Eric has been recognized numerous times for his activities in the community and public sector roles. Beyond his current role as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at U.S. News & World Report, Eric is and has been involved with a number of non-profit organizations over the years.

Eric Gertler Wearing Ellis Island Award Medal

Recognitions

The Ellis Island Honors Society

The Ellis Island Medal of Honor

2024

Jewish American Heritage Month

co-Honoree at the Capitol Hill Luncheon

2024

The 5Boro Institute

Leadership Award

2023

The Center for Urban Future

Spirit of New York Award

2022

Tel Aviv University

Honorary Doctorate Degree

2022

City & State’s “Albany Power List”

2021

City & State’s “Real Estate Power 100”

2021

City & State’s “Albany Power List”

2020

Long Island Press’s “Power List”

2019

Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrant

2017

City & State’s “The 2016 Responsible 100 List”

honoring corporate social responsibility

Omicron Delta Kappa (National Leadership Honor Society)

1990

US Senator Pete Ricketts, Malcolm Hoenlein, US Senator Richard Blumenthal, Eric Gertler, US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Greg Rosenbaum, Ezra Friedlander
Honorees Malcolm Hoenlein & Eric Gertler presented by US Senators Pete Ricketts, Richard Blumenthal
US Senator Pete Ricketts, Malcolm Hoenlein, US Senator Richard Blumenthal, Eric Gertler, US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Greg Rosenbaum, Ezra Friedlander at The Capital Hill Luncheon for Jewish American Heritage Month.

Affiliations

Member

Council on Foreign Relations

Member

Young Presidents Organization (former Chapter Chair, YPO Metro)

Trustee & Advisor

Zuckerman Family Foundation

Board of Trustees

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Member, Leadership Council, Center for Public Leadership

Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Member, Board of Governors

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Governor, Board of Governors

Tel Aviv University

Member, International Board

Weizmann Institute of Science

Member, Board of Governors

Hebrew University

Chairman

American-Israel Friendship League

Former Board Member

Communications Advisory Council, Brown University

Former Board Member

Brown Alumni Magazine, Brown University

Former Member of Founding Board

City Year New York