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 three 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 currently serves on the boards of directors of Apollo Global Management, Inc., Athene Holding Ltd., and Athora Holding Ltd. Currently, Marc 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 chair of the Board of UJA-Federation, the world’s largest local philanthropy caring for the Jewish community and New Yorkers of all backgrounds. He is also a founding member and chair of Youth Renewal Fund and vice chair of Darca, Israel’s top educational network, operating 47 schools with over 27,000 students throughout its most diverse and under-served communities. He is also an Executive Committee member of the Civil Society Fellowship, a partnership of ADL and the Aspen Institute, designed to empower the next generation of community leaders and problem solvers.
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
Jane Dresner Sadaka
David Wasserman
General Planning Chair
Jodi J. Schwartz
Chair
Caring Department
Nicole Agus
Chair
Network Department
Bruce Wexler
Chair
Jewish Life Department
Geula Solomon
Chair
Planned Giving & Endowment
David L. Moore
Chair
UJA Women
Kim Hartman
Regional Chair
Long Island
Pamela Barnett
Regional Chair
Westchester
Laurie E. Girsky
Members at-Large
Jeffrey H. Aronson
Lloyd Blankfein
Joshua Nash
Eric Schwartz
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
*Honorary Members of the Board (Past Presidents & Board Chairs)
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 Marketing Officer
Graham Cannon
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary
Ellen R. Zimmerman
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
The Belfer, Ruben, and Saltz Families
Estate of Monroe Benton
Estate of Osias Biller
Bravmann Family
The Bronfman Family
J.E. & Z.B. Butler Foundation
Cooper and Kimmel Families
Miriam & Arthur Diamond Charitable Trust
Alisa and Dan Doctoroff
Shelley and Steven Einhorn
Susan and Leonard Feinstein
Fisher Brothers
Leo and Julia Forchheimer Foundation
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Moses Ginsberg Family Foundation
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
The Jesselson Family
Jewish Communal Fund
Jim Joseph Foundation
Estate of Satoko M. Joseph
Estate of Ruth Katzman
The Kirsh Foundation, Linda Mirels, and Wendy Fisher
Frederick & John Klingenstein Family Foundations
Andrea and Michael Leeds and Family
Carol and Jerry Levin
Ruth and Leonard Litwin
Maccabee Foundation
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
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 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
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
Jane Dresner Sadaka
David Wasserman
General Planning Chair
Jodi J. Schwartz
Chair
Caring Department
Nicole Agus
Chair
Network Department
Bruce Wexler
Chair
Jewish Life Department
Geula Solomon
Chair
Planned Giving & Endowment
David L. Moore
Chair
UJA Women
Kim Hartman
Regional Chair
Long Island
Pamela Barnett
Regional Chair
Westchester
Laurie E. Girsky
Members at-Large
Jeffrey H. Aronson
Lloyd Blankfein
Joshua Nash
Eric Schwartz
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
Your support on every front has never been more essential.