Professor Yitzhak Brick (Chairman of the Board) is director general of JDC-ESHEL, the Association for the Planning and Development of Service for the Aged in Israel. has a Ph.D. in Social Policy, Planning and Administration from Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., USA, and a BA in Sociology and Education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Since 1988 he has served as Director General of JDC-ESHEL. Between 1978-88, Dr. Brick served as the Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in charge of all social welfare functions at the Ministry. Dr. Brick is the President of the International Federation on Ageing (IFA), the Chairman of the National Council on Social Services, a board member of the Executive Committee of the International Council of Social Welfare (ICSW), and a board member and deputy chairman of the Center for Research and Study of Ageing at the University of Haifa.

Eli S. Feldman (Vice Chairman of the Board) is President and Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan Jewish Health System (Metropolitan). Under his leadership, Metropolitan has expanded to nine business units and nearly 24 programs and services. Actively involved in state and national organizations, Mr. Feldman has received countless awards for his work on behalf of the chronically impaired, frail and elderly. Mr. Feldman is a cum laude graduate from C.W. Post College of Long Island University. He earned his MBA in hospital administration at Wagner College. Often asked to write about chronic and long-term care issues, Mr. Feldman is a frequent speaker at conferences that focus on aging and managed care issues.  Mr. Feldman' professional affiliations include:

• Center for Aging Services Technologies, Commission Member;
• American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) Faith-Based Cabinet, Co-Chair;
• International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (IAHSA), Board Member;
• Alliance for Advancing Nonprofit Health Care, Board Member;
• Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), Board Member;
• Continuing Care Leadership Coalition, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee Member;
• Andante Medical Devices Ltd., Board Member;
• New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aged (NYAHSA), Former Chairman of the Board;
• Association for Jewish Aging Services of North America (AJAS), former Chairman of the Board; and
• National Chronic Care Consortium, Former Chairman of the Board
• Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Shmuel Lefkowitz (Board Member has served as Chairperson of Metropolitan Jewish Health System’s Board of Directors Since 2005. He is also a current board member of Elderplan; HomeFirst; Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center; Shorefront Jewish Geriatric Center; Menorah Home and Hospital; Shorefront Towers and the Institute for Applied Gerontology. Mr. Lefkowitz’s influence at Metropolitan can be seen most visibly at Metropolitan Jewish Hospice, where he championed the creation of the landmark “Halachic Living Will” program. Active in the community, Mr. Lefkowitz is Vice President of Community Services for Agudath Israel of America and the founder of the Southern Brooklyn Community Organization.

Eliot Fishman, Ph.D. (Board member), is Vice President, Research and Health Policy at MJHS and specializes in healthcare systems for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses, health care quality improvement, and Medicaid policy. He is the author, most notably, of Running in Place: How the Medicaid Model Falls Short and What to Do About It, and he has also written for the Washington Post and Health Affairs among other outlets. Prior to joining Metropolitan Jewish, he worked in the Health Care and Government Advocacy practices of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips and in the Institute for Medicare Practice at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, both in New York City. He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University in 1999 and a B.A. in Government from Harvard University in 1992. He is also on the Adjunct Faculty of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Department of Health Policy and the current President of the Young Israel Synagogue of Stamford, Connecticut.

Jack Topal (Board Member) 

Dror Rotem (Board Member) is Director of Planning and Research at JDC-ESHEL