Hofstra Law

Student Organizations

APALSA offers the opportunity for Asian law students to discuss issues relevant to the Asian community. Its goals include increasing the enrollment of Asian students at Hofstra Law and encouraging greater awareness of the political, social and legal concerns affecting Asians within the legal community.

APALSA also works in conjunction with other organizations to further goals beneficial to all minority groups in the legal profession.

Email: apalsa@hofstra.edu 
Advisor: Dean Ku

President: Norman Chuk 
Vice President: Angela Qu 
Treasurer: Benjamin Morawek 
Secretary David Qiu

The mission of the BLSA is to utilize the collective resources of chapter members to promote the educational, professional, political and social needs and goals of black law students; foster and encourage professional competence; and influence the legal community by bringing about meaningful legal and political change that addresses the black community.

The BLSA serves to help ease the transition of first-year law students into the law school process.

The BLSA is open to any Hofstra Law student regardless of race or color.

Email: hofstra@nblsa.org 
Advisor: Judge Fisher 
Advisor: Prof. Folami

Co-President: Danae Henry 
Co-President: Isaiah Harris 
Vice-President: Bradford Richardson 
Secretary: Ivie Egharevba 
Treasurer: Isabella Schaetzle 
Historian: Naomi Russell 
Attorney General: Veronica Harris 
Academic Chair: Alex Harris 
Membership Chair: Anthony Simon

Advisor: TBA

President: Nurie Metodieva 
VP: Stephanie Okine 
Secretary: Andrea Ercolino 
Treasurer: Sabrina Pirzada 
Membership Development Officer: Andrea Ercolino

Advisor: Prof. Manta

President: Michael Krohnengold 
Vice President: Joshua Albeg 
Treasurer: Noah Wilpon 
Secretary: Julia DeFazio 
Events Chair: Aanya Desai 
Operatons Chair: Amelia Chiappetta

Advisor: Prof. Bush

President: Leon Adler 
Vice President: Alex Becker 
Secretary: Leora Gulkarov 
Treasurer: Abraham Kohn 
Outreach Chair: Yitzchak Shalomchaim

The CLS is a membership organization of Christian attorneys, judges, paralegals, law students and other legal professionals dedicated to serving Jesus Christ through the practice of law, defense of religious freedom and provision of legal aid to the needy. We invite you to join our nationwide Christian legal community. Our values, visions and goals include facilitating opportunities for believers within the Law School to connect with one another, providing outreach during times of discouragement/stress to provide encouragement, facilitating opportunity for connection with other religions and encouraging one another and the greater Hofstra Law community.

Advisor: Prof. Colombo

President: Alexandra DeGaray 
VP: Abigail Farias 
Secretary: Sneha Sajan 
Treasurer: Liz Banchitta

Advisor: Prof. Greenwood

President: Alberto Rotondi 
Vice President, External: John Lewandowski 
Vice President, Internal: Maria Pesiri 
Treasurer: Leora Gulkarov 
Event Coordinator/Hospitality: Sam Ohebshalom

Advisor: TBA

President: MaYa Staton 
VP: Bradford Richardson 
Secretary: Hannah Gates 
Treasurer: Christina DeMieri 
Social Media/Events Coordinator: Dan Ott

Advisor: Prof. Colesanti

President: Andrew Mirovich 
Vice President: TBA 
Treasurer/Social Media: David Smolowitz 
Secretary: TBA 
Outreach Coordinator: TBA 
Event Coordinator: TBA

The Energy and Environmental Law Society is the locus for students preparing for a career in energy and environmental law. It sponsors energy and environmentally oriented programs both on and off campus.

The objectives of the EELS are to foster an understanding of energy and environmental legal and policy issues and educate students about how they can have an impact.

The organization promotes networking among students, alumni and professionals through events and employment opportunities.

Advisor: Prof. Hickey

President: Joseph Kovar 
VP: Alexandra Degaray 
Treasurer: Shuriz Hishmeh 
Secretary: Cynthia Madrid 
Social Media Coordinator: Arianna Tormey 
2L Senator: TBA

The Federalist Society is a nonpartisan conservative/libertarian organization dedicated to freedom, federalism and judicial restraint. The Federalist Society seeks to educate the legal community through its programs and publications about how limited constitutional government based on the rule of law can have a positive effect on law and public policy.

