ENTERTAINMENT, TECH & LIFESTYLE

We’re content creators and other executives from across television, film, audio and the agency world. Whether volunteering, recognizing industry trailblazers or convening our peers and colleagues for timely programming, we use our platforms to learn, connect and give back.

We’re executives from across the fashion, retail, and luxury spaces – including art, beauty, wellness and more -- who come together to give back, explore timely topics and honor the best and brightest in our industries.

Get involved with a group of visionaries and forward thinkers who are determined to use their skills to give back to the community.  This group — which houses a range of professionals, including marketers from both agencies and brands, public relations professionals, and advertisers — comes together to connect with each other, develop engaging programming, and explore innovative solutions to society’s toughest problems. 

Get to know one of the most prestigious groups of music industry professionals in the city through the Music Visionary of the Year luncheon, which kicks off in both Los Angeles and New York and features a stunning
array of performers and producers. 

Chair
Daniel S. Glass

Music Visionary of the Year Past Honorees
Michele Anthony
Mitch Bainwol and Cary Sherman
Steve Boom
Rich Bressler, Bob Pittman, Tom Poleman and John Sykes
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
Troy Carter and Daniel Ek
Lyor Cohen and Russell Simmons
Tom Corson and Peter Edge
Clive Davis
Doug Davis
Fred Davis and Daniel S. Glass
Amy Doyle and Rick Krim
Ahmet Ertegun*
Charlie Feldman
Jason Flom
John T. Frankenheimer
Jody Gerson and Jon Platt
Rob Glaser and David Munns
Charles Goldstuck and Kevin Liles
Scott Greenstein 
Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman
Joel Katz
Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman
Neil Portnow
Antonio “L.A.” Reid
Rob Stringer
Barry Weiss

* of blessed memory

Music for Youth
UJA’s Music for Youth helps thousands of young people from all ethnic and religious backgrounds, including kids with disabilities, experience music at school, at camp, at home and beyond. Every year we provide grants to organizations across NYC, Long Island and Westchester to support their life-changing efforts to connect people to music -- from new instruments to scholarships for individual lessons, professional mentorship to no-cost music therapy programs, from opportunities to perform music to first-time access to concerts. 

We work in publishing, as publishers, literary agents, and in related fields. We know the power of words and the power of community, and we proudly established the Byron Preiss Children’s Fund to foster literacy and educate kids of all backgrounds close to home and far away.

Chairs
Wendy Sheanin
Jennifer Weis

Vice Chair
Adam Zacharius

Council
Risa Beckett
Rachel Chou
Matty Goldberg
Altie Karper
Larry Kirshbaum
Alison Lazarus
Erica Lazzaro
Carol Mann
Barbara Marcus
Josh Marwell
Sandi Mendelson
Michael Palgon
Mel Parker
Steve Potash
Aaron Priest
Benjamin Steinberg
Alexandra Urdang
Dorothy Weintraub

Sports For Youth convenes executives from across the industry to bring the life-changing impact of participating in sports to kids of every age, athletic ability, and background throughout the five boroughs, Westchester, Long Island, and overseas. We even the playing field so that kids can participate regardless of the financial or physical challenges they might face.

*Sports for Youth Executive Committee member

We’re entrepreneurs, investors, and tech professionals who are on the cutting edge and want to give back.

Come together with some of the most committed and philanthropically-minded professionals from across the theater community in support of UJA’s life-saving work, including support for arts and culture programs for people of all ages and backgrounds.

We’re philanthropists in our 20s through early 40s who work in the Entertainment, Tech & Lifestyle industries — including fashion, media, marketing, music, sports, tech, venture capital and beyond — and want to make an impact.