Barbara Carroll
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Barbara Carroll
A distinctive jazz pianist, composer and vocalist, Barbara has been playing piano since the age of five and was classically trained at the New England Conservatory of Music. Her inventive piano and unique vocal style transforms any composition into her own. She was the first woman to venture into progressive bebop in the 1940s, she led a trio with great success on New York’s 52nd Street and in clubs across the country, played Broadway and television, and released 12 albums. In 1978 she was booked into the Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel—and stayed 25 years. She is currently playing at Birdland through April 2015 with the legendary bassist Jay Leonhart by her side.
Arlene Alda
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Arlene Alda
Arlene graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hunter College, received a Fulbright Scholarship, and realized her dream of becoming a professional clarinetist, playing in the Houston Symphony under the baton of Leopold Stokowski. She switched careers when her children were young and became an award-winning photographer and author who has written nineteen books, including Just Kids from the Bronx, which will be published on March 3, 2015. She is the mother of three daughters and the grandmother of eight. She and her husband, actor Alan Alda, live in New York City and Long Island.
Edith Windsor
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Edith Windsor
Edith Windsor was introduced to Thea Spyer at a restaurant in Greenwich Village in 1963, and their love story would change the course of American history. Windsor graduated from Temple University in 1950. She moved to New York City and enrolled at NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Science. While at GSAS, Windsor worked on one of the country’s only UNIVACs—a commercial electronic computer—in the Department of Mathematics, for the Atomic Energy Commission, and as a programmer at Combustion Engineering. After finishing her degree, Windsor was hired at IBM, where she did groundbreaking work on programming languages and operating systems.
In 1969, due to the Stonewall Inn riots, Windsor began a second career as an activist, volunteering for many local gay organizations. Windsor left her career at IBM in 1974. Three years later, Spyer was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 45.
In 2007, Edie became Thea’s wife at a ceremony in Canada, where they exchanged rings before Canada’s first openly gay judge. Two years later, Spyer passed away. At the time, their marriage was not legally recognized by the U.S. as a result of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Windsor was required to pay substantial state and federal estate taxes because they did not have the same rights as heterosexual married couples. Windsor would go on to fight this injustice, bringing her case to the Supreme Court with United States v. Windsor. On June 26, 2013, the Court declared Section 3 of DOMA unconstitutional. Windsor’s love, dedication, and persistence legally redefined marriage as a devoted partnership between two people who love one another.
In 2010, SAGE awarded Windsor the Lifetime Achievement Award. She has also been honored with the ACLU Medal of Liberty, the Marriage Equality New York City Council Award, NYU’s Presidential Medal, and most recently, the American Constitution Society paid tribute to Windsor “in recognition of [her] belief in the vitality of the U.S. Constitution and its fundamental values.” She was recently a finalist for Time magazine’s “Person of the Year.”
Joan Wachtler
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Joan Wachtler
Joan Wachtler is an outstanding trustee of Jewish Home Lifecare and a passionate advocate for the elderly and vulnerable. Joan has been active in UJA and Federation since 1957 when she developed and chaired the Young Women’s Division of Long Island.
She now serves on the Board of UJA-Federation of New York. Joan is a New York State Clinical Social Worker who taught as an adjunct professor in the graduate school of Public Administration at Long Island University. She is renowned for having established, developed and supervised programs centered on the continuum of care for the frail elderly with the purpose of maintaining them in their own homes in the community. In government service, she was Chair of the Town of North Hempstead Housing Authority and a member of the Nassau-Suffolk BiCounty Planning Commission. Her efforts have earned her awards from the New York State Office for the Aging, the New York City Council, the Queensboro Council for Social Welfare and she has received several Lifetime Achievement awards from various social service agencies.
Subsequent to her retirement as Associate Executive Director of the Samuel Field YM-YWHA, Joan has devoted herself to working with and raising funds for Jewish Home Lifecare where she is an active member of four committees. She chairs our Research Committee and works tirelessly as an inspirational leader and friend.
Larry A. Silverstein
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Larry A. Silverstein
CEO, Silverstein Properties, Inc.
Larry A. Silverstein is the president and CEO of Silverstein Properties, Inc., a Manhattan-based real estate development and investment firm that has developed, owned and managed 35 million square feet of office, residential and retail space. The firm currently has $10 billion worth of development activity in the pipeline.
In July 2001, Mr. Silverstein completed the largest real estate transaction in New York history when he signed a 99-year lease on the 10.6 million-square-foot World Trade Center for $3.25 billion, only to see it destroyed in terrorist attacks six weeks later on September 11, 2001. He is currently rebuilding the office component of the World Trade Center site, a $7-billion project that will consume the balance of his working life.
In May 2006, Silverstein Properties opened 7 World Trade Center, a 52-story, 1.7 million square foot office tower at 250 Greenwich Street, just north of the World Trade Center site. The building is almost fully leased to an eclectic group of tenants. In September 2006, designs were unveiled for three new office towers on the WTC site — 200, 175 and 150 Greenwich Street — that will be developed by Silverstein Properties.
