles H. Greenthal Management Corp. Mr. West a licensed real estate broker in New York and Connecticut, and he holds a New York State insurance license. He serves on the boards of numerous cooperatives and condominiums and is a member of the board of directors of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY).

Mr. West's responsibilities at Greenthal include overseeing landlord-tenant relations, lease renewals, implementation of management procedures and the expansion of Greenthal's portfolio. He has also been responsible for numerous large garage and commercial leasing transactions for tenants such as JP Morgan Chase Bank, Capital One Bank, Bank of America, North Fork Bank, Shake Shack, D'Agostino, 9 West and Eddie Bauer. Most recently he was responsible for Greenthal's purchase of Mark Greenberg Real Estate (MGRE). Charles H. Greenthal Management Corp. now manages over 37,000 residential units and 1,300,000 square feet of commercial space across over 250 properties located in New York City, Nassau and Westchester Counties valued at over $68 billion dollars.

Under his leadership Greenthal has been named Management Company of the Year, Greenthal managed buildings are consistently cited by the Cooperator in their annual "Top Ten Best Buildings" list and the company has been rated one of the top 25 third-party managers by the National Multi-Housing Council.

Mr. West has received a Certificate of Recognition from the Office of Senator Jose Peraltz, a Citation from the New York State Assembly, a Citation of Honor by the Borough of Queens, an award from the Building Managers' Association and has been honored by Kings of Queens and the Queens Courier.

Personally, Mr. West donates his time and money to the Wounded Warrior Project. He and his wife, Staci, who have two daughters, Alexa and Jamie, are involved in various children's charities. They have helped fund special children's play rooms at Sloan Kettering and New York University Hospitals for use by children in need of special health care.

William West joined the Charles H. Greenthal Management Corp. after leaving the Air Force in 1960. He began his career as a rental agent and then advanced to managing agent. Mr. West eventually became the head of the Management Division, supervising a staff of over 125 people and managing the assets of over 150 properties, comprising over 20,000 units. When the real estate environment shifted in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mr. West converted over a dozen rental buildings to cooperative and condominium buildings and conducted all negotiations with the tenant groups and their lawyers. He has been involved in the sale of over 25 properties valued in excess of $100 million.

As Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Charles H. Greenthal Management Corp., he enjoys the benefits of direct personal experience with all aspects of management, renting, leasing, commercial negotiations, sales of units and buildings and mortgage refinancing. He remains in constant communication with Greenthal's clients and personally attends to their needs. Mr. West also serves on numerous boards.

A veteran of the real estate industry for more than 40 years, Albert E. Mayas joined Charles H. Greenthal Management Corp. in 1996. Prior to joining Greenthal , Mr. Mayas was a Senior Vice President at American Landmark Management Corp., a Senior Vice President and Director of Operations at Brown Harris Stevens, Inc. and Vice President of Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives. Mr. Mayas began his career as a Property Manager at Orsid Realty Co. In 1988 and again in 2006, he received the Management Achievement Award from New York Habitat magazine, in February 2000 the Manhattan Resident Managers and Metropolitan Building Managers named him Manager of the Year, and in 2007 he was honored with the Residential Management Community Service Award from the Real Estate Board of New York.

A member of the Real Estate Board of New York, he has served on the Management Division Board of Directors, the Insurance Committee, the Building Codes and Regulations Committee, and is a current member of the Residential Management Council. Other affiliations include the Advisory Committee for the Building Services Union’s Thomas Shortman Training School (Local 32 B/J Service Employees Union) and the Board of Trustees for the Manhattan Residents Managers Foundation. Mr. Mayas is also a Vice President of The Bridge, Inc., a non-profit organization offering mental health services, housing and vocational training for individuals with psychiatric illnesses, including veterans in need as well as individuals returning to the community after incarceration or hospitalization.

Mr. Mayas has a Bachelor’s of Science in Anthropology from City College of the City University of New York and a certificate in real estate.

Homer Carroll is Director of the Closing and Transfer Department at Charles H. Greenthal Management Corp. Greenthal's Closing Department is a service department that prides itself in providing professional, courteous and prompt assistance to board members, shareholders, unit owners, brokers, lending institutions and attorneys to execute sales, subleases, leases, refinancing and inter-family transfers in over 125 Greenthal-managed buildings.

