UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK - Key Persons

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.

Eric S. Schwartz

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Member of the Executive Committee

Ernest W. Michel

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Member of the Executive Committee

Eva Galpern

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Member of the Executive Committee

Gary Ginsberg

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Member of the Executive Committee

Gayle Berg

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Member of the Executive Committee

Gedaliah Riesenberg

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Member of the Executive Committee

Geula Solomon

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Chairman of the Executive Committee

Gladys Haddad

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Member of the Executive Committee

Graham Cannon - CMO

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Chief Marketing Officer
Member of the Executive Committee

Grant Silverstein

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Member of the Executive Committee

Hadassah Lieberman

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jacob M. Safra

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Member of the Executive Committee

James S. Tisch

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jamie A Harris

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jane Dresner Sadaka

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jason Tuerack

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jay B Kasner

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jay D. Chazanoff

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jeffrey A. Keswin - Treasurer

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Member of the Executive Committee
Treasurer

Jeffrey A. Schoenfeld

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jeffrey Feig

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jeffrey H. Aronson

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jeffrey M. Stern

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jennifer R Weis Monsky

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jerry W. Levin

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jill Smith

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jodi J. Schwartz

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Member of the Executive Committee
General Planning Chair

Joel Citron

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Member of the Executive Committee

John M. Shapiro

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Member of the Executive Committee

John S. Ruskay

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Member of the Executive Committee

John Usdan

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Member of the Executive Committee

Jonathan M. Estreich

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Member of the Executive Committee

Joseph Koicim

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Member of the Executive Committee

Joseph Rafalowicz

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Member of the Executive Committee

Joshua L. Nash

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Member of the Executive Committee

Judith Stern Peck

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Member of the Executive Committee

Judith West

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Member of the Executive Committee

Judy Goodman

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Member of the Executive Committee

Kara Friedman

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Member of the Executive Committee

Kate Eichel

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Member of the Executive Committee

Kerry Miller

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Member of the Executive Committee

Kim Hartman

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Member of the Executive Committee
Regional Chair / Long Island

Kyle Koeppel Mann

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Member of the Executive Committee

Kyrill Firshein

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Member of the Executive Committee

Larry A. Silverstein

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Member of the Executive Committee

Larry Zicklin

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Member of the Executive Committee
Executive and Senior Staff Add / Chief Executive Officer

Laura B. Greenfield

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Member of the Executive Committee

Lauren Fixel

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Member of the Executive Committee

Laurie E. Blitzer

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Member of the Executive Committee

Lawrence B Buttenwieser

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Member of the Executive Committee

Lee J. Brodsky

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Member of the Executive Committee

Lee Perlman

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Member of the Executive Committee

Linda Mirels - President

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Member of the Executive Committee
President

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 two grandchildren, and lives in New York with her partner, artist Gerard Mossé.