Advisor: Dean Ku

President: Sarah Bogen 
Vice President: Ava Anacreonte 
Treasurer: Elizabeth Banchitta 
Secretary: Howard Svensson
PR Chair: TBA 
1L Liaison: TBA

Advisor: Prof. Dolgin

President: Mikayla Kolahifar 
VP: Joshua Joseph 
Treasurer: Kayla Homapour 
Secretary: Evangelos Georgakopoulos 
Social Media & Outreach Coordinator: Jenna Panaro

The mission of Hillel JD: The Jewish Law Students Association is to enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. This is accomplished by working with faculty, staff, and fellow students to encourage friendship and culture among our members, as well as foster a greater understanding of the law and legal institutions. Additionally, Hillel JD sponsors lectures, group discussions, social events, and holiday-related programs. Hillel JD is a program of Hofstra University Hillel.

Advisor: Prof. Bush

President: Kayla Homapour 
VP: Daniel Salim 
Secretary: Sarah Kopyto 
Treasurer: Sarah Rahmani 
Social Media Director: TBA 
1L Rep: TBA 
2L Rep: TBA 
3L Rep: TBA

Advisor: Dean Ku

President: Daniel Parmet 
Vice President: Kevin McGarvey 
Treasurer: Christopher Muscarnera 
Secretary: Gianna Luisa 
Events Coordinator: Matt Culkin 
Social Media Director: Richard Pleasants

Advisor: Prof. Manta

President: Sneha Sajan 
Vice President: TBA 
Treasurer: Isabella Licata 
Secretary: Simrah Malik 
Public Relations: Olga Gotsis

The Hofstra Intellectual Property Law Association is an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging a better comprehension of the creation and utilization of intellectual property among the students, faculty and staff of Hofstra Law.

Advisor: Prof. Manta

President: Paul Reid 
VP: Kate Dargan 
Secretary: Isabella Licata 
Treasurer: Christine Coleman 
Social Media Chair: Stephanie Garcia Diaz

The Hofstra Law Women's Society is an organization dedicated to empowering women. While this group caters to helping 1L women adjust to the law school experience, it is open to women attending Hofstra Law of all ages and class levels.

Among its many activities, this group holds meetings, does charity events and fundraisers, holds networking events and has social events for both its members and students at Hofstra Law.

Advisor: TBA

President: Julia Del Borrello 
VP: Gabby Brailovskiy 
Secretary: Taylor Carney 
Treasurer: Justine McAuliffe 
Social Media Director: Sneha Sajan

Advisor: Prof. Yaroshefsky

President: Claire Campuzano 
Vice President: Isabella Gurello 
Treasurer: Simrah Malik 
Secretary: Juliana Gonzalez 
Social Media Chair: Mariana Pontes

The Immigration Law Society facilitates the outreach and education of the Hofstra Law School community in immigration, migration and employment migration laws and practices. The ILS fosters the involvement in pro bono activities on behalf of the immigrant community. The ILS enhances the Hofstra Law community’s understanding of Comprehensive Immigration Reform. It promotes networking of Hofstra students among alumni, practitioners and politicians that deal with immigration law. The ILS assists and introduces Hofstra Law students to immigration law through engagement among experts, current practitioners and members of the international law community that deal with immigration law.

We are a professional organization seeking to pique interest in immigration law, assist students interested in careers in immigration law in expanding their skills, and provide networking opportunities by building connections with immigration attorneys in the area. We aim to do this by providing an open forum on recent immigration laws both in person during meetings and through constant Facebook and TWEN discussion, as well as hosting a career panel in the fall about various jobs in immigration law. We also seek to inspire interest in immigration by arranging educational field trips to historical places which have a strong backbone immigration.

