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THE WORKMEN’S CIRCLEAnnual Winter Reception
DECEMBER 10, 2015
Honoring Keith Mestrich & Amalgamated Bank
Keith Mestrich is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Amalgamated Bank and brings with him 25 years of experience working with the bank’s core constituencies in the labor movement and
nonprofit organizations. Keith is in the forefront of a movement that encourages unions and nonprofits to build wealth for a purpose, not just for a profit. Under his leadership, this year, Amalgamated Bank raised the minimum wage of all their employees to at least $15 an hour.
Previously, Keith advocated for the rights of working people as the Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief of Staff for SEIU and as an organizer for the AFL-CIO and UNITE. Keith is currently on the Board of Directors and serves as Treasurer of the Union Health Center in New York City and the DC Employment Justice Center. He is also on the Board of Directors of the National Consumers
League, The Roosevelt Institute, Democracy Alliance, The Workers Lab, The Public Utility Law Project, and the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition.
We are proud to be honoring Keith and Amalgamated Bank for their leadership in the Fight for $15 and in recognition of our historic partnership. Together, the Workmen’s Circle and Amalgamated
(first as the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union and later as Amalgamated Bank) formed a cohesive community for working class immigrant families in the nineteen twenties and thirties in the
Amalgamated Housing Projects in the Bronx. Today, the values we share continue to provide a strong, vibrant basis for progressive engagement that nurtures the next generation of innovative
thinkers and activists.
ABOUT OUR HONOREE
Our Program This Evening 6:00
Cocktails & Buffet in the Event Space7:30
Program in the AuditoriumWelcome on behalf of the Workmen’s Circle
Ann Toback, Workmen’s Circle Executive DirectorThe Workmen’s Circle on Film
Jewish Learning A Tribute to our Honoree
Noel Beasley, Chairman of the Board, Amalgamated BankA Tribute to the Labor Movement
David Mandelbaum, Artistic Director, New Yiddish RepThe Workmen’s Circle on Film
Jewish CultureA Tribute and Presentation to our Honoree
Peter Pepper, Workmen’s Circle PresidentResponse by our Honoree
Keith Mestrich, President & CEO of Amalgamated Bank8:15
Dessert & Networking in the Event Space
WE ARE SO PROUD TO HONOR
KEITH MESTRICH AND THE
AMALGAMATED BANK.
THE WORKMEN’S CIRCLE AND THE BANKHAVE BEEN PARTNERS IN MAKING THISA SHENERE UN BESERE VELT FAR ALA
SINCE OUR INCEPTIONS.
AS LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS IN THE WORKMEN’S CIRCLE FOR OVER 60 YEARS,WE HAVE PERSONALLY HAD THE JOY AND SATISFACTION
OF WORKING WITH THE AMALGAMATED BANKAND WATCHING IT GROW
AS IT SERVED OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
MAZL TOV TO KEITH
MARCIA AND BOB KAPLAN
We applaud our honoreesKeith Mestrich & Amalgamated Bank
for putting social and economic justice at the forefront of their policies.
Here’s to a shenere and besere velt.
Peter & Marci Pepper
CONGRATULATES WORKMEN’S CIRCLE ON THEIR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION, COMMITMENT AND SERVICE
TO OUR COMMUNITY
salutes the
The Workmen’s CircleFor their progressive work and support of working families in New York and United States
Congratulations to, Amalgamated Bank
andKeith Mestrich, President and CEO
Héctor J. FigueroaPresident
Larry Engelstein Kyle BraggExecutive Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer
We are proud to join the Workmen’s Circle in
honoring Keith Mestrich and Amalgamated Bank for their leadership in advancing the
rights and welfare of working people.
Jeanne M. StellmanSteven D. Stellman
The Foundation for Worker, Veteran, and Environmental Health, Inc.
In loving memory of
Selma Zumoff
Barnett Zumoff and the Zumoff familydaughters Janine, Francine & Linda
granddaughters Cindy, Michelle, Uta, Kaydia and
great-granddaughter Avalynn Isla
The Mlotek Family is proud to support the
Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ringand the memory of
Chana Mlotek, z”l & Yosl Mlotek, z”l
Moish, Audrey, Lee, Marissa and Zachary
Congratulations to
Keith Mestrich and Amalgamated Bank
on this well-deserved honor.
The principles that underlie everything you do and the causes you support by both words and deeds
inspire and empower us all.
Congratulations also to the
Workmen’s Circle on the occasion of this
Annual Winter Reception and on their great taste in honorees!
Ed Ott and Deborah Ann Nagin
Congratulations
and thank you for
supporting the
Workmen’s Circle
Gabe and
Jerilyn Caprio
Congratulations and Best Wishes from
Local 153 Office & Professional EmployeesInternational Union, AFL-CIO
MICHAEL GOODWINBusiness Manager
STEVE TURKELTAUBPresident
RICHARD LANIGANSecretary-Treasurer
GWENDOLYN RUSHINGVice President
WILMA ARTAURANDARecording Secretary
265 WEST 14th STREETNEW YORK, NY 10011
THE PENNSYLVANIA JOINT BOARD OF WORKERS UNITED, SEIU
Acknowledge Keith Mestrich’s leadership and commitment to the needs of working people
David Melman Joint Board Manager
Jocelyn Lunney Joint Board Associate Manager
Cherie Tuckey Joint Board President
Ron Labar Joint Board Recording Secretary
Honor Roll of FriendsJudith & Robert DeIasi
Sylvan Feldstein
Philoine Fried
Jonathan Gold
Rena Leikind Rabinowitz
Allan and Karen Sussman
Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld
Richard D. Winsten, Esquire
The Forward Association Jacob Morowitz, Chairman
Samuel Norich, President & Publisher
Keith Mestrich and Amalgamated Bank:
Thank you for showing us by example that financial institutions can act on progressive
values and effect positive change in the world!
It is exciting to be working side by side with you as we Fight for $15 and a Union.
Ann TobackExecutive Director
The Workmen’s Circle
In Loving Memory of
Stan and Iris Ovshinsky
In Honor of
Bob and Marcia Kaplan
Ina Felman
Our Organization Proudly Supports
Keith Mestrich&
Amalgamated Bank
And Joins in Honoring Workmen’s Circle
BenefactorsAmalgamated Bank
Robert and Marcia Kaplan
PatronsKurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever
Newmark HoldingsPNC Institutional Asset Management
Robinson ManagementThe Workmen’s Circle MultiCare Center
Sponsors1199 SEIU Employer Child Care Corporation1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Amalgamated Life Insurance CompanyAmerican Federation of Government Employees
Black Thorn Lynch AssociatesPeter and Marci Pepper
Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Iron Workers Local 46New York State Nurses Association
SBC Global
A very special thank you goes to the following individuals and groups whose above-and-beyond support was such a critical
factor in the success of our Winter Reception.
THANK YOU
For more than 100 years, the Workmen’s Circle has been at the center of Jewish culture and social action. Today, we’re continuing that journey in bold new ways. Through festivals, social justice campaigns, holiday celebrations, educational programs, and more, we connect Jewish adults, kids and families of all affiliations with their cultural heritage.
Peter Pepper PresidentAllen Breslow Vice President for DevelopmentSteven M. CohenVice President for StrategyDavid GoldsteinSecretaryRichard RumeltTreasurerMadelon Braun Past President
Michael KaminerRobert KaplanMirm KriegelMartin KrupnickEd OttEdgar RomneyBernice SiegalJoshua SkolnickJeanne StellmanGary StraussEva Zasloff
THE WORKMEN’S CIRCLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
247 West 37th Street5th FloorNew York, NY 10018
tel: [email protected]