In 2008, Mr. Silverstein announced an agreement with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to operate a hotel and private residences within a new development at 99 Church Street in Downtown Manhattan. The 80-story building was designed by Robert A.M. Stern and at 912 feet, will be the tallest residential tower in New York. Stern joins the roster of world-class architects – Santiago Calatrava, David Childs, Lord Norman Foster, Fumihiko Maki and Lord Richard Rogers – who are working to transform the downtown landscape.
Mr. Silverstein is a member of the New York Bar and a governor of the Real Estate Board of New York, having served as its chairman. He served as Vice chairman of the New York University Board of Trustees and is the founder and chairman emeritus of the New York University Real Estate Institute. As a Professor of Real Estate, he taught the “Silverstein Workshop,” which became one of the most attended and informative educational sources for learning real estate development and investment analysis.
Larry and Klara Silverstein have been married for more than 54 years and have three children, two of whom are executives at Silverstein Properties. Mr. Silverstein contributes his time and resources to organizations devoted to education and medical research, meeting humanitarian needs and supporting the arts. He is a classical music enthusiast, a passionate yachtsman and a dedicated New Yorker.
Klara Silverstein
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Larry A. Silverstein
CEO, Silverstein Properties, Inc.
Larry A. Silverstein is the president and CEO of Silverstein Properties, Inc., a Manhattan-based real estate development and investment firm that has developed, owned and managed 35 million square feet of office, residential and retail space. The firm currently has $10 billion worth of development activity in the pipeline.
In July 2001, Mr. Silverstein completed the largest real estate transaction in New York history when he signed a 99-year lease on the 10.6 million-square-foot World Trade Center for $3.25 billion, only to see it destroyed in terrorist attacks six weeks later on September 11, 2001. He is currently rebuilding the office component of the World Trade Center site, a $7-billion project that will consume the balance of his working life.
In May 2006, Silverstein Properties opened 7 World Trade Center, a 52-story, 1.7 million square foot office tower at 250 Greenwich Street, just north of the World Trade Center site. The building is almost fully leased to an eclectic group of tenants. In September 2006, designs were unveiled for three new office towers on the WTC site — 200, 175 and 150 Greenwich Street — that will be developed by Silverstein Properties.
In 2008, Mr. Silverstein announced an agreement with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to operate a hotel and private residences within a new development at 99 Church Street in Downtown Manhattan. The 80-story building was designed by Robert A.M. Stern and at 912 feet, will be the tallest residential tower in New York. Stern joins the roster of world-class architects – Santiago Calatrava, David Childs, Lord Norman Foster, Fumihiko Maki and Lord Richard Rogers – who are working to transform the downtown landscape.
Mr. Silverstein is a member of the New York Bar and a governor of the Real Estate Board of New York, having served as its chairman. He served as Vice chairman of the New York University Board of Trustees and is the founder and chairman emeritus of the New York University Real Estate Institute. As a Professor of Real Estate, he taught the “Silverstein Workshop,” which became one of the most attended and informative educational sources for learning real estate development and investment analysis.
Larry and Klara Silverstein have been married for more than 54 years and have three children, two of whom are executives at Silverstein Properties. Mr. Silverstein contributes his time and resources to organizations devoted to education and medical research, meeting humanitarian needs and supporting the arts. He is a classical music enthusiast, a passionate yachtsman and a dedicated New Yorker.
Klara Silverstein
Klara Silverstein has served in a wide range of leadership roles on New York’s Jewish community. Her past activities include member of the board of CLAL (the National Center for Learning and Leadership), serving as Chair of UJA- Federations Annual Campaign as well as the Women’s Campaign and Chair of the Board of Associated YM-YWHA’s of Great New York. Klara is a founding member of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York and is currently serving as Advisory Group Vice Chair of the Executive Council of Women’s Philanthropy. She is a member of the Network Commission Cabinet.
Klara currently serves as Chair of the Hunter College Foundation Board of Trustees and is a member of the Hunter College Alumni Association Hall of Fame. Hillel at Hunter College is also one of her commitments. She has worked on behalf of New York University’s School of General Studies and is a board member of NYU’s Child Study center.
Klara and Larry Silverstein have been married for more than 54 years. She is the mother of three and grandmother of eight.
Eugene Grant
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Eugene Grant
At 95, Gene is President of Eugene M. Grant & Co., a real estate investment and development firm, headquartered in New York. As strong advocates of higher education, the arts, and Jewish agencies, Gene and Emily have been instrumental in helping myriad organizations in New York City and Westchester such as Purchase College, the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, Metropolitan Opera, the Westchester Arts Council, the Westchester Philharmonic and The Jewish Museum of New York.
Emily Grant
At 95, Gene is President of Eugene M. Grant & Co., a real estate investment and development firm, headquartered in New York. As strong advocates of higher education, the arts, and Jewish agencies, Gene and Emily have been instrumental in helping myriad organizations in New York City and Westchester such as Purchase College, the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, Metropolitan Opera, the Westchester Arts Council, the Westchester Philharmonic and The Jewish Museum of New York.
Emily Grant
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Emily Grant
At 95, Gene is President of Eugene M. Grant & Co., a real estate investment and development firm, headquartered in New York. As strong advocates of higher education, the arts, and Jewish agencies, Gene and Emily have been instrumental in helping myriad organizations in New York City and Westchester such as Purchase College, the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, Metropolitan Opera, the Westchester Arts Council, the Westchester Philharmonic and The Jewish Museum of New York.