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Board Officers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"Eli Florence<\/strong> (Board President<\/span>) is the President and CEO of Kaydon Group, LLC, and Florence Electric, LLC, a building technology company based in Canton, MA. He is the nephew of Lenny Florence, z\u201dl, (Questrom ’54, HON ’01), in whose honor Boston University Hillel\u2019s building is proudly named. Eli has carried on Lenny\u2019s philanthropic legacy and currently serves on the Board of the YMCA Old Colony Chapter and the advisory boards of the Cardinal Cushing Centers and the Southeastern Regional Vocational School District. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from Northeastern University. Eli and his wife Donna have two children and two grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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Scott Berger<\/strong> (Board Vice President; CAS \u201995) was the CEO HBC Home & Hardware, one of the largest privately held consumer products companies in the United States specializing in home environment appliances, hardware, and plumbing products. (Basically, everything you would find in a hardware store.)\u00a0 He has over 20 years of experience and tremendous expertise in product development, sales & marketing. \u00a0Currently, Scott runs his family office handling the commercial real estate and early-stage venture capital investing. In his spare time, Scott actively mentors early-stage companies and entrepreneurs. Scott holds a law degree from Yeshiva University \u2013 Cardoza School of Law.\u00a0\u00a0Scott and his wife Deb of 20 years, live in NJ, enjoy traveling and spending time with their three teenage children.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dan Fishbein<\/strong><\/span> (Board Vice President: CAMED’85, CAS’85)<\/span>\u00a0 is <\/span>President of Sun Life U.S., and has steered the company to become a leading provider of health-related benefits, serving over 50 million Americans through employers, partners, and government programs. Under his leadership since 2014, the company’s revenue has tripled to $8 billion, marked by strategic acquisitions like DentaQuest, PinnacleCare, Maxwell Health, and Assurant Employee Benefits. <\/span>With a medical background, Dan uniquely understands the complexities of the U.S. healthcare system. He is a strong advocate for paid family and medical leave and supports Sun Life’s Work is Healthy (WisH) approach to disability recovery and return-to-work services. <\/span>Prior to Sun Life, Dan held key roles at MassMutual, New York Life, NYLCare Health Plan of Maine, and Aetna, where he led health plans, product development, and specialty businesses. He earned his medical degree from Boston University’s School of Medicine and holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University. Dan is actively involved in various professional and community organizations, including serving on the Dean\u2019s advisory board at BUSM, the Massachusetts Medical Society, and the Maine Medical Association. He is also a past chair of Spurwink Services in Portland, Maine, and a board advisor for Collective Health. Outside of work, Dan enjoys meteorology and sports. <\/span>During his six years at BU, he dined regularly at Hillel, attended Shabbat Services and most importantly met his wife through Hillel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Debbie Kurzweil <\/strong>(Board Vice President; Chair, Governance Committee; Parent of Questrom ’19<\/span>) has dedicated herself to Jewish causes and education.\u00a0 She is the Immediate Past President of the Davis Academy, a current Board Member of The Weber School, and a Trustee of the Jewish Women\u2019s Fund of Atlanta.\u00a0 She has also been a Board Member of the Amit Program and the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.\u00a0 A Wexner Heritage Graduate, she also received the Woman of Achievement Award from the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.\u00a0 She is a graduate of the University of Texas Honors Program and Duke Law School.\u00a0 She lives in Atlanta Georgia with her husband, David.\u00a0 They have two children, a Junior at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University and a Freshman in the Honors College at the College of Charleston.<\/div>\n
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Jonathan Risch<\/b> (Board Treasurer; Chair, Finance Committee; Parent of CAS’25) is CEO of Arxcis, the leading national provider of Engineering and Inspection Services to the home building industry.\u00a0 Based in Houston, Texas and serving clients across the United States Arxcis helps builders from design through construction to build a better home, more quickly and cost effectively and with lower risk.\u00a0 Jonathan has an MS in Management from the Sloan School at M.I.T. and is a graduate of Dartmouth College where he majored in Government.\u00a0 Jonathan is Past President of the Shlenker School, a Jewish Preschool and Elementary Day School in Houston.\u00a0 He is a current Board Member and Treasurer of Jewish Family Services, Houston.\u00a0 Jonathan has three children:\u00a0 Jake, Class of 2025 at CAS at BU; Rebecca, Class of 2025 at Dartmouth; and Madelyn who is a sophomore in high school. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jeffrey D. Woolf<\/b> (Board Secretary; LAW \u201974, GRS \u201969; Parent of LAW \u201918, CAS \u201918) spent many years in private practice handling civil litigation. He also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General from 1995-2000, where he represented the Commonwealth in the tobacco Medicaid reimbursement litigation. He left private practice in 2006, serving first as an assistant bar counsel for the Office of the Bar Counsel and since 2013, as an assistant general counsel for the Board of Bar Overseers. In 2012-2016, he was an adjunct professor at the law school. He is currently an adjunct professor at New England Law|Boston. \u00a0 He also previously taught at Northeastern University. Since 2015, he has been on the Dean\u2019s Advisory Board of the law school.\u00a0 Mr. Woolf brings to Hillel his experience in strategic planning for non-profit organizations. From 2006-2015, he was on the board of Temple Beth Shalom in Melrose, where he served as vice president of finance and the chair of the investment committee. Since 2008, he has been on the planned giving committee of St. John\u2019s Preparatory School in Danvers. Since 2012, he has been on the executive board of the Boston chapter of the Jewish National Fund.\u00a0 He is a past president of the Boston chapter and is co-chair of its Lawyers for Israel Committee, as well as a member of the JNF national legal team. In 1990, he was one of the charter members of the Boston Inn of Court, which was started at the law school. Mr. Woolf wrote the Inn\u2019s and later co-revised articles of organization and by-laws. He has served on Inn\u2019s executive committee since 2000 and has been the Inn\u2019s co-president as well as the chair of various committees. Mr. Woolf received his B.A. from Yale University and his M.A. in English from Boston University, where he taught for several years before attending law school.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Deborah Ba\"\"ll<\/strong> (Parent of CAS ’22) is an attorney living in New York City. The Law Offices of Deborah S. Ball is a practice concentrating on elder law issues, matters affecting the developmentally disabled, trust and estate planning options, including will preparation, and estate administration. As a former Assistant District Attorney, Ms. Ball investigated home repair schemes against the elderly community. Ms. Ball has been appointed as guardian, guardian ad litem, court evaluator, and attorney for the alleged incapacitated person, as well as representing clients in guardian proceedings involving elderly and disabled individuals.<\/p>\n

