Rachel Elias Wein of WeinPlus named chair of New Construction Committee at Pinellas Education Foundation

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --- The Pinellas Education Foundation has appointed Rachel Elias Wein, AIA, founder and principal of WeinPlus Real Estate Advisory Services in St. Petersburg, to head its new Construction Committee.

Wein, who earned Bachelor of Design, Master of Architecture, and Master of Science in Real Estate degrees from the University of Florida, is nationally known for innovative and highly detailed cost-cutting strategies that have saved public and private companies millions of dollars while improving quality.

Wein served as a development manager with the Sembler Company in St. Petersburg and a senior associate with Ernst & Young’s Construction and Real Estate Advisory Services practice in Philadelphia.

Wein currently serves on the board of directors for the University of Florida’s Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, Real Estate Investment Council of Tampa Bay and Camp Judaea in Hendersonville N.C.

“I believe our public school system is vitally important for the children of Pinellas County,” Wein said. “As a product of Florida’s public school system, I look forward to the opportunity to give back to our county’s children,” she said.