Advisor: Prof. Wren

Co-President: Jackalyn Gonzalez 
Co-President: Diego Saenz 
VP: Jessyca Cabral 
Treasurer: Jessica Sperling 
Secretary: Abigal Farias 
Social Media Chair: Niaz Najafi

The International Law Society aims to educate students about different aspects of international law. It strives to create networking opportunities and a chance for students to get actively involved, experience what jobs in the field have to offer and get a foundation on which to build a career.

Advisor: Dean Ku

President: Ally DeGaray 
Vice President: Julia Del Borrello 
Treasurer: Thomas Resnick 
Secretary: Gabriel Passer-Muslin 
Communications: Andrew Patane

Advisor: Prof. McElroy

President: Matthew Culkin 
Vice President: Nicholas Haselton 
Treasurer: Kevin McGarvey 
Secretary: Arianna Tormey 
Historian: Jack Slater

First, the CLA focuses efforts on building strong affiliations with established Columbian lawyers associations throughout the Greater New York City metro area, which presents networking and scholarship opportunities to members who may not currently be affiliated with, or represented by, existing student organizations.

Second, the CLA hopes to offer benefits to students borne from the affiliation with established associations in the form of dinners and events funded by these associations, offer workshops and job opportunities with Italian-American members of the bar, and reach a new demographic to spur student involvement in learning opportunities already existing at the Law School.

Advisor: Prof. Colombo

President: Paul Reid 
VP: John Ricupero 
Treasurer: Jenna Panaro 
Secretary: Dean Musto 
Alumni/Events: Ava Anacreonte 
CLA Coordinator: Victoria Monaco

The Latino/a American Law Student Association is a support network founded by Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels ’88 more than 20 years ago for the purpose of creating a professional legal network for the Latino community. In addition, LALSA provides a voice to a typically underrepresented community in the student body.

Advisor: TBA

President: Elizabeth Mauter 
VP: Juliana Gonzalez 
Treasurer: Oscar Loja-Bermeo 
Secretary: Stephanie Garcia Diaz 
LIHBA Representative: Jackalyn Gonzalez 
LIHBA Representative: Gisselle Rodas 
MetroLALSA Representative: Alexandra Bernal 
MetroLALSA Representative: Oscar Loja-Bermeo

Advisors: Prof. Folami and Prof. Wren

President: Ibtidanoor Rahman 
Vice President: Serene Hozien 
Treasurer: Umme Rahman 
Secretary: Mariam Alqifi

Advisor: TBA

Co Presidents: Victoria Vitale , Peter Galgano 
Co-VPs: David Moyett , Shon Kehati 
Treasurer: Ryan George 
Social Media & Event Planning Coordinator: Madelyn Feyko 
Communications Officer: Andrea Ercolino

OUTLaw is an organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex law students, as well as their allies. Our mission is to provide a unified voice for the LGBTQI community and inspire collective action.

By promoting visibility and awareness of LGBTQI issues, OUTLaw provides a safe space to address the legal, social and political issues impacting LGBTQI and other marginalized peoples.

Through collaborative initiatives, we seek to enhance the discourse among the student body, administration, faculty and the surrounding communities.

OUTLaw stands for social justice and equality across the boundaries of gender, race, class and ability status.

Advisor: Prof. Wren

President: Michael Russo 
Vice President: Elysse Anderson 
Treasurer: Rob Romano 
Secretary: TBA

Advisor: TBA

President: Caitlin Masline 
Vice President, Internal: Winston Seurattan 
Vice President, External: Robert Calvin 
Vice President, External: Robert Paul 
Secretary: Bennett Forrest 
Secretary: Simrah Malik 
Treasurer: Erin Stavish 
Public Relations Chair: Rachel Midey

Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International is a professional law fraternity advancing integrity, compassion and courage through service to the student, the school, the profession and the community.

Advisor: Prof. Ostrow

Co President: Jessica Sperling 
Co President: Joey Kovar 
Vice President: Isabella Licata 
Treasurer: Stephanie Garcia-Diaz 
Secretary: Naomi Russell

Hofstra Law’s Public Justice Foundation helps to ensure that quality legal services are provided to those who would otherwise be marginalized or forgotten in justice system.