Ms. Ball is a\u00a0co-vice chair of the elder abuse committee\u00a0and now on the executive board for the New York State Bar Association Elder Law Section where she serves on the Guardianship Committee, the Mental Health Law Committee; the Committee on Special Needs Planning. Ms. Ball is also a member of the Attorney’s Council of the New York Chapter of Hadassah and has served as the co-chair for the Working Mother’s Committee of the Women\u2019s Bar Association from 2000 -2001. Currently, Ms. Ball serves as a board member of the Brandeis Association of Lawyers.<\/p>\n

Ms. Ball regularly presents lectures on issues affecting the elderly and disabled and their families to various organizations and associations. She has been a participant in a panel discussion on elder abuse, hosted by the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. Ms. Ball is on legal referral lists for the Department of the Aging, SelfHelp Community Services, UJA-Federation, and the Alzheimer’s Association, where she is a frequent lecturer. Ms. Ball has co-chaired and presented a CLE program for the New State Bar Association on “pooled trusts” for disabled persons.<\/p>\n

Ms. Ball is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. She received her Bachelor\u2019s Degree as well as a Master’s Degree in History from the State University of New York at Albany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/strong><\/u>Jarret Berg\u00a0<\/strong>(CAS ’07) is a New York attorney with a passion for protecting and advancing civil and political rights. As the Executive Director of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council (@NYDLC), Berg works to raise awareness about fundamental voting rights and trains attorneys and others to monitor elections and advocate for pro-voter legislative reforms. Prior, Berg served as Legislative Counsel to a member of the NYS legislature. Apart from his passion for modernizing elections and eliminating barriers to political participation. Berg closely follows developments in U.S. foreign policy, international law, and human rights. Berg holds an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge, a J.D. with high honors from New England Law | Boston, and a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University.<\/p>\n

