Voices of Impact

Amb. Fitz Haney is a former U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica and the Managing Director for Latin America at the Genesis Prize Foundation. He served as Ambassador from 2015 to 2017 under Presidents Obama and Trump, focusing on commercial relations and regional security cooperation. Previously, Fitz held senior positions at Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo, and Citibank, and roles in Israeli venture capit...

Rabbi Berel Lazar is the Chief Rabbi of Russia and Chairman of the Council of Rabbis of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia. He also serves as the senior Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Moscow and has held leadership roles connecting Jewish communities across the former Soviet Union. Rabbi Lazar has served on the Presidential Council for Interaction with Religious Associations and the Civi...

Lord Ian Livingston is a former CEO of BT Group and former UK Minister of State for Trade and Investment, where he was responsible for promoting British trade and attracting foreign investment. Ian currently serves as Chairman of the Board of S&P Global. Earlier in his career, he was CFO of both BT Group and Dixons Group. Ian has held senior board positions at Currys, Man Group, the Business G...

Alan Wilzig is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and semi-professional race car driver. He previously served as CEO, President, and Chairman of the Trust Company of New Jersey. Alan serves on the board of the Wilzig Family Foundation and contributed to the acclaimed biography of his father, titled Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigran...

Dov Seidman is an entrepreneur, author, and a leading voice on ethical leadership and corporate culture. He is the founder of LRN, a company he led as CEO for 25 years, and the founder of The HOW Institute for Society, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing moral leadership and values-based decision-making. Dov serves on the boards of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, 92nd Street Y, Ellison Ins...

Boaz Weinstein is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Saba Capital Management, a New York–based investment firm focused on credit and relative value strategies. He founded Saba in 2009 following the spinout of Deutsche Bank’s proprietary credit trading business, which he built into one of the bank’s leading trading platforms. Boaz graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in...

Tal Cohen is President of Nasdaq, where he leads the company’s market services and financial technology divisions and oversees its North American and European exchanges. Before joining Nasdaq, he served as CEO of Chi-X Global Holdings and Senior Vice President and Co-Head of Electronic Trading for North America at Instinet. Tal also worked in mergers and acquisitions at American Express and began...

Igor Tulchinsky is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset manager with 28 offices and over 1,000 employees. He oversees strategy, research, and portfolio management, founding the firm in 2007. Igor spent 12 years prior in statistical arbitrage at Millennium Management. Earlier, he worked as a venture capitalist, scientist at AT&T Bell Labs, programmer, and au...

Aby Rosen is a Principal and Co-Founder of RFR Holding LLC, a Manhattan-based real estate investment, development, and management company. He was born in Frankfurt, then part of West Germany, to parents who were Holocaust survivors. Over his career, Aby has built a portfolio that includes landmark properties such as the Seagram Building and the Lever House, as well as hospitality destinations like...

Dr. Charles Small is the Founding Director and President of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). He established the ISGAP Oxford Summer Institute in Critical Antisemitism Studies in 2015 and previously served as the Founding Director of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism. Charles is the author of several books and articles, includi...

Michael Polsky is the founder and CEO of Invenergy, the world’s largest private developer, owner, and operator of energy solutions. Under his leadership, the company has developed more than 220 projects totaling over 38 gigawatts across 34 U.S. states and four continents. Michael established the Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition at the World Resources Institute, the Polsky Energy Tran...

Dr. Merryl H. Tisch is the Chair of the State University of New York, following her tenure as Vice Chair and previously as Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents. She serves on the board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and as a Trustee of Barnard College. Merryl also sits on the executive committees of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Citizens Budget Commission, a...

Barry Finestone is President and CEO of the Jim Joseph Foundation. With more than $800 million granted in its first 18 years, Barry oversees all aspects of finance and grantmaking at the Foundation. Prior to joining the Jim Joseph, he served as the Executive Director of the Lisa and John Pritzker Family Fund. In 2010, Barry moved to the Bay Area to become the CEO of the JCC of San Francisco. A pro...

