Michael Frieze

Michael Frieze is Chairman Emeritus of the board of directors at Gordon Brothers. Previously, Michael was Chairman and Chief Investment Officer and the firm’s Chief Executive Officer for more than 30 years.

Michael has a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College and a Master of Business Administration from MIT Sloan School of Management.

He is a founder of the Boston-Haifa Partnership; chairman emeritus of Friends of Yemin Orde, past chair of New England region of American Technion Society. He has or currently serves on numerous Boards including Combined Jewish Philanthropies where he was past chair of the Exodus Campaign, Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Our Generation Speaks, Brandeis University and many others.

Linda Frieze

Linda Frieze has been involved with a variety of local and International organizations. She graduated from Skidmore College and earned a Masters Degree from Simmons College School of Social Work. 

She has served on the boards of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Jewish Family and Children’s Service, The Heller School at Brandeis University, Shalom Hartman Institute and AIPAC. Presently she is a longtime member of the board of CAMERA (Committee for Accurate Middle East Reporting and Analysis) and NATAL (Trauma and Resiliency Center in Israel).

She made her first of many trips to Israel in 1962 and participated in the City of David Archeology Dig in the summer of 1978 and 1980. She also participated along with her husband in the initial founding of the Boston Haifa Sister Relationship.