Cheryl Fishbein has a long history of voluntary leadership involvements. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY) after having served as its President from 2019 to 2022.
Cheryl is past Chair of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) and served on the Executive Council of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations. She is on the President’s Advisory Board of UJAFederation of NY and is past Chair of the Caring Commission, the Hurricane Katrina Relief Committee, the Missions Committee and the Trauma Task Force at UJA-Federation.
Cheryl has served or is currently on the Boards of the Jewish Agency for Israel North America (JAFINA), JCC Association of North America, American Jewish Committee (AJC), Jewish Funders Network (JFN), World Jewish Congress North America Division (WJC), Israel Trauma Coalition, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, JCC Krakow and the Jewish Federation of North America (JFNA), where she was Chair of the International Emergency Relief Committee. She also chaired the Ambassadors Committee of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and is Chair of the Society Fellowship.
She is Secretary of the Board of Israel 21c and on the Advisory Boards of the Jan Karski Foundation and Jewish Home and Hospital. She is past Chair of the Domestic Council of the Washington, DC office of JFNA. Cheryl serves on the International Board of Governors of ANU, Museum of the Jewish People, and is a past President of its American Friends. She is the past President and Chair of the Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, and a past Member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI).
Cheryl maintains a private practice as a clinical psychologist and an attorney. She has worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and as a consultant to individuals looking to donate to charitable organizations. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook, a law degree from New York University and a BA degree in psychology from Barnard College.
She is married to Philip Schatten and they have four children and seven grandchildren.
Cheryl Fishbein has a long history of voluntary leadership involvements. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC-NY) after having served as its President from 2019 to 2022.
Cheryl is past Chair of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) and served on the Executive Council of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations. She is on the President’s Advisory Board of UJAFederation of NY and is past Chair of the Caring Commission, the Hurricane Katrina Relief Committee, the Missions Committee and the Trauma Task Force at UJA-Federation.
Cheryl has served or is currently on the Boards of the Jewish Agency for Israel North America (JAFINA), JCC Association of North America, American Jewish Committee (AJC), Jewish Funders Network (JFN), World Jewish Congress North America Division (WJC), Israel Trauma Coalition, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, JCC Krakow and the Jewish Federation of North America (JFNA), where she was Chair of the International Emergency Relief Committee. She also chaired the Ambassadors Committee of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and is Chair of the Society Fellowship.
She is Secretary of the Board of Israel 21c and on the Advisory Boards of the Jan Karski Foundation and Jewish Home and Hospital. She is past Chair of the Domestic Council of the Washington, DC office of JFNA. Cheryl serves on the International Board of Governors of ANU, Museum of the Jewish People, and is a past President of its American Friends. She is the past President and Chair of the Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst in Brooklyn, and a past Member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI).
Cheryl maintains a private practice as a clinical psychologist and an attorney. She has worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and as a consultant to individuals looking to donate to charitable organizations. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook, a law degree from New York University and a BA degree in psychology from Barnard College.
She is married to Philip Schatten and they have four children and seven grandchildren.
