They work side by side with our professional staff to address today’s most pressing problems and plan for tomorrow.
Suzanne has had a Wall Street career spanning three decades, until recently serving as president of GenTrust, an investment advisory firm. She has built and led investment advisory businesses for more than 20 years, including seven years at BlackRock, where she headed the Endowments and Foundations business. Previously, she spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs across its Investment Management and Investment Banking divisions.
A longtime and dedicated UJA leader, Suzanne most recently served as treasurer. She is a past member of the Finance Committee, Investment Committee, Network Department, and Wall Street Strategic Council, and served as chair of Women on Wall Street. Beyond UJA, she was previously a member of the board and Investment Committee of the Jewish Communal Fund. She currently serves as chair of the Investment Committee of The New York Historical, where she is also a member of the board of trustees and Executive Committee. She is also a member of the board of The Wesley Mittman LePatner Foundation.
Suzanne received a B.A. in history from Columbia College, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa; an M.A. in economics from New York University; and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.
David is a co-founder and managing partner of Recognize, a technology-focused investment firm. David has over 30 years of private equity experience, has served on the board of directors of more than 20 public and private companies as well as several nonprofit organizations, and is an active fundraiser, investor, and business builder. Prior to co-founding Recognize, he spent more than two decades at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, where he was a member of the firm’s Investment and Management Committees and led the technology and services practice. Earlier in his career, David worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment area. David began his career as an economics and U.S. history teacher and basketball coach at an international high school.
David has served in many leadership roles at UJA-Federation of New York, including as co-chair of the annual campaign, co-chair of the Private Equity Division, and a member of both the board of directors and Executive Committee. In 2015, he received the Jack Nash Award, honoring his leadership and commitment to UJA within the private equity community.
David received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Amherst College. He and his wife, Carolyn, have four children and reside in Scarsdale, New York.
Eric is a longtime active member in the Jewish community and served in a number of senior lay positions before being appointed UJA-Federation’s CEO in 2014. Before joining UJA, Eric was a leading partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Eric served as vice chair of UJA’s board, was a member of UJA’s Executive Committee, and chair of UJA’s Lawyers Division, Commission on Jewish Identity and Renewal, and Global Strategy Task Force.
Eric was a founding board member of Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and has served as president and chair of the board of Manhattan Day School, president of the Beth Din of America, and board member of the Ramaz School. He was also a board member of the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), DOROT, and The Jewish Agency for Israel – all UJA-Federation partner agencies.
In 2013, Eric received the Torch of Learning Award from American Friends of the Hebrew University. He was a participant in the Wexner Heritage Program. A native of Brooklyn, Eric lives in Manhattan with his wife, Tamar, and they have four children.
President
Suzanne F. Peck
Chair of the Board
David H. Wasserman
Treasurer
Stephen Girsky
General Campaign Co-Chairs
Kim Hartman
Michael Olshan
General Planning Chair
