Parent Council

The BU Hillel Parent Council advises Hillel staff on student and family concerns as issues arise throughout the academic year and serves as a liaison cohort to the BU Hillel Board of Directors. The group meets three times per year (at the end of the fall and spring semesters and at the end of the summer) and advises the BU Hillel leadership on serving Jewish students on campus. Contact Ethan Sobel (esobel@bu.edu) to consider joining.

(grad year of child)

Anne Garner ’27 (CO) – Council Chair

Susan Shiff, PhD, MBA, is President/CEO of Ontada and mother of Lex Shiff ’27 . Previoulsy, she was a Senior Vice President at Merch & Co, and the architect and Head of the Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence (CORE).  Dr. Shiff has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry as
leader in the development and implementation of evidence, access, and pricing strategies for
products globally. Dr. Shiff began her career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and has held senior positions at Teva, Pfizer, and Roche. She holds an MBA from Cornell
University and a PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Shiff currently serves
on the Boards of Cara Theraputics, Synthace Limited, and the New Jersey Symphony. In 2016,
she was selected as one of FiercePharma’s Top 15 Women in Biopharma, in 2017 Proclinical
named her as one of today's most inspiring women in the pharmaceutical industry, and in 2018
CB Insights named CORE as one of the most innovative Corporate Labs in healthcare.

• Jason and Meri Atlas ’26 (NY)
• Jennifer Bordenstein ’28 (PA)
• Vicki and Matt Feinstein ’27 (CA)
• Brian and Holly Fink ’27 (NY)
• Andre and Jacqui Kaplan ’25 (NY)
• Mark and Heather Kramer ’28 (NJ)
• Carol Lean ’25 (CA)
• Robin Lenkin ’25 (MD)
• Larry Shiff ’27 (NJ)
• Melanie Susswein’25 (TX)
• Elizabeth and Phil Mann ’26 (NY)