About Us

We are Committed to Your Success

IREON members are based in the New York metro area and work with the major sectors of the New York City economy including construction, manufacturing, finance, and law. Real Estate related companies are the bedrock of development and job creation in NYC and our members reflect and influence the viewpoint of what the Commercial Real Estate community is thinking. Many members have multinational divisions, affiliates, and clients, and include global leaders in their business area. Several of our members are the largest in the world in their field of service or product supplied.

Steve Kirschner

Steve Kirschner

Steve Kirschner founded IREON in 2016, after decades of networking. As the CEO, not only does he oversee its management, but Steve has a ‘hands on’ approach with every aspect of IREON and its members.

Steve’s goal was to create an organization made up of trusted friends who were noncompeting vendor service and product suppliers who serve the commercial real estate industry.

From inception, its foundation was to be a safe “inner circle” of caring members wanting to help each other grow their companies by sharing their business relationships and contacts.

IREON has always been a “labor of love” for Steve.

As CEO and Broker Representative of Principals Direct Group, he has had an incredibly successful career as a Commercial Real Estate Broker closing deals in NYC, Long Island, and throughout the US.

Read more about Steve in an article in NYREJ

IREON Management Team

Tara Umstead

Steve Kirschner

Founder and CEO

Katie Gernon

Tara Umstead

Director of Operations

steve irschner

Katie Gernon

Director of Communications and Social Media

Executive Committee

Founded in 2016

IREON is a non-compete business development organization comprised of the highest-caliber vendors who provide a product or service to the real estate industry.

Members share relationships to expand each others’ business opportunities and are focused on their success.

The Executive Committee assists the IREON Management team in fulfilling its responsibilities to the members of the organization and ensuring the quality, integrity and culture of the organization is maintained.

Don Gelestino

Champion Elevator

President and CEO

Steve Kirschner

Cushman & Wakefield

Executive Managing Director

Alex Lipsky

Lipsky Construction

President

Joe McHugh

Signature Floors

Director of Operations

AJ

AJ Sonnick

ONE18MEDIA

Founder and CEO

Marc Spector

Spector Companies

Owner and CEO

jeff Rubin

Jeff Rubin

HUB International

Executive Vice President of Healthcare and Client Advisory