Meet our Officers

Morey Wildes is a patent attorney and a partner in the firm Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer LLP in midtown Manhattan, where he practices intellectual property law.

Morey lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife and their three boys.  They have been members of Lincoln Square Synagogue since 1995, and Morey was elected a Governor in 2005 and an officer in 2011.

Yitzy Rubin has been an active member of LSS since 2009. A Portfolio Head at Citadel Energy Marketing, Yitzy originates physical and derivative commodities transactions for corporate clients. Together with his wife Allison, their three sons and daughter, the Rubins are proud members of the LSS community. 

Sara Siris Nash MD, FACLP, FAPA is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital where she cares for medically hospitalized patients with underlying psychiatric concerns.  She is also the Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Program.  Sara's clinical and research interests lie in the emotional health and wellness of physician trainees.  She lives in Lincoln Towers with her husband Brad and their two daughters, and considers LSS her second home.  She has been an LSS governor for many years, and was recently elected an officer in 2021.

Tanya Gershon is the co-chair of the Young Professionals committee at LSS. She is an award winning architectural designer with a decade of experience working on cultural, civic, educational and high-end residential projects across the country. Tanya is a Project Manager at Marble Fairbanks Architects in Brooklyn and the Founder and Executive Director of SASAI Street Artist Initiative based in Johannesburg and New York where she works with a continuously growing group of artists to safely bring art to public spaces. Tanya and her husband Joe live on the Upper West Side and have been active members at LSS since 2014 and welcomed their daughter into the community in 2017. Tanya serves as a Governor and was elected as an officer in 2018.

Julie Walpert has attended Lincoln Square Synagogue in the main minyan with her husband, Rabbi Charles Savenor, and their sons, Joseph and Benjy for the last ten years. Julie and her family celebrated Joseph's Bar Mitzvah at LSS two years ago and is looking forward to Benjy's Bar Mitzvah in 2021. Julie is originally from New Orleans and loves to travel. She works for the Department of Housing Preservation and Development where she is responsible for a moderate income housing program.