He is a co-founder, past-president and board member of the Long Island Chapter of the Community Associations Institute, a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and New York State Bar Association (member of the Real Property Committee and Sub-Committee on Condominiums and Cooperatives). He received a bachelor's degree in history with honors from Grinnell College, a master's degree in public policy studies from the University of Michigan, and received his J.D., magna cum laude from Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.