IPA President Named as Member of Touchstone Discussion Board

Gregg M. Steinberg, President of IPA, based in Buffalo Grove, Ill., was named as a member to the Touchstones Discussion Board.

As part of his duties, Steinberg is a member of the Financial and Audit committee which oversees the financial policies, accounting procedures, annual audit, and internal controls of the organization. The committee also regularly monitors the financial health of the organization. He is also a part of the Communications & Marketing committee will work directly with staff to develop communications and marketing strategy, and to advise on significant communications and marketing efforts including catalogs, direct mail, annual report, and other significant publications. They will advise on all marketing decisions requiring board approval. Steinberg’s final role is with the Board Membership committee will work with the Chairman and President to identify and interview board candidates and recommend candidates to the entire Board of Directors. They will also assist new members through the orientation period. This committee will monitor board composition and identify strategies for strengthening the board and increasing the overall effectiveness of the board of directors.

Steinberg joined IPA in 1992 and became its Chief Financial Officer in 1995. He has been President since 1997. Civically, he has been a board member of the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago and a past board member and Chairman for various committees of the Jewish Council for Youth Services. Currently, he is a member of Aspen Institute’s Middle East Strategy Group, a member of the Midwest board of Operation Hope, Midwest chair for the American Committee for the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (ACWIS) and a member of ACWIS’ national executive committee and is involved in a leadership role with the Suburban Human Relations Commission.

The Touchstones Discussion Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Annapolis, Maryland that was created by three tutors from St. John’s College. These tutors saw first-hand the results of the college’s discussion-based approach to instruction and recognized that learners of all ages could build self-confidence, awareness and critical thinking skills by having access to discussion-based learning and teaching. Today, Touchstones Discussions take place across the United States in schools, workplaces, prisons and senior centers as well as in several locations overseas. For more information, go to www.touchstones.org.