![Zara Klaff](images/zara-klaff.png)
Ms. Klaff is the International Liaison for Klaff Family Investments and the Coordinator for the Klaff Family Foundation.
Ms. Klaff's responsibilities include maintaining multilingual communication between international investors and partners, overseeing and leasing residential properties in Brazil, Uruguay, and the US, and identifying and qualifying opportunities for new commercial, agricultural, and residential acquisitions in Brazil, Uruguay, and other parts of South America. Ms. Klaff also analyzes and invests in a myriad of funds and start-up companies that have originated in countries around the world including the US, Israel, the UK, Chile, Uruguay, and Brazil.
Ms. Klaff also acts as the Coordinator for the Klaff Family Foundation, overseeing and managing donations and acting as the Foundation's representative.
Prior to joining Klaff Realty, LP in 2012 and Klaff Family Investments in 2016, Ms. Klaff was the Special Projects Coordinator for Mai10 Destination Management Company in Buenos Aires, Argentina and then the Project Manager for Taco Libre, LTD, a Mexican fast-casual dining concept in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Ms. Klaff holds a B.A. in Anthropology and Spanish from Pomona College. She is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English, and lived in Argentina for 3 years and Brazil for 2 years. She has also spent a significant amount of time in Uruguay over the past 17 years.
Place greeting in the Tribute Journal![Joel Ryzowy, Adam Ron, and Joel Eisen](images/joeladamjoel.png)
Adam Ron is from Colombia. Joel Ryzowy from Uruguay and Joel Eisen from Venezuela. The three of them met for the first time at a Jewish Latin Center event in New York and have been close friends ever since. Today, Adam is an architect in New York, and the Joels work at JP Morgan and Microsoft.
Their support, entrepreneurship and leadership have greatly contributed to shape the Jewish Latin Center into what it is today. Our achievements are their achievements and for that they have our deepest gratitude.
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Katia Porzecanski has been a reporter for Bloomberg News since 2011, and covers U.S. hedge fund firms and investing from New York. She previously covered emerging markets for five years, focusing on fixed income and foreign exchange markets in Latin America. Before joining Bloomberg, she worked as a junior economist in Buenos Aires.
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