2007 - 2008 Board of Directors

Stephen Molasky grew up in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Slavic Languages and Literature. He studied acting in New York City, was drafted into the Army, and served in Vietnam. He spent a year at the Unitarian theological school in Berkeley where a visiting professor, Rabbi Jacob Milgrom, awakened Stephen to the knowledge and beauty of Judaism. Stephen was a resident manager of Huckleberry House for Runaways in Haight Ashbury. He spent a decade at San Francisco Juvenile Court, and obtained a Masters Degree in Psychology with a focus on family counseling.

Tired of government bureaucracy, Stephen moved to Chicago. Marshall Bennett, a prominent Chicago real estate developer, gave Stephen his first break, managing the financing and construction of the Hyatt Hotel in Schaumburg, IL. Stephen became a registered financial advisor in 1982, worked as a portfolio manager for private clients with UBS Financial Services and is now a Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Co.

Stephen is married to Deborah Molasky, who teaches in the Akiba pre-school. Nora & Jerome both started Akiba in the pre-school. Nora is now in 8th grade and Jerome graduated in 2006. He’s now a student at Walter Peyton College Prep. The Molasky Family is a big fan of Akiba-Schechter, and has been active in the Capital Campaign.

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