2024 Hall of Fame Gala

Neil Koenig is the President of EisnerAmper RESIG, with more than 40 years of experience in finance. Prior to joining the firm, Neil was a founding Co-Partner of the accounting firm Imowitz Koenig & Co., LLP (IK), and their real estate fund advisory firm Real Estate Systems Implementation Group LLC (RESIG).

Neil has extensive expertise in the areas of finance and has acted in various capacities for numerous finance ventures, in both internal and external positions, and currently oversees an accounting and consulting practice for clients with a portfolio value in excess of $10 billion.

An active member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, Neil is a former Chairman of the Real Estate Committee. Neil specializes in real estate, business consulting, and financial services. He is a certified public accountant, graduated from FDU with his bachelor’s degree in accounting, and from Fordham with his MBA in finance.

Tom Evans, a pioneering leader in organizational learning and talent development, is best known for his ground-breaking work at PwC. Throughout his 38-year career with the firm, Tom served as an invaluable strategic partner including growing PwC’s top leadership.  As a member of the firm’s Extended Leadership Team, Tom is keenly aware of the need to achieve goals and drive strategy execution. Under his leadership, Tom and his team introduced innovative learning methods to build organizational capacity against business priorities. His inclusive and immersive approach to strategy and learning embodies Tom’s “whole leadership” philosophy which emboldens people to acquire the right blend of technical capabilities, business acumen, and relationship skills to drive meaningful results at both the individual and organizational level.

In his tenure with PwC, Tom positioned talent development as an integral driver in executing PwC’s business and human capital strategies. His relentless attention to business strategy, technology, and talent bringing meaningful business impact has generated extraordinary results at PwC and received industry acclaim.  His team received the No. 1 spot in Training Magazine’s Top 125 from 2008 to 2010 before being inducted into the Top 10 Hall of Fame in 2011. In addition to being a repeat Brandon Hall recipient for excellence in learning, the team recently received one of The Hall of Fame’s most prestigious awards for PwC’s Discover leadership experience program.

Shweta Ghuge has over 15 years of work experience in marketing and communications. Shweta began their career in 2005 at Fidelity Investments as a Marketing Corporate Communications. In 2008, they joined Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd as a Marketing and Communications. In 2012, they moved to MD On-Line as a National Marketing Manager. In 2013, they joined Investis Inc. as a Global Marketing Manager. Most recently, in 2014, they founded Stradit.

Shweta Ghuge completed their Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies from the University of Lucknow. Shweta then went on to pursue a Bachelor of Engineering — BE from the Manipal Institute of Technology. Following this, they completed their Master of Arts — MA in English Language and Literature/Letters from the University of Pune. Lastly, they obtained a Master of Arts (M.A.) Communications and Advertising from Fairleigh Dickinson University between 2007 and 2008.

Arkady Smolyansky is a Senior Vice President in the New York City office of CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate firm. As a tenant representative broker, Arkady advises a variety of local, national, and international firms on evaluating and implementing strategic real estate plans. Arkady bases his practice on cultivating exclusive, long-term relationships with clients, an approach that has enabled him to structure a wide range of complex leasing transactions totaling nearly 5,000,000 square feet on behalf of tenants and landlords.

Arkady is a proud graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he was a four-year member of the Men’s Varsity Tennis team and founded the Finance Club, serving as President for several years. Arkady most recently founded and launched an annual scholarship fund at the University where he was also recognized as the top 50 Under 50 alumni leaders in business in 2015.  He emigrated from the former Soviet Union to the U.S. in 1989, previously lived in Italy and Austria, and frequently travels internationally.