User:Sforzoj2/Sam Giarrusso

Prominent New York City commercial real estate finance executive Saverio (Sam) Giarrusso. Born 1950 in New York City.

Founder of G-Russ, LLC, a commercial real estate private equity firm, Mr. Giarrusso has a strategic focus on the acquisition of commercial real estate properties throughout the east coast of the United States. G-Russ also provides strategic financing for commercial real estate projects and properties as well as advisory services to financial institutions.

Sam Giarrusso was the former President, New York City/Long Island Region of M&T Bank, the nation's 16th largest bank, and a Fortune 500 Company. Mr. Giarrusso previously served as Senior Vice President and head of Commercial Real Estate in New York. He was also the Bank's Commercial Real Estate segment leader, dealing with strategic planning for the entire Bank's footprint, including the Mortgage Banking Subsidiary.

Mr. Giarrusso is a former chairman of the finance committee of the Real Estate Board of New York and a member of the MBA, the Real Estate Board of New York Institutional Owners Committee and Realty Foundation. He also served as a member of the Freddie Mac Multifamily National Advisory Council.

A graduate of Bowling Green University in 1971 with a BA in Speech, Mr. Giarrusso also received a MA in Personnel from Bowling Green in 1973 and attended the University of Toledo Law School. While attending Bowling Green, Mr. Giarrusso was member of the Men's NCAA Varsity Lacrosse Team.

A resident of Long Island, he and his wife Pamela have two children, Michelle Murphy and Mark Giarrusso, and two grandchildren, Emily Elizabeth Murphy and Colin Michael Murphy.