IMPERIAL HOUSE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Senior Vice President at Merrill Lynch
Abe Fishweicher is currently a Senior Vice President at Merrill Lynch where he has been working for the past 30 years. Abe manages and assists clients with their financial and retirement goals along with money management for high net worth and high profile clients. In addition, Abe has worked for a large Wall Street CPA firm where he performed audits on large and medium sized brokerage firms. Abe graduated from Roosevelt University in Chicago where he has a BA in Business Administration and Accounting and also played on the varsity college basketball team. Abe is married to Doctor Renee Fishweicher who is a D.P.T and Director of Rehab at a nursing center in New York and both are proud parents to four incredible children and 10 beautiful grandchildren. Having an apartment at the IH has enabled Abe to meet many new friends which has generated an excitement for him to have the opportunity to give his time and expertise to make the IH a place where others strive to be.
Carol Berley grew up in North Jersey and attended Boston University graduating with a degree in history and education. She was the office manager for her husband's Dental practice in Ocean Township handling insurance, bookkeeping and staff. Being on the board and the executive committee at her synagogue, Congregation Brothers of Israel, she helped organize many holiday, social and fundraising events. As the president of Ocean Township Hadassah she gained much organizational experience. She and her friend started a monthly book club and are proud that it is still active and meets regularly after sixteen years. Carol has been living in the Oakhurst/Long Branch community for 36 years raising four children with her husband Marc. She moved to the Imperial House last year and is a full time resident.
I have been an Imperial House part time resident for the past 17 years and a prior board member for 4 years from 2005 to 2008. My professional experience includes a Special Agent with the US Department of Justice and a Counter Terrorism Consultant for the Department of Defense and the State Department. I was also a Vice President of Risk for JPMorgan Chase and currently employed with Fiserv Inc.
Phil Wisoff has been a unit owner at the Imperial House since 2017. He had a 40-year career as a technology management consultant and an IT support manager to large corporations and firms. He did this work both as a direct employee and running his own consulting firm. During his career, he developed and honed skills in strategic planning, project oversite, process reengineering and change management, budgeting, disaster planning, and organization design and operations. Phil also has had prior experience serving on another condo board. Phil is currently semi-retired but continues to consult from time to time and assist his wife Leslie with her estate liquidation business.
Phil is married with four children and three grandkids. He and his wife spend their time between the Imperial House and their home in Florham Park New Jersey. His interests include enjoying time with family, investing, coin collecting, and golf.
Phil holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer engineering.
Ruth Tepler Roth received a BA from Barnard College, an MS from the Columbia University School of Social Work, and an MBA in marketing from the NYU Stern School of Business. Her professional background includes experience serving as Director of Marketing for Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield and as VP of Marketing/Sales at ValueOptions, a health insurance company specializing in mental health/substance abuse services. Most recently, she worked as director of admissions/PR at Ben Porat Yosef a private elementary school in New Jersey. Ruth has served on the boards of both the Park Slope Center for Mental Health, located in New York, and the Frisch School, a private high school in New Jersey. In addition, she has served on the education committees of both Yavneh Academy, a private elementary school in New Jersey, and the Frisch School.
Ruth and her husband, Phil, reside in Teaneck, New Jersey most of the year, and happily purchased their apartment in the Imperial House in 2018.
For those who don't know me, I bought my one bedroom unit in December of 2009 and am a year-round resident. I worked in private industry for a small company for 25+ years, eventually becoming the CFO.
Uri was born in Israel and raised in Queens, NY. He attended SUNY New Paltz where he obtained his undergraduate BA in history. He then attended City College of New York where he received his Masters in History. Uri also achieved an MBA from Bernard Baruch College in New York City. Uri taught high school history in Oceanside Long Island for 4 years before starting his business career in paper/office supplies/printing. In 1990 he opened a paper supply and printing company in Highland Park, NJ which he successfully grew before selling it and retiring (for the first time). After a year of retirement, Uri returned to the business world as a sales representative at Cablevision. While there, he earned the distinction of Cablevision's #1 salesperson three years in a row. Uri retired from Cablevision in 2012. Since 2013 he has been employed as a sales representative for Emerald, a supplier of health care products and gloves.
Uri has also served as treasurer on the Highlander Condominium Board (Highland Park, NJ) until the beginning of 2015 when he sold his property. He is also a board member of the Highland Park Conservative Temple-Congregation Anshe Emeth in Highland Park, NJ.
Uri and his wife, Gayle, live in Highland Park, NJ. They have two grown children.