Herbert D. Weitzman CEO and Chairman The Weitzman Group/Cencor Realty Services hdw@weitzmangroup.com Professional Background Herbert D. Weitzman is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of The Weitzman Group and Cencor Realty Services. In 1989, after nearly 30 years in the real estate business, Weitzman founded The Weitzman Group, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm that now ranks as the largest retail real estate brokerage force in Texas and one of the largest regional commercial real estate firms in the United States. Cencor Realty Services was founded in 1984 as the HDW Group and now ranks among the top shopping center management firms in the United States, according to rankings by the International Council of Shopping Centers. Honors and Awards Weitzman is the recipient of several honors and awards for outstanding contributions, including: the 2005 Entrepreneur of the Year award in the Southwest for outstanding achievement in Commercial Real Estate the Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame, 2004 induction the 1998 Spirit of Achievement Award from the National Jewish Medical and Research Center the Distinguished Alumni Business School Award from the University of  Texas at Austin the Anti-Defamation League Henry Cohn Humanitarian Award Top 10 Entrepreneurs of the Year award in Dallas for outstanding achievement in his market specialty for 2002 the Top Retail Broker of 1996 in the D/FW Metroplex Award -- Dallas Business Journal and North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors’ ranking. Professional and Civic Activity/current board memberships Weitzman has a long history of civic and professional involvement, including: The Real Estate Council, Board of Directors JPMorgan Chase Dallas Region Advisory Board National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Board of Directors MD Anderson Cancer Center's Board of Visitors Dallas CAN!, an organization for disadvantaged youth, Vice Chairman Dallas CASA, Board of Directors University of Dallas, Board of Counselors Dallas Summer Musicals, Board of Directors The American Jewish Committee, board member The Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, board member. The University of Texas at Dallas Holocaust Studies Program, Board of Directors Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, Advisory Council NACORE (National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives), member SIOR, former president, current member, D/FW Chapter The International Council of Shopping Centers, former Trustee, current member Shared Housing Center, Inc., member Dallas Ballet, former President and Chairman Education Weitzman received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin.