Mentors are instrumental in helping students find internships and employment, and provide opportunities to become leaders in the Jewish community.
Mentorship is a core element of JHP efforts and success. Many participants in the Mentoring Program are JHP alumni who volunteer their time to guide, instruct and mentor future generations. Mentors engage JHP students through internships, career shadowing opportunities, and informational retreats. Through mentoring sessions, they provide life and career advice, with particular insight in how to harmonize a successful career while celebrating one's Jewish identity.
The JHP mentoring retreat was an amazing opportunity to meet and network with people working in all different fields. We got to see the beautiful facilities at NYU Langone Health and we also went to Paul, Weiss to meet past JHP members who went on to work in finance, investment banking, law, etc. I can’t think of a better way to spend my Friday.”
This year’s mentoring retreat in Philadelphia was a great success as students of all years (freshman to seniors) had the opportunity to network with professionals ranging from finance, to journalism, to law. Students were able to learn about fields of interest as well as network for their future career goals. We look forward to hosting more networking and mentoring in the future!”
Held once each semester in NYC and once a year in Philadelphia, JHP alumni, community and business leaders volunteer their time to guide, instruct and mentor future generations. Mentors engage JHP students through internships, career shadowing opportunities, and informational retreats. Through mentoring sessions, they provide life and career advice, with particular insight in how to harmonize a successful career while celebrating one's Jewish identity.
Our 2022-2023 list of mentors includes:
NYC
- Daniel Borkenstein: Private Equity Associate, Apollo Global Management
- Ross Fieldston: Partner, Paul, Weiss Corporate Department
- Taylor Freeman: Associate General Manager, BlackRock
- Adam Goodman: Managing Director and Practice Group Leader, DealCloud
- Ryan Josephson: Investor, Stonecroft Management
- Jesse Roth: Chief Business Officer, Float Financial
- Steve Miller: Foreign Exchange Options Desk, JPMorgan
- Lee Rittenberg: Vice President, Teneo Consulting
- Roman Zelichenko: Founder, Immigration Tech Startup & Digital Marketing Agency
- Matt Sherman: Chief Strategy Officer, MAGNETIQ
- Annabel Singer: Associate, BlackRock
- Samantha Stavis: Vice President & Head of Operations, GLG Law
Philadelphia
- Justin Rosenberg: Founder & CEO, Honeygrow
- Jason Nark: Staff Writer, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News
- Chelsea Candeub-Lazar: Vice President of Operations, Park Avenue Limousine
- Adam Rosenzweig: President & CEO, Axiom Realty Services
- Andrew Spivack: Partner, Brock and Scott, PLLC
- Brad Denenberg: Founder, Card Grader App
- Bryan Cohen: Managing Partner, Full Court Development
- Lauren Schneiderman: Video Journalist, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Howard Joffe: Founding Partner, Best Evidence, Inc. Executive Communications Counsel
- Steve Rosenberg: Principal, The GSD Group
- Richard Marcus: Ph.D., Business Psychologist / Executive Coach
- Bart Mellits: Chair, Ballard Spahr Real Estate Department, Ballard Spahr LLP
- Elvera Schwartz: Director of Communications and Technology, Jewish Relief Agency
- Michael Wigrizer: Director of Investments, Belgravia Management, LP
- Shelby Zitelman: Sr. VP, Business Development, Zitelman Partners
- Julie Wertheimer: Project Director, The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Andy Burstein: CEO, Accessible Pharmacy Services for the Blind
