Ari Meisel, Founder
Ari Meisel founded his first company at the age of 12, and since then has taken every opportunity to develop ventures as they appear. After graduating from the Wharton School of Business in 2003, Ari created Arise Development. Arise Development oversaw the renovation of a group of 19th-century cigar factories into luxury lofts in downtown Binghamton, New York. Alongside Arise Development, Ari also created Railroad Empire, LLC, which converted the Lackawanna Rail Station in Binghamton into commercial office space. In 2009, alongside Edward Dalton and Yvon Paul Pasquarello, Ari Co-Founded Five Star Apps, a mobile software development company. With his work in upstate complete, Ari has returned to Manhattan to create LEED Pro, his fifth company. More on Ari at www.AriMeisel.com
Yvon Paul Pasquarello, Technical
Yvon Paul Pasquarello started driving a forklift in a beer warehouse at age 17, and by the age of 24 was a Sales Director for the fourth largest brewery in the world, S&NI Brewing. In addition, Yvon has worked as a Legislative Intern in Brownfield Re-Development for the New York State Assembly, a Consumer Advocate for Former New York State Attorney General and Governor Eliot Spitzer, and as an Account Manager for Manhattan Beer Distributors, the largest beer distributor in the United States. In 2009, alongside Edward Dalton and Ari Meisel, Yvon Co-Founded Five Star Apps, a mobile software development company. LEED Pro marks Yvon's return to environmental advocacy.