David Katz is a partner at real estate investment firm Sterling Equities. His duties include evaluating acquisition opportunities, as well as managing the operations of Sterling’s non-real estate companies. Katz joined the firm in 1987. Before joining Sterling, Katz spent three years as a real estate broker at Cushman & Wakefield. In addition to handling real estate acquisitions, Katz (along with several other executives at Sterling) sits on the board of the New York Mets, which Sterling acquired in 2002. He also became embroiled in the Bernie Madoff scandal after Sterling Equities was alleged to have known the investments in the Ponzi scheme were fraudulent. Katz testified during the resulting trial when it was revealed the firm had diversified its investments at his suggestion, which led to Sterling’s involvement with Madoff. Katz is also president of the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds and a trustee at the North Shore-LIJ Health System. Katz graduated with a bachelor’s degree in art history from Hofstra University.