Founding Chairman
Mr. Ira Mitzner President and CEO, RIDA Development Corp Ira Mitzner is President and CEO of RIDA Development Corp. RIDA is a diversified real estate development and investment firm, having invested in ownership and equity investments of over $7 billion of real estate assets worldwide, including hotels, office buildings, shopping centers, and residential projects. Mr. Mitzner is also Chairman of Apollo-RIDA Poland, one of Poland’s largest private real estate investment groups. In Poland, the firm has invested in over 11 million square feet of projects valued at approximately $2.0 billion. Mr. Mitzner’s forty-plus years of professional experience includes the development, construction, and investment in over 18 million square feet of commercial and residential properties. He currently supervises activities for RIDA’s four offices in Houston, Texas; Orlando, Florida; San Diego, California, and Warsaw, Poland. ()
Mr. Mitzner’s civic engagement is notable and sits on several non-profit Boards including Baylor College of Medicine, and is the current Board Chair of and a Commissioner of the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission for the state of Texas.
Mr. Mitzner was also the Bid Chair for the Houston RNC 2028 Convention and now, having been awarded the convention, the Chairman of the 2028 RNC Convention Committee. Mr. Mitzner is a benefactor of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, , Baylor College of Medicine, Yad Vashem, the Robert M. Beren Academy, United Orthodox Synagogues, and the Osceola County Education Association.