Mark Gerson

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Mark Gerson is an American investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He co-founded numerous businesses including the Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG), [1] Thuzio and 3i Members. Gerson is also involved in several philanthropic organizations having co-founded African Mission Healthcare Foundation and United Hatzalah.

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Gerson grew up in the Short Hills neighborhood of Millburn, New Jersey and attended Millburn High School. [2] Gerson received a BA from Williams College and a JD from Yale Law School. [3]

Business

Gerson and fellow Yale Law School graduate Thomas Lehrman founded the Gerson Lehrman Group in 1998. Gerson Lehrman Group, otherwise known as GLG, is a peer to peer business learning company. GLG is a knowledge brokerage and primary research firm with a stated membership-based platform of more than 600,000 independent consultants. [4]

Gerson also co-founded Thuzio, a professional booking marketplace, with former NFL player Tiki Barber, [5] and Create, a venture studio. [6]

Most recently, Gerson co-founded 3i Members, a highly selective network of accomplished private investors who share curated investment opportunities that come from the membership, do collective diligence and are in community with each other through several hundred events a year and a variety of other channels. [7]

Philanthropy

Gerson is the co-founder and chairman of United Hatzalah, a network of over 8000 volunteer medics in Israel. United Hatzalah's volunteers come from every segment of Israeli society-- Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze, and people who espouse no faith. United Hatzalah is committed to treating everyone regardless of race, religion, national origin, or ethnicity. [8]

Gerson also co-founded African Mission Healthcare Foundation with Dr. Jon Fielder in 2010. [9] The Foundation seeks to improve access to medical care in Africa. [10] AMHF supports the work of Christian medical missionaries serving in Africa in three areas: clinical care, training and infrastructure. [11]

AMHF has forged partnerships with Christian Broadcasting Network [12] and Samaritan's Purse [13]

As part of AMHF, Gerson helped create the Gerson L'Chaim Prize [14] in August 2016. [15]

In September 2021 Gerson donated US$18 million to Christian medical missions in Africa. [16]

L'Chaim Prize for Outstanding Medical Missionary Service

The L'Chaim Prize for Outstanding Medical Missionary Service was founded by Gerson and his wife Erica Gerson. [17] The L'Chaim Prize is a $500,000 grant aimed to award medical missionaries for their service and help them fund their mission. [17] Due to the rise in independent churches, Gerson believed that there was a shortage of medical missionaries and believed this prize would help the field. [18] The prize's name, L'Chaim, means "to life" in Hebrew. [17]

Recipients

YearApplicantsRecipientNationalityCountry of ServiceIntended Use
201626 Jason Fader, MD AmericanBurundi (Kibuye Hope Hospital)Expand hospital and laboratories, purchase orthopedic equipment [19]
201724Russel E. White, MDAmericanKenya (Tenwek Mission Hospital)Train cardiac surgeons, implement ultrasound, purchase antibiotics [18]
2018Rick Sacra, MDAmericanLiberia (ELWA Hospital)Train Liberian Family Medicine Physicians, install solar capacity, establish ICUs [20]
2019 Tom Catena, MDAmericanSudan (Mother of Mercy Hospital)to strengthen and expand the Gidel Mother of Mercy Hospital [21]
2020 Dr. Sister Priscilla Busingye, MDUgandanUganda (Banyatereza Sisters of Uganda)She ‘loves the stranger’ every day in a genuine and tangible manner [22]
2021William Rhodes, MDAmericanKenya (Kapsowar Hospital)Train teams of surgical care providers for "surgical deserts" [23]

Media

In 2020, Gerson launched his podcast The Rabbi's Husband with Mark Gerson, where he interviewed a number of prominent figures to discuss religious, political and theological perspectives on passages from the Bible. His guests have included United States Senators Cory Booker, Tom Cotton, William Cassidy, Israeli author Yossi Klein Halevi, speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz and Bishop Robert Stearns. [24] He hosts a popular weekly Bible study with Eagles Wings, an international Christian organization supporting Israel initiatives. [25]