This is achieved through Public Interest Law Fellowships, which are awarded to students who devote their summers to working in an area of public interest law, such as Legal Aid, the district attorney’s office, Child Services, the Environmental Protection Agency and the United Nations, among others.

Advisor: Office of Student Affairs

President: Karl Armbrust 
VP: Sydney Albert 
Director of Outreach: Emma Richter 
Secretary: Dan Espineira 
Treasurer: Caitlin McDonough 
Historian: Robert Paul

The Real Estate Law Association’s mission is to educate students on all aspects of real estate and property law. The organization will help students interested in real estate law to network with legal professionals in this field. The organization will also provide networking opportunities between students who have similar interests.

We will accomplish these goals by hosting professional networking events, educational meetings and also providing speaker events that will educate and inform students on all aspects of real estate and property law.

The Real Estate Law Association focuses on these topics: Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Negotiations, Landlord/Tenant, Real Estate Litigation, Zoning, Construction, and Estate Planning.

Advisor: Prof. Ostrow

President: Abraham Kohn 
VP: Brooke Modica 
Treasurer: Shaun Sklar 
Secretary: Sammi Casamassino 
Social Media Coordinator: Victoria Monaco 
On Campus Events Cooridinator: Nicole Brotter 
2L Representitive: Samuel Ohebshalom 
3L Representitive: Nicholas Rigole

SALSA has been founded with the goal of helping to represent the expanding South Asian population that is beginning to make a greater impact on the legal community at Hofstra Law, in New York and across the nation.

As a first-year law student in this organization, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact on the course that this organization takes, helping it to grow in prominence within the Hofstra Law community and allowing it to flourish alongside other South Asian law school organizations throughout the tri-state area and the rest of the country.

Advisor: Prof. Gundlach

President: Simrah Malik 
Vice President: Aaliyah Yunus 
Treasurer: Juliet Ramdass 
Social Media Coordinator: Sabrina Pirzada

The mission of SELS is to introduce students to the field of law within both the entertainment and sports industries and provide guidance in pursuing careers in these areas.

We seek to afford students the opportunity to meet and interview with several attorneys within the industries they are most interested in.

SELS will host several events in which the proceeds will be given to a charitable organization, which will also allow us to help make Hofstra Law students and alumni well known within the legal community.

Advisor: Prof. Sample

President: Madelyn Feyko 
VP of Sports: Tylar Telesfort 
VP of Entertainment: Christine Coleman 
Treasurer: David Moyett 
Social Media Josie Thode

Office: Room 029P
Advisor: Student Affairs

President: Jessica Kohn

VP: Lauren Baffo 
Treasurer: Brody Paola 
Secretary: Julia DeFazio 
ABA Rep: Arianna Tormey 
3L Senators: Stephanie Delandro, Amelia Chiappetta, Nicoletta Gasparis
2L Senators: Max McNaughton, Benjamin Harooni, Jessica Laguerre
1L Senator, Section A: TBA 
1L Senator, Section B: TBA 
1L Senator, Section C: TBA

The Tax Law Society enables future attorneys who are interested in financially related legal fields to network with current professionals, as well as one another, in order to gain insight and promote career development.

The Tax Law Society accomplishes this through professional mixers where students can meet future employers.

Group meetings also allow students to share experiences and advice with one another.

Additionally, the Tax Law Society assists the community through such initiatives as the IRS-sponsored VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Association) program, where students help prepare tax returns for low-income individuals in a pro bono capacity.

Advisor: Prof. Galler

VITA Advisor: Prof. Galler & Luciana DeCarlo

President: Oscar Loja-Bermeo 
VP: Gisselle Rodas 
Treasurer: Juliana Gonzalez 
Secretary: Rona Racareanu 
Director of VITA: TBA

The Veterans Law Student Association is an inclusive organization for service members and students, families, friends, faculty and associates interested in issues affecting veterans.

The VLSA is committed to providing general fellowship, professional and academic mentorship and veterans advocacy.

The VLSA hosts a number of JAG and career panels, as well as professional networking events, to assist students with professional development.