Joel Herzog is the Managing Director of Noga Group, a firm with interests in trading and real estate across France, Switzerland, and Africa. He serves as President of Yad Vashem Switzerland, the Association Switzerland–Israel (Geneva Section), and the Committee for the Organization of Yom Hashoah. Additionally, Joel sits on the boards of Global Israeli Leadership and the Religious and Cultural Cen...

Bruce Levenson is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist with a four-decade career spanning business intelligence, technology, and professional sports. He is best known as the co-founder of United Communications Group, which he built into a leading global business-information platform. Bruce is also a director of TechTarget, a partner in GasBuddy, and a co-founder of DOT, an innovative cook...

Richard Mack is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mack Real Estate Group (MREG). Previously, Richard spent more than two decades as a founding principal of AREA Property Partners, originally Apollo Real Estate Advisors. Beyond investing, Richard is deeply engaged in civic and philanthropic leadership. He serves as Chairman of the Board of the Metropolitan Council on Poverty and sits on...

Dr. Adam Posen is the President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a leading authority on global monetary policy, U.S.–China economic relations, and European integration. He previously served as a voting member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and as an adviser to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office. Adam’s work spans the G-20, financial crisis recovery, a...

Jeffrey Gural is Chairman of GFP Real Estate, with ownership interests in more than 50 properties across New York City. He joined Newmark in 1972 and served as Chairman of Newmark Knight Frank until 2017, when he became Chairman Emeritus. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Real Estate Board of New York; serves as President of the enCourage Kids Foundation; and is Chairman of the I Have a Dre...

Betsy Z. Cohen is an entrepreneur and investor with more than five decades of leadership in banking and financial services. She began her career as one of the first female law professors on the East Coast and later co-founded a Philadelphia law firm. Betsy went on to found Jefferson Bank, serving as Chairman and CEO for twenty-five years. She then created The Bancorp, one of the country’s first vi...

Dorrit Moussaieff is an Israeli-born British businesswoman, designer, and the former First Lady of Iceland. She is a member of a storied dynasty of jewellers, whose ancestors are said to have woven the robe of Genghis Khan. Beyond her work in jewellery, Dorrit has been active in international real estate. As First Lady from 2003 to 2016, alongside President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, she helped promo...

Orit Gadiesh is Chair Emeritus of Bain & Company, where she has advised top executives on global strategy, digital transformation, organizational effectiveness, and post-merger integration. She serves on the Board of Trustees and the Community of Chairpersons of the World Economic Forum, is a member of the MIT Corporation’s Executive Committee, and sits on advisory councils at Oxford Universit...

Dr. Kenneth R. Weinstein is the Japan Chair at the Hudson Institute, where he served as President and CEO from 2011 to 2020. Dr. Weinstein has held senior roles under the last four U.S. administrations, including chairing the Broadcasting Board of Governors and serving as chair of Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, Middle East Broadcasting, and the Open Technology Fund. He also served on the Advi...

Gary L. Schottenstein is Chairman & CEO of Schottenstein Real Estate Group. Over his career, Gary has overseen more than $2.5 billion in projects, including 15,000 apartments, homes, and commercial properties across Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Florida. He previously served on the boards of M/I Homes (NYSE: MHO) and the M/I Homes Foundation. Beyond business, Gary is deeply involved in Jewish c...

David Heller is the President, CEO, and Co-Founder of The NRP Group, one of the largest multifamily development, construction, and property management companies in the United States. David serves on the boards of University Hospitals of Cleveland, Parkwood Corporation, United Way of Greater Cleveland, the Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, and the American Jewish Joint Distribu...

Irina Nevzlin is the President of the Nadav Foundation and the Chair of the Board of Directors at ANU – the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. Born in Moscow, she earned a BA and MA in economics before working in Moscow and London. After immigrating to Israel, she founded the Israel Center for Better Childhood (ICBC) and currently serves as Chair of IMPROVATE, a platform that fosters coopera...