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Ronald G. Weiner, CPA

BIO

Ron Weiner is chairman and president of Perelson Weiner, Certified Public Accountants. The firm is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs, their families, and their businesses. It also assists international companies and their owners in their activities in the United States.

Ron has been named to the 2024 Forbes America‘s Top 200 CPAs list. His experience includes financial consulting in business, real estate, acquisition, and divestiture matters. He advises on special projects and personal planning. His financial background, broad domestic and international perspective, and consultative skills are well attuned to the needs of boards of companies and their owners. He is an expert on managing professional service firms and entrepreneurial businesses. He also helps resolve complex litigation matters. His business knowledge and ability to create tax-advantaged structures have been of value in estate and tax planning, dispute resolutions, and mergers and acquisitions.

He is a trustee emeritus of Babson College and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree. In 2025, Babson dedicated the “Ronald G. Weiner Innovation Zone” in recognition of his continuing support for the College.

He has been a director of Nautica, Inc. as well as of Market Basket, a New England supermarket chain where he helped resolve a long-standing, bitter family dispute.

EDUCATION

He earned a BSBA from Babson College and attended both New York University Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School.

COMMUNITY SERVICE & FAMILY

In addition to his client service, he has always been active in his communities. He currently serves as Chairman of Babson Global and is a Trustee for the Muhammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship. He is a board member and Trustee of the Cancer Research Institute for Immunological Research.

He is a trustee emeritus of Babson College, the Citizens Budget Commission of New York, and the Jewish Communal Fund. He was the International Chair of the Board of the Chief Executives Organization from 2008 to 2009. He served as president of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Vice Chairman of the Lighthouse Guild for the Blind, and Grants Committee Chairman for UJA Federation of New York. He was Chairman of the Department of Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee. and was a Wexner Fellow, a Fellow of the Adenauer Stiftung, and a Board Member of Commentary Magazine.

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Civic and Professional Activities

Currently active:

  • Chair-  Perelson Weiner LLP

  • Certified Public Accountant – NY and NJ

  • Trustee Emeritus – Babson College

  • Trustee Emeritus – Jewish Communal Fund

  • Trustee Emeritus – Citizens Budget Committee of New York

  • Chair – Babson Global

  • Trustee and member of the Executive Committee– Muhammed Bin Salman College of Entrepreneurship

  • Board Member/ Trustee – Cancer Research Institute for Immunological Research

  • Advisor – Council for Responsible Leadership chaired by  Mohammad Ibn Abdulkarim Alissa

  • Member – Chief Executives Organization

  • Member – Council for Strategic and International Studies

  • Member – Bretton Woods Group

  • Member – Young Presidents Organization – Gold

  • Member - Wyantenuck Country Club

  • Member - Harvard Club 

Past Activities: 

  • President – CEO International Chair of the Board

  • President  - Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

  • International President and Board Member – Chief Executives Organization

  • Board Member Babson College

  • Vice chair – Lighthouse Guild for the Blind

  • Board Member – Jewish Guild for the Blind

  • American Jewish Committee: National Officer, Chair – Interreligious Affairs, President – New York Chapter

  • Board Member – Young Presidents Organization – New York Chapter

  • Trustee – Olin College of Engineering

  • Trustee – Cooper Union University

  • Board Member – Jewish Communal Fund

  • United Jewish Appeal – Grants Committee Chair

  • Board Member Commentary Magazine

  • United Jewish Appeal – Young Leadership

  • President – International Group of Accounting Firms

  • Member -  New York State Board of Accountancy

  • Member of the American Institute of Certified  Public Accountants - Managing Partners Committee

  • Member of New York and New Jersey Societies of Certified Public Accountants

  • Board Member - Jewish Big Brothers

  • Board Member -Irvington Institute for Immunological Research

  • Fellow – Wexner Organization

  • Fellow – Adenauer Stiftung

  • Member, Board Member and Chair of House committee- Mountain Ridge Country Club

He has been married to Vicki for 51 years. She is the Founder of the Women’s Enterprise Action Loan Fund (WEALF), a foundation dedicated to helping women business owners become financially self-sufficient with interest-free loans and one-on-one mentoring.

They have two daughters, a son-in-law, and four grandchildren. Their eldest, Jennie, is a professor of Education Policy and Organizational Change at the University of Connecticut. Their daughter Maureen has an interior design firm based in New York.