He is the author of the national best-selling book The Telling: How Judaism's Essential Book Reveals the Meaning of Life (St. Martins Publishing Group, March 2, 2021) [26] [27] and The Telling Workbook: An Interactive Guide to the Haggadah (St. Martins Publishing Group, March 8, 2022). [28] His upcoming book God Was Right: How Modern Social Science Proves the Torah is True (BenBella Books, June 3, 2025) examines the Torah's social-science claims in light of modern scientific research. [29]

Politics

Gerson authored several other books including The Neoconservative Vision: From the Cold War to the Culture Wars ( ISBN   1568330545) and In the Classroom: Dispatches from an Inner-City School that Works ( ISBN   0684827565), and served as editor of The Essential Neoconservative Reader ( ISBN   0201479680).

He is active politically, with most support going to Republican candidates.[ citation needed ] In 2015, Gerson joined other Republicans in signing an amicus curiae brief supporting a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, which was submitted to the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges. [30]

References

  1. ↑ "Who We Are". GLG. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ Gerson, Mark. "Molding the Good Citizen: The Politics of High-School History Texts.", National Review . Accessed July 19, 2021. "I remember taking an Advanced Placement class in government at Millburn High School in New Jersey with a wonderful teacher, Mr. Stivers."
  3. ↑ "Mark Gerson". Militarist Monitor. October 21, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Overview".
  5. ↑ "Thuzio | Julius | Thuzio Executive Club". www.thuzio.com. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ "About Create". madebycreate.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Q&A: Mark Gerson, co-founder of 3i Members". Crain Currency. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions - United Hatzalah of Israel". israelrescue.org. October 18, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  9. ↑ "From Williams to Africa". williams.edu. November 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Modern Missionaries". philanthropyroundtable.org. 2018.
  11. ↑ "Providing much needed care for Mothers and Children". africanmissionhealthcare.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  12. ↑ "$500,000 Medical Prize Unites Christian, Jewish Faiths". cbn.com. October 13, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  13. ↑ "WORLD MEDICAL MISSION - ON CALL" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Allies in good works - WORLD". world.wng.org. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  15. ↑ "The $500,000 Gerson l'Chaim Prize". August 17, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Jewish Couple's Desire to 'Love the Stranger' Leads to 'Largest Private Gift Ever' to Christian Medical Missions in Africa". September 22, 2021.
  17. 1 2 3 Donald G. McNeil Jr. (October 27, 2017). "Jewish Philanthropists Create a Prize for Christian Missionaries". New York Times . Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  18. 1 2 Lipman, Steve (February 9, 2018). "'Doing God's Work' In Rural Africa". The New York Jewish Week. pp. 5, 8. ProQuest   2002969522.
  19. ↑ "The Only Surgeon For Millions of People Wins First Annual Gerson L'Chaim Prize". PRWeb. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Gerson LChaim Prize". www.amhf.us. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  21. ↑ "Heroic American Surgeon Dr. Tom Catena Earns Top Medical Missionary Award for Saving Lives in Africa's Forgotten War Zone". prnewswire.com. January 28, 2020.
  22. ↑ "First African Woman to Receive L'Chaim Prize for Providing Life-Changing Care in Rural Uganda". missionbox.org. October 27, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Dr. William Rhodes (2021)". africanmissionshealthcare.org. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  24. ↑ "The Rabbi's Husband on Apple Podcasts".
  25. ↑ "Bishop Stearns hosts National Pastors for Special Passover Presentation". April 2, 2020.
  26. ↑ "The Telling | Mark Gerson | Macmillan".
  27. ↑ "Bestsellers List Sunday, March 28, 2021". Los Angeles Times . March 24, 2021.
  28. ↑ Gerson, Mark (March 8, 2022). The Telling Workbook: An Interactive Guide to the Haggadah. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN   978-1-250-84319-7.
  29. ↑ "GOD WAS RIGHT". GOD WAS RIGHT. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  30. ↑ Avlon, John (February 28, 2013). "The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay Marriage Brief". The Daily Beast.
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