2023 Annual Benefit Honoring
Susie Gelman
as she completes her term as Board Chair
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at Current, Pier 596pm ET
Susie Gelman
We are truly fortunate to have Susie as Chair of Israel Policy Forum’s board of directors and to have benefited from her countless hours of service and leadership. A graduate of Harvard University and Georgetown University Law Center, Susie has been Board Chair of Israel Policy Forum since 2016.
About the Event
Israel Policy Forum is thrilled to celebrate the extraordinary leadership and guidance of Susie Gelman during her term as Board Chair. Join us as we salute her many accomplishments in the role and throughout her years of service.
We hope that you will join us in honoring Susie at this year’s event, which will return to the format of our pre-COVID events, with cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres followed by a formal program.
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2023 Honoree
Susie Gelman
We are truly fortunate to have Susie as Chair of Israel Policy Forum’s board of directors and to have benefited from her countless hours of service and leadership. A graduate of Harvard University and Georgetown University Law Center, Susie has been Board Chair of Israel Policy Forum since 2016. She previously served for three terms as president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, one term as Federation’s campaign co-chair, and is a lifetime member of the Federation’s Board of Directors. She previously co-chaired the Israel Religious Expressions Platform (iRep) of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), an initiative that focused on pluralism through freedom of choice of marriage in Israel. Susie was the inaugural chair of the Birthright Israel Foundation and served for many years as a member of its board as well as the Taglit-Birthright Israel Planning Committee. She served as co-chair of UJC (now JFNA) Israel and co-chaired JFNA’s General Assembly in Jerusalem in both 2003 and 2013. Susie is a member of the Board of Governors of The Hebrew University, an honorary fellow of Brandeis University, and is past president of the Georgetown Day School Board of Trustees, where she served on the board for 12 years. She is the past president of the Goldman Environmental Foundation, where she continues to serve on the board. Susie and her husband, Michael, have three adult children, three sons-in-law, and three precious grandchildren.
Benefit Committee
Chairs
Vice-Chairs
Sir Ronald Cohen
Dana Wechsler Linden and Larry Linden
John Shapiro and Shonni Silverberg
Advisors
Giti and Jack Bendheim
John and Marcia Goldman
Peter Joseph and Elizabeth Scheuer
Joe Kanfer
Robert and Arlene Kogod
Karen and Bruce Levenson
Nicole and Allan Mutchnik
Richard Ravitch
Marcia Riklis
Rick Rosen and Orly Adelson
Liz and Mony Rueven
Susie and David Sherman
Goldman Sonnenfeldt Foundation
Roselyne Chroman Swig
Host Committee
The Evergreen Foundation
Robert Goodkind
Sally Gottesman
Ada and Jim Horwich
Martin S. Indyk
Thomas Kahn
Jonathan Kamel
Leslie and Samuel Kaplan
Evelyn B. Kenvin
Marilyn and Allen Kronstadt
Rabbi Brian Lurie
Honorable Kathy Manning and Randall Kaplan
Daryl Messinger and Jim Heeger
The Nussdorf Family Foundation
Deborah and Michael Salzberg & Caryn and Steve Wechsler
Jeffrey Solomon and Audrey Weiner
Carolyn and Bill Wolfe
For ticket and sponsorship information, please clickthe Tickets & Sponsorships button below.
For those who cannot attend and would like to donate in honor of Susie Gelman:
Questions? Please contact Becky Lipkind, Director of Individual Giving, at blipkind@ipforum.org or 718-490-1169.