JINSA 2013 Elections

JINSA 2013 Elections
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Names marked with an * indicate members of the Executive Committee
Names in red indicate new Board of Directors or Executive Committee Members
Morrie Amitay* (Washington, DC)
Jerome Axelrod (Houston, TX)
John H. Baker, III (Houston, TX)
Ira Born (Lafayette Hill, PA)
Rudy Boschwitz (Wayzata, MN)
Louis Brause (New York, NY)
Jon Burnham (New York, NY)
Armeane Choksi* (Washington, DC)
Morris Dean (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
David Dewhurst* (Austin, TX)
Michael Epstein (Rockville, MD)
David Fastenberg (Old Westbury, NY)
Robert Friedlaender (Washington, DC)
Robert Friedman (Scarsdale, NY)
David Ganz* (Belmont, MA)
Roger Gerber (Scarsdale, NY)
Benjamin Gettler* (Cincinnati, OH)
Frank Goldberg (Houston, TX)
Norman Hecht (Syosset, NY)
Sidney Himmel (Toronto, Canada)
Irwin Hochberg (New York, NY)
Helen Horowitz (Miami Beach, FL)
Allen Hyman (New York, NY)
David Justman* (Agoura Hills, CA)
Gil Kapen (Oakton, VA)
David Kaufman (Mamaroneck, NY)
Marjorie Kaufman (Mamaroneck, NY)
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Robert Keats* (Potomac, MD)
Myra Litman* (Leawood, KS)
Jonathan Loew (Merrick, NY)
Jacob Monty (Houston, TX)
Cherna Moskowitz (Miami Beach, FL)
John Mowell (Norcross, GA)
David Nadasi (Port Chester, NY)
James Noteware (Houston, TX)
C. Alan Peyser (Bethesda, MD)
Gerald Quiat (Englewood, CO)
Deborah Riddle (Houston, TX)
Nina Rosenwald (New York, NY)
Michael Salzhauer* (New York, NY)
H. Stephen Schloss (Beverly Hills, CA)
Donald Schwarz (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Harvey Sherzer (Potomac, MD)
Lawrence Siedlick* (Hauppauge, NY)
Alan Silberman (Tenafly, NJ)
Joel Sprayregen* (Chicago, IL)
Gary Stein (Houston, TX)
Marilyn Stern (Merion Station, PA)
Justin Strauss (Cranston, RI)
Benjamin Streusand (Spring, TX)
Fiore Talarico (Houston, TX)
George Violin* (Dover, MA)
Gerald Wedren (Washington, DC)
Stephen Wertheimer* (Los Alamitos, CA)
Leonard Yablon* (Irvington, NY)
Joel Zinberg* (New York, NY)
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Louis Brause
Biographical Information on new Board of Directors
Louis Brause is the owner of Brause Realty, Inc that specializes in the long-term ownership , management and
development of high-quality, well-located commercial real estate assets in New York. Mr. Brause sits on a variety of
boards and has been active for the last three years with JINSA’s New York Cabinet.
Dr. H. Stephen Schloss
H. Stephen E. Schloss was born in Hanover, Germany. He received his BA-Mathematics from the University of
Minnesota, MA-Mathematics from Harvard University, MS-Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Ph.D.-
Electrical Engineering, Communication Sciences from the University of Southern California. He was Supervisor of
Guidance and Navigation Analysis on the Apollo Program at North American Aviation, the prime contractor. He
joined Merrill Lynch in 1992 and is today First Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor, PIA Program Portfolio
Manager and resides in Beverly Hills, CA. Dr. Schloss participated in the most recent JINSA Leadership Trip to
Israel.
Donald Schwarz
Don Schwarz is Senior Vice President - Financial Advisor, Senior Portfolio Manager at the Schwarz Group -RBC
Wealth Management in Beverly Hills, CA.
A Los Angeles native, Don Schwarz has over 40 years of experience in the securities and investment industry. In
1967, after graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Don joined Sutro and Co., a California-based investment
banking and brokerage firm, starting as a floor trader on the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. After a brief stint in the
military, Don became a broker and financial advisor to private clients.
In 1990, Don joined the firm of Schroders plc, a 200 year-old British investment and merchant bank. In 2000,
Citigroup acquired Schroders PLC and the North American arm became Smith Barney. In 2009, Don joined RBC
Wealth Management, as a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Portfolio Focus program. In addition to his portfolio
management responsibilities, Don also directs the research effort of the Schwarz Group. He was recently named one
of the top 25 portfolio managers by California CEO magazine.
An active participant in the community, Don sits on several boards. He is on the Board of Governors of The City
of Hope Cancer and Medical Center, the Board of Overseers of the Los Angeles campus of Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion, and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Committee for the Weizmann
Institute of Science, in Rehovot Israel. Most recently, Don has become a founder and volunteer of MVAT Inc, a
non-profit corporation that raises money and awareness for veterans suffering traumatic injuries. In conjunction
with supporting our wounded warriors, he has also become involved with the Congressional Medal of Honor
Foundation, and the Wounded Warrior Project.

George A. Violin, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1967 and completed his ophthalmic
residency at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He was one of the pioneers in small incision cataract and implant
surgery in Massachusetts and has had experience in this area for almost a quarter of a century.
He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a charter member of the American College of Eye Surgeons.
He is affiliated with Caritas Norwood Hospital, Faulkner/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as Massachusetts
Eye and Ear Infirmary and New England Medical Center. He devotes most of his practice to cataract surgery,
LASIK and related surgeries. He was one of the early investigators of epikeratophakia, a precursor of current LASIK
technology.
Dr. Violin has been the subject of many news articles concerning his expertise in the areas of laser vision correction
and cataract surgery. He has been featured, and has appeared as a guest speaker, on numerous local television and
radio broadcasts, where he has discussed state of the art technologies in both of these areas.
Dr. Violin is active on several boards including AIPAC and CAMERA.
Joel M. Zinberg, M.D.
A long-time member of the JINSA Board of Directors, Joel Zinberg, M.D., J.D. is a life long New Yorker. He
graduated Stuyvesant High School and went on to receive a B.A. in economics with High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa,
from Swarthmore College. He received his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons and completed a surgical residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital on the Upper East Side where he has
practiced for twenty five years.
Dr. Zinberg also earned a law degree from the Yale Law School where he was a senior editor on the Law Journal.
Combining his expertise in both law and medicine, Dr. Zinberg sits on numerous committees, has published many
articles and has delivered numerous lectures on health policy, medical-legal issues, and ethics. He has taught at the
Columbia Law School and at the Mount Sinai and Columbia Medical Schools.
Joel lives on the Upper East Side with his wife, Colleen, a fellow physician, and their wonderful daughter, Sophie.
They are active in their synagogue and many other community groups including the Nineteenth Police Precinct
Community Council.