JOHN M. AZARIAN

John M. Azarian is the owner of The Azarian Group, L.L.C., a shopping center management and development company which owns/manages/develops 15 shopping centers, 13 in Northern New Jersey and two in New York State, plus two office buildings, one medical building and two apartment complexes.  The Azarian Group's properties total approximately 750,000 square feet in size and include approximately 250 tenants.

Mr. Azarian is also the owner of Azarian Realty Co., a commercial real estate brokerage firm, which specializes in the leasing and property management of commercial properties.  He is a licensed real estate broker in the states of New Jersey and New York.

Mr. Azarian graduated from Saddle River Day School, Saddle River, New Jersey.  He graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, where he was active in numerous clubs and activities, including his role as an Editor of the school newspaper.

Mr. Azarian has been an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) since 1981.  As such, he has attended numerous conferences, seminars, conventions, institutes and other professional forums on shopping center matters.  He has also attended and graduated from ICSC sponsored educational seminars and programs including the University of Shopping Centers and Management Institute I and Management Institute II.  Mr. Azarian was awarded the prestigious Certified Shopping Center Manager (CSM) designation from the ICSC in 1991.

He is the president of the John M. Azarian Memorial Armenian Youth Scholarship Fund, which was created in memory of his late father and which awards scholarship grants to underpriveleged college students annually.

Mr. Azarian has written numerous articles for professional publications, including “Commercial Lease Law Insider”; “The Real Estate Newsletter”; "NJ/PA Real Estate Journal" and others.  He has been interviewed about Shopping Center matters on Channel 7 Eyewitness News, as well as numerous newspapers and magazines such as “The New York Times”; “Newark Star Ledger”; “The Record”; “Poughkeepsie Journal” “Hyde Park Townsman”, “The Town Journal”, “AIM Community News”, "NJPA Real Estate Journal", "Commercial Lease Law Insider" and others.  Mr. Azarian has been featured in "Fortune Small Business (FSB)" (May, 2004), Home and Garden Television (HGTV), "Personal F/X" on F/X, the "Don and Mike Radio Show" and "Worth" (March, 2008).  He was also involved with the development, production and casting of a television commercial about a large shopping mall and also had a starring role in the commercial.  Mr. Azarian has served on numerous Bankruptcy Creditors’ Committees, as Chairman as well as an active member.

He is the Managing General Partner, General Partner, Managing Member and Principal Manager, Limited Partner and Member of numerous real estate entities and the president of the Azarian Building Condo Association, Inc. 

Mr. Azarian is a past active member of St. Mary’s Armenian Church, Livingston, New Jersey and was an elected member of the Parish Council, where he served as Church Treasurer for two terms, member of the annual Food Festival Committee, and Youth Group Advisor, which he started at the church.  He is an active member of St. Leon Armenian Church, Fair Lawn, New Jersey where he also serves as a Sunday School teacher.  Mr. Azarian is a former President of the Alumni Association of Saddle River Day School, Saddle River, New Jersey, where he served an unprecedented five year term, as well as a former member of the school’s Auction Committee, Marketing Committee, Golf Outing Committee and co-chair of the Saddle River Day School's 50th Anniversary Committee.  He is a past member of the Planning Committee for the Aquinas Medal at St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkhill, New York. 

Mr. Azarian is married with four children.  To contact John M. Azarian please click here.

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DONNA M. AZARIAN

Donna M. Azarian is the owner of Azarian Agency, an insurance and financial services company, which provides property and casualty, life and health insurance and financial services to the public.  She is affiliated with A+ rated companies and provides insurance and financial services at competitive prices.  She is also the owner of Azarian and Associates, a full service accounting firm.

Mrs. Azarian graduated from William Paterson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Women’s Studies.  She is also a licensed real estate broker and specializes in commercial real estate sales, leasing, and property management.

Mrs. Azarian has been an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) since 1984 and has attended Management I and Management II Institutes as well as numerous seminars and conventions.  She is also a member of the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE), a member of the Ringwood Chamber of Commerce, a member of the West Essex Chamber of Commerce, and the Vice President of the John M. Azarian Memorial Armenian Youth Scholarship Fund, a non-profit organization.

