The Leaders of Tomorrow -
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Published on: 5/8/1999
Last Visited: 4/19/2001
David Aronberg , 28 , is an attorney at Steel Hector & Davis LLP in Miami.A native of Miami , he has a J.D. from Harvard Law School.Aronberg co-organized Florida's Holocaust Insurance Project , which investigates allegations of fraud against companies that have refused to honor World War II-era policies sold to the victims of the Holocaust.He is pro bono counsel to the Project and serves as a special assistant to the state Commissioner of Insurance.He also drafted the regulations that put teeth in Florida's landmark Holocaust Victims Insurance Act and has compiled a comprehensive database of potential claimants.As an undergraduate at Harvard University , Aronberg served as student body president and during law school , represented disabled workers and AIDS victims at an inner-city Boston legal services clinic.He also wrote the curriculum for a Kids in Court program that paired Harvard Law students with middle school students for a mock trial competition.Aronberg represents indigent domestic violence victims pro bono and serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami and the Anti-Defamation League of Florida.
Khalid Azim , 34 , an investment banker , is a Vice President at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in Hong Kong.Azim grew up in Harlem but was educated in Massachusetts with help from the A Better Chance ( ABC ) program.He graduated from Pitzer College and has an M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.Azim raises billions of dollars of debt capital for Asian issuers by providing financial services to Asian banks , corporations and government entities.During the Asian financial crisis , he developed and designed a financial structure for the largest Thai bank to raise regulatory capital when the capital markets were effectively shut down.Azim served five years in the U.S. Navy where he became the only minority officer in his submarine squadron and participated in Desert Shield and Desert Storm.Through the Student Sponsorship Program , he mentors a 16-year-old boy and pays the youth's tuition to a private school.Azim is also active in A Better Chance and Big Brothers.While in the military , Azim was involved in the Navy's Adopt-a-School program.
Esther T. Benjamin , 30 , is a manager in the Financial Management Consulting Group of Grant Thornton LLP in Vienna , VA. A native of Sri Lanka , Benjamin moved with her family to the United States when she was 13.She received an M.A. in Applied Economics and an M.A. in International Affairs from American University.