VLSA members also collaborate with local legal professionals, firms, judges and the Nassau County Bar Association to broaden Hofstra Law’s Veterans Advocacy Program (VAP).

Through VAP, law students participate as mentors for veteran-defendants who are charged with nonviolent misdemeanor crimes at the Nassau County Veterans Treatment Court.

VAP also offers students opportunities to assist veterans, under the supervision of other attorneys, through the pro bono Veterans Legal Assistance Project (VLAP). VLAP focuses on assisting veterans initiate VA claims and improving overall access to free civil legal services to veterans in Nassau County.

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Advisor: Prof. Greer 
VLAP Advisor: Prof. Kubek & Luciana DeCarlo

President: Kraig Puccia 
Vice President: Giro Maccheroni 
Treasurer: Thomas Lang 
Secretary: Allan Gremli 
Intake Coordinator: Erin Stavish 
Marketing & Outreach Coordinator: Ben Underwood

Advisor: Prof. Franzella

Co-President: Simrah Malik 
Co-President: Isabella Schaetzle 
Vice President: Iman Elshazly 
Secretary: Juliana Gonzalez 
Treasurer: Elizabeth Mauter 
Social Media Chair: Lisann Ricketts 
Community Outreach Chair: Pacika Guerra

Journals

The ACTEC Law Journal is peer-reviewed and is published under the auspices of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

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Email: ACTEC @hofstra.edu 
Advisor: Prof. Gans 
(516) 463-6048

Editor in Chief: Gisselle Rodas 
Managing Editor of Staff: Thomas Lang 
Managing Editor of Articles: Brooke Modica 
Business Editor: Noah Wilpon

Family Court Review (FCR) is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal published under the auspices of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). Family Court Review is an international, interdisciplinary family law journal -- a forum for the exchange of ideas, programs, research, legislation, case law and reforms. The journal's editorial staff is based at the Law School. Its fundamental premise is that productive discussion of family law is facilitated by a dialogue between the judiciary, lawyers, mediators, mental health and social services communities. AFCC is an interdisciplinary, international association of judges, counselors, evaluators, mediators, attorneys and others concerned with the constructive resolution of family conflict.

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Email: FCR@hofstra.edu 
Advisor: Prof. Cannon 
(516) 463-5926

Managing Editor: Kraig Puccia 
Managing Ed. Notes/Comm: Stephanie Delandro 
Managing Ed. Of Articles: Alexa Sabatini 
Business Administrator: Cynthia Madrid

Visit the FCR Website

The HLELJ provides students with an interest in labor and employment law the opportunity to become more involved in and learn more about the fields of labor and employment law.

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Email: laborlaw@hofstra.edu 
Advisor: Prof. Fernbach 
(516) 463-6317

Editor in Chief: Peter Galgano 
Managing Editor of Articles: Sydney Albert 
Managing Editor of Staff: Joseph Diez 
Business Administrator & Technology Editor: Michael Zanni 
Alumni Affairs Coordinator: Kristen Julich

Visit the HLELJ Website

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Email: lawrev@hofstra.edu 
Advisor: Prof. Freedman 
(516) 463-5910

Editor in Chief: Philip Daleo 
Managing Editor of Staff: Connor Cruz 
Managing Editor of Articles: Domenico Pensa III 
Business Editor: Lauren Baffo

Visit the HLR Website

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Email: jibl@hofstra.edu 
Advisor: Dean Ku

(516) 463-6188

Editor in Chief: Nick Fiorino 
Managing Editor of Staff: Gabriella Oliveira 
Managing Editor of Articles: Eden Kataev 
Sr. Research Editor: Juliana Gonzalez 
Senior Productions Editor: Ryan Tinter 
Business & Alumni Affairs Editor: Nicholas Warshaw

Visit the JIBL Website

Advocacy Organizations

The Hofstra Law Dispute Resolution Society is an organization which aims to advance students’ ability to negotiate, arbitrate and mediate through seminars and competition. With the DRS, students can learn essential skills that will most certainly be utilized when they enter the workforce. Because the DRS has little to do with court proceedings, it allows law students to work actively with the opposing party to come to an equitable solution. It drives students to use their ingenuity to resolve problems in unique, creative and original fashion. The DRS not only teaches students critical lawyering skills, but it also enhances the value of their legal education.

