People

Interim President and CEO

Peter Abrons is a psychologist living on the upper west side of Manhattan. He credits the Ackerman Institute externship program, from which he graduated in 1995, as providing the foundation for his professional career. Peter has a private practice near Columbus Circle and specializes in family and couples therapy. He supervises graduate students in clinical

Clyde Brownstone has served on the board of the Ackerman Institute for the Family since 1980. He is the owner of The Gift Box Corporation of America, the gift industry’s premier packaging provider, the original “green” packaging company, and one of the best known in the market. A genuine New Yorker, Mr. Brownstone was born

Jeannie Ackerman Curhan is the daughter of Ackerman Institute for the Family’s founder, Dr. Nathan W. Ackerman. Ms. Ackerman Curhan assumed Gwendolyn Ackerman’s (Mrs. Nathan Ackerman) board seat after Gwendolyn resigned from the Board due to ill health. A graduate of the Simmons College School of Publications, Jeannie Ackerman Curhan worked in the advertising field