Honorable MENSCHens Dana Allison Briggin and Dr. Matthew Wilf Ufberg Dr. Michael and Eileen Ufberg of Allentown and Steven and Debra Briggin of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Dr. Matthew Wilf Ufberg and Dana Allison Briggin. Dana graduated from the University of Delaware, where she earned a bachelor of science in hotel/restaurant management. She is now the director of catering at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. Matthew graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the Temple University School of Medicine. He is currently pursuing specialty training in high-risk obstetric
anesthesiology and perinatology at the University of California San Francisco. Dana is the granddaughter of the late Edward Briggin, and Marion Briggin of Del Ray Beach, Florida, and the late Charles Morgan, and Barbara Morgan of Brooklyn, New York. Matthew is the grandson of Sam and Ruth Wilf of Merion, Pennsylvania, and the late Dr. David Ufberg and the late Helen Ufberg of Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Sharing in the couple’s happiness are Dana’s sister Leah Briggin and Matthew’s four siblings and spouses: Drs. David and Leslie Ufberg, Dr. Jacob and Amy Ufberg, Dr. Larry and Melissa Ufberg and Bonnie and Emanuel Citron.
They are planning a 2015 wedding.
Susan Wolfson Travel Agent Magazine named Susan Wolfson of Go Astro Travel one of the Top 25 All Stars of 2014. Wolfson paired up with beer expert Joe Sixpack (Don Russell from the Daily News) to create Joe Sixpack Tulips and Beer River Cruise to Amsterdam and Belgium. This is the first ever brewery-focused luxury river cruise for Ama Waterways, a California based cruise operator. “After taking a seminar on wine cruises, I thought, why not beer?” Wolfson said of the tour. Wolfson got award-winning reporter Russell to host the cruise
and lead tours to breweries and famous beer cafes, host a beerpairing dinner and conduct tasting sessions. “Thanks to the microbrewing renaissance in America, so many people now ‘get’ beer,” Russell said. “Instead of traipsing through vineyards in search of exotic wine while on vacation, they’re hunting for unusual ales and lagers from the world’s greatest brewers.” Beer-focused vacations have exploded worldwide with the increased growth of craft brewing in America and abroad. Wolfson of Allentown has operated Go Astro Travel LLC, an independent agency of Avoya Travel, for over 13 years.
Zachary Cohen Lesavoy and Seitz Attorneys at Law announced that Zachary Cohen has been elected as the president of the Bar Association of Lehigh County for the 2015-16 term. Cohen, a member of Congregation Keneseth Israel, graduated from Lewis and Clark Law School in 2003, where his primary focus was environmental law. Since 2007, Cohen has been at Lesavoy and Seitz, and is currently a partner with a focus on civil litigation. From 2012-14, Cohen was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star. “In addition to promoting comradery among those in the legal profession, as president of the Bar Association of Lehigh County I’m tasked with addressing the
needs of more than 750 area lawyers and paralegals by acting as a liaison to the county and federal judges, overseeing more than 20 committees devoted to a wide assortment of legal disciplines and issues, as well as working with other county and state bar associations to ensure that the voices of legal professionals are heard by our legislators and other policy makers,” Cohen said about his new position.
Greg Heller-LaBelle The Colony Meadery, co-owned by Greg Heller-LaBelle, was named one of 18 companies to watch in Pennsylvania this year by Keystone Edge. Since opening its doors in Allentown last year, the meadery has sales running 100 percent ahead of what was expected, and is taking on an additional 2,000 square feet.
Lawrence Glickstein Forbes Magazine announced in their December 15, 2014, issue Lawrence Glickstein, son of Eydie and Neil Glickstein, as one of New York City’s Prominent Financial Advisors for The Coiro-Glickstein Group at Morgan Stanley.
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