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Emily Blatt<\/strong> (CAS ’09) is an attorney <\/span>at Marcus and Pollack LLP in New York City\u00a0<\/span>focusing on real estate\u00a0tax and exemptions. She represents real estate owners and developers as well as not for profit organizations.\u00a0<\/span>Additionally, Emily has served on the Hillel Directors Council since 2018.\u00a0<\/span>Emily earned a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University in 2009 and a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"Mark Blotner<\/strong> (Questrom ’90) is the owner of Kinross Real Estate, a Boston-based real estate investment and development company (www.kinrossrealestate.com). Mark has developed and acquired over $100 million worth of property in the greater Boston area. Additionally, Mark has been a successful seed investor to such companies as Syratech Corporation (founded by Leonard Florence), TripAdvisor, and HWS Baseball IV LLC. Mark graduated from Tufts University in 1987 and earned an MBA from Boston University in 1990. Mark actively donates his time and resources to numerous charities and organizations, which include Congregation Mishkan Tefila, Brookline MA (former board member); The JCC of Greater Boston (former board member); The Oak Square YMCA (current board member); Tufts Hillel; The Rashi School; Gann Academy and Dana Farber. Mark’s wife, Cindy, is a lawyer and graduated from BU in 1990. Their children have gone to Tufts University, Brandeis University, BB&N, Gann Academy, and The Rashi School.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lisa Breslau <\/strong>(Parent of CAS ’24) began her career in broadcast journalism in Washington, DC before turning to the world of hi-tech. She spent most of her professional years developing media programming and products, and marketing them to consumer audiences for companies such as Microsoft and @Home Network [later Excite@Home]. Lisa has served on numerous nonprofit boards, locally and nationally. While she was President of the Shalom School Board of Trustees in Sacramento, California, Lisa oversaw the development of a new campus for the school, as well as new practices for ensuring the day school\u2019s healthy future. As a result of this work, Lisa was invited to serve on the international board of RAVSAK, the Jewish community day school network. Currently, Lisa is Secretary for the national board of Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom and member of Hillel of Davis & Sacramento\u2019s Board of Directors. Lisa has actively led fundraising campaigns for non-profits in the Greater Sacramento Area, such as Sutter Health, American Cancer Society and St Francis High School. She and her husband were founding members of Social Venture Partners, San Francisco Bay Area. Lisa is a graduate of Duke University, where she earned her BA degree in International Relations and Spanish. Their daughters attend Boston University and Northeastern University, respectively.<\/p>\n

