Americans for Ben-Gurion University’s board of directors is committed to fulfilling David Ben-Gurion’s vision for the Negev and the future of Israel.

Board Chair
Andrea Goren, NY

Interim Chief Executive Officer
Ian Benjamin

Immediate Past Chair
Gary DeBode, NY

Vice Chairs
Terri Alpert, CT
David Breslauer, TX
Marci Dollinger, CA

Treasurer

David Wagonfeld, CA

Secretary
Ellen S. Marcus, TX

Directors
Terri Alpert, CT
Joshua Arnow, NY
Madeleine Arnow, NY
Cindy Ingerman Balick, PA
Ken Bloom, CT
Jacob Dayan, CA
Lisa Douglass, CA
Lisa Field, CA
Steven Finkelman, TX
Esther Foer, DC
Max Gitter, NY
Lloyd Goldman, NY
Melinda Goldrich, CO
Arielle Goren, NY
Craig Granowitz, NJ
Bill Handy, CA
Seth Harlem, FL
Neil Hockstein, DE
Leon Kaplan, CA
Tara Kelleher, NY
Daniel Klionsky, SC
Donna Lam, CA
Jeff Kupfer, MD
Jill Max, MD
Clive Miskin, TX
Joanne Moore, DC
Al Newman, FL
Michael Ozer, TX
Frank Parlato, CA
Jeff Polak, CA
Robert Pincus, DE
Hunter Reisner, NY
Bathsheva Rifkin, CT
Joseph Rose, NY
Lyon (Lenny) Roth, FL
Carol D. Saal, CA
Peter Schechter, DC
Lisa Scheller, PA
Ernest Simon, IL
Danna Slusky, CA
Rob Spitzer, WA
Noah Tratt, WA
Jeff Ullman, CA
Lewis Winarsky, MD
Toni Young, NY
Roy J. Zuckerberg, NY*
*Honorary Member

 

 

Past Chairs
Gary DeBode
Toni Young
Lloyd Goldman
Alexander M. Goren*
Carol D. Saal
Lis Gaines*
Zvi Alon
Jules I. Whitman*
Kenneth L. Tucker*
Harold L. Oshry*
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt
Isaac L. Auerbach*
Arnold Forster*
Jack J. Spitzer*
Robert H. Arnow*
Aron Chilewich*
Harry T. Dozor*
*deceased
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