Last Updated on 18 June 2013
Fredric Okun - President
Fred and his wife Nancy, joined CBI in April 2004. They were married in 1988 and lived in Watchung for ten years before moving to Basking Ridge in 1998. They have four children and seven grandchildren between them. Fred’s sons, Steve and Ric, reside in Singapore and Corona Del Mar, California, while Nancy’s son Douglas, and daughter Heather, live in Fairfax Station, Virginia and Weston, Florida. Steve is the Director of Public Policy for Kohlberg, Kravis and Roberts, Asia Pacific, a private equity firm, while Ric is an Executive Vice President for PIMCO, a global investment firm. Douglas is the Deputy Chief Counsel for Booz, Allen Hamilton, while Heather is a real estate broker for The Palace, Weston, Florida. Fred was born and raised in Chicago. He received a BA from Roosevelt University in 1964. During his time in Chicago, he served as President of Temple Sholom’s Couples Club. Relocated to New Jersey in 1978, he worked for GE Healthcare for 37 years in Diagnostic Imaging Sales. He retired in April, 2007. Nancy is a registered pharmacist. One of Fred’s primary objectives as a Board member is to leverage his knowledge and experience in using best practices so as to optimize our strong and vibrant temple community going forward.
Robert F. Simon - First Vice President
Rob and his wife, Jane, moved to Gladstone in 1997 and reside there with their children, Alex, Lily and Oliver. Rob is a Director at Herold Law, P.A., a full-service law firm located in Warren. He focuses his practice on a broad range of real estate matters, including commercial and residential transactions and litigation, land use regulation, leasing, financing, property tax appeals, title disputes, and condemnation matters. He also represents clients in a variety of associated business transactions, including asset and stock transfers. Prior to joining Herold Law, P.A., he was a partner with Marcus, Dubrow and Simon, PC, in Maplewood, New Jersey. He has served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable R. Benjamin Cohen, former Presiding Judge, Chancery Division, Essex County, New Jersey; as Chairman of the Zoning/Planning Boards of the Borough of Peapack and Gladstone; and through the Office of Attorney Ethics as a Panel Chair on the District V-B Fee Arbitration Committee. Rob has been appointed on numerous occasions by the Superior Court to serve in Guardianship and Special Medical Guardianship proceedings; as an attorney trustee for disbarment matters; and as a Condemnation Commissioner. He has been qualified by the New Jersey State and Federal Courts as an expert witness in real estate matters. He is also a member of the rock band Not Enough Jeffs.
Ellen Marks - Vice President
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Steve Ball - Treasurer
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Gary Bagoff - Assistant Treasurer
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Laura Gever - Secretary
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Deborah Marcus - Assistant Secretary
Debbie and her husband, Alex, moved to Basking Ridge in 2005, part of Alex’s “rebellion” to move all of twenty minutes west of his childhood home. Debbie grew up in Southern California but has lived on the East Coast since college. They have three children: Zack, 12; Eliana, 9; and Judah, 6. Before having her second child, Debbie used her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and PhD in Higher Education Administration to work and do research at Yale, Penn, Cleveland State, Syracuse and Kean Universities. Currently a stay-at-home mom, the only field she works on is a soccer field -- playing in an adult women’s team twice a week. She also runs various enrichment programs through the Liberty Corner Elementary School PTO. Debbie is the daughter of a Reform rabbi and a Federation (JFS) social worker, so she was genetically required to be involved in Jewish life. At CBI she is chair of the Religious School committee.