Lance is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School, has been practicing commercial real estate law, with a focus on real estate finance, for more than twenty years, most recently at the international law firm O’Melveny & Myers. Lance has been deeply involved with several Jewish and Israeli organizations, including Columbia-Barnard Hillel, UJA and AIPAC. As a Type 1 diabetic and through his charitable work for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Lance has become intimately associated with the special difficulties that children suffering from medical issues and physical handicaps face on a daily basis. As a new AFJRV board member, he is looking forward to working on behalf of AFJRV in its ongoing efforts to alleviate those difficulties faced by Israeli youth. Lance lives with his wife and over exuberant puppy, Sammy, in Westchester County, New York. An avid physical fitness enthusiast, Lance has completed more than twenty marathons and several ultramarathons.
