THE PHYLLIS MARGOLIUS FAMILY FOUNDATION - Key Persons
David has been involved in the Israeli high-tech sector for over 20 years. He has worked as a marketing writer and managed writing teams for several leading international companies, including Amdocs, VocalTec and Finjan. For the past nine years, David has been self-employed as a freelance copywriter, specializing in the fields of cyber security, mobile communications and software development.
A native of Washington DC, David graduated from Brandeis University in 1982 with a B.A. in Politics. He moved to Israel in 1983 and served in a combat infantry unit in the IDF. David currently lives in Herzliya with this wife and three children.
Born May 16, 1962 in N.W., Washington, DC. Kenneth currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"I grow a vegetable garden so that I may live; but flower gardens so that life is worth living". That is a quote close to the heart of things that matter to Kenneth Margolius. In and around communities where gardens, parks, clean air, and open spaces prevail is where he usually can be found - be it in central Virginia, Vermont, Maine, West Virginia or elsewhere. Building into his daily routine the time to use his skills to extend generosity, and kindness to others, or further the beauty in his community, is central to his activities. Kenneth currently is involved in residential and commercial design, consulting and gardening projects around the Charlottesville area.
A lifelong interest in the outdoors and the natural environment led Kenneth Margolius to pursue an education in Horticulture and Landscape Architectural Design, in which he earned a B.S. degree from the University of Maryland. Landscape gardening, consulting, teaching and work projects have led him to notable collaborations with the US Environmental Protection Agency; The USDA; The Town of Middlebury, Vermont; the Vermont Department of Transportation; the Office of Dan Kiley ASLA; The Cleveland Botanic Garden and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Other key areas of interest and expertise include old bicycles and old boats. Kenneth stays busy in his free time riding and restoring vintage bicycles, and spent four years sailing a 1904 sloop for a sailing charter company on Lake Champlain in Vermont. During that time, he also volunteered with the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to help build and launch a replica 1890's wooden canal schooner, the Lois McClure.
Kenneth views it as a great privilege to be on the board of directors of the Phyllis Margolius Family Foundation with such experienced and accomplished fellow directors. To help further extend the exemplary type of leadership, kindness and thoughtfulness shown by his mother, Phyllis, is his goal for the Foundation.