Mr. Paladino has served as President of the New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO) since 1994. Under his leadership, DEVCO has developed 8.3 million square feet in residential, commercial, academic, and institutional development projects valued at $3.5 billion. By establishing unique public-private partnerships, Mr. Paladino has successfully completed numerous projects to not only achieve key redevelopment objectives but to also address important public policy goals.

Currently under development through Paladino’s leadership is H-1 @ The HELIX, a $730 million facility that will house the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University Translational Research facility and the New Jersey Innovation Hub. Most recently, Paladino lead the completion of the $900 million Rutgers Cancer Institute – Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center project.

Prior projects completed under Mr. Paladino’s stewardship have included development of the new Atlantic City campus for Stockton University, the South Jersey Gas headquarters, the College Avenue Redevelopment Initiative on the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus, and the renovation of the former Rutgers Law School in Newark as university housing, together with many other key redevelopment projects in New Brunswick and throughout New Jersey.

Paladino received both his bachelor’s and law degrees from Rutgers University. He has served as a Distinguished Senior Policy Fellow at The Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, was honored by the University as a Loyal Son of Rutgers, and was awarded the prestigious “Rutgers 250 Fellows” recognizing him as one of just 80 of the university’s most distinguished living alumni, out of more than 500,000. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Board and as a Director of South Jersey Industries. He previously served as a Member of the Rutgers Business School Real Estate Executive Committee.