Bob Bernstein
Owner / Center Director
Bob, also known as Mr. B, retired from an unprecedented 30 year Wall Street career with one firm, Salomon Brothers/Citigroup, specializing in the residential mortgage market. Starting out as an analyst and quickly advancing to Vice President at Salomon Brothers in the late 70's, Bob went on to become a Director at Citigroup, managing a group of Ivy league MBA analysts thru late 2008. Bob has experienced all of the changes and challenges of the mortgage and credit markets.
With a strong mathematical background and excellent computer skills, he pioneered the use of individual loan data to evaluate and value hundreds of billions of dollars of mortgage portfolios throughout his career. He is well known in his industry for his contributions on Wall Street. As a lifelong Brooklyn resident, Bob has witnessed many cultural, ethnic and economic changes in the community and local public school systems. With his lifelong passion for math and business experience, he knows the need for many children to master essential math skills early on. He has done private math tutoring and helped sponsor and house several young teens from his community through the years.
Bob has served on the board of Children of the City - a local grassroots, family development organization in New York City that utilizes home visits to connect individual children and families with the programs and resources to empower them with the skills to overcome poverty. Bob was a licensed New York Real Estate Salesperson and passed the New York Real Estate Brokers examination. Other notable certifications include Series 7 and Series 63 registration. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Mathematics from Syracuse University (1978). Bob is also a Notary Public and is happy to give free notary services to our clients.