Spertus Institute announces Harold Israel as new chairman of its board of trustees

As the Jewish community celebrates the start of the new Jewish year, Chicago-based Spertus Institute proudly announces attorney Harold D. Israel, a Deerfield resident, as the new chairman of its board of trustees.

Harold is a partner in the Financial Services & Restructuring Practice Group at Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC.

A Spertus Trustee since 2014, he served as vice chairman for the past year, working closely with outgoing Chairperson Dr. Sharon Silverman and the Spertus leadership team.

About his appointment, Spertus President and CEO Dr. Dean P. Bell said, "Harold is a long-standing community leader and a remarkable Spertus trustee. As chairman of our Governance Committee, he guided important future-focused work. He is a respected thought leader who gets things done and I'm excited by the opportunity to expand our work together in the coming years."

Since the early 2000s, Israel has shared his leadership expertise with a range of community organizations. Among them, he is a past president of the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, past chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Bankruptcy and Reorganization Committee, and past president of Temple Beth-El in Northbrook. He serves on the Community Outreach and Scholarship Committees of Chicago's Jewish United Fund and on the board of directors of Illini Hillel at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.