Mark Gerson
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Mark Gerson is an American investor, businessman, and
. Gerson is also involved in philanthropic organizations African Mission Healthcare Foundation and United Hatzalah.Gerson grew up in the Short Hills neighborhood of Millburn, New Jersey and attended Millburn High School.[2] He had his bar mitzvah ceremony at Temple B'nai Jeshurun.[3] Gerson received a BA from Williams College and a JD from Yale Law School.[4]
Business
Gerson and fellow Yale Law School graduate Thomas Lehrman founded the Gerson Lehrman Group in 1998. Gerson Lehrman group, otherwise known as GLG, is a peer to peer business learning company. GLG is a knowledge brokerage and primary research firm with a stated membership-based platform of more than 600,000 independent consultants.[5]
Gerson also co-founded Thuzio, a professional booking marketplace, with former NFL player Tiki Barber,[6] and Create, a venture studio.[7]
Gerson helped found the Tel Aviv Angel Group which invested in early stage Israeli startups and later on Maverick Ventures Israel, a venture capital fund composed of private investors that invests in early growth Israeli startups. Gerson serves on the fund’s board of advisors .
Philanthropy
Gerson is the co-founder and chairman of United Hatzalah, a network of volunteer medics in Israel.[8]
Gerson co-founded African Mission Healthcare Foundation with Dr. Jon Fielder in 2010.[9] The Foundation seeks to improve access to medical care in Africa.[10] AMHF supports the work of Christian medical missionaries serving in Africa in three areas: clinical care, training and infrastructure.[11]
AMHF has forged partnerships with Christian Broadcasting Network[12] and Samaritan's Purse[13]
As part of AMHF, Gerson helped create the Gerson L'Chaim Prize[14] in August 2016.[15]
In September 2021 Gerson donated US$18 million to Christian medical missions in Africa. [16]
L'Chaim Prize for Outstanding Medical Missionary Service
The L'Chaim Prize for Outstanding Medical Missionary Service was founded by Gerson and his wife Erica Gerson.[17] The L'Chaim Prize is a $500,000 grant aimed to award medical missionaries for their service and help them fund their mission.[17] Due to the rise in independent churches, Gerson believed that there was a shortage of medical missionaries and believed this prize would help the field.[18] The prize's name, L'Chaim, means "to life" in Hebrew.[17]
Recipients
Year | Applicants | Recipient | Nationality | Country of Service | Intended Use |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 26 | Jason Fader, MD | American | Burundi (Kibuye Hope Hospital) | Expand hospital and laboratories, purchase orthopedic equipment[19] |
2017 | 24 | Russel E. White, MD | American | Kenya (Tenwek Mission Hospital) | Train cardiac surgeons, implement ultrasound, purchase antibiotics[18] |
2018 | Rick Sacra, MD | American | Liberia (ELWA Hospital) | Train Liberian Family Medicine Physicians, install solar capacity, establish ICUs[20] | |
2019 | Tom Catena, MD | American | Sudan (Mother of Mercy Hospital) | to strengthen and expand the Gidel Mother of Mercy Hospital [21] | |
2020 | Dr. Sister Priscilla Busingye, MD | Ugandan | Uganda (Banyatereza Sisters of Uganda) | She ‘loves the stranger’ every day in a genuine and tangible manner [22] |
Media
On Gerson's podcast The Rabbi's Husband with Mark Gerson he interviews a thinker with religious, political or theological perspectives regarding a passage from the Torah. Guests have included United States Senators
He is the author of the national best-selling book The Telling: How Judaism's Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life (St. Martins Publishing Group, March 2, 2021)[25] [26] and The Telling Workbook: An Interactive Guide to the Haggadah (St. Martins Publishing Group, March 8, 2022).[27]
Politics
Gerson is the author of the books The Neoconservative Vision: From the Cold War to the Culture Wars (
He is active politically, with most support going to Republican candidates.[citation needed] In 2015, Gerson joined other Republicans in signing an amicus curiae brief supporting a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, which was submitted to the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges.[28]
Personal life
Gerson is a fan of Elvis Presley and his friend appeared at his wedding as an Elvis impersonator.[3]
References
- ^ "Who We Are". GLG. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ^ Gerson, Mark. "Molding the Good Citizen: The Politics of High-School History Texts.", National Review. Accessed July 19, 2021. "I remember taking an Advanced Placement class in government at Millburn High School in New Jersey with a wonderful teacher, Mr. Stivers."
- ^ a b "Interview with Mark Gerson". Interviews with Max Raskin. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ "Mark Gerson". Militarist Monitor. October 21, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ^ "Overview".
- ^ "Thuzio | Julius | Thuzio Executive Club". www.thuzio.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ "About Create". madebycreate.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020.
- ^ "FAQ | Saving Lives in Israel with Rapid Emergency Response". November 9, 2017.
- ^ "From Williams to Africa". williams.edu. November 28, 2016.
- ^ "Modern Missionaries". philanthropyroundtable.org. 2018.
- ^ "Providing much needed care for Mothers and Children". africanmissionhealthcare.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ "$500,000 Medical Prize Unites Christian, Jewish Faiths". cbn.com. October 13, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ "WORLD MEDICAL MISSION - ON CALL" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ^ "Allies in good works - WORLD". world.wng.org. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ "The $500,000 Gerson l'Chaim Prize". August 17, 2016.
- ^ "Jewish Couple's Desire to 'Love the Stranger' Leads to 'Largest Private Gift Ever' to Christian Medical Missions in Africa". September 22, 2021.
- ^ New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ^ ProQuest 2002969522.
- ^ "The Only Surgeon For Millions of People Wins First Annual Gerson L'Chaim Prize". PRWeb. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Gerson LChaim Prize". www.amhf.us. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ "Heroic American Surgeon Dr. Tom Catena Earns Top Medical Missionary Award for Saving Lives in Africa's Forgotten War Zone". prnewswire.com. January 28, 2020.
- ^ "First African Woman to Receive L'Chaim Prize for Providing Life-Changing Care in Rural Uganda". missionbox.org. October 27, 2020.
- ^ "The Rabbi's Husband on Apple Podcasts".
- ^ "Bishop Stearns hosts National Pastors for Special Passover Presentation". April 2, 2020.
- ^ "The Telling | Mark Gerson | Macmillan".
- ^ "Bestsellers List Sunday, March 28, 2021". Los Angeles Times. March 24, 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-250-84319-7.
- ^ Avlon, John (February 28, 2013). "The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay Marriage Brief". The Daily Beast.