Our Trustees

David Edelson has been a senior vice president of Loews Corporation since May 2005 and its chief financial officer since May 2014. Prior to joining Loews, David was executive vice president & corporate treasurer at J.P. Morgan Chase. David is also a director of AutoNation, Inc.

David earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1985 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1981 with an A.B. in English.

David and his wife Cindy have been members of Central Synagogue since 1999. They have three children – Charlotte, Annabel, and Oliver.

David became a Central trustee in 2004, served as an officer from 2006-2009 and then as president from 2012-2015. He currently chairs Central’s nominating committee. David is a trustee and officer of the Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services, a governor of the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, and a board member of the American Jewish Committee New York. At Dartmouth, he serves on the Alumni Council’s nominating and alumni trustee search committee.