Topic: Lessons from a CEO

Jewish Philanthropy Podcast

Topic: Lessons from a CEO

Guest: Bruce Schanzer

Bio:

Bruce Schanzer is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Erez Asset Management, LLC, a fund manager focused on real estate investment opportunities in both public and private capital markets. Prior to forming Erez in August 2022, Mr. Schanzer was President, CEO and a director of Cedar Realty Trust (NYSE: CDR), a real estate investment trust focused on the ownership, operation, and redevelopment of grocery-anchored shopping centers in the Washington, DC to Boston corridor.

Before joining Cedar in 2011, he held real estate investment banking positions at Goldman Sachs & Co and at Merrill Lynch. Prior thereto, Schanzer worked as a real estate attorney in New York. He received an M.B.A. in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago (now known as the Booth School of Business); a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he also served as a member of the Law Review; and a B.A from Yeshiva College, where he is currently a member of the board of trustees. Schanzer has also served as a member of the board of governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. He is presently a member of the board of trustees of SAR Academy in Riverdale, NY & the board of advisors of New York Medical College.

1) Promoting Your Wife

2) Having a prescient mentor

3) Gaining the courage of conviction

4) Going through tough times, public embarrassment

5) Music and the depth of a day of rest

6) Leadership & Impact

7) The Yarmulka Debate

and so much more!