Board of Directors
Officers
Ira J. Wagner, Chair
President of European Private Finance, American Capital
Bethesda, Maryland
Lawrence Kaplen, Vice Chair
Screenwriter
New York, New York
Barbara (Bobbie) Seril, Clerk
President, Longfellow Properties, Inc.
New York, NY
Aaron Lansky, President (ex-officio)
Founder and President, Yiddish Book Center
Amherst, Massachusetts
Susan Bronson, Executive Director (ex-officio)
Executive Director, Yiddish Book Center
Amherst, Massachusetts
Robert Loeb, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
CFO and Treasurer, Yiddish Book Center
Amherst, Massachusetts
Members
Jesse M. Abraham
Economist
Washington DC
Martin I. Broder
Cardiologist, Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, Massachusetts
Debra Caplan
Assistant Professor of Theatre
Baruch College, City University of New York
New York, New York
Abby J. Cohen
Advisory Director and Senior Investment Strategist at Goldman Sachs
New York, New York
Emily Bowen Cohen
Painter and Writer
Los Angeles, California
Jeremy Dauber
Associate Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture
Columbia University
New York, New York
Elaine C. Driker
Founding Director, Detroit Orientation Institute; Community Volunteer
Detroit, MI
Penina Migdal Glazer
Levin Professor Emerita, Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts
Zachary Gozali
Partner, Davidson Kempner European Partners
London, England
Danny Greenspun
Chair, Greenspun Media Group
Las Vegas, Nevada
Arthur Horwitz
Founder and President, Renaissance Media and Detroit Jewish News Foundation
Detroit, Michigan
Sharon Karmazin, Immediate Past Chair
Producer
New York, New York
Leona Kern
R.W. Kern Management, LLC
New York, New York
Luis Lainer
Partner, Lainer Development
Van Nuys, California
Josh Lambert
Sophia Moses Robison Associate Prof. of Jewish Studies and English, and Director, Jewish Studies Program, Wellesley College
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Lief D. Rosenblatt, Chair Emeritus
Founder and Principal, Satellite Asset Management
New York, New York
Nina F. Schor
NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research
Kensington, Maryland
Rhea Schwartz
Attorney
Founder and First Chairman, International Skating Union Adult Figure Skating Committee
Washington, D.C.
Ruth Stark
Director, CUNY Institute for Macromolecular Assemblies
City College of New York
New York, New York
Kenneth Turan
Film Critic, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, California
Walter A. Winshall
Principal, Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners, LLC
Boston, Massachusetts
Our Honorary Board memorializes Board members and their extraordinary service to the Center
Eugene Driker z"l
David S. Steiner z"l