Evanston local Alex Turik receives prestigious award

Evanston local Alex Turik has received the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago’s Davis, Gidwitz & Glasser Young Leadership Award.

The honor, presented at the Federation’s Sept. 13 Annual Meeting, is presented to volunteer leaders age 40 and under who have demonstrated exemplary dedication and made significant contributions to Chicago's Jewish community.

Turik, co-founder and general partner of HAN Capital, is the immediate past chair of the Jewish United Fund's Russian Jewish Division Advisory Board. He is the first Russian-speaking member of the JUF Board of Directors, and also serves on the Jewish Federations of North America's National Young Leadership Cabinet. In 2009, Alex co-founded the Russian Jewish Leadership Forum initiative, which later became JUF's Russian Jewish Division.

The Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago is the one organization that impacts every aspect of local and global Jewish life, providing human services for Jews and others in need, creating Jewish experiences and strengthening Jewish community connections.