Neil Sandler
Chair, Caring Department
Lynne Wolitzer
Chair, Network Department
Bruce Wexler
Chair, Jewish Life Department
Tara Slone-Goldstein
Chair, Planned Giving & Endowment
Judy Lobel
Chair, UJA Women
Robin Kaplan
Regional Chair, Long Island
Erik Gershwind
Regional Chair, Westchester
Mauri Chotin Zemachson
Co-Chair, UJA Young Leaders
Joshua D. Arcus
Members at-Large
Jeffrey H. Aronson
Lloyd Blankfein
Joshua Nash
Jeffrey Solomon
Merryl H. Tisch
Jane Wilf
Immediate Past President
Chair, Allocations Steering Committee
Linda Mirels
Samuel Adelsberg
Corie Adjmi
Nicole Agus
Beth Altschuler
Jennifer Appell
Joshua D. Arcus
Jeffrey H. Aronson
Brett H. Barth
Carol Becker
Joan Berger
Stephanie Berman
JJ Berney
Donald Bernstein
Caryn Beyer
Lloyd C. Blankfein
Barry Blattman
Daniel B. Blaser
David Brause
Lee J. Brodsky
Daniel J. Bursky
Rabbi Carie Carter
Emily Caslow
Raymond Chalme
Mauri Chotin Zemachson
Ulrika Citron
Samantha Claster
Brian M. Cohen
Matthew Cohen
Samara Cohen
Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove
Doug Davis
Lee Deutsch
Camille Dunst
Deborah Edell
Jessica Reif Ehrlich
Kate Eichel
Sara Eisen
Rabbi Steven A. Exler
Jeffrey Feig
Michael Feldberg
Rabbi Diana Fersko
Joseph E. Fingerman
Anna Fisch
Samuel Fishman
Lauren Fixel
Cheri Friedman
Kenny Gersh
Erik Gershwind
Valerie Gerstein
Caren Osten Gerszberg
Eric Gertler
Gary Ginsberg
Laurie E. Girsky
Stephen Girsky
Scott Goldin
Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt
Ben Golub
Rabbi Daniel Graber
Judy Greenblatt
Jerry Gruner
Maia Haimson
Kim Hartman
Lesley Heller
Spencer Herbst
William Heyman
Marshall Huebner
Rikki Kaplan
Robin Kaplan
Aaron Kapito
Joshua Kaufman
Richard L. Kay
Patricia Kenner
Michael R. Kessler
Arlene Kleinberg
Yael Kleinman
Alexandra Kosslyn
Andrea Kringstein
Natasha Krupp
Albert Laboz
Bara Lane
Nancy Lascher
Evan LePatner
Shulamit Leviant
Jonathan Levin
Abby Levy
Jonathan Lewinsohn
Jennifer Lipschultz
Dianne Lob
Judy Lobel
Mindi Lowy
Alisa Mall
Abraham Mamiye
Solita Marcelli
Cindy Masters
Avner Mendelson
Bruce Mendelsohn
Amy E. Millard
Kerry Miller
Linda Mirels
Jennifer Weis Monsky
Jami Moore
Isaac Namdar
Joshua Nash
Michael Olshan
Suzanne F. Peck
Lee Perlman
Joseph Rafalowicz
Walter Rahmey
Danielle Rayman
Jacob Rejwan
Gedaliah Riesenberg
Jennifer Rich
Todd Richman
Marcella Kanfer Rolnick
Sam Rosenblatt
Nina Ross
Stacy Rotner
Amy Ruben
Michael Sabbagh
Neil J. Sandler
Samantha Saperstein
Susan Sappin
Wendy Sassower
Ben Schenkman
Allison Schneirov
William Schrag
Jason Schulweis
Eric S. Schwartz
Sharon Shane
Grant Silverstein
Tara Slone-Goldstein
Molly Snyder
Geula Solomon
Jeffrey Solomon
Marsha Stein
Tracy S. Stein
Fred Steiner
Michael L. Stern
Rachel R. Stern
Esther Szajman
Merryl H. Tisch
Jason Tuerack
Marc A. Utay
Leonid Vayner
Dena Rosenberg Verhoff
Philippe Visser
Teri Volpert
Shai Y. Waisman
Vicki Warner
David H. Wasserman
Debra Wasserman
Bettina Waxman
Carol Weisman
Elizabeth Weiswasser
Sandra Weingarten
Bruce Wexler
Jane Wilf
Cynthia G. Wolff
Lynne Wolitzer
Shahram Yaghoubzadeh
Rachel Zuckerbrot
*Honorary Members of the Board (Past Presidents & Board Chairs)
Amy A. B. Bressman*
Lawrence B Buttenwieser*
Alisa R. Doctoroff*
Louise B. Greilsheimer*
Alan S. Jaffe*
Robert S. Kapito*
Jerry W. Levin*
David L. Moore*
Morris W. Offit*
Judith Stern Peck*
Marc Rowan*
Jeffrey A. Schoenfeld*
John M. Shapiro*
Larry A. Silverstein*
Susan K. Stern*
Wilma Tisch*, z”l
James S. Tisch*
Larry Zicklin*
Chief Executive Officer
Eric S. Goldstein
Executive Vice President, Financial Resource Development
Mark D. Medin
Chief Planning Officer
Deborah Joselow
Chief Financial Officer
Luz Liebeskind
Chief Digital Officer
Diana Pan
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Karen Abravanel
Executive Vice Presidents Emeriti
Ernest W. Michel*
Stephen D. Solender
John S. Ruskay
*Of Blessed Memory
We proudly recognize donors who have supported UJA-Federation with lifetime giving of $10 million or more.
