About Ron Moelis
Ron Moelis is dedicated to creating thriving communities. As a result, he understands that building successful neighborhoods means more than securing real estate properties. As the CEO and co-founder of L + M Development Partners, Ron has established infrastructure projects in tandem with community programs that help foster healthy neighborhoods and lifestyles for in-need communities.
His passion to establish community ties through community investment and engagement is evident through his innovative real estate portfolio. Among L+M Development Partners’ diverse projects, they have helped to create affordable housing developments with community gardens and job training programs at the Marcus Garvey Apartments in Brooklyn, the ReFresh Development in New Orleans, and affordable preservation projects in New York City and New Jersey.
Ron Moelis also founded the New York State Association for Affordable Housing and serves as an advisory board member for the New York City Housing Partnership. Dedicated to encouraging student entrepreneurs, he is a contributing member of the John Jay College Board of Trustees for Montefiore Health Systems, the National Advisory Board at the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Advisory Board for the Furman Center at New York University.
In addition, Ron is a co-founder of the Moelis Family Foundation which sponsors the Wharton School’s MBA Impact Investing Network Training (MIINT) Competition. As a judge on the competition’s panel, he seeks to support impact investing students to inspire future business students to embody socially responsible business practices.
The Netter Center for Community Partnerships
Founded in 1992, The Netter Center for Community Partnerships offers programs and coursework for University of Pennsylvania students to combine learning and community service. The center provides 160 Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) courses. The curriculum provides students with the opportunity to engage in field-based research, teaching, and community projects. Each year, nearly half of all courses are spearheaded by students who identify community problems and want to provide solutions. The center also cultivates studies on global significance, innovative portable solutions, and generating understanding common issues. The Netter Center also benefits Penn by creating environments and forums for innovative learning techniques.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
John Jay College fosters students to become advocates for justice through a diverse, inclusive, and multi-faceted education of the criminal justice system. Programs promote advance studies and careers in the public, private, and non-profit sectors while combining experiential learning, original research, and foundational and emerging fields. Their studies help students prepare for global citizenship, ethical leadership, and engaged services. Established in 1964, the school is dedicated to educating underrepresented groups and committed to creating a diverse workforce. Beginning in Fall 2017, the Ron Moelis Social Innovation Fellowship was introduced to help students pursue socially responsible business opportunities.
The Furman Center at New York University
Created in 1995, The Furman Center is a joint creation of the New York University School of Law and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Their mission is to provide objective academic research for legal and public policy issues centered on real estate, housing, land use, and urban affairs in the United States. The Center promotes discussions among students, officials, real estate leaders, the non-profit housing industry, scholars, and community development organizers on critical issues in real estate and urban policy. Their goal is to train the next generation of urban policy leaders through the research and presentation of essential data, while also providing analysis for New York City’s housing and neighborhoods.
New York City Housing Partnership
Boldly creating over 60,000 affordable homes for over 35 years, The New York City Housing Partnership is the primary nonprofit that assists in the development, awareness, preservation, and restoration of affordable homeownership and rental properties through specialized programs and services that benefit NYC residents. Through various affordable housing partners, they have met their yearly goal to build and preserve at least 5,000 housing units.