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Arthur Feldshteyn
August 12, 2019
Arthur Feldshteyn
August 12, 2019

Chair

Arthur Feldshteyn graduated from Baruch College in 2003 with a BS in Finance. Since then, he has gone on to become an executive leader with over 16 years of experience focusing on building strong client relationships and launching multi-year projects that balance client experience and internal deliverable requirements within tight budget constraints at Goldman Sachs.

Contact: Arthur.Feldshteyn@gs.com

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August 12, 2019
Miriam Raisner
August 19, 2019
Miriam Raisner
August 19, 2019

Vice-Chair

Miriam Raisner graduated Summa Cum Laude from Baruch College in 2007. Since then, she has received her MBA from the Wharton School of Business and has remained in strong support of Hillel at Baruch. She now serves as the Managing Director, Strategy & Insights at VMLY&R.


Contact: miriam.raisner@gmail.com |

Active Committees: Strategic Planning

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August 19, 2019
Michelle Hertz Levine
August 12, 2019
Michelle Hertz Levine
August 12, 2019

Secretary

Michelle Hertz Levin graduated from Northwestern University in 2004 with a BA in Political Science and Business Institutions. She then completed her MA in 2007 from the Duke School of Law. Since then, she has gone on to become the Appellate Attorney at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf and has been on the Board of Directors at Baruch Hillel for 4 years.


Contact:
mhertz@stblaw.com

Active Committees: Accreditation

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August 12, 2019
Dan Shekhtikhin
August 14, 2023
Dan Shekhtikhin
August 14, 2023

Dan is a 2011 Baruch Alumni. He studied Tax & Accounting. He is the Finance Committee Chair and Treasurer

August 14, 2023
Andrew Fawer
August 12, 2019
Andrew Fawer
August 12, 2019

Andrew Fawer has sat on our Hillel Board of Directors for over 8 years. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison before receiving his MBA from NYU Stern School of Business in 1991. Andrew went on to co-found OLAM Corp where he is CEO.

Contact: andrewfawer@gmail.com

Active Committees: Search, HR, Nomination, Accreditation

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August 12, 2019
Ed Meinhardt
August 12, 2019
Ed Meinhardt
August 12, 2019

Edward Meinhardt has served on our Board of Directors for over three years. Ed graduated from Boston University and now lives in Livingston New Jersey serving as Deputy Mayor and Councilman. He now works at European Granite & Marble as a Senior Sales Account Executive

Contact: meinhardted@gmail.com

Active Committees: Search, Nomination, Strategic Planning

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August 12, 2019
Ruth Perelson
August 12, 2019
Ruth Perelson
August 12, 2019

Ruth Perelson graduated from Baruch College in 1958!

Contact: ruthperelson@gmail.com
Active Committees: Development, Nomination


August 12, 2019
Yan Klats
August 12, 2019
Yan Klats
August 12, 2019

Yan Klats graduated from Pace University in 2004. He received his BBA from the Lubin School of Business after studying Finance and Information Systems with a minor in Economics. Yan now works as Director of Sales at Riot New Media Group.

Contact: yanklats@gmail.com

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August 12, 2019
Diana Toyberman
August 12, 2019
Diana Toyberman
August 12, 2019

Diana graduated from Baruch College in 2005 with degrees in Finance and Marketing. Since her time at Baruch, she has worked at JP Morgan Chase and Co. as Assistant Vice President and more recently founded her own neighborhood app “Stroller Patrol.”

Contact: dtoyberman@gmail.com

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August 12, 2019
Vlad Shafir
January 1, 2020
Vlad Shafir
January 1, 2020

Vlad Shafir graduated from Hunter College in 2000 with a degree in Political Science. Since then, Vlad has gone on to work as a Financial Representative of MassMutual NJ and NYLIFE Securities LLC. Currently, he is the Financial Representative of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.

Contact: vlad.shafir@fhfg.com

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January 1, 2020
Steven Rubenstein
January 1, 2020
Steven Rubenstein
January 1, 2020
January 1, 2020
Bobbie Sue Daitch
January 1, 2020
Bobbie Sue Daitch
January 1, 2020

Bobbie Sue Daitch is an Independent Non-Profit Organization Management Professional.

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January 1, 2020
Naomi Lazarus
January 1, 2020
Naomi Lazarus
January 1, 2020
January 1, 2020
Glenn Siegel
January 1, 2020
Glenn Siegel
January 1, 2020

Glenn E. Siegel

Glenn graduated from Brooklyn College with a BA in Political Science. He then completed his Juris Doctor of Law at Boston University School of Law and obtained an LLM in Corporate Law from New York University. He has specialized in Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring throughout his career and has been at partner at the law firm of Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP since 2013 PLLC

Contact:

glenn.siegel@morganlewis.com

January 1, 2020
Mia Minen
January 1, 2020
Mia Minen
January 1, 2020
January 1, 2020
Maurice Minen
January 1, 2020
Maurice Minen
January 1, 2020
January 1, 2020
Ben Davidov
January 1, 2020
Ben Davidov
January 1, 2020

Ben Davidov graduated Baruch College in 2019 with a BBA in Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Studies. He has since went on to become the General Manager at Kweller Prep Tutoring and has been on the Board of Directors for three years.

