Board

Board Member Professionally, Alan Koenigsberg is Senior Vice President and Global Head of Treasury and Working Capital Solutions at Visa. This is a new appointment for Alan and a new team focused on developing leading edge solutions/ventures for commercial clients. Previously, was leading all aspects of the commercialization of Visa B2B Connect, a unique multilateral […]

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

Thomas G. Kahn is President of Kahn Brothers Group, Inc. He graduated from Cornell University in 1964 and earned an MBA degree from New York University’s Graduate School of Business (since renamed the Stern School of Business) in 1967. He has over forty years experience in the investment field and is both a Chartered Financial Analyst

Sheri Sandler was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia. She received a BBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She joined the Ackerman Institute for the Family Board in 2000. Sheri became interested in art and design and began a second career. She completed the Appraisal Studies Program in Fine and Decorative

Leslie Roberts, LCSW, is a therapist in private practice in New York City, working with couples, families and individuals. She also works with clients in need of divorce mediation. Leslie graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of Arkansas and a Masters of Science in Social Work with a minor in law from Columbia University.

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

Janine Weisenbeck, JD, LMSW is a graduate of the Ackerman Institute’s Clinical Externship Program. Janine has worked at Safe Horizon, a nonprofit organization that works to minimize family and community violence. She also completed an internship at the Children’s Defense Fund, researching federal funding for education for youth in the juvenile justice system, as well as

Deborah Werner is a therapist in private practice working with individuals, couples and families. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Boston University as well as her Master’s in Social Work with a concentration in Children and Families from Fordham University. Deborah completed her postgraduate training in family therapy at the Ackerman Institute