Board of Trustees

  • Rabbi Arthur Schneier

    Rabbi Arthur Schneier is the Founder and Dean of Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School, Senior Rabbi at Park East Synagogue and Founder and President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.

  • Roman Pipko

    President

    Roman Pipko came to the United States from Estonia in 1981. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Law School. He practiced law at Paul, Weiss, et.al. Roman served as senior counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and as senior managing director of the Russian American Enterprise Fund.

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  • Harvey Feuerstein

    Harvey Feuerstein is chairman emeritus of Herrick, Feinstein LLP. He served as chairman of the firm’s Executive Committee from 2001 to 2012 and, previously, as chair of the firm’s Litigation Department. Harvey first joined the firm in 1969, when it was comprised of only four real estate lawyers; and he has been a vibrant member of the firm for over 50 years.

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  • Jean Minskoff Grant III

    Jean Minskoff Grant III is the president and COO of Minskoff Grant Realty and Management Corporation, the former Vice president of the Minskoff Organization. She holds an M.A. and B.S. in Nutrition Sciences from New York University and Cornell and is a matriculated Ph.D at New York University.

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  • Beverly Greenberg

    Beverly Greenberg is a graduate of New York University with a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Masters of Science Degree from the School of Education.

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  • Harry Karten

    Harry Karten is the president of I. Karten Bermaha Textile Company, a family-owned import-export business. Harry’s other companies which he owns and is president of are HK Realty; J.S.I.K International., LLC; 990 GP Corp; and Rockland Properties.

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  • Les J. Lieberman

    Les and Barri’s family have been members of Park East Synagogue since 1961 and they were married at Park East in 2000. Their children, Grace, Sam and Cara, all celebrated their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs at Park East and graduated from the Leon and Gina Fromer Youth Enrichment Center.

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  • Eric Mendel

    Treasurer

    Eric, who serves as Treasurer of the Rabbi Arthur Schneier Park East Day School, has worked as an innovator in the long-term healthcare space for more than two decades. He is CEO of Avenir Healthcare Group, which provides management, consulting, and administrative services to long-term care facilities.

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  • Dr. Daniel F. Roses

    Daniel F. Roses, MD, FACS is the Jules Leonard Whitehill Professor of Surgery and Oncology of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

    A surgeon, researcher and educator, Dr. Roses has received the Solomon A. Berson Alumni Achievement Award in Clinical Science of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the Great Teacher Award of New York University and is a five-time recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

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  • Leon Skornicki

    Leon Skornicki is a dedicated father to Henrique (2nd grade) and Emil (Kindergarten), and a proud husband to Dr. Joanna Loewenstein, M.D. He was raised in Caracas, Venezuela, where he attended a Jewish school and grew up in a family deeply rooted in the local Jewish community.

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