Salvatore J. Zizza - Founder, President

Salvatore J. Zizza, is Founder and President of Zizza & Associates. Mr. Zizza has held various positions in both private and public companies throughout his career. He is Chairman of Bergen Cove Realty Inc., with substantial holdings in real estate, primarily residential. He is also Chairman of Bethlehem Advanced Materials (“BAM”), which designs and manufactures high-temperature furnaces for sale and for its own use in the processing of specialty carbon, graphite, and ceramic materials for semiconductor and aerospace applications. Since 2009, Mr. Zizza has been Director and Vice Chairman of Trans-Lux Corporation, a full-service provider of integrated multimedia systems.

Mr. Zizza was Chairman of Metropolitan Paper and Recycling from 2006 to 2014. Prior to Metropolitan, Mr. Zizza was Chairman and CEO of Hallmark Electric, an electrical parts distributor in the New York area, from 1998 to 2007. Mr. Zizza bought NICO Construction Company Inc. in 1978 and was President and CFO until 1985, when NICO merged with The LVI Group Inc., a NYSE listed company. During his tenure at NICO, Mr. Zizza grew the business into the largest interior construction firm in the United States, with over 3,000 employees and $850M in revenues. Prior to buying NICO, Mr. Zizza was an independent financial consultant and had been a lending officer of Chemical Bank.

Mr. Zizza is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, The Columbus Club, and the New York Athletic Club. He serves on the board of: The Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli Convertible Income & Securities Fund, The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust, The Gabelli Enterprise Mergers & Acquisition Fund, The GDL Fund, GAMCO Global Series Fund, GAMCO Gold Fund, GAMCO Growth Fund, GAMCO Westwood Series Funds, The GDL Fund.

Mr. Zizza received an MBA from St. John’s University, and a BS in Political Science also from St. John’s University. In 2007, he received an honorary Doctor of Commercial Sciences degree from St. John’s University. 

Rob Zizza - Vice President

Rob Zizza is Vice President of Zizza & Associates. Prior to joining Zizza & Associates, Rob was a Portfolio Manager at Frere Hall Capital Management in London. Rob joined Frere Hall as an analyst and was the company’s first front-office hire. He was responsible for all fundamental analysis, and helped with fundraising, helping assets grow to over $700M at their peak. Before joining Frere Hall, Rob was an analyst at Hess Energy Trading Company (now Hartree Partners) in New York.

Rob received a masters in business administration (with honors) from Columbia University, and bachelor’s degrees (with honors) in Philosophy and History from the University of Virginia.