\"\"Aileen Borok<\/strong> (Parent of CAS \u201928) is an accomplished <\/span>professional with extensive experience in retail operations, <\/span>inventory management and profit improvement strategies. <\/span>Before taking time off to raise her children, she held corporate <\/span>management positions at Robinsons-May Department Stores <\/span>and at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Born and raised in Los Angeles,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>California, a daughter of a holocaust survivor, Aileen has been\u00a0<\/span>an active member of conservative synagogues throughout her\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>life. Since 2003, she and her family have been wholly rooted at Valley Beth Shalom in\u00a0 Encino, CA. Here she served on the executive board of Z\u2019hava, the younger generation of\u00a0 sisterhood, and was an active chairperson for the Valley Beth Shalom Day School Parent\u00a0 Organization for 10 years. For the past three years, she has served as a lay leader on Valley\u00a0 Beth Shalom\u2019s membership team, contributing to the implementation of the synagogue\u2019s new membership and high holiday ticketing systems. Aileen holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Pepperdine University\u2019s George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California,\u00a0 Santa Barbara. She and her husband, Gil, are proud parents of two children \u2013 Jack, a senior\u00a0 at the University of Wisconsin, and Estee, a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences at\u00a0 Boston University. Aileen is deeply committed to increasing engagement of Jewish youth\u00a0 and continues to seek opportunities to make a meaningful impact in her community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Tony Daniels<\/strong> is a seasoned <\/span>banking professional who has served <\/span>as the Executive Director of several Jewish non-profits, including <\/span>the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore and <\/span>Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Chestnut Hill, MA. He currently <\/span>serves as the <\/span>General Manager of the Levine Chapel of <\/span>Brookline, MA, the Stanetsky Chapel of Brookline, MA, the <\/span>Stanetsky Chapel of Canton, MA, and the Stanetsky Hymanson <\/span>Chapel of Salem, MA. <\/span>He has served as chairman emeritus of <\/span>the Greater Boston Business Council, trustee of the North Shore <\/span>Music Theatre Financial and Development Committees, a <\/span>member of the Anti-Defamation League of Boston\u2019s North Shore Advisory Board and board\u00a0 member of Operation Hope-Boston, an organization that teaches financial literacy to inner\u00a0 city students. Tony is excited to return to the BU Hillel Board of Directors, having served\u00a0 previously from 2020-2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Solomon Eisenberg, ScD<\/strong> (Senior Associate Dean, ENG; Parent of CAS ’13, CAS ’06) is Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He also serves as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the College of Engineering, a position he has held since 1998. He earned his SB, SM, and ScD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He came to Boston University as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in 1983 and was jointly appointed in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1985. He was a Visiting Associate Professor in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology in 1997. He was the recipient of an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award 1987-1993, and a 1990 Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, one of Boston University\u2019s highest teaching awards. His research is directed towards understanding the functional role played by electrically mediated interactions in connective tissues and membranes, and computational modeling of electric field distributions produced during electrical defibrillation and transcranial magnetic stimulation.<\/p>\n

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Karen Ann Engelbourg<\/strong><\/span>Karen Ann Engelbourg is a consultant and advisor with extensive experience in higher education advancement and philanthropy. She is the former Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations at Boston University, where she served as the University\u2019s chief advancement officer, managing all fundraising and alumni engagement efforts with a team of over 250 staff members. During her tenure, Karen partnered closely with BU\u2019s president and trustees to raise more than $1.2 billion since the closing celebration of BU\u2019s first-ever campaign in 2019. The landmark Choose to Be Great campaign ultimately surpassed $1.85 billion, nearly doubling its original goal and expanding philanthropic support from more than 175,000 donors.<\/span>Prior to her role as Senior Vice President, Karen served as Vice President of Development at BU for six years. Before joining Boston University in 2010, she held key leadership positions including Assistant Vice President at Brandeis University, Director of Principal Gifts and Donor Relations at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, and Director of Major Gifts at Harvard Medical School. A graduate of Brandeis University with a B.A. in history, Karen remains an active thought leader in philanthropy, frequently presenting at CASE and Women in Development conferences.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Andrew\u00a0Forsyth<\/strong> serves as Vice President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees at Boston University, where he supports institutional governance and the University\u2019s mission and long-term strategic direction. He leads the Office of the Trustees, manages board operations, and serves as a strategic advisor and cabinet member to President Melissa Gilliam.\u00a0<\/span>Born in Scotland, Andrew studied there and at Cambridge and Harvard before earning his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Yale. His scholarly work explores ethics broadly, with particular focus on how institutions and practices shape human character and community. At Yale, he held several administrative positions, most recently as Chief of Staff and Associate Dean of Yale College, and taught courses including \u201cTradition and Modernity,\u201d \u201cEthics of Forgiveness,\u201d and \u201cLaw, Morality, and Religion.\u201d <\/span>In Connecticut, Andrew was a gubernatorial appointee on the board of Connecticut Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and served as president of the Elm Shakespeare Company, which produces performances and youth educational programs in New Haven.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is married to Joshua Goodbaum, a civil rights and employment lawyer in Connecticut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jeff Furman<\/strong>, an Associate Professor,<\/span>\u00a0joined Boston University after earning a Ph.D. in Strategy & International Management from MIT\u2019s Sloan School of Management.\u00a0 Previously, he had studied economics on a Fulbright Scholarship at the Free University of Berlin and he had earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, both at the University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0\u00a0Furman<\/span> is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).\u00a0 In his prior professional experience, he worked as associate at a Washington DC health care consultancy and as an external consultant supporting privatization of state-owned firms in the former East Germany.\u00a0Furman<\/span>‘s research addresses issues in Strategy, Innovation, and the Economics of Science.\u00a0 In his time at as a faculty member, he has taught in nearly all of Questrom\u2019s UG, MBA, and PhD programs, has won awards for research and teaching, and is currently the Associate Dean of the Questrom School of Business\u2019s Undergraduate Programs.<\/p>\n

