Leadership Categories: Executive Committee

Rachel Ziff is a graduate of Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a minor in Jewish Studies. She has served in a variety of roles in the financial services industry, beginning her career at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and most recently serving as the Chief Compliance Officer and Head of Investor Relations at an equity and credit hedge fund. Rachel has been a downtown resident for more than 18 years and is now a full-time mother living in Tribeca with her husband, Eric, their daughters, Madeleine and Molly, and their Goldendoodle, Totti.

Stacy Pollack graduated with a BSJ from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and holds an MSc in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics. She is currently a full time mom and dedicated volunteer. In her pre-mom life, Stacy worked in both television news and as the director of marketing for a designer shoe company. Stacy sits on the board of MS Hope for a Cure, a charity dedicated to funding research and helping people living with multiple sclerosis. She is also on the leadership committee for the Guggenheim Museum’s Learning Through Art program and involved in various women’s cancer research charities. After almost eight years in London, Stacy and her husband Jonathan moved back to New York City in 2009. They currently live in Tribeca with their two sons, Braden and Evan, and their three dogs.

Shira Altman graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Colgate University, earning a BA in History with a minor in Jewish Studies. She received her Master of Arts from NYU specializing in Education and Documentary Film.  After working in various positions within the film industry, Shira launched and ran a boutique video biography company specializing in historical legacy videos for families.  Shira and her husband Michael live downtown where she is currently a full-time mother of three and a dedicated volunteer.  Shira has served many roles at JCP, including leading the Parent Associations in the Early Childhood Center and the Hebrew School Project.

Josh Banschick is a Managing Director in the Global Markets Division at Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman, Josh spent ten years at J.P. Morgan in mortgage trading and one year at Bear Stearns in structuring & analytics.  Josh received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Michigan in 2007. He currently lives in Tribeca with his wife, Lexie, and three children, Lucas, Leo & Olivia.

Laurel Rom Dugan is a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received a dual masters from NYU Steinhardt for childhood and special education. She taught at PS 183 on the upper east side for several years and at a school in Boca, Florida. Laurel is currently a full time mom and volunteer. She lives in Tribeca with her husband, Josh and their children Jude and Rosie.

Jeffrey Ross is a partner and chair of the Executive Compensation & ERISA department at Fried Frank. For over 15 years, he has counseled clients on ERISA fiduciary matters and assisted clients with the executive compensation aspects of merger and acquisition transactions. More generally, Jeff has worked with several clients on a broad variety of employee benefits and compensation matters, including the negotiation of employment, non-competition and severance agreements, as well as equity-based compensation arrangements. He received his JD from New York University School of Law in 2001, where he was an Associate Casebook Editor of the law school’s Moot Court Casebook, and received his BA, cum laude, with honors in Latin Literature, from Yale University in 1998. He has called Tribeca home for nearly 10 years and enjoys exploring the neighborhood with his wife Solange and his three children Gabriel, Naomi and Billie.