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Janet Zagorin
Member, Board of Directors at Enchant Energy LLC
Janet Zagorin
Member, Board of Directors at Enchant Energy LLC
Janet Zagorin has a 20-plus year career in client services, corporate engagement, and business development as a consultant to professional service firm management, global enterprises, non-profit boards, and private funds, directing strategic high-level client relationships, business development strategy, and devising and implementing critical initiatives. She has significant experience managing client relationships, leading public/private partnerships, and corporate engagement work.
Janet Zagorin currently leads a private consulting firm, Opal Strategies LLC, serving clients in the professional services, technology, life sciences, venture capital, and family wealth investment arenas. Her clients include several of the world’s most respected law firms, a significant venture capital fund in Israel, technology and medtech startups and funds including Star51 Capital, and a family wealth investment firm. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Enchant Energy LLC, a carbon capture services firm where she chairs the Employee Compensation Committee. From 2001–2018, Janet Zagorin served as the Client Services Officer at Sidley Austin LLP, overseeing global business development, strategic plans for core practices, and key client relationships. She previously served in a similar capacity at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and was the Global Director of Practice Development at Baker & McKenzie for fifteen years.
Janet Zagorin has been recognized for her deep engagement in the community. She has served on the Board of New York Cares, New York’s largest volunteer nonprofit, for more than 25 years, contributing to the Executive, Audit, Development, and Strategic Planning Committees. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Financial Women’s Association, where she co-chaired the Global Agenda Committee and led the 2020 Global Business Summit to Israel. She served on the Advisory Council of the Arts and Business Council of the State of New York and serves on the board of Am Yisrael Foundation based in Tel Aviv. Janet Zagorin received the World of Difference Award from TIAW, The International Alliance of Women, which honors 100 women worldwide who make a difference. She holds a Master of Information Science from Rutgers University and a B.A. from Douglass College, Rutgers University, and resides in New York City.
Howard Tzvi Friedman
Founding Partner, Lanx Management, LLC
Howard Tzvi Friedman
Founding Partner, Lanx Management, LLC
Howard Tzvi Friedman is a private equity investor and Founding Partner of Lanx Management LLC, a hedge “fund of funds.” Mr. Friedman serves on the boards of Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: SBGI), one of the largest television broadcast groups in the country, and of the Lightstone Value Plus REIT. He was the Co-Founder, Publisher & CEO of Watermark Press, Inc. (1986–1998) until its sale to Cendent Corp.
From 2006–2010, Mr. Friedman served as President and then Chairman of the Board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). In 2007 and 2009, Washington Life Magazine listed Mr. Friedman as one of the 100 most powerful people in Washington. From 2010–2012, he served as President of the American Israel Educational Foundation, the charitable arm of AIPAC. He has served as Chair of the Board of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, President of the Baltimore Jewish Council, and as President of JTA – The Global News Service of the Jewish People. Mr. Friedman serves on a number of non-profit boards, among them Touro University System and Talmudical Academy, and is Chairman of the Board of Beth Medrash Gevoah. Mr. Friedman is married to Judge Karen Chaya Friedman and has four children and six grandchildren.
Jeff Fenster
Founder & CEO of WeBuild Global and host of The Jeff Fenster Show
Jeff Fenster
Founder & CEO of WeBuild Global and host of The Jeff Fenster Show
Jeff Fenster is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and renowned expert in relationship capital. As a board member for the Jewish Continuity Fund, he brings a unique blend of disruptive innovation, community commitment, and a people-first philosophy to the organization’s mission of sustaining Jewish life and education.
Jeff is the founder and CEO of Everbowl, a nationally recognized superfood franchise that has expanded to hundreds of locations. His entrepreneurial portfolio spans multiple industries including construction (WeBuild), payroll and HR, digital marketing, and media. He has been named a Top 100 Entrepreneur in America by the Empact100 Showcase and a Top 40 Executive Under 40 by the San Diego Business Journal. A pioneer of vertical integration and revenue-driving innovation, Jeff is well-known for his ability to scale companies rapidly by streamlining operations and building high-performance leadership teams.
His expertise in Relationship Capital — the subject of his best-selling book Relationship Bank Account — allows him to forge powerful partnerships with global icons and industry leaders. Raised in a Jewish household in San Diego, Jeff credits his success to the discipline and values instilled in him by his family, and his core principle of making friends and having fun informs his approach to leadership, emphasizing authentic connection as the foundation for any successful venture.