Contact: bendavidov@gmail.com

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January 1, 2020
Larry Likhtenstein
January 1, 2020
Larry Likhtenstein
January 1, 2020

Larry Likhtenstein graduated Baruch College in 2020 with a BA in Economics. He is now an Associate at Global Market Insights at Atheneum.

Contact: larry.likhtenstein42@gmail.com

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January 1, 2020
Steven D'Souza
August 14, 2023
Steven D'Souza
August 14, 2023

Alumni Committee

August 14, 2023
Trent Coyle
August 14, 2023
Trent Coyle
August 14, 2023

Alumni Committee

August 14, 2023
Michael Kleinberg
August 14, 2023
Michael Kleinberg
August 14, 2023

Michael Kleinburg is on our Development Committee. He is the CEO of MKDA Interior Design. He is a Baruch 1978 alumni.

August 14, 2023
Sara Simone Barenfeld
August 14, 2023
Sara Simone Barenfeld
August 14, 2023

Alumni and Development

August 14, 2023
David Radin Skoler
August 14, 2023
David Radin Skoler
August 14, 2023

David is part of our budget/audit committee. He is a litigation attorney. He spent two years as an Associate in the Litigation Group of Sullivan and Cromwell LLP in New York City and graduated from the JD-MBA program at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and Kellogg School of Management in 2022.

Prior to Northwestern, he was with Deloitte Consulting focused primarily in technology strategy within the transportation space. My skills and passion are the intersections between business, law, and technology as it relates to transportation, government, and public-private partnerships.

Past legal work: international arbitration, corporate investigations, white collar investigations, banking law, chapter 11, bankruptcy, restructuring, third party beneficiaries, motion to dismiss, judicial externship, appellate advocacy, expert reports, pro bono, mediation, depositions, Fair Housing Act (FHA), employment, whistleblower, disparate impact discrimination, landlord-tenant, housing, and class actions.

Past non-legal work: business analysis, strategy, business transformation, technology transformation, technology strategy, m&a, post-merger integration, strategic road mapping, scenario analysis, aviation, transportation, airports, travel, hospitality, mobility, smart cities, future of mobility, non-profit consulting, think tanks, public sector, and French.

August 14, 2023
Lori Kaufman
August 13, 2025
Lori Kaufman
August 13, 2025

Lori has just joined our Development Committee this year. She is a Social Worker and Professor at NYU

August 13, 2025
David Kaufman
August 13, 2025
David Kaufman
August 13, 2025

David has joined the board to be part of the Budget/Audit Committee. He is an accountant and partner at EisnerAmper.

August 13, 2025
Chase Levitt
August 13, 2025
Chase Levitt
August 13, 2025

Chase is on our Operational Board and Committee. He is a Senior manager at Verizon focused in Marketing Data Science and he attended Columbia University

August 13, 2025
Justin Epstein
August 13, 2025
Justin Epstein
August 13, 2025

Justin has joined our Operational Board and Committee. He is an imaginative pathfinder with strong leadership and relationship management skills, known for being principled, dedicated, and passionate in serving the best interests of his clients and the greater Bloomberg business.

His areas of specialization include Enterprise Sales; Account Management; Project Management; Electronic Trading; Fixed Income; Capital Markets Compliance & Regulation; and News & Social Media Analytics. He has enjoyed teaching these topics in formal capacities to both colleagues and clients.

He values building, leading, and being an active contributor on dynamic and collaborative teams characteristic of a growth mindset and multiple dimensions of diversity.

August 13, 2025
Jessica Lang- Faculty Advisor - Ex-Officio
August 19, 2019
Jessica Lang- Faculty Advisor - Ex-Officio
August 19, 2019

Jessica is our Faculty Advisors - Ex-Officio. She graduated from Cornell University before earning her Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Brandeis University. After completing her post-doctoral fellowship at John Hopkins, she moved on to teach at Baruch College where she now serves as Interim Dean at the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. She is also a Professor of English at the Newman Director of Wasserman Jewish Studies Center

Contact: Jessica.Lang@baruch.cuny.edu

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August 19, 2019
Abe Tawil - Faculty Advisor - Ex-Officio
August 12, 2019
Abe Tawil - Faculty Advisor - Ex-Officio
August 12, 2019

Dr. Abe Tawil graduated from Baruch College with an Executive MBA. He also holds MD, MA, and JD, degrees. He has worked at Baruch College as a Dean and Professor for 20 years and LIU as Associate Dean and Professor in the School of Business. Currently he is an educational consultant working with several yeshivah high schools engineering dual enrollment programs. He is our Faculty Advisor - Ex-Officio.

Contact: abedtawil@hotmail.com

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August 12, 2019
Sandy Wasserman Z"L
January 1, 2020
Sandy Wasserman Z"L
January 1, 2020

Sandy was an Alumni and board member. We continue to remember her legacy.

January 1, 2020

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