Cheri Kaufman Email & Phone Number

Cheri Kaufman is a successful entrepreneur, visionary and global thought leader. She’s built a leading network of influencers, investors, and innovators dedicated to building high-growth companies who are transforming industries in technology and life science. She has created numerous start up programs and established an efficient screening process for how to source, qualify, advise, support, and showcase the most promising high-potential businesses seeking capital or partnerships for product development and expansion.Cheri Kaufman is an important, long-standing and recognized member of New York’s philanthropic community and Ci Give Founder, a socially-responsible organization dedicated to empowering enterprising millennials by connecting them with the patronage and support of leaders throughout the business and philanthropic world.As one of the founding partners of Kaufman Astoria Studios, Cheri played a crucial role in starting the studio on the successful path to its prominent place today in the New York’s film and television industry. Under her initiative, all the studio’s sound stages are named after women who filmed there, including Diana Ross, Claudette Colbert and Helen Hayes.Ms. Kaufman’s early trailblazing career included a founding ownership of the trading company, Cherut International, trading in cement, steel, lumber and other construction materials, principally in the Middle East.While in the Middle East and Asia, as Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for Intercontinental Hotels, she wrote feasibility studies, raised multi millions in project financing and managed multiple facilities.Over the years, Ms. Kaufman has worked with numerous leaders of private industry. She has hosted leaders in the entertainment industry such as Summer Redstone of Viacom, and real estate developers including Silverstein Properties, Kalikow Properties, Helmsley Spear, as well as industry leaders Michael Bloomberg and Tim Cook.Board Positions:Ci Give FounderVeteran Services USANational Women’s History MuseumLifeline OrganizationUN Women for Peace CommitteeMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC