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Moishe Smith, President
Moishe Smith of Ottawa, Canada, is the first non-U.S. citizen elected president of B'nai B'rith International. His term began in December, 2006 and will run through 2009. Smith has been active in B'nai B'rith for more than 30 years. Smith has long focused on B'nai B'rith's public policy arena and has developed expertise on a broad range of issues. He led B'nai B'rith Canada's first mission to the Soviet Union; served as Chair of the International Council of B'nai B'rith; vice chair of the Center for Human Rights and Public Policy; and for many years served as a member of the B'nai B'rith delegation to the World Zionist Organization.
Smith was a 1986 winner of the prestigious B'nai B'rith Label A. Katz Award for Outstanding Young Leadership. He then was appointed to the BBI Board of Governors, and, for the next five years, served as an active member of the Young Leadership Cabinet. In 1991, he was appointed Young Leadership chair.
Before being named BBI president, Smith completed two terms as chairman of the executive. He also served two consecutive two-year terms as a senior international vice president.
Smith is involved in the food-and-hospitality industry, which has restaurants across Canada and its headquarters in Ottawa. He also sits on the board of the Ottawa Food Bank, the Ottawa Tourism and Convention Association, the Ottawa Restaurant Association, and the Canada-Israel Committee.
Dennis W. Glick, Chairman of the Executive
Dennis W. Glick of Pennsylvania is chairman of the executive of B'nai B'rith International. As head of the BBI executive committee, he serves as the direct liaison to the presidents of U.S. regions and supervises membership and fundraising efforts. Glick recently completed two terms as chair for the Center for Human Rights and Public Policy.
Glick was BBI treasurer for two terms and has served for many years on the board of governors and the financial management committee. Glick served four years as chairman of the B'nai B'rith Youth Commission, following a long history of BBYO involvement.
Glick is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
John Rofel, Senior Vice President
John Rofel of Michigan is a senior vice president of B'nai B'rith International. Rofel was elected in December 2006 after 15 years of serving B'nai B'rith in a variety of roles.
He's been Chairman of B'nai B'rith Leadership Development, served on the budget committee, the executive committee, and the board of governors. He has also been president of the B'nai B'rith Great Lakes region. Rofel is a winner of the prestigious Label A. Katz Award, which honors young leaders.
Rofel is a certified public accountant and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants. After working as a partner in the accounting firm of Frank and Freedman, CPAs he established his own accounting firm, and is now a partner with Canvasser, Rofel and Associates.
Seymour Saideman, Senior Vice President
Seymour Saideman of the United Kingdom, an honorary life president of B'nai B'rith Europe, is a member of the B'nai B'rith International executive committee and the board of governors, and has served on the BBI council on United Nations affairs.
Besides his B'nai B'rith work, for 40 years he has served as a volunteer leader of communal and charitable organizations.
In his private life, Saideman is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a chartered accountant and has served on public and private United Kingdom and international boards.
Harold "Hesch" Steinberg, Senior Vice President
Harold "Hesch" Steinberg of Tennessee has been active in B'nai B'rith since his BBYO days. He earned the Label A. Katz International Young Leadership Award in 1980 and has since maintained a continuous commitment to B'nai B'rith.
Steinberg served as chairman of the Center for Community Action. He is also a member of the BBI board of governors; and has served on the executive committee, the budget committee, and the governance committee.
Steinberg was awarded the Nehemiah Gitelson Silver Medallion in 2004. The Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity presents this award to an alumnus who has excelled in the area of Jewish communal service. Steinberg is also a member of the board of directors of the Jewish Children's Regional Service in New Orleans.
Steinberg is a partner and co-owner in Rêverie Fine Linens and Down, in Memphis, Tenn.
Jacobo Wolkowicz, Senior Vice President
Jacobo Wolkowicz of Latin America has been active in B'nai B'rith for more than two decades. He had held every position in his local district before attaining his current international position.
He is a member of the BBI board of governors and executive committee. Wolkowicz also has been active in B'nai B'rith across Latin America, visiting every district several times. His fluency in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, plus conversational Hebrew, in an asset to his B'nai B'rith work.
Wolkowicz, a businessman, also has been very involved in B'nai B'rith community projects. Of special note: his efforts to create an outpatient treatment facility for children with cancer at the Pereira Rossell Hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Harold Shulman, Treasurer
Harold Shulman of New York has been involved in B'nai B'rith International at the lodge, community, regional, district, and international levels. He serves on the board of governors, the executive committee, and the budget committee.
Among his accolades, he won the Tom Payne New Rochelle Unit of B'nai B'rith Youth Services Award in 1980.
Shulman, an attorney and a certified public accountant, is a partner in Citrin Cooperman and Company, LLP. He is an expert on tax, estate, and financial planning for businesses and individuals. |