Board of Directors
J Street
Mr. Davidi Gilo is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and businessman specializing in technology and telecommunications. Born in Israel, Mr. Gilo has been involved in the development and growth of seven publicly traded companies both in Israel and the United States. Apart from being Founder and Chairman of Gilo Ventures, he has served on the board and as chairman of many technology and telecommunication companies over the last 20 years. Mr. Gilo is also a leader in Democratic Party politics and a prolific philanthropist.
Morton H. Halperin, Vice-Chair
Mr. Morton H. Halperin is a renowned expert on foreign policy and civil liberties. He served in the Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton Administrations and in a number of roles with think tanks and universities such as the Council on Foreign Relations and Harvard University.
Alexandra C. Stanton is CEO of Empire Global Ventures LLC, a New York-based international trade and business development firm. Having recently served as Chief of Staff at the Empire State Development Corporation (New York State’s economic development agency), her previous experience includes stints at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C. as a Clinton Administration appointee, and in the New York State Senate as Senior Advisor to the Democratic Leader, David A. Paterson. A veteran of state and national campaigns, Ms. Stanton founded a national student reproductive health organization in 1989, and later joined the Paris-based Doctors of the World, implementing their international organizational development programs.
Aside from serving as Co-Chair of J StreetPAC, Ms. Stanton is Vice-Chair of the board of the Parrish Art Museum in New York. She was a founding member of the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum Network (NY), and serves as a member of the New York Public Library’s Library Council and the Advisory Board of the Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts.
Ms. Stanton received her B.A. from Cornell University and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and is a member of the New York Bar. She resides in New York City with her husband and child.
Mr. Ben-Ami has spent the last 25 years in government, politics and communications, here and in Israel. Jeremy has served in a number of senior government positions including as President Bill Clinton’s Deputy Domestic Policy Adviser and Policy Director on Howard Dean’s Presidential Campaign. Jeremy was most recently Senior Vice President at Fenton Communications. He also has served as the Communications Director for the New Israel Fund and started the Israeli firm Ben-Or Communications while living in Israel in the late 1990s. Jeremy’s father was born in Tel Aviv, and much of his family lives in Israel.
Kenneth Bob has served as the president of Ameinu (the American Labor Zionist organization) and is a member of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization, and Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors. He is a member of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and Jewish National Fund Board of Trustees. Bob was one of the founders of the Habonim Dror Foundation (HDF) in 1995, established to provide financial support for Habonim Dror North America and served as Vice-Chair and then chairman until 2005.
Mr. Bob has been CEO, president, and held other executive positions at a number of software companies, and has served as a technology and business consultant.
Molly Freeman is a leader of the J Street SF Bay Area Local and served on the Brit Tzedek board of directors. A former JCRC chair and synagogue leader, Molly treasures the opportunities J Street provides for remaining engaged with the primary issues facing Israel and American Jews. Molly has a doctorate in Complex Systems Analysis and specializes in preparing educators for online learning environments. Molly lives in Berkeley and Armenia where she promotes civil society and women’s rights through educational projects.
Richard M. Goldwasser lives with his wife and their two teenage daughters in Highland Park, Illinois. He grew up in Skokie, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law. After graduating law school in 1990, he clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel for President Meir Shamgar. He now practices law in Chicago, focusing on commercial litigation and civil and criminal appeals, and is a partner with the law firm of Schoenberg Finkel Newman & Rosenberg, LLC.
Charles Kremer grew up in the UK and moved to the US in 1977 with his Israeli born wife Naomie. He is the President and founder, since 1984, of Access Leasing Corporation, a company that acquires various types of leased transportation, energy and industrial equipment. He has had a variety of other business interests and has served on a number of university and other non-profit boards.
Victor A. Kovner a partner at Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP. Mr. Kovner is a longtime member of Board of Americans for Peace Now (1991-present). Victor has held the following positions:Corporation Counsel of the City of New York (1990-1991); Chair of Board of Planned Parenthood of New York City (1970-1); Chair, Fund for Modern Courts (2007-2011); Member and later Chair, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct (1976-1991).
Louis B. Susman was the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James from July 2009 to April 2013. A banker and a lawyer with extensive experience, Ambassador Susman was the Vice Chairman of Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking. Prior to joining Salomon Brothers, Inc. in June 1989, Mr. Susman practiced law for 27 years and was a senior partner at the St. Louis based law firm of Thompson & Mitchell. Ambassador Susman is presently the Non-Executive Chairman of Edelman, Special Advisor to BDT Capital Partners and Special Advisor to Henry Crown & Co. He was a Senior Advisor to President Obama’s Campaign and was the National Finance Chairman for Senator Kerry’s Presidential Campaign in 2004.
Josh Tenenbaum is an Associate Professor of Computational Cognitive Science at Massechusetts Institute of Technology. Before MIT, Professor Tenenbaum served Assistant Professor at Stanford University from 1999 to 2002. Professor Tenenbaum is widely published and previously worked as an Associate Editor for the journal Cognitive Science. He is the recipient of the New Investigator Award from the Society for Mathematical Psychology (2005), the Early Investigator Award from the Society of Experimental Psychologists (2007), and the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology (in the area of cognition and human learning) from the American Psychological Association (2008).
Dr. Carol Hutner Winograd, MD is an emerita professor of Medicine and Human Biology at Stanford University. She serves in leadership and contributor roles on a number of boards, including, founder and Chair of the Advisory Board of the Jewish Chaplaincy at Stanford Medical Center, on the National Board of Abraham’s Vision, and the San Francisco Regional Board of the New Israel Fund, American Board of Internal Medicine. Winograd is also a member of the steering committee of the Women Donors Network’s Middle East Peace Circle.
Carol has been married to Terry Winograd for over 43 years. They have two daughters, Avra who is engaged to Justin Durak and Shoshana, a Conservative rabbi who is married to Rabbi Philip Ohriner. Shoshana and Philip have two sons, Ari and Eli.
JStreetPAC
Alexandra C. Stanton is CEO of Empire Global Ventures LLC, a New York-based international trade and business development firm. Having recently served as Chief of Staff at the Empire State Development Corporation (New York State’s economic development agency), her previous experience includes stints at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C. as a Clinton Administration appointee, and in the New York State Senate as Senior Advisor to the Democratic Leader, David A. Paterson. A veteran of state and national campaigns, Ms. Stanton founded a national student reproductive health organization in 1989, and later joined the Paris-based Doctors of the World, implementing their international organizational development programs.
Victor A. Kovner a partner at Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP. Mr. Kovner is a longtime member of Board of Americans for Peace Now (1991-present). Victor has held the following positions:Corporation Counsel of the City of New York (1990-1991); Chair of Board of Planned Parenthood of New York City (1970-1); Chair, Fund for Modern Courts (2007-2011); Member and later Chair, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct (1976-1991).
Debra DeLee is President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now (APN), a national Zionist organization dedicated to enhancing Israel’s security through peace and supporting the Israeli Peace Now movement. Prior to joining APN, DeLee was selected by President Clinton to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the 1996 Democratic National Convention, held in Chicago. In 1993, she served as Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and was appointed DNC Chair by President Clinton in November 1994.
William Singer is among the early supporters of J Street and a longtime leader in civic and political affairs. William, of counsel at Kirkland and Ellis LLP, is a former elected official, an appointee to city, state and national governmental committees, and currently serves in leadership capacities for several organizations and political causes.
Sid, a graduate of Boston Latin School is a native of Boston, Massachusetts. He holds a B.S. in Physics and honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard-MIT Radar School and has been awarded the MIT Corporate Leadership Award. Mr. Topol has been inducted into the Satellite Hall of Fame, Cable Television Hall of Fame, MTC Hall of Fame and the Georgia Technology Hall of Fame. Mr. Topol is also a friend of Ameinu, board member of Americans for Peace Now, and a member of the JCRC Council. Formerly Chairman of Scientific-Atlanta, he is now President of The Topol Group LLC and The Topol Family Fund