Board of Trustees
Chair
Alan Levine, Esq.
Trustee since 1998
Senior counsel and former head of the international law firm of Cooley LLP
Vice Chairs
Alan Klein
Trustee since 2019
Partner, co-head of Mergers and Acquisitions Practice, and a member of the Executive Committee at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Barry Lovell
Trustee since 2023
President, Lovell Safety Management Co. LLC
Deborah Sosland-Edelman
Trustee since 2019
Executive Director of the Sosland Foundation
Treasurer
Matt Furman
Trustee since 2019
General Counsel at Willis Towers Watson
Board Members
Mimi Alperin
Trustee since 2011
Former chair of the Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee
Shari Aronson
Trustee since 2024
Chairman, The Jewish Museum
Yale Asbell
Trustee since 2004
Former president of Yale Asbell PC; nationally recognized authority in the field of community bank stock investments
Daniel J. Beller, Esq.
Trustee since 2006
Of Counsel at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Abby Joseph Cohen
Trustee since 2004; chair emerita; board chair from 2009 to 2015
Senior investment strategist and president of the Global Markets Institute at Goldman Sachs
Robbie Cohen-Millstein
Trustee since 2022; Principal Broker of The Millstein Group LLC.
Lester Crown
Trustee since 1991
Chairman of Henry Crown and Company of Chicago; chairman of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; past chairman of the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago
Yaroslav Faybishenko
Trustee since 2025
Portfolio Manager, Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC
Jeffrey Feig
Trustee since 2016
Member of the Board of the Manhattan JCC and The Jewish Week; Chair, Board of Directors of the Marlene Meyerson JCC
Hillary Gardenswartz
Trustee since 2021
Director of Student Experiences, Civic Spirit, and Created Equal Educators Fellowship of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
Marc Gary
Trustee, 2005–2012; 2015–present
Former executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer, JTS; previously executive vice president and general counsel of Fidelity Investments and Bellsouth Corporation
Rachel Gildiner
Trustee since 2024
Chief Engagement Officer, Hillel International
Ned Gladstein
Trustee since 2006; president of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
President of Sunrise ShopRite, Inc.; executive officer and director of Wakefern Food Corporation
Zachary Goldman
Trustee since 2024
Partner, WilmarHale
Ruth Hendel
Trustee since 2013
Theater producer; board member of Play Company, LAByrinth Theater Company, Yale School of Drama, and Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (vice chair)
Robert Immerman
Trustee since 2016
Founder and CEO of InterDesign, Inc.
Jay Kasner, Esq.
Trustee since 2014
Partner and head of securities litigation practice at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Gershon Kekst (z”l)
Board chair emeritus (1991 to 2009)
Founder and longtime president of Kekst and Company Inc., a corporate and financial communications firm
Rabbi Jay Kornsgold
Trustee since 2024
President of the Rabbinical Assembly
Molly Levinson
Trustee since 2022; CEO and Founder of The Levinson Group
Julia Loeb
Trustee since 2023
President of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism
Jonathan M. Lopatin
Trustee since 2010; MA ’09 in Talmud and Rabbinics, Gershon Kekst Graduate School at JTS
Former partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs; founder of Not-So-Simple Productions, a documentary film company that focuses on Jewish educational films
Jeffrey Myers
Trustee since 2025
President of the Cantors Assembly
Rabbi and Cantor for Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, PA
Sharon Nelles
Trustee since 2019
Managing partner of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Litigation Group and member of the firm’s Management Committee
Risë Norman
Trustee since 2024
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Jan Popkin
Trustee since 2024
Founder, Popkin Software
Robert S. Rifkind, Esq. (z”l)
Trustee since 1983
Senior counsel at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York
Eric Rosen
Founder and managing partner of Hudson Hill Capital LP; board member of New Alternatives for Children; trustee of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Trust.
Saul Sanders
Trustee since 2002
CEO of Shellpoint Mortgage
Andy Schaer
Trustee since 2023
International President, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Shuly Rubin Schwartz
Chancellor; trustee since 2020
Eighth chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary
Deborah Shapira
Trustee since 2021
Certified facilitator and educator
Bruce Tomar
Trustee since 2025
International President of FJMC International
Chairs of the Advisory Boards
Annette Kasle
The Religious Leadership Advisory Board
Retired health care attorney, granted a DHL from the department of Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation at JTS in 2019, and instructor in adult education programs
Bruce M. Greenwald (Co-Chair)
William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education Advisory Board
Senior Managing Director, AEP Capital LLC
Liz Sembler (Co-Chair)
William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education Advisory Board
Retired Jewish educator and active community leader in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida
Joseph Rubin
The Library Advisory Board
Founder and Principal, Pine Ledge Real Estate Advisors; Trustee of the Jewish Association of Services to the Aging
Honorary Members
Stephen M. Axinn, Esq.
Trustee, 1991–2007
Founder and senior partner of the law firm of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, LLP
Joseph Ciechanover
Trustee, 1996–2006
Founder, consultant, president, and member of the Investment Committee at The Challenge Fund-Etgar LP; former chair of El Al Israel Airlines
David H. Feinberg
Trustee, 1991–2010
Feinberg Properties, LLC; former trustee of Trinity School and trustee emeritus of the Center for Jewish Life at Princeton University
Ronald Lauder
Trustee, 1995–2005
Businessman, art collector, philanthropist, and political activist; president of the World Jewish Congress; honorary trustee of the World Monuments Fund; established the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation
Harvey L. Miller
Trustee, 1999–2008; spirit behind H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music
Co-founder with his two brothers of the Quill Corporation, an office-supply business now part of Staples
Gerald Rosenfeld
Trustee, 1992–2011
Advisor to the CEO and vice chairman of investment banking at Lazard Ltd
H. Axel Schupf
Trustee, 1991–1997
Founder of H. A. Schupf & Co; trustee and chair emeritus of The Jewish Museum
