CURRICULUM VITALE
Merle K. Barash Real Estate, Inc.
Founder and President
New York, NY
1990 - Present
Director of Sales and Marketing
Residential and Commercial Real Estate Development
Aaron Green Co., New York, NY
1988 -1990
Director of Sales
Memphis Downtown Condominium
140 Charles Street
Aaron Green Co., New York, NY
1985-1988
Horace Mann School
Founder of the Photography Program
Masters Thesis Exhibition Horace Mann Gallery
Riverdale, New York
1977-1984
Assistant Advertising Manager
Royal Typewriter Co., Hartford, Connecticut
1974-1976
Strang Cancer Prevention Center
Vice President Strang Council
New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center
1994 -2002
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Strang Cancer Prevention Institute
Secretary on the Board of Trustees
575 Madison Avenue 10th Floor
New York, NY 10022
2009 - Present
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Founder ALL TOGETHER SAVING WOMENS LIVES
A Mission to fund the research of Luis A. Diaz Jr. MD
for the early detection of Ovarian and Endometrial cancers
2024 to Present
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Education
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Master of Arts in Psychoanalysis, MA Psya.
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis 2006
Masters of Art Education, MA AEd
Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Hartford, Ct. 1983
Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA
Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Hartford, Ct.- 1974
New School for Social Research New York, NY - 2001
Parsons School of Design New York, NY 1999 - 2001
New York University New York, NY -1990’s
Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY 1983 - 1985
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International Center of Photography, ICP
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Center for Photography at Woodstock
Memberships
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The Real Estate Board of New York
Corporate Sponsor Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Neue Galerie
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
The Jewish Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Patron Abingdon Square Conservancy
Juilliard Ovation Society 2014-2015
New York Historical Society
Cooper Hewett Museum
Temple Emanu-El NYC
The New York Athletic Club (c) 1868, 2019-2022