Date Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Time 5:30 p.m. Reception Founded in Chicago in 1913, the Anti-Defamation League is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry. NATIONAL 6:30 p.m. Dinner & Program Location Hilton Chicago Chicago, Illinois Barry Curtiss-Lusher National Chair Abraham H. Foxman National Director Robert G. Sugarman Immediate Past National Chair Barbara B. Balser Melvin Salberg Howard P. Berkowitz David H. Strassler Past National Chairs Glen S. Lewy Glen A. Tobias Clifford Schechter Chief Operating Officer Charles F. Kriser Chair, Administrative Committee Kenneth Jacobson Deputy National Director Eric Horodas Chair, National Development Thomas C. Homburger Secretary Stanford Baratz Assistant Secretary Robert H. Naftaly Treasurer GREATER CHICAGO/UPPER MIDWEST REGION Event Chair Keith J. Shapiro Greenberg Traurig LLP Dinner Co-Chairs Matthew Brotschul Gary Kalina Lamb Little Brotschul Potts LLC Jonathan S. Quinn Chair Allen J. Fagel Laurence E. Hyman William A. Marovitz Michael Perlow Keith J. Shapiro Vice-Chairs Jeffrey M. Simon Secretary Charles J. Kurland Avner M. Porat Howard J. Swibel Brian B. Boorstein Steven J. Sherman Adam R. Klein Development Co-Chairs PROFESSIONAL STAFF Michael Flanagan Flanagan Bilton LLC Doug Fisher Essex Realty Group Jon Morgan inTerra Realty LLC Kathleen Hart Solovy Lonnie J. Nasatir Miriam Zeidman Shoshanna Reynolds Regional Director Midwest Civil Rights Counsel Director of Corporate Development Midwest Director, Corporate Partnership Program Jenna Benn Shersher Joanna Drew Associate Director Events Manager David Kurzmann Jessica Gall Assistant Director Education Project Director Amy Schwartz Alex Levine Clardy Assistant Director Office Manager The Greater Chicago/Upper Midwest Region of the Anti-defamation league cordially invites you to the Jerold S. Solovy Freedom Award Dinner honoring Alex Samoylovich Co-founder and Managing Partner Cedar Street Companies Gennady Gertsman Managing Partner Kapital Trading LLC Leo V. Friedman Chief Executive Officer and Founder iPromo Sally L. Arnold Laura Layfer Assistant Directors of Development Ellen Shevitz Community Coordinator, Indianapolis tuesday, november 11, 2014 Alex Samoylovich Gennady Gertsman Leo V. Friedman Co-founder and Managing Partner Cedar Street Companies Managing Partner Kapital Trading LLC Chief Executive Officer and Founder iPromo Alex Samoylovich is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Cedar Street Companies. Utilizing a “fully integrated real estate developer” (IRED) approach, Mr. Samoylovich and his partners have seamlessly interwoven acquisition, construction, finance, management, and marketing under one company. Under Mr. Samoylovich’s leadership, the company has carved out a niche strategy for the adaptive reuse of underperforming assets through bankruptcies, foreclosures, note purchases, and other distressed situations in the Chicago area; covering a span of product types from multifamily, office, mixed-use, and hospitality. Mr. Samoylovich has cemented a well-earned reputation as a tenacious deal maker capable of closing the most complex and demanding real estate transactions and returning superior risk adjusted returns to his investors. Prior to entering real estate, Mr. Samoylovich was an accomplished equity and options trader. During this time, Mr. Samoylovich developed a keen understanding of market psychology and timing which he forayed into a successful “short” strategy in residential real estate just prior to the recession. In the past 5 years, Cedar Street has been considered one of the most active acquirers of distressed assets in the greater Chicago area. Over the past ten years, Mr. Samoylovich has sourced, invested in and managed in excess of hundreds of transactions and has been instrumental in the acquisition and disposition of real estate with a value in excess of $500mm. Mr. Samoylovich holds a BA in Business from DePaul University and is currently a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). Perseverance and hard work are two words Gennady Gertsman is very familiar with. Born in the former Soviet Union, now Kharkov, Ukraine, Gennady was ten years old when he and his parents fled their home to escape religious persecution. After nine months of waiting as religious refugees in Rome, Italy, they were granted permission to make their way to the United States. Having no family or friends in the States, their journey was full of fear and anxious anticipation. The immigration was difficult, especially as his family was not able to bring much from their old life. Upon arrival, one thing Gennady did find solace in was the game of chess. Starting at the age of four he had learned to play with his father, and by six had attended one of the most prestigious chess academies in the Soviet Union. As chess is the same in every country, he found an old connection with his new home, and proceeded to win two state titles. Gennady believes his success in the trading world can be strongly attributed to his many years of chess playing. By the age of seventeen, Gennady began filling his time with small start-up businesses and developing his entrepreneurial skills. However, it was during freshman year of college he found his calling; trading in the financial markets. Through hard work and dedication, he was able to start his own trading firm at 22. Today his firm, Kapital Trading, has grown into a proprietary global firm that trades multiple asset classes on many exchanges around the world. The firm combines statistical analysis techniques with market knowledge, creating models that help predict future price movements in financial markets. These models are incorporated into a homegrown trading platform, allowing trades to be automatically executed in response to predictions on electronic financial exchanges. Gennady continues to stay actively involved with his firm by developing new market strategies and aiding in their execution. He holds a bachelors’ degree in Finance and Entrepreneurial studies from the University of Illinois Chicago. While much of his time is spent trading, his true passion is traveling, evident by the multiple trips he’s taken around the world. When he is not traveling, he enjoys staying active, biking, running and playing basketball. Leo Friedman began his entrepreneurial ventures in high school, buying inventory for his first business using his mother’s credit card. A successful entrepreneur, Leo is the personification of rightbrain, left-brain balance. His company, iPromo. com, has multimillion dollar revenues and a global presence as a leader in the promotional products industry. It serves most of the Fortune 500 companies and specializes in maximizing the ROI of its clients’ marketing budgets. Leo is also the co-founder of the retail marketing agency Digital BrandWorks, which was recently named #132 on the 2013 Inc. 500 list
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