Guest Speakers


Every session begins by featuring a guest speaker from the chapter’s local community. Guest speakers come from across the professional spectrum, including doctors, CEOs, various government positions, public servants, and more. Each speaker discusses his or her personal experience as a teenager, and their journey to leadership, as it relates to the value explored in that Pillar. Guest speakers provide personal, real life examples which are relevant to the Pillar, and open the floor for Q&A, giving Fellows the opportunity to truly understand how leaders from all professions use their positions to make a difference.

Atlanta Chapter
Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz
Rabbi, Chabad of Alpharetta
Mrs. Caryn Berzack
HR Consultant & Community Activist
Mrs. Renée Kutner
President & CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Dr. I. Leslie Rubin
Developmental Pediatrician
Mrs. Leslie Zinn
Co-Founder & CEO of Arden's Garden
Mrs. Renay Blumenthal
Vice President, The Marcus Foundation
Mr. David Zalik
Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Mr. Adon Solomon
Business Adviser & Partner at Fox Rothschild LLP
Aventura Chapter
Mr. Michael J. Leffell
Founder, Portage Partners
Mrs. Bonnie Schwartzbaum
Director of JCS Food Bank
Mr. Alan T. Brown
Director of New Partnership Engagement, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
Mr. Baruch Sandhaus
Founder of Hatzalah South Florida
Mr. Michael J. Leffell
Founder of Portage Partners
Mrs. Bonnie Schwartzbaum
Director at JCS Kosher food Bank
Judge Spencer Multack
11th Judicial Circuit Judge
Mr. Adrian Extrakt
Jewish Community Activist
Mr. Saul Dreier
Founder of the Holocaust Survivor Band
Chief Shawn C. Browne
Miami-Dade Division Chief
Mr. Jorge Woldenberg
Entrepreneur
Bal Harbour Chapter
Dr. Jesse Viner, MD
Psychiatrist & Found of Yellowbrick
Tania Bengio
Telecommunications Engineer at Apple Inc.
Mr. Gabriel Groisman
Previous Mayor of Bal Harbour
Menachem Kranz
Founder and Portfolio Manager of Ahava Investment Partners
Mr. Randy Lesson
Real Estate Investor
Mrs. Esther Sitbon
Entrepreneur
Mr. David Brecher
President & CEO at FM Home Loans and FM Capital, Founder of Sheridan Capital
Chief Raleigh M. Flowers
Chief of Police, Bal Harbour Police Department
Judge Ursula Ungaro
Former United States District Judge
Ellicott City Chapter
Mr. Devin Schain
Entrepreneur
Mr. Eli Rosenbaum
Prosecutor & Investigator, U.S. Department of Justice
Mr. Mendi Baron
CEO of Moriah Behavioral Health
Mr. Ken Ulman
President & CEO of Margrave Strategies
Mr. and Mrs. Bob & Lois Gammerman
Co-founders of Soft Stuff Distributors
Mr. Bob Lucido
Real Estate Investor
Mr. Bruce Plaxen
Trial Lawyer
Mr. Daniel Heck
Growth Consultant
Mrs. Tovah Yavin
Writer
Fort Lauderdale Chapter
Judge Kevin Tynan
Circuit Court Judge
Mrs. Nathaly Haratz Kaswan
Principal Architect at HKare Architecture
Major Lynette Falzone
Major at Fort Lauderdale Police Department
Michael Higer
Partner at Berger Singerman
Ilan Sinelnikov
Founder and President of the International Students Supporting Israel Movement
Mr. Doug Berman
Head of H.I.G. Capital's U.S. Private Equity Business
State Attorney Harold F. Pryor
State Attorney
Mr. Arthur Greenfeder
Senior Consultant & Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Jersey Shore Chapter
Mrs. Danielle Tomassetti
Entrepreneur & Founder of Buddha Barn Animal Sanctuary
Mrs. Agnes Shemia
Co-President, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, HCS-Girling
Mr. Maurice Zekaria
Mr. Maurice Zekaria
Mr. Dan Reich
Serial Entrepreneur
Sheriff Saun Golden
Sheriff of Monmouth County
Dr. Patrick F. Leahy
Monmouth University President
Mr. Russell Herman
Capital Management
Mr. Carey F. Lathrop
Partner and COO of Credit at Apollo Global Management
Mr. Eric Carney
President & CEO at Monmouth Medical Center
Montreal Chapter
Mr. Gary Polachek
President, Magil Laurentian Realty Investments
Mr. Dean Mendel
Jewish Community Leader
Mrs. Julie Gniwisch
Founder & CEO, Delmar International
Mr. Stephen Bronfman
Investment Executive
Mr. Dax Dasilva
Founder, Lightspeed & Age of Union
Mr. Patrick Essiminy
Partner and the Head of the Employment & Labour Group at the Stikeman Montreal office
Mr. Salvatore Guerrera
Founder of SAJO
Justice Suzanne Costom
Cour du Québec Justice
Mr. Steve Sebag
Senior Portfolio and Wealth Manager
Mr Stephan Ouaknine
Founder and Managing Partner of Inerjys
Mr. David Nathaniel
CEO Ascot Capital Group
Mrs. Julie Gniwisch
Founder and CEO of Delmar International
Mr. Dax Dasilva
Executive Chair of Lightspeed; Author & Founder of Age of Union
Palm Beach Chapter
Sally Ann Nisberg
Author, Counselor, and Advocate
Mr. Bruce Gendelman
Chairman, Bruce Gendelman Insurance Services & Oil Painter
Mr. Paul Leone
CEO, Breakers Palm Beach
Mr. Rosh Lowe
News Reporter
John Sculley
Entrepreneur and former CEO of Apple Inc.
Parkland Chapter
Mr. Alan Masarek
Technology Leader
Mr. Getzy Fellig
Investor & Developer
Dr. Josh Gindea, DDS
Dental Industry Entrepreneur
Mrs. Audra P. Berg
Jewish Community Leader
Lieutenent Aston Bright
Public Information Officer, Plantation Fire Department
Mr. Saul Dreier
Founder of the Holocaust Survivor Band
Mrs. Christine Hunschofsky
Florida State Representative
Mr. Yudi Hercenberg
Senior Managing Director, Walker & Dunlop
Honorable Judge Stacey Schulman
17th Judicial Circuit Judge
Phoenix Chapter
Ms. Mindy Jones
Owner, Amy Jones Group
Mr. Doug Ducey
Previous Governor of Arizona
Ms. Alma Hernandez
Arizona Politician
Mr. Todd Laporte
CEO of HonorHealth
Ronee Korbin-Steiner
Honorable Judge
Jonathan Hoffer
Financial Manager
Scott Weiss
Attorney
Sunny Isles Chapter
Dr. David Lazerson
Special Needs Educator
Mr. Scott Clary
Entrepreneur, Investor, Author
Mr. Jared Firestone
Israel National Skeleton Team Captain, 2026 Olympic Hopeful.
Mr. Roshe Lowe
News Reporter
Mr. Shane Neman
Serial Entrepreneur
Mr. Roshe Lowe
Reporter
Vancouver Chapter
Dr. Cecil Hershler
Physician & Performing Artist
Ms. Maria Pontikis Zwick
Chief Communications Officer, City of Vancouver
Ms. Karen Levitt
Deputy City Manager of Vancouver
Dr. Penny Gurstein
Architecture & Housing Expert
Mr. Daniel Friedmann
Director of Solutum Technologies
Mr. Mark Gurvis
CEO, Ronald S. Roadburg Foundation