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Hal Garnick<\/strong> is Co-Founder and Chairman of PlatformQ, a
\nleading producer of online live, interactive events in digital
\nmedical education (PlatformQ Health and Medlive) for
\nhealthcare professionals, patients, caregivers and advocacy
\ngroups. Hal is President of HCG Properties and founding
\npartner of the CGI Companies, owners and operators of
\nneighborhood retail properties. Hal has been active in the
\nphilanthropic community for many years.\u00a0Hal was past Vice
\nChair of the Executive Board of the Anti-Defamation League in New England and
\nan ADL National Commisioner. He previously served on the Boards of American
\nJewish Committee New England, Jewish Family and Children&#39;s Services as well as
\nthe Combined Jewish Philanthropies Anti Semitism Commission.\u00a0He is a former
\nTrustee of the Rashi School and past Chair of Boston Children\u2019s Hospital Heart
\nCouncil. He is a graduate of Boston University\u2019s School of Management. Hal and his
\nwife Laure have three grown sons and reside in Brookline.<\/div>\n
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Reverend Robert Hill\u00a0<\/strong>(Dean, Marsh Chapel; Parent of Wheelock ’07)’s religious leadership at Boston University, across all of the 17 schools and colleges and the larger community, is rooted and grounded in the historic pulpit of Marsh Chapel, whose Sunday service is broadcast on NPR each Sunday morning at 11am (WBUR 90.9FM), with a listenership of 75,000, and another 25,000 listenings by podcast.\u00a0 As Dean of the Chapel, he preaches most Sundays, leads the Marsh staff (40 full and part-time persons in the areas of ministry, music, and hospitality), gives oversight to all University religious life (7 University Chaplains, 26 religious life groups, and several campus ministers), provides prayers for various all University events (Commencement, Matriculation, other), meets with the Deans\u2019 Council and University Leadership Group, and guides pastoral care for the community, through the chaplains\u2019 offices.\u00a0 In recent years some BUSTH students have chosen to do their field work at Marsh (so, 5 in 2007, 3 in 2008, 7 in 2009, 1 in 2010, and similar number since then).\u00a0 Marsh Chapel hosts 16 weekly worship services, one of which is the BUSTH led Wednesday 11:15am service.\u00a0 About 2,500 people a week, during the school year, are present for worship, study or service in the chapel building.\u00a0 His wife Jan is a musician and teacher, whose children\u2019s choir sings regularly in Boston, most notably once a year in early May on the steps of Trinity Church, Copley Square. Bob and Jan are joggers and spend summers on a lake in upstate New York.\u00a0 They have three grown children and six grandchildren.<\/p>\n

\"\"David Kaplan<\/strong> is a Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager at HomeGoods\/HomeSense (a division of the TJX Companies). David has nearly 40 years of experience in wholesale and retail businesses with a strong background in merchandising; global sourcing; strategy and talent development. Throughout his career, he has served on numerous industry boards and advisory councils, including leadership positions at the International Wholesale Furniture Association and the American Society of Interior Designers in Washington, DC. David actively donates his time and resources to Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, where he is a member of the Philanthropic Board of Advisors; at Bates College, where he has served as a class agent and a past member of the Alumni Council; and several Jewish organizations. He graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree from Bates College (Lewiston, ME) with a major in Political Science, and he is a graduate of the Belmont Hill School (Belmont, MA). Additional studies included the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School and The Overseas Student Program at Tel Aviv University. David and his wife, Clare, live in Boston and their daughter is enrolled in the MCBB PhD program at Boston University.<\/p>\n

