Eric Goldstein, CEO of UJA Federation of New York, the largest local nonprofit in the world, joins Victor Braca on the Momentum podcast to discuss his career and shift from big law into the nonprofit world .

Eric Goldstein spent 31 years as a partner at Paul Weiss before walking away to lead UJA-Federation of New York, the largest local nonprofit in the world, raising $2.8 billion under his leadership.

In this episode, Eric shares why he left elite Big Law, what leadership really looks like in moments of crisis, and the lessons he learned when he realized he wasn’t as indispensable as he once thought.

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