The Board of Trustees recently elected Georg B. Muzicant ’02, IBS MA ’03 and Mindy L. Schneider ’75 to the Board. Their four-year terms began on July 1.

Muzicant is the chief executive officer of Colliers International in Austria, a commercial real estate services organization that was founded by his grandfather. According to his profile on the Colliers website, Muzicant completed internships at Merrill Lynch, Colliers, the Davis Companies and Monitor Deloitte during his time at the University.

In his profile, Muzicant also notes that he specializes in investment services, project management, development consulting, hotels and retail. Some of his high profile clients have included Prada, Louis Vuitton, Abercrombie, Fendi, Signa and Generali. “I am grateful to Brandeis for the global perspective and intellectual rigor I experienced as both an undergraduate and at IBS,” Muzicant told BrandeisNOW in an Aug. 30 article. “I welcome the opportunity to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees and ensure the institution continues to enable students to build their own broad world views.”

Schneider, on the other hand, is a legacy: her father, Irving Schneider, served on the Board of Trustees from 1970 to 1994, serving as vice chair from 1971 to 1983 and from 1987 to 1993. He was made a trustee emeritus in 1995, before his death in 2012. Irving Schneider was also responsible for a sizeable 2003 donation to the University that helped the Heller School for Social Policy and Management double in size.

“My family has treasured Brandeis as an incredibly special place, where social sciences, the arts and humanities, and scientific research are all core to the university’s identity,” Schneider told BrandeisNOW. “I am enthusiastic about taking on another role in support of this community and I’m proud to follow in my father’s footsteps as a member of the Board of Trustees.”

Schneider herself is a former health care executive who once worked as the assistant to a senior vice president at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

She has long been involved in alumni relations and the University’s art programs, serving on the alumni association board of directors as well as the Brandeis Arts Council.

“Both Georg and Mindy bring a wealth of experience and dedication to Brandeis to the board,” Board of Trustees Chair Larry Kanarek ’76 told BrandeisNOW. “I am delighted that both of these distinguished members of our alumni community will continue their relationship with Brandeis in such a meaningful way.”

Representatives from the University and from the Board of Trustees could not be reached for comment as of press time.