\"\"Kim Kaplan-Gross<\/strong> (Past Board Secretary; Parent of CAS ’13<\/span>) is a partner in Choate Hall & Stewart\u2019s Private Equity Group and a member of the Firm\u2019s Executive Committee. She has over 20 years of experience representing domestic and international private equity and venture capital firm sponsors in fund formation, firm establishment (including team spin-outs), management company and general partner structuring and governance matters, regulatory matters, and creation and operation of separate account and special purpose investment programs. In fundraising, she advises fund sponsors on legal structuring matters, guides them in market positioning and setting proposed terms and conditions, and leads their investor negotiations. Additionally, she advises institutional investors in their investments in private equity funds, as well as in their acquisitions and dispositions of portfolios of private investment fund and operating company interests.<\/p>\n

Kim has served as a member of the Investment Committee at Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston and of the Governance Committee of the Jewish Community Endowment Pool (JCEP) of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. JCEP is a highly diversified pool of investment capital with exposure to less liquid investments, often including hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds, and other complex, illiquid assets.<\/p>\n

Sarah \"\"Kornfeld<\/strong> (CAS \u201926) is from Syracuse, New York,
\nstudying Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Boston University\u2019s College of Arts and
\nSciences. Sarah is a part of the BU Hillel Building Leadership Team as a Fighting Hate Fellow and
\nis a board member of the Conservative Minyan. Outside of Hillel, Sarah works as a Learner\u2019s
\nAssistant in the Intensive General Chemistry courses at BU and does research at the Chobanian
\nand Avedisian School of Medicine in the Garcia-Marcos lab. Sarah is particularly interested in
\nthe intersection between Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry and hopes to continue
\nlearning more about these topics in graduate programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sidney Pertnoy\u00a0<\/strong>(Board Past President; Hillel International Board Member<\/span>) is Hillel International\u2019s past Chair of the Board of Directors. He instituted change at the University of Miami Hillel, working in partnership with the SIC, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, and the University of Miami Administration. A long-time civic and Jewish leader, Sidney currently serves as Vice President for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. He is a Trustee on the Board of the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami and past Chair of the hospital\u2019s Audit Committee. Sidney served as past president of Friends of the March of the Living and as a past Chairman of the Board of the Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education and President of Bet Shira Congregation.\u00a0 A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the California Western School of Law, Sidney is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida and was most recently in private practice, specializing in commercial litigation and Family Law and Real Estate. He currently manages his family\u2019s real estate holdings. Sidney and his wife, Nadine, have three children; Jenny (Brett), Michael (Fanny), and Jeffrey (Kimme), and three grandchildren, Sylvie, Blake, and Cory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"pliskin\"Dan Pliskin\u00a0<\/strong>(Chair, Development Committee; Parent of Wheelock ’21<\/span>) is a consultant specializing in corporate governance and executive compensation with Aon and its affiliates Radford, McLagan, and Hewitt.\u00a0 He provides advice on a wide range of matters for clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to emerging growth companies and private and family-owned organizations. His previous work experience includes service with two AmLaw 100 law firms, a publicly-traded technology company, a publicly-traded REIT, and an investment management firm.\u00a0 Mr. Pliskin\u2019s Jewish community involvement has focused predominantly on Jewish youth and Jewish identity-building through his service as board chair, development or other committee chair or board member of several Jewish camps, including URJ Camps Harlam and GUCI, Camp Ramah in the Poconos, Ramah Day Camp (Philadelphia) and JCC Baltimore Day Camp.\u00a0 In these roles, he has sought to enable campers to experience Judaism as joyful and meaningful, and to empower college-age staff (a key audience) to be excellent Jewish role models. His involvement is guided by the missions of these camps to engage their entire communities in immersive, experiential Jewish living and learning. Mr. Pliskin completed the Young Leadership program of The Associated in Baltimore and served on the Board of Directors of the Baltimore JCC.\u00a0 He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in Economics from Tufts University and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.\u00a0 He lives in Philadelphia, is a distance runner, and has two daughters, one of whom is SED \u201921.<\/p>\n

