Gershon M. Distenfeld holds a BS in finance from the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University and is a CFA charterholder. He is Senior Vice President, Co-Head of Fixed Income, Director of Credit and a Partner at AllianceBernstein, where he has worked since 1998.
Gershon initiated NNJKIDS, a community-wide education fund for Bergen County. Together with his wife, he was a founding member of Yeshivat He’Atid where Gershon served as chairman of the board for the first several years. He is passionate about educating and inspiring children both in and out of the classroom.
Gershon has partnered with NCSY to support its humanitarian disaster-relief projects and has participated himself in these missions.