Bram Freedman named president and CEO of Jewish General Hospital Foundation

Under Freedman’s leadership, Concordia’s Advancement team publicly launched the Campaign for Concordia: Next-Gen. Now, the university’s most ambitious fundraising appeal to date, which stands at over $140 million of its $250 million goal.

In addition, Freedman was the initiator of the university’s Office of Community Engagement which connects and promotes new and existing community-university partnerships.

“We are grateful to Bram for his exceptional leadership and dedicated service to our university,” says Concordia President Alan Shepard. “He’s played a vital role in Concordia’s growth and momentum, most notably with the launch of our most ambitious fundraising appeal to date.”Shepard adds: “Concordia relies on private support to help us bridge the gap between being good and great. We are grateful to Bram and his team for strengthening relationships with our donors and our alumni across Canada, the United States and internationally.

“Bram has put together an extremely competent leadership team and I am confident that, in partnership with our campaign volunteers, we will continue advancing our university to remarkable new levels. I will be launching an international search process for a permanent successor in the coming days.”

Freedman notes that two of his four children are graduates of the university. “Concordia is very special place and I intend to be a lifelong ambassador,” he says. “There are very few opportunities that would entice me to leave a place where I have spent the vast majority of my working life.”

“I am passionate about this university,” he says. “I have appreciated collaborating with its vibrant community — faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors and friends — over more than two decades.”