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Offer Nissenbaum

Mr. Offer Nissenbaum has been Managing Director of The Peninsula Beverly Hills since December,2007. Prior to joining The Peninsula, he was Regional Vice President of Operations for Omni Hotels, based in New York City, overseeing…

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Dennis Assael

was President and owner of Assael Automotive, Inc. He has been a Mazda dealer since 1971, and owned automobile dealerships for Hyundai, Subaru, BMW, Buick, Mitsubishi and MINI, and Kia as well, until the sale…

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Sue Stern

Sue Stern moved to Los Angeles, California after graduating from the University of Wisconsin. She became involved in an orphanage, an experience that was the catalyst for wanting to work and support youth-in-need programs. After…

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Ralph Stern

Ralph Stern (BA University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; MBA Stanford University) held management positions with FMC and Eldon Industries prior to becoming the major stockholder and CEO of two dental manufacturing companies: Denar and Steri-Oss. These…

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Oded and Tali Ben-Ezer

Oded and Tali Ben-Ezer founded the Maya Group, Inc. in 1992. Between 1992 and 2007, The Maya Group was the exclusive North American distributor of Tiny Love (a sister company of Shilav). In 2007, The…

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Zvi Chalamish

Chalamish has 15 years of experience representing the Ministry of Finance in a wide range of executive positions. Most recently he served as Israel’s Consul and Chief Fiscal Officer for the Western Hemisphere (2005-2010). He…

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Mark and Dana Susson

Mark was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He moved to southern California with his parents in 1968. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of California at Irvine (UCI) in Economics in 1976. Thereafter, he…

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Paul Merage

Paul Merage is the Founder and Chairman of the Merage Institute. Paul has over 35 years of experience in consumer products. Following 10 years of management experience with major packaged food companies, Paul founded ChefAmerica,…

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Lilly Merage

Lilly Merage is an immigrant from Iran. She was, as Paul says, his “partner” in the development of Chef America. Lilly has been and continues to be involved in and a supporter of the arts….

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Katherine Merage

Katherine Merage is a leader in the Jewish community of Los Angeles and Orange County. Indeed, she has been a leader in every community she has ever lived in. Born in Iran, Ms Merage is…

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