William Gallo

Background

About William Gallo

William J. Gallo, AIA, LEED® AP is Chairman/CEO of Gallo Herbert Architects, an architecture, interior design and consulting firm, and is Executive Vice President of JWR Construction Services, Inc, a general contracting and construction management company. He serves as client liaison and is responsible for all administration, finance and sales of the firms. Mr. Gallo also coordinates government processing of site approvals and provides consulting services for dispute resolution and analysis. He is NCARB certified and registered in FL, NY, GA, MA, NJ, DC, DE, PA and SC. Mr. Gallo is unique in the design and construction business. His training includes architecture, construction and development economics. He began at the Pratt Institute in New York where he received his Bachelor of Architecture degree. He culminated his education with a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts where he focused on development economics. This rare combination of businessman and architect has made Mr. Gallo extremely effective in his field. Shortly after graduation Mr. Gallo accepted a teaching position in the architecture and construction program at Spring Garden College in Chestnut Hill, PA. During his six year tenure he was elevated to full professor and authored a new architectural curriculum which was approved by the NAAB. In addition to teaching, in 1973 Mr. Gallo founded and operated his own architecture and construction management firm, with offices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. During this time, he specialized in general architectural services with a demonstrated specialty in healthcare, senior care and historic property designation and improvement in conjunction with the Historic Property Investment Tax Credit Program. In 1985 a development subsidiary of Security Savings Bank, a publicly traded financial institution purchased the firm. While there, he served as Chief Operating Officer of the fixed asset management consulting group and development subsidiary, responsible for overall operations. During that time he provided real estate advisory services to major institutions and corporations throughout the USA. In 1988 Mr. Gallo re-established the Gallo Group, which evolved into Gallo Architects & Development Consultants, Inc. Today the company is known as Gallo Herbert Architects.