2. 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
3. Our Program This Evening
6:00
Cocktails & Buffet in the Event Space
7:30
Program in the Auditorium
Welcome on behalf of the Workmen’s Circle
Ann Toback, Workmen’s Circle Executive Director
The Workmen’s Circle on Film
Jewish Learning
A Tribute to our Honoree
Noel Beasley, Chairman of the Board, Amalgamated Bank
A Tribute to the Labor Movement
David Mandelbaum, Artistic Director, New Yiddish Rep
The Workmen’s Circle on Film
Jewish Culture
A Tribute and Presentation to our Honoree
Peter Pepper, Workmen’s Circle President
Response by our Honoree
Keith Mestrich, President & CEO of Amalgamated Bank
8:15
Dessert & Networking in the Event Space
4.
5. WE ARE SO PROUD TO HONOR
KEITH MESTRICH
AND THE
AMALGAMATED BANK.
THE WORKMEN’S CIRCLE AND THE BANK
HAVE BEEN PARTNERS IN MAKING THIS
A 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 BANK
AND WATCHING IT GROW
AS IT SERVED OUR ORGANIZATION,
OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
MAZL TOV TO KEITH
MARCIA AND BOB KAPLAN
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10. We applaud our honorees
Keith 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
18. salutes the
The Workmen’s Circle
For their progressive work and support of working families in New York and United States
Congratulations to,
Amalgamated Bank
and
Keith Mestrich, President and CEO
Héctor J. Figueroa
President
Larry Engelstein Kyle Bragg
Executive Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer
19. 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. Stellman
Steven D. Stellman
The Foundation for Worker, Veteran,
and Environmental Health, Inc.
20. In loving memory of
Selma Zumoff
Barnett Zumoff and the Zumoff family
daughters Janine, Francine & Linda
granddaughters Cindy, Michelle, Uta, Kaydia
and
great-granddaughter Avalynn Isla
21. The Mlotek Family is proud to support the
Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring
and the memory of
Chana Mlotek, z”l & Yosl Mlotek, z”l
Moish, Audrey, Lee, Marissa and Zachary
22. 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
24. Congratulations and Best Wishes from
Local 153 Office & Professional Employees
International Union, AFL-CIO
MICHAEL GOODWIN
Business Manager
STEVE TURKELTAUB
President
RICHARD LANIGAN
Secretary-Treasurer
GWENDOLYN RUSHING
Vice President
WILMA ARTAURANDA
Recording Secretary
265 WEST 14th STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10011
25. 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 Friends
Judith & 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
26. 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 Toback
Executive Director
The Workmen’s Circle
27. In Loving Memory of
Stan and Iris Ovshinsky
In Honor of
Bob and Marcia Kaplan
Ina Felman
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30. Our Organization Proudly Supports
Keith Mestrich
&
Amalgamated Bank
And Joins in Honoring Workmen’s Circle
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32. Benefactors
Amalgamated Bank
Robert and Marcia Kaplan
Patrons
Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever
Newmark Holdings
PNC Institutional Asset Management
Robinson Management
The Workmen’s Circle MultiCare Center
Sponsors
1199 SEIU Employer Child Care Corporation
1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Amalgamated Life Insurance Company
American Federation of Government Employees
Black Thorn Lynch Associates
Peter and Marci Pepper
Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Iron Workers Local 46
New 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
33. 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
President
Allen Breslow
Vice President for Development
Steven M. Cohen
Vice President for Strategy
David Goldstein
Secretary
Richard Rumelt
Treasurer
Madelon Braun
Past President
Michael Kaminer
Robert Kaplan
Mirm Kriegel
Martin Krupnick
Ed Ott
Edgar Romney
Bernice Siegal
Joshua Skolnick
Jeanne Stellman
Gary Strauss
Eva Zasloff
THE WORKMEN’S CIRCLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
247 West 37th Street
5th Floor
New York, NY 10018
tel: 212.889.6800
www.circle.org
info@circle.org