\"\"Charles K. Ribakoff<\/strong> (Immediate Past President; Questrom ’71) is the founder and Chairman of MHQ, the largest upfitter of public safety and municipal vehicles in the US. He also owns a small chain of automobile dealerships and leasing businesses. Charles has been active in the philanthropic community for many years. He is a member of the President’s Council at Mass General, and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children since its inception. Charles is also Vice President of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which operates in 70 countries around the world. His portfolios at JDC have included JDC-Israel, Children at Risk, Care for the Elderly, Job Training in Minority Communities, Resource Development, and Young Leadership Development. He has traveled to Israel with a group of JDC young leaders every year since 2010. Charles and his wife Patty have co-chaired the CJP annual campaign. He has been Chair of CJP\u2019s Israel and Overseas Committee, and a member of the CJP board. He is a founder of the Agahazo Shalom Youth Village outside Kigali, Rwanda for orphans on the Rwandan genocide. Charles was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1969 and earned an MBA at Boston University School of Management in 1972. He and Patty live in Back Bay.<\/p>\n

\"\"Melissa Rones, <\/strong>a Boston University School of Law alumnae, is a
\npartner at Ropes and Gray LLP and co-head of the Intellectual
\nproperty transactions practice. Melissa counsels universities,
\nresearch institutions, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies,
\nand investors throughout the life sciences ecosystem in patent due
\ndiligence, licensing, and royalty monetization and royalty financing
\nmatters. Melissa came to the greater Boston area to go to college,
\nand hasn\u2019t managed to move outside a ten mile radius in the
\nsubsequent 30+ years, having done her undergraduate degree at MIT, a Ph.D in cell
\nand developmental biology at Harvard, and her JD here at BU. She currently lives in
\nWinchester, MA with her wife and dog Lu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jim Shane<\/strong>‘s\u00a0(Board Past President; Parent of Questrom ’97<\/span>) work at Brandeis Hillel led him to the Hillel International Board where, for 15 years, he has served as Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Past Treasurer, and Co-Chair of the Global Task Force. Jim\u2019s major passion is Global Hillel. He sits on two International advisory committees to the Jewish Agency for Israel, Partnership2Gether, and Schilichim. He also serves on the Boards of Hillel at Brandeis, Northeastern University, and Boston University. He participates on the Board of Hillel\u2019s of Israel. Jim has been involved with Martha\u2019s Vineyard Community Services and he served for five years as Chair of the Possible Dreams Auction to raise over $3.2 million for needed social services on the Island. Jim is on the Board of A Better City, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving all aspects of life in Boston. Jim grew up in Newton, MA, and attended Colby College in Waterville, ME with a degree in Business Administration. He has been a serial entrepreneur and recently concentrated on real estate-related activities. Jim is working hard to become fluent in modern spoken Hebrew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\"Linda\u00a0Sloane\u00a0Kay<\/strong> (COM
\n’83) is a respected executive, board director and community leader in the financial
\nservices industry. She has successfully managed a family-controlled public
\ncompany as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Century Bank and Century
\nBancorp, Inc until its merger with Eastern Bank in November 2021.\u00a0Linda\u00a0is currently
\nmanaging partner of\u00a0Sloane\u00a0Enterprises, LLC, an owner and manager of retail and
\noffice properties in Massachusetts. She is member of the Board of Directors of the Back Bay Association, a Member of the Corporation of Mass General Brigham Inc., and a Member of the Brigham and Women\u2019s Health Advisory Board. In addition, she is on the Dean\u2019s Advisory
\nCommittee at the Boston University College of General Studies and a past member
\nof the Board of Overseers of Boston University. Linda earned her BA degree in mass communications from Boston University Magna Cum laude. She holds a certificate from the Graduate School of Banking at the Wharton School at the University of
\nPennsylvania. She has been honored by Boston University as the Alumna of the year from the BU College of General Studies.
\nLinda has been very active in fund-raising activities having served as Co-Chair of galas for the Boston Special Olympics, Regis College, Jewish Community Center (JCC) and other organizations. Linda\u00a0and her husband have two married adult children and reside in Brookline, MA.<\/p>\n

