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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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.