Dyan Gershman is the founder and managing partner of New York City-based Gershman Law, PLLC, a boutique corporate law firm. Before establishing her law firm in 2014, Dyan Gershman held senior corporate and M&A legal positions in two Fortune 500 companies and is highly skilled in structuring and negotiating multi-billion-dollar deals. Her clients now are largely mid-sized and small corporations, both U.S. and international, and she provides them with a wide range of corporate and commercial legal support. An avid runner, Dyan Gershman is a longtime member of the New York Road Runners (NYRR), and has run many races sponsored by the NYRR, including multiple half-marathons and the New York City Marathon.
Fred Lebow, born in Romania in 1932, escaped a devastated Europe after World War II and landed in New York City in 1949. He joined the fledgling NYRR in the late 1960s and co-organized the very first NYC Marathon in 1970. The first NYC Marathon involved running multiple loops around New York City’s famed Central Park and had 127 participants and 55 finishers. He became the president of NYRR (the organizer of the annual NYC Marathon) and race director of the NYC Marathon in 1972, holding both positions until his death from brain cancer in 1994.
Under his leadership, NYRR evolved into a world renown organization hosting races and running-related activities for all ages and capabilities. It now annually serves 695,000 runners in various activities, and in 2019 alone raised over $40 million for charity. The NYC Marathon is one of the world’s most prestigious and largest marathons, with over 50,000 participants from around the globe. Fred Lebow died on October 9, 1994, a month before the 25th NYC Marathon.
