Working in the shadows sheds light on management careers.

More than two dozen New York City school students "shadowed" an equal number of BOMA/NY management professionals as part of the informal, on-the-job experience given by executives across America on National Job Shadow Day.

Once a year, students experience first-hand what it is like

Students shadowing the BOMA/NY volunteers received a basement-to-boardroom primer by sitting in on international conference calls, joining managers as they reviewed budget spread sheets, and joining the engineering staff in their daily routine maintaining the inner workings of a building's mechanical systems.

BOMA/NY volunteers included the following companies and participating individuals:

Boston Properties: Thomas L. Hill, RPA, Senior Vice President; Vincent Anello, Property Manager of 599 Lexington Avenue and John McMahon Property Manager at Citigroup Center;

Cogswell Realty Group: Mark S. Landstrom, RPA, Vice President; Igwe Harvey, Property Manager of 215 West 125th Street;

CRG Management, LLC: 60 Broad Street staff including Theresa Egan, Property Manager; Frank Kelly, Director of Security; Christopher Scozzari, Chief Engineer and Nichelle Wright, Administrative Assistant;

Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.: Elizabeth Majkowski, RPA/CPM, Assistant Director of 51 West 52nd Street; Equity Office Properties: Evan R. Kulman, RPMA/ FMA/CPM, with Laura Westfall, General Manager of 1290 Avenue of the Americas and building staff Elisa Zervos, Manager, Customer Service and Joe Artusa, Leasing Director;

Grubb & Ellis Management Services: Angelo J. Grima, Portfolio Manager;

The Interchurch Center: Sue M. Dennis, Executive Director;

Reckson Associates: Matthew Duthie, RPA, Senior Vice President; the 919 Third Avenue building staff including Property Manager Ralph Ardolina, RPA/CPM; Assistant Manager Karen Doble, and Tenant Coordinator Rhonda Jansen; and Building Manager Sandy Hahn of Tower 45 at 125 West 45th Street;

Shorenstein Realty Services: Charles G Marx, RPA, General Manager; the 450 Lexington Avenue building team including Javier Corripio, Property Manager and Mike Kovalsky, Chief Engineer;

Trizec Properties, Inc: Gerard V. Schumm, RPA, VP/Northeastern Region and building staff at The Grace Building, led by Tom Krol, Sr. Property Manager and Raymond Czjakowski, Chief Engineer.