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PAC Event: The Roles and Responsibilities of a Trustee

Scott Weingarden, JD, CFP, CIMA, Vice President, The Starner Group of Raymond James

A member of The Starner Group since 1997, Scott Weingarden focuses on investment planning and portfolio design, maintenance and research. He develops investment plans that balance his clients’ goals with risk tolerance.

Weingarden is Series 7, 66 and insurance licensed. He is a Certified Financial Planner™ and holds a Certified Investment Management Analyst™ designation from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Weingarden completed his political science degree at the University of Michigan and his law degree at the University of Miami.

Eric J. Vainder, CFP, CIMA, Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Director at Northern Trust Bank, Miami

In his role at Northern Trust Bank, Eric Vainder helps oversee a team of professionals in the Brickell, Aventura and Key Biscayne offices. With more than two decades of experience in estate and financial planning, he focuses on banking, trusts and investment management.

Vainder graduated from Hofstra University with a B.B.A. and earned an M.B.A from the University of Miami. He is a certified financial planner and certified investment management analyst.

Diana S.C. Zeydel, ESQ, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig

Diana S.C. Zeydel is Global Chair of the Private Wealth Services Practice at Greenberg Traurig and focuses on sophisticated estate planning for high-net-worth individuals and families, including intra-generational wealth transfer strategies and business succession planning. Her practice includes planning for US and non-US citizens and residents. She also assists clients with litigated probate, trust and guardianship matters, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service in complex tax and estate matters.

Zeydel earned her B.A. and law degrees from Yale University and her L.L.M. from New York University School of Law. Before attending college and law school, she was a professional ballet dancer, training on a full scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. She danced professionally with the Chicago Ballet.

Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration

Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration

This Sunday, May 5, come together with your Miami community to pay tribute to the 6 million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered during the Holocaust and honor the strength and courage of the Survivors.

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Don’t Miss The 86th Annual Meeting

Don’t Miss The 86th Annual Meeting

During this important event, taking place at the Jungle Island Ballroom, Federation will install our 2024-2025 Board of Directors, Trustees, Leadership Council and Council of Jewish Organizations, including incoming Chair of the Board Lily Serviansky and incoming General Campaign Chair Mojdeh Khaghan Daniel.

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Federation Helps Kibbutz Or HaNer

Federation Helps Kibbutz Or HaNer

As communities across Israel struggle to recover from Hamas’ brutal terrorist attacks of October 7, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation is partnering with one affected kibbutz to provide vital financial and emotional support.

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The Last Ones: Holocaust Survivors Share Their Stories

The Last Ones: Holocaust Survivors Share Their Stories

The Last Ones, a multidimensional project incorporating video, podcasts, books and more, received a Federation grant to further its mission of creating a link between the last living Holocaust Survivors and younger generations

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