Mark Zilbermann

Mark Zilbermann, is the retired Chairman of The Brandt Companies, LLC, and a distinguished leader of the Dallas Jewish and larger community, was inducted into the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) at its meeting in Los Angeles on February 11, 2019.

Zilbermann has been associated with Brandt Engineering and the Brandt Companies, LLC since 1976, serving as CEO in 1995-2016 and Chairman since 2016.

A pillar of Temple Emanu-El of Dallas, Zilbermann was President of the congregation in 2015-2017 and continues to serve on the Board and Executive Committee. He has held various executive committee positions and numerous committee chairs, including chair of the most recent capital campaign, “Our Temple Future,” which raised $40 million.

Currently, Zilbermann serves as the Chair of The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, the board of the southwest region for the AJC, the board of the Temple Emanu-El Foundation, co-chair of the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council of Dallas, and previously served on HUC-JIR’s Central Region Board of Overseers.

Previously, he served as a board member of the JCC, the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas, the Dallas Holocaust Museum, and St. Mark’s School of Texas.

Zilbermann received the B.S. from Yale University (1974) and MS from the University of Texas at Austin (1978).