David Dworkin

June 9, 2017

David Dworkin is the Managing Partner of LLD Enterprises and a Partner in JADD Management where he performs a wide range of asset management, acquisitions and development functions. In addition to overseeing portfolio leasing, he also leads the firm’s investment strategy and execution by sourcing real estate opportunities and overseeing the underwriting, negotiation and closing of transactions.

In 2013 Dworkin alongside his wife, Wendy, were part of a group of investors who purchased the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. This move reconnected their family to the franchise’s historical roots, as the Kings originated as the Rochester Royals, and were previously owned and coached by a Hall of Fame relative, Lester Harrison. The Dworkin family thus became the only NBA owners whose family ownership predates the league’s founding. Of the 8 original NBA teams who are still operating, the Dworkin family are currently the only NBA owners whose family ownership in their original team predates the founding of the NBA.

In 2015 David and his wife Wendy purchased the Rochester Rhinos. The Rhinos are the only non-MLS team to have won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup since the formation of Major League Soccer (MLS). The Club was rebranded as Rochester New York Football Club (RNY FC) in 2021 and was invited to join twenty Major League Soccer teams in a new league called MLS NEXT PRO which debuted in 2022 with 21 teams and expanded to 28 teams in 2024.

Dworkin’s contributions extend beyond business. He has received numerous accolades, including the 2000 Rochester Business Journal’s prestigious 40 under 40 award and the 2003 New York State Commercial Realtor of Year by the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors (NYSCAR). He has also received the Rochester Area NYSCAR Chapter Meritorious Service Award for three consecutive years and the 2009 NYSCAR Lifetime Achievement Award the youngest recipient to ever be so honored. In 2006 Syracuse University honored Dworkin and his wife Wendy as its Most Outstanding Young Alumni of the Year. In 2013 Dworkin and his wife Wendy were honored by The Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester with the Tikkun Olan (Repairing the World) Award. This award recognizes individuals, families and foundations dedicated to making a difference in the World and in the Rochester Community and in 2019 The Syracuse University Alumni Club of Rochester recognized Dworkin and his wife Wendy with their Community Service Award.

Mr. Dworkin is a charter member and past State President of the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors and was the Founding President of its Rochester Area Chapter, a position he held for 3 years. In 2006 Mr. Dworkin received a two year New York State legislative appointment to serve as a member of the New York Board of Real Estate and has been reappointed every two years thereafter until her terms out in 2025.

Dworkin is a Past Chair of Greater Rochester Enterprise and a former member of both the Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences Board of Visitors and the State University of New York at Brockport Foundation Board. He is a board member of the Champion Academy, Allendale Columbia School, the past chair of the John F. Wegman Foundation and former Co-Chair and founding board member of the Young Leaders Club of the United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. Dworkin is a former board member of two not for profit community development housing corporations; Northwest Development Corporation and Housing Opportunities where he served as board Vice Chair and Treasurer.

Dworkin attended Syracuse University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and New York University where he earned a Masters of Science Degree in Real Estate.