by Rob Derdiger, Chief Financial Officer, Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Fraternity housing for our chapters can take many different forms. Some chapters are fortunate enough to occupy traditional fraternity houses that are owned or operated by AEPi house corporations while others rent facilities on their own. For most of...
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by Andrew S. Borans, CEO of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Foundation I began working for AEPi in 1980 so I can tell you with some perspective: it has never been harder to be a Jewish student on a college campus than it is right now. On college campuses throughout...
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This year, we had another successful International Convention with nearly 500 Brothers and guests, including 300 undergraduates, in attendance at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Hotel in Alexandria, VA. Attendees were eager to learn more from staff, alumni and their peers on how to better themselves as leaders within...
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Dear Brothers, The phone calls almost always begin the same way. “Yeah, this is [insert name.] I was a Brother at [insert chapter name] in the 70s/80s/90s. My son is rushing at [chapter name]. When he was given his bid, one of the guys said to him, ‘Even though...
Read moreIn April 2019, Brother Brian Ratner (Indiana, 1996) and his wife Jamie found themselves in shark infested waters as they pitched their product – CertifiKid – on ABC’s Shark Tank. The two parents and “expert deal finders” found that while discount sites like Groupon offer great deals on group...
Read moreBrother Ari Greenburg (UC Berkeley, 1994) has been appointed president of WME, the powerhouse talent agency that represents the NFL, as well as acts like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, the Zac Brown Band and Adam Sandler among many other A-list actors, directors, producers and writers. Brother Greenburg...
Read moreWhat do SpaceX, AirBNB, Facebook and Spotify all have in common? All were invested in by the San Francisco- based venture capital powerhouse Founder’s Fund. Brother Keith Rabois (Stanford, 1991), who spent the last six years at Khosla Ventures, joins Founder’s Fund as a partner. With a varied background...
Read moreAs the founder and CEO of Osso VR, Brother Dr. Justin Barad (UC Berkeley, 2005) has reimagined how surgeons train. The virtual reality (VR)-based training platform is currently being used to train upwards of 1,000 surgeons every month. Using processes like remote collaboration and cutaneous haptics—sensory technology that simulate...
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Over the years, our Summer Leadership Series has developed into the premiere experience for AEPi Brothers looking for a challenge to their leadership skills. Only the cream of the crop are accepted into one of our two tracks: the Michael A. Leven Advanced Leadership Institute and Hineni Jewish Identity...
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Dear Brothers, Welcome to The Lion! I hope you enjoy our thoughts on the future of AEPi, fraternities and Jewish student life. Our goal with this issue is to give our readers some insight into our strategic thinking as we work to move our fraternity and the AEPi Foundation...
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