Our Leadership
Honorary Co-Chairmen
Zubin Mehta
Itzhak Perlman
Lahav Shani
Pinchas Zukerman
President
James C. Ackerman *
Chair of the Executive Committee
Tricia Pantzer *
Vice Presidents
Sara Fabrikant *
Jane Stern Lebell *
Claudio Pincus *
Eta Somekh *
Richard S. Ziman *
Treasurer
Joel R. Fogel *
Secretary
Carol Schussler *
Directors
Emanuel Ax
Stacey Bronfman
Yefim Bronfman
Helgard Field-Lion *
Irwin S. Field *
Sharon Gabriel
Kfir Gavrieli
Myron S. Glucksman *
Stephen H. Gordon
Benjamin Hildner
David A. Hirsch *
Chaim Katzman
Heidi Learner *
Matti Leshem *
Polly Levine
Theodore N. Mirvis
Lisa Rudes Sandel
Martin Selig
Hadar Shemtov
Abraham D. Sofaer
Lynn Syms *
Abigail Tananbaum
Noemi Brief Zafrany
Directors Emeriti
Stewart Colton
Paul H. Epstein
Joan W. Harris
Toby Perlman
Judith B. Resnick
Pamela Sandler
Lauren Veronis
Margo Winkler
Marilyn Ziering
Presidents Emeriti
Fredric R. Mann (1980-1987)
Norman Bernstein (1987-1988)
Albert Schussler (1988-1995)
Herman S. Sandler (1995-2001)
Lynn Syms (2002-2006)
Elaine Wolfensohn (2006-2010)
David A. Hirsch (2010-2019)
Helgard Field-Lion and Irwin S. Field (2019-2021)
*Denotes Executive Committee
OUR STAFF
Elana Safar
Executive Director, Eastern Region
Jennifer Ritvo Hughes
Chief Executive Officer
Kimberley Freund
Executive Director, Western Region
Suzanne K. Ponsot
Director of Philanthropy