
Aaron Mendelsohn
General Counsel, The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS)
Aaron is a lifelong public servant with more than 25 years of legal, compliance, investigations, and policy experience. Before joining JTS as General Counsel, Aaron most recently led the audit, compliance, and privacy teams as Deputy General Counsel at the New York City Department of Administrative Services (DCAS). He has also managed oversight investigations of city agencies at the New York City Council, instituted and overseen compliance programs and conducted fraud risk assessments at Accenture and EY, regulated securities industry violations at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), prosecuted economic and other crimes at the U.S. Department of Justice, and investigated financial frauds at two global law firms. In these roles, Aaron has supervised, litigated, and resolved complex legal, compliance, and governance issues while working with federal, state, and local agencies and law enforcement agents.