Board of Directors
FNP’s team is comprised of community organizers, lawyers, and other specialists who possess the skills and experience to provide economically developing communities with the tools for success
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Rachael Pritzker
is the Principal and Cofounder of the Pritzker Law Group, one of Philadelphia’s most prominent boutique real estate law firms. She is one of the city’s only zoning and land-use attorneys with experience in both the private sector and local government. As Legislative Counsel to City Councilman At-Large Allan Domb, Rachael developed legislation, worked with members of City Council, City Agencies, and the Mayor's Administration. Rachael was one of the first 27 women appointed to the Mayor's Commission for Women and now serves as a member of their Entrepreneurship Working Group.
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Darwin Beauvais
is a top rated land use and zoning attorney in Philadelphia. He concentrates his practice in zoning and land use as well as local government affairs. He is one of the few attorneys in the region who is certified by the U.S. Green Building Council as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED® AP), a designation that qualifies him as having a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles. Darwin also currently serves on the Board of Directors for VISIT PHILADELPHIA.
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Andre Del Valle
currently serves as a Committee Person for the 31st Ward, 10th Division. He is also the Senior Director of Government Affairs at Pennsylvania Apartment Association. Andre has shown his passion for community empowerment through his political career. As a Legislative Aide on City Council for Councilmember Sánchez he worked on an affordable housing bill, in the end ensuring $100M through budget discussions to be appropriated for affordable housing.
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Matan Shmuel
is the Founder and Managing Partner of Shmuel Law Group, a boutique tax and corporate law practice in Philadelphia. Prior to starting his own law firm, Matan worked at renowned AMLAW 100 firms and the Big 4 Accounting Firms. Matan holds a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law and an L.L.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. Matan has taught courses at Rutgers School of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, and Georgetown University Law Center.
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Josh Pasker
is a top rated government finance attorney in Philadelphia. Josh focuses his practice on municipal finance matters, serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel and borrower's counsel in a broad variety of financings. Josh's experience includes general obligation notes and bonds, revenue obligations, variable rate multimodal debt, derivative products, multi-family housing bonds, and financings for colleges, universities, charter schools, hospitals, continuing care retirement communities, and other nonprofit entities.
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Adam Pritzker
is the President and Cofounder of Pritzker Law Group (PLG). At PLG, Adam specializes his legal practice in assisting developers, individuals, and investors related to business and development negotiations, agreements of sale, commercial leases, and litigation. Before joining Pritzker Law Group, Adam was the National Sales Executive for the leading Litigation Technology Services company, consulting AMLAW 100 & 200 firms on best litigation technology practices and equipment. Prior to that Adam served for multiple judges at both the Court of Common Pleas and Superior Court in addition to serving as of-counsel to the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment.