Linda is a committed philanthropist with a long history of serving the Jewish community through leadership roles at UJA and other major international Jewish organizations. She is deeply passionate about supporting thriving Jewish communities around the globe.
Linda joined the UJA leadership team as an executive committee member in 1999 and has served in a variety of leadership positions.
Professionally, Linda chairs a diversified global investment company with holdings in food distribution and real estate.
In addition, Linda serves on the Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee and the Metropolitan Opera of New York. She also advises her family foundation, which works to build a better society by lifting people up, helping them be self-sufficient, and building culturally rich and tolerant communities, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Israel.
Linda was born in South Africa and spent her formative years in Swaziland, now Eswatini, and she maintains a deep connection to both nations. She has three adult children and four grandchildren, and lives in New York with her partner, artist Gerard Mossé.
Marc is a co-founder and CEO of Apollo Global Management, Inc. He also serves on the board of Athene Holding Ltd. and is chair of the Board of Advisors of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he is involved in public policy and is an initial funder and contributor to the development of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a nonpartisan research initiative that provides analysis of public policy’s fiscal impact.
An active philanthropist and civically engaged, Marc is also chair of the board of UJA-Federation of New York, the world’s largest local philanthropy, helping 5.5 million people annually while funding a network of nonprofits in New York, Israel, and 70 other countries. He is also a founding member and chair of Youth Renewal Fund and vice chair of Darca, Israel’s top educational network, operating 49 schools with over 30,000 students throughout its most diverse and underserved communities.
Marc graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a B.S. and an M.B.A. in finance.
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
Linda Mirels
Chair of the Board
Marc Rowan
Treasurer
Suzanne F. Peck
General Campaign Co-Chairs
Kim Hartman
David Wasserman
General Planning Chair
Neil Sandler
Chair
Caring Department
Nicole Agus
Chair
Network Department
Bruce Wexler
Chair
Jewish Life Department
Tara Slone-Goldstein
Chair
Planned Giving & Endowment
David L. Moore
Chair
UJA Women
Robin Kaplan
Regional Chair
Long Island
Pamela Barnett
Regional Chair
Westchester
Laurie E. Girsky
Members at-Large
Jeffrey H. Aronson
Lloyd Blankfein
Joshua Nash
Jeffrey Solomon
Merryl H. Tisch
Jane Wilf
Immediate Past President
Chair
Allocations Steering Committee
Amy A.B. Bressman*
Special Advisor to the President
Co-Chair, UJA Young Leaders
Spencer Herbst
*Non-voting member
Samuel Adelsberg
Corie Adjmi
Nicole Agus
Jennifer Apell
Jeffrey H. Aronson
Pamela Barnett
Brett H. Barth
Carol Becker
Joan Berger
Stephanie Berman
JJ Berney
Donald Bernstein
Caryn Beyer
Rabbi Jonathan E. Blake
Lloyd C. Blankfein
Daniel B. Blaser
David Brause
Amy A. B. Bressman
Lee J. Brodsky
Daniel J. Bursky
Rabbi Carie Carter
Emily Caslow
Raymond Chalme
Mauri K. Chotin-Zemachson
Ulrika Citron
Brian Cohen
Matthew Cohen
Dorit Corwin
Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove
Doug Davis
Lee Deutsch
Camille Dunst
Deborah Edell
Jessica Reif Ehrlich
Kate Eichel
Rabbi Steven A. Exler
Jeffrey Feig
Michael Feldberg
Rabbi Diana Fersko
Lori Fife
Joseph E. Fingerman
Samuel Fishman
Lauren Fixel
Cheri Friedman
Zoya Raynes Friedman
Caren Osten Gerszberg
Gary Ginsberg
Laurie E. Girsky
Peter J. Goldman
Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt
Ben Golub
Judy Goodman
Judy Greenblatt
Jerry Gruner
Jamie A. Harris
Kim Hartman
Spencer Herbst
William Heyman
Marshall Huebner
Rikki Kaplan
Robin Kaplan
Aaron Kapito
Joshua Kaufman
Richard L. Kay
Patricia Kenner
Michael R. Kessler
Steven Khadavi
Arlene Kleinberg
Yael Kleinman
Lois Kohn-Claar
Alexandra Kosslyn
Andrea Kringstein
Natasha Krupp
Albert Laboz
David A. Landau
Bara Lane
Nancy Lascher
Evan LePatner
Shulamit Leviant
Abby Levy
Jonathan Lewinsohn
Jennifer Lipschultz
Dianne Lob
Mindi Lowy
Alisa Mall
Abraham Mamiye
Solita Marcelli
Cindy Masters
Bruce Mendelsohn
Avner Mendelson
Amy E. Millard
Kerry Miller
Linda Mirels
Alan G. Mnuchin
Jennifer Weis Monsky
David L. Moore
Jami Moore
Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern
Isaac Namdar
Joshua Nash
Suzanne F. Peck
Lee Perlman
Michael Potack
Joseph Rafalowicz
Walter Rahmey
Vlad Rashkovich
Danielle Rayman
Jacob Rejwan
David L. Resnick
Gedaliah Riesenberg
Todd Richman
Marcella Kanfer Rolnick
Sam Rosenblatt
Nina Ross
David G. Rothman
Marc Rowan
Amy Ruben
Michael Sabbagh
Jacob M. Safra
Neil J. Sandler
Samantha Saperstein
Susan Sappin
Wendy Sassower
Allison Schneirov
William Schrag
Jason Schulweis
Eric S. Schwartz
Sharon Shane
Grant Silverstein
Tara Slone-Goldstein
Jill Smith
Molly Snyder
Geula Solomon
Jeffrey Solomon
Suzanne Stadler
Marsha Stein
Tracy S. Stein
Fred Steiner
Michael L. Stern
Rachel R. Stern
Merryl H. Tisch
Jason Tuerack
Marc A. Utay
Leonid Vayner
Dena Rosenberg Verhoff
Teri Volpert
Shai Y. Waisman
Vicki Warner
David Wasserman
Debra Wasserman
Beth Weingarten
Carol Weisman
Judith West
Bruce Wexler
Jane Wilf
Cynthia G. Wolff
Lynne Wolitzer
Vivian Zelter
Rachel Zuckerbrot
*Honorary Members of the Board (Past Presidents & Board Chairs)
Lawrence B Buttenwieser*
Alisa R. Doctoroff*
Louise B. Greilsheimer*
Alan S. Jaffe*
Robert S. Kapito*
Jerry W. Levin*
Morris W. Offit*
Judith Stern Peck*
Jeffrey A. Schoenfeld*
John M. Shapiro*
Larry A. Silverstein*
Susan K. Stern*
Billie Tisch*
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 Marketing Officer
Graham Cannon
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
Linda Mirels
Chair of the Board
Marc Rowan
Treasurer
Suzanne F. Peck
General Campaign Co-Chairs
Kim Hartman
David Wasserman
General Planning Chair
Neil Sandler
Chair
Caring Department
Nicole Agus
Chair
Network Department
Bruce Wexler
Chair
Jewish Life Department
Tara Slone-Goldstein
Chair
Planned Giving & Endowment
David L. Moore
Chair
UJA Women
Robin Kaplan
Regional Chair
Long Island
Pamela Barnett
Regional Chair
Westchester
Laurie E. Girsky
Members at-Large
Jeffrey H. Aronson
Lloyd Blankfein
Joshua Nash
Jeffrey Solomon
Merryl H. Tisch
Jane Wilf
Immediate Past President
Chair
Allocations Steering Committee
Amy A.B. Bressman*
Special Advisor to the President
Co-Chair, UJA Young Leaders
Spencer Herbst
*Non-voting member
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