\"\"Guy Starr<\/strong> (QST ’27) is from San Diego, California, studying
\nAccounting and Finance at Boston University’s Questrom
\nCollege of Business. Guy is a part of the BU Hillel Building
\nLeadership Team as the Co-President for Boston University
\nStudents For Israel. Outside of Hillel, Guy is a student
\ngovernment Senator and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity member.
\nGuy is interested in continuing to learn about Accounting and
\neventually becoming a CPA during his journey in Business.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/u>Jennifer Steber <\/strong>(Co-Chair, Programming) <\/span>moved back to Boston after living in Montreal for 16 years.\u00a0 Graduate of Brandeis University where she earned a BA degree in Art History.\u00a0 Worked at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis, then the Jewish Museum in San Francisco.\u00a0 While living in Birmingham Alabama she worked for the International Arts Festival then moved to Montreal.\u00a0\u00a0 Jennifer started as a volunteer at the Museum of Fine Arts and most recently was very active with Temple Emanu El Bath Sholom as Co-Chair of the Education Committee and a Member of the Board.\u00a0 Jennifer and her husband, Martin live with their son Paul, 17 in the Back Bay, while their other two daughters attend school at Taft in Connecticut and St. Andrews in Scotland.\u00a0 Jennifer and her family love to travel, ski and enjoy the arts and culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"Rabbi Mona Strick<\/strong> (Parent of COM ’21) is originally from Brooklyn, N.Y. A graduate of The Yeshiva of Flatbush, she completed her B.A. in Near East Studies at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. Mona spent over 25 years in executive management positions in the travel industry and online advertising, building sales teams and driving business development. Seeking meaning in a new path, Mona studied at Hebrew College completing an M.A. in Jewish Studies, and received Rabbinic ordination in June \u201819. Over the last two years, Mona served as Rabbi in both Reform and Conservative congregations and is currently teaching adults through Open Circle while completing an extended unit of pastoral care education at Hebrew Senior Life. Mona lives in Brookline with her partner, Mark Housman (Questrom MBA \u201875). Together they share a family of five children and nine grandchildren. Mona is committed to inspiring a love of the Torah, spiritual exploration, and participation in joyful, contemplative prayer.<\/p>\n

\"\"Bruce Weinstock<\/strong>, MD, MPH graduated the BU six year
\nundergrad\/med program in 1989, attended Brown University
\nPediatric Residency, Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
\nat BU\/BMC, obtained an MPH through BU school of Public Health
\nand served as Assistant Director of Pediatric Med student
\neducation and Assistant Professor in Pediatrics for BUSM 1989-
\n1997. He has served as Chief of Pediatrics for Norwood Hospital,
\nand served as an Attending in Pediatrics at BMC, Childrens
\nHospital, Norwood Hospital, Morton Hospital, and currently is an
\ninstructor at Harvard Medical School working at MGH and Salem Hospital in Pediatric
\nEmergency Medicine. He has continued to teach BU Medical Students and PA Students
\nin most of these various settings. He has served on the boards of Temple Bnei Moshe
\nand Congregation Kehillath Israel. He is active in multiple synagogues and informal
\nprayer groups in Boston\/Newton\/Cambridge. He spends time Israeli folkdancing,
\nbicycling, as well as facilitating, teaching and learning in multiple adult Jewish
\neducational settings. He was recently certified as a Facilitator with JF&amp;CS running
\ngroup programs addressing anxiety regarding antisemitism and Israel.<\/p>\n

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\n

\"wayne\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wayne Zuckerman<\/strong> (CAS ’79, Parent of COM ’17, Questrom ’15) is one of the founders of Sterling Properties where he handles day to day of construction, and rental management of properties in the Tri-State region. Wayne has been a long-term leader on the BU Hillel Board. Wayne has four children, a recent graduate of Questrom, a rising senior in the School of Public Relation, and 2 children at home. He lives in Livingston, NJ with his wife Deborah.<\/p>\n

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