Our Trustees

Jeffrey Wilks
Trustee

Jeffrey S. Wilks is a Principal and Executive Vice President of Spiegel Associates, a private real estate development and management company headquartered in Jericho, N.Y.  From 1992 to 1995 Mr. Wilks was an Associate Director of Sandler O’Neill & Partners, an investment bank specializing in the banking industry.  Prior thereto, from 1981, Mr. Wilks was a Vice President of Corporate Finance at NatWest USA and Vice President of NatWest USA Capital Corp. and NatWest USA Equity Corp., each an affiliate of NatWest USA.  Mr. Wilks serves on the board of directors of State Bancorp and State Bank of Long Island, The Wine and Food Society of New York, the New Cassel Business Association and is a member of the board and treasurer of The Museum at Eldridge Street.  He is a past director of the Banking and Finance Committee of the UJA-Federation of NY.  Mr. Wilks earned his BSBA in Accounting and Finance from Boston University.  Mr. Wilks has been a member of Central Synagogue for over 10 years.