Mrs. Azarian is a past member of the Washington School PTO, the Wyckoff Service Unit Team of Lenni Lenape Girl Scouts, leader of the Washington School Daisy Troop #1059, leader of the Washington School Brownie Girl Scout Troop #481, and a past member and Sunday School teacher at St. Mary’s Armenian Church, Livingston, New Jersey.  She is an active member of St. Leon Armenian Church, Fair Lawn, New Jersey and is a Sunday School teacher and Pageant Director.  Mrs. Azarian is also a member of the Saddle River Day School Auction Committee, Upper School Liaison and a member of the school's 50th Anniversary Committee, as well as President of the Saddle River Day School Parents' Guild.  She is a past president of the Shadow Lake Club Association, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

Mrs. Azarian is married with four children.  To contact Donna M. Azarian please click here.

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BARBARA AZARIAN-McCULLOUGH

Mrs. McCullough has been in the practice of Public Accounting for the past 48 years.  Azarian and Company, the accounting firm which she and her late husband started in Paterson, New Jersey in 1959, then moved to Hawthorne, New Jersey in 1972 and later moved to Midland Park, New Jersey.  In 1972, she founded Azarian Management Company (renamed The Azarian Group, L.L.C.), which specializes in shopping center property management and development. 

Mrs. McCullough was an active member of the National Society of Public Accountants; New Jersey Society of Public Accountants; International Council of Shopping Centers; a past Vice President and Treasurer of the Hawthorne Chamber of Commerce; Bergen County Chamber of Commerce; past President and Treasurer of the Northwest Bergen Special Education Association; past Treasurer of the Memorial Day Nursery of Paterson; Hawthorne High School Advisory Council; past President of the Mr. and Mrs. Guild of St. Leon's Armenian Church; former member of the Wyckoff Board of Education; former member of the Adjunct Board of Directors of Horizon Bancorp; former member of the Ramapo / Indian Hills Board of Education; former assistant leader of the Wyckoff Brownies; and former Director of the Wyckoff Learning Center. 

She received an Honorary Doctorate degree from St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY in April, 2000.  Mrs. McCullough has been a Board of Trustee member of St. Thomas Aquinas College since 1990.  She designed and donated the Azarian-McCullough Art Gallery at St. Thomas Aquinas College and was awarded the prestigious Aquinas Medal in 2002.  Mrs. McCullough has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Greater Alliance Federal Credit Union (formerly Central Bergen Federal Credit Union) since 1985.  Mrs. McCullough and her first husband co-authored a book entitled American Teachers Tax Guide and Portfolio.  She also established the John M. Azarian Memorial Armenian Youth Scholarship Fund in memory of her first husband, and each year the fund awards scholarships to deserving students in the business field.  Mrs. McCullough is an active member of St. Leon Armenian Church, Fair Lawn, New Jersey.

Mrs. McCullough graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting.  Prior to the ownership of her accounting firm, she was associated with her late husband, John M. Azarian, C.P.A., in the practice of accounting for 18 years. 

Mrs. McCullough is married with two children and four grandchildren.  She is semi-retired.  To contact Barbara Azarian-McCullough please click here.

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PAUL E. McCULLOUGH

(1939-2007)

Mr. McCullough was involved with developing real estate since the mid-1960s.  He worked for the Southland Corporation (7-Eleven) in their real estate division for five years; McDonald’s Corporation in their real estate division for 15 years; and for the Pillsbury Corporation for eight years as Senior Vice President of Real Estate (primarily as a Vice President of Real Estate for Bennigan's and Steak and Ale).  Twenty years ago he began developing and managing shopping centers with his own company, McCullough Development Company. 

Mr. McCullough graduated from Freeport High School, Freeport, Pennsylvania; the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Structural Engineering; and from the University of Delaware with a Masters in Business Administration.

He was a past member of the International Council of Shopping Centers; past member of the New Castle Chamber of Commerce; past member of the International Council of Boy Scouts; Past Scout Master (Troop 259); Cub Scout Leader Local New Castle Pack 71; and former "Big Brother" and consultant in drug rehabilitation with St. James Episcopal Church.  He was also an Episcopal Young Children Leader at St. James and a member of the Tarentum Moose (Loom 71).  Mr. McCullough was an active member of St. Leon's Armenian Church.  In 2002 he was awarded the prestigious Aquinas Medal by St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkhill, New York. 

He is married with five children, eight grandchildren and four step-grandchildren. 

Mr. McCullough passed away on October 14, 2007.
 

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