Prior to joining Greenthal, Mr. Carroll served as Director of Cooperative Conversions for M. J. Raynes Incorporated, and was also associated with H.L. Michaels, Inc., and The Whitehall Group. Formerly he was with the law firm of Brill & Meisel where he assisted purchasers and sellers in cooperative and condominium transactions and coordinated closings for numerous buildings as a transfer agent.

A resident of Manhattan, he is a graduate of Vassar College.

Marinela Budries, Charles H. Greenthal Management Corporation's Controller joined Greenthal in 2015. Having graduated from Hunter College in 2002 with an accounting degree, she then took additional classes in finance. Marinela came to Greenthal with extensive experience in residential property management at Gumley Haft, First Service Residential and Maxwell Kates where she served as Vice President of Finance.

As Controller Marinela excels at budgeting and forecasting, systems, systems integration, cash flow and capital project analysis. She supervises a staff of Budget Specialists, Financial Analysts, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Representatives and Greenthal's Investment Division, Marinela also acts as liaison between the Accounting Department and our management team. She has established successful working relationships with our client Board members, shareholders, unit owners, tenants and outside auditors.

For the past 25 years, after completing her education at Marymount College and the Real Estate Institute of New York University, Linda Gawley has worked in condominium and cooperative management in New York City. She began her career managing a prestigious portfolio for Douglas Elliman Gibbons & Ives and became its first female Vice President in 1980. In 1989 she was a member of the founding team of Gumley Haft. In 2003 she joined Brown Harris Stevens as a Senior Vice President.

Linda Gawley is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and serves on the Residential Management Council. In addition, she is a member of the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums, the Park Avenue Mall Association, the Family Circle Board, Mary Manning Walsh Home and Habitat for Humanities, New York City.

Ms. Gawley handles a small group of select properties while concentrating her talents and vast knowledge of real estate in attracting and developing new clients to Greenthal's portfolio and heading Greenthal's Residential Brokerage Department.

Desi Ndreu graduated in 1992 from John Jay College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Studies and a minor in Police Science/Psychology. She Joined Charles H. Greenthal Management Corp. in 2012 as an Account Executive. Winner of the Cooperator's Leadership in Management Award, Desi is expert at crisis management. At Greenthal she quickly joined our Special Operations Division. In addition to continuing to handle a complex portfolio as Account Executive, she trouble shoots buildings encountering difficult and complex problems and projects.

Desi is also skilled at seamlessly transitioning buildings from one Property Manager to another. When Greenthal assumes the management of new properties or if a building moves internally from one Greenthal Manager to another, Desi efficiently and effectively integrates them.

Frank Dragotti is the Director of Budgeting and Financial Planning at Charles H. Greenthal Management Corp. He has worked in the real estate industry since 1986, having graduated from Bernard M. Baruch College, CUNY, with a BBA in accounting.

Thirty years of financial experience in the real estate industry have prepared Mr. Dragotti to operate as a liaison between senior management, board members, bank representatives and auditors. Currently he is responsible for preparing 100 operating and capital budgets for co-operatives and condominiums under Greenthal management, preparing cash flow projections for boards of directors and managers and creating, analyzing, and reviewing monthly variance reports for board members.

Mr. Dragotti’s extensive financial background includes the preparation of budgets for small and large corporations ranging in size from $250,000 to $20 million. In order to reduce operating expenses, he has worked with senior management to monitor daily oil prices and to lock in fixed rate contracts. He has also implemented special allocation worksheets to properly distribute expenses within a condominium.

James R. Letsen has been a Property Manager since 1984, and has coordinated the rehabilitation of eight residential apartment buildings in Westchester County. Jim graduated from Mercy College carrying a double major of management and finance and completed Commercial and Real Estate Management courses at New York University Institute of Real Estate. Prior to entering the real estate industry Jim served as a police officer with the Westchester Department of Public Safety.

Since joining Greenthal in 1990 as an Account Executive he manages a variety of class A properties throughout New York City, supervising on-site personel. He keeps well informed about changing laws and regulations and is knowledgeable about building systems and mechanics.

Jim, who enjoys an excellent reputation as an honest, conscientious and well-respected real estate professional, also serves his community as a trustee of St. Johns Riverside Hospital and is Vice Chairman of the Park and Recreation Board in the city of Yonkers.