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
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
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
Dan is a 2011 Baruch Alumni. He studied Tax & Accounting. He is the Finance Committee Chair and Treasurer
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
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
Ruth Perelson graduated from Baruch College in 1958!
Contact: ruthperelson@gmail.com
Active Committees: Development, Nomination
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
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
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
Bobbie Sue Daitch is an Independent Non-Profit Organization Management Professional.
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
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
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
Michael Kleinburg is on our Development Committee. He is the CEO of MKDA Interior Design. He is a Baruch 1978 alumni.
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.
Lori has just joined our Development Committee this year. She is a Social Worker and Professor at NYU
David has joined the board to be part of the Budget/Audit Committee. He is an accountant and partner at EisnerAmper.
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
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.
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
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