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Advisor: Prof. Barron 
External Coaches: Christine Hughes , Ngozi Asonye , Lucas Kessler

President: Aanya Desai 
VP: Justin Knight 
Director of Internal Competitions: Winston Seurattan 
Director of External Competitions: Michael Krohnengold 
Director of Training: Jay Martin 
Treasurer: Jaime Morales 
Director of Hosted Competitions: Nurie Metodieva 
Director of Social Media & Marketing: Amelia Chiappetta 
Business Administrator: Jaime Morales

The Hofstra Trial Advocacy Association (HTAA) is a student-run organization devoted to the development of students’ trial advocacy skills. Such skills include conducting direct and cross examinations of witnesses, as well as performing opening statements and closing arguments in front of a jury. HTAA members compete and represent Hofstra Law at mock trial competitions.

HTAA holds an intramural trial advocacy competition each semester, which is open to all members of the Hofstra Law community. These mock trial competitions are judged by HTAA executive board members and faculty advisors. Guest judges comprising sitting judges and practicing attorneys with trial experience judge the final rounds.

To become a member of HTAA, students must compete in an intramural competition and demonstrate impressive skills in the art of trial advocacy. The most impressive competitors are invited to join the organization each semester.

HTAA members may then try out for interscholastic competitions. Each team is coached by practicing attorneys, most of whom are Hofstra Law alumni. The competitors may earn course credit through participation on one of these interscholastic mock trial teams.

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Advisor: Prof. Barron 
External Coach: Jared Rosenblatt

President: Brian O'Regan 
Co-VP's: Isaiah Harris 
Taylor Mavica 
Treasurer: Caitlin McDonough 
Secretary: Bianca Valenti 
Competition Managers: Briana MacLaren 
Competition Managers: Marisa Marzolini 
Fact Pattern Writer: Nicholas Constantinidis 
Fact Pattern Writer: Hannah Gates

The Moot Court Board is a student-run organization that is dedicated to the development of students’ written and oral appellate advocacy skills.

The board administers two intramural competitions each year, through which members of the board are selected. The fall semester competition is open to upper-class students and transfer students; the spring semester competition is open to first-year students.

Board members help prepare competitors for oral argument and conduct practice rounds leading up to the competition; board members also serve as judges for the preliminary rounds of the competitions. The final round of each competition is adjudicated by a panel of distinguished judges and appellate practitioners.

The board also plays an important part in Hofstra Law’s interscholastic moot court competition program. The board helps organize tryouts each fall for the selection of students to represent Hofstra Law in regional, national and international moot court competitions against other law schools.

Board members also assist in the faculty-taught Advanced Appellate Skills seminar, which is designed exclusively for students who are selected from those tryouts — largely from board membership — to represent Hofstra Law in interscholastic competitions.

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Advisor: Prof. Barron 
External Coach: Adam Kahn & Shelia Ballato

President: Christina Portuallo 
VP: Emma Kiernan 
Managing Editor: Andrew Mirovich 
Director of Competitions: Alaina Ciccone 
Director of Staff Affairs: Stephanie Delandro 
Director of Business Affairs: Michael Roller 
Director of Alumni Affairs: Daniel Shafran 
Director of Social Media & Technology: Alexa Cirri

Pro-Bono Groups

CAP’s mission is to advocate for victims of domestic violence in New York family courts while also educating the Hofstra Law community on issues of domestic violence.

Advisor: Luciana DeCarlo 
Faculty Advisor: TBA

Senior Coordinator: Alexis Parkes 
Junior Coordinator: Ashley Hall

The Unemployment Action Center helps safeguard the equitable administration of labor law by providing representation and guidance through the unemployment insurance appeals process.

Advisor: Luciana DeCarlo 
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Fernbach

President: Simrah Malik 
Vice President: Umme-Kulsum Rahman 
Treasurer: Robert Calvin 
Secretary: Aaliyah Yunus 
Public Relations Manager: Leora Gulkarov