Howard J. Watler is Vice President of Rockefeller Group Business Centers. He is responsible for all aspects of the management of RGBC and its three Manhattan locations — 45 Rockefeller Plaza, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, and 48 Wall Street — and its San Jose, California, location, at 560 S. Winchester Blvd. His responsibilities include budgeting, marketing, strategic planning and operations.

Prior to assuming his current position in 2005, Mr. Watler served as Director, Project & Operations, for Rockefeller Group Business Centers, a position he has held since 2001. He joined RGBC in 1998 as Operations Manager for 1180 Avenue of the Americas. Earlier, he served as Director of the McKee Gallery in New York, one of the world's premier contemporary art galleries.

Mr. Watler is a native of Gravesend, England. He attended high school in Michigan and later earned a BFA from Western Michigan University and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.