Board Positions:
- Elected to the Board November 2025
- Member of the Land Use/Urban Redevelopment, Operations, and Parks & Recreation Committees
Community & Civic Activities:
- Spring Hill Terrace Condominiums – President
- Stamford League of Women Voters – Steering Committee (Vice President and Treasurer)
- Stamford Census 2020 – Subcommittee co-chair
- Project Lead The Way (PLTW) – Advisory Board - AITE
- Stamford Public Education Foundation (SPEF) – Volunteer
- Back to School Shop – Volunteer
- First Presbyterian Church – Steering Committee for rehabilitation of the sanctuary
- Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity – Past National Vice President and Regional Governor
- American Red Cross – Past Chairman of Disaster Services Westchester County Chapter
- Community Associations Institute (CAI) Member and Member of Fairfield County Education Committee
- Special Olympics World Games – Organizing Committee (1995)
Education:
- Brooklyn Technical High School - NYC
- Drexel University – Civil Engineer with Construction Management Minor
Occupation:
- Certified Professional Construction Estimator
- Owner of construction estimating business since 1989
- Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) Adjunct/Assistant Professor teaching construction estimating in the Construction Management Degree Program (2009-2020)
- Instructor Continuing Education Community College Hartford and Norwalk (1995-2005)
Professional:
- Construction Institute – Board of Directors
- American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE) Past National President
- Consulting Estimators Round Table (CERT) – Past National President and current Treasurer
- International Committee formulating specification standards for the UniFormat System
- International Committee formulating standards for categorizing all components of the built environment - Omniclass
Honors:
- Fellow of the American Society of Professional Estimators
- American Society of Professional Estimators 2002 National Estimator of the Year
- Philadelphia Chapter, A.S.P.E. – Lifetime Achievement Award
- Construction Specification Institute (CSI) – Honored as an invited speaker to the National Convention.
- American Institue of Architects (AIA) - Honored as an invited speaker to the National Convention.
- CSI – Inaugural Panel of Judges – The Michelangelo Buonarroti (The Master) Award
- Construction Institute of Connecticut, University of Hartford – Distinguished Service Award
- Central Connecticut State University Semi-Finalist Excellence in Teaching Award
- Construction Institute – Educator of the Year
Lectures:
Mr. Finkel has been the guest speaker on estimating and scheduling for the following:
- Construction Institute
- Construction Specification Institute – National Convention
- American Institute of Architects – National Convention and local chapter
- Construction Specification Institute – Housatonic Chapter
- American Society of Professional Estimators – National Convention, Regional Conferences and many local chapters
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