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Dr. Josefa Steinhauer is an associate professor of biology at Yeshiva University. She received her BS from Case Western Reserve University in 1999, followed by a PhD from Columbia University in 2005. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Skirball Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center from 2005-2011…

Mark Finkel has been deeply involved in early stage entrepreneurial enterprises for the past 25 years. Over that time, Mark has worked as an executive or active board member of numerous high-growth technology companies on the East Coast, in Silicon Valley, and in Israel. Mark has had significant ...

Professor Alan Broder has taught Computer Science at Stern College for Women since 2013, and is chair of the department. In 2017 he was awarded the Dean Karen Bacon award for teaching excellence. Professor Broder is an expert Computer Scientist, with decades of experience in supercomputing and ...

Geri Mansdorf grew up in Brooklyn and attended Yeshiva University High School for girls there. She has a masters degree in education and administration from the Azrieli Graduate School, and taught in the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach before coming to Yeshiva University. Geri's husband Asher is a ...

Susan Bauer started working at YU in 2016 as the Director of Employer & Alumni Relations and quickly went to work engaging students and alumni in new and innovative employer recruiting events resulting in an increase of 40% in the amount of employer contacts engaged with YU within her first…

Linda Stone joined Yeshiva University in 2006 and currently serves as Director of Student Events. Her responsibilities include working with student leaders, administrators, and multiple academic and non- academic departments to design hundreds of events, initiatives and service learning ...

Joe Bednarsh has been the Director of Athletics and Recreation at Yeshiva University since 2006 and has been working at the institution since 1991. He started his tenure working as a lifeguard in the Gottesman Pool and has held every position in the department at some point. Bednarsh has been on ...

Sharon Poczter is the Chair of the Strategy and Entrepreneurship Department at Yeshiva University in NYC as well as Associate Professor. Her research focuses on issues related to access to financing for firms, including the role of the government in promoting entrepreneurship and gender disparity…

Doron Stern '81YUHS joined Yeshiva University as the vice president of communications last month. He oversees all communications and marketing activities, including branding, media relations, print and digital marketing collateral, websites and social media outreach. Stern has over 20 years of ...

Danielle Wozniak has served as dean of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work since 2016. Wozniak, who has a PhD in anthropology, a sixth-year degree in education administration and supervision and an MSW, has more than 20 years’ expertise in the field of higher education. She was dean of arts and ...