Life Benefactors:
Adnim Foundation
The Ashner Family
AVI CHAI Foundation
The Belfer, Ruben, and Saltz Families
Estate of Monroe Benton
Estate of Osias Biller
Erna Blade
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Bravmann Family
The Bronfman Family
J.E. & Z.B. Butler Foundation
Michele and Marty Cohen
Cooper and Kimmel Families
Estate of Anita de Ficquelmont
Miriam & Arthur Diamond Charitable Trust
Alisa and Dan Doctoroff
Shelley and Steven Einhorn
Susan and Leonard Feinstein
Estate of Howard Feldman
Fisher Brothers
Leo and Julia Forchheimer Foundation
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Moses Ginsberg Family Foundation
Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation
Sol Goldman Charitable Trust. Jane Goldman Trustee.
Cindy and Ben Golub
Ruth and David Gottesman
The Gould-Shenfeld Family
Emily and Eugene M. Grant
The Green Fund, for the Green, Colin, Herbst & Klein Families
Kathryn and Alan C. Greenberg
Estate of Arthur S. Greene
The Gural Family
Estate of Lorenz Hart
Harriet and Robert H. Heilbrunn and Family
Estate of Edward M. Heller
Estate of Joy and Gilbert Helman
Estate of Arlene Jacobs
Jacobson, Gershwind, Fiverson & Bennett Families
The Jesselson Family
Jewish Communal Fund
Jim Joseph Foundation
Estate of Satoko M. Joseph
Estate of Ruth Katzman
Anla and Mark Kingdon
The Kirsh Foundation, Linda Mirels, Wendy Fisher, Philip Kirsh
Frederick & John Klingenstein Family Foundations
Ruth and Sidney Lapidus
Andrea and Michael Leeds and Family
Beth and Ira Leventhal
Carol and Jerry Levin
Estate of Dr. Bernard Levine
Ruth and Leonard Litwin
Phyllis and William Mack Family
Leni and Peter May
The Mazer Family Fund
Abby and Howard Milstein and the Irma and Paul Milstein Family
Cheryl and Philip Milstein and the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family
Henry & Lucy Moses Fund
Nash Family Foundation
The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation
Jane and Daniel Och
Estate of Ann L. Oppenheimer
Paulson Family Foundation
Milton Petrie
Estates of Minna, Benjamin, and Robert Reeves
The Resnick Family
The Riklis Family
Sarahmay and Larry Robbins
The William and Mary K. Rosenwald Family
Stephen Ross
Rowan Family Foundation
The Rudin Family
Rebecca and Arthur J. Samberg
The Saul Family
S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Family
Helen and Irving Schneider and Family
Mindy Schneider and Michael Lesser
Estate of Norbert Schoenbach
Jeffrey A. Schoenfeld
Donna and Marvin Schwartz
Elena and Scott Shleifer
Shirley and Jack Silver
Shonni J. Silverberg and John M. Shapiro
The Klara and Larry A. Silverstein Family
The Paul E. Singer Foundation
The Sirulnick Family
The Alan B. Slifka and Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundations
The Sheldon H. Solow Foundation
The Tisch Family
Estate of David R. Turner
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
The Weiler Arnow Family
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Sherry and Robert Wiener
Estate of Arthur Zankel
Carol and Larry Zicklin
Roy J. Zuckerberg Family Foundation
President
Suzanne F. Peck
Chair of the Board
David H. Wasserman
Treasurer
Stephen Girsky
General Campaign Co-Chairs
Kim Hartman
Michael Olshan
General Planning Chair
Neil Sandler
Chair, Caring Department
Lynne Wolitzer
Chair, Network Department
Bruce Wexler
Chair, Jewish Life Department
Tara Slone-Goldstein
Chair, Planned Giving & Endowment
Judy Lobel
Chair, UJA Women
Robin Kaplan
Regional Chair, Long Island
Erik Gershwind
Regional Chair, Westchester
Mauri Chotin Zemachson
Co-Chair, UJA Young Leaders
Joshua D. Arcus
Members at-Large
Jeffrey H. Aronson
Lloyd Blankfein
Joshua Nash
Jeffrey Solomon
Merryl H. Tisch
Jane Wilf
Immediate Past President
Chair, Allocations Steering Committee
Linda Mirels
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