Vice President

Alan Stern is a partner of Specialty Commodities, Inc., an international commodities importing and trading company with offices throughout the United States. Some of Mr. Stern's communal activities include serving as chair of The Foundation's Cutting Edge Grants Committee and president of Congregation Etz Chaim. He is a board member of the Orthodox Union and the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation. Mr. Stern is also treasurer and a board member of the Jewish Journal, and a fellow of the Wexner Heritage Program. He studied at the Gateshead Talmudical College in the U.K., received his bachelor's degree with honors in business administration from the City of London School of Business Studies. A native of London, he currently resides in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles with his wife Lisa and their three children.

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