Yvonne Schlafstein Distenfeld is a retired attorney and business owner with a B.S. from Cornell University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. For nearly 40 years, she has contributed to local and national organizations through philanthropic service and volunteer leadership, including board and leadership roles with the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, the Jewish Community Foundation of the Federation, the Jewish Social Service Agency, B’nai Israel Congregation, National Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federations of North America, Cornell University, as well as other organizations.
Yvonne began her legal career at Satellite Television Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary of COMSAT, and later served as Assistant General Counsel and Senior Vice President of C.R.I., Inc. She went on to found and serve as President of Lawyers On Call, Inc., a temporary staffing firm for legal professionals, before retiring. A native Washingtonian, Yvonne lives in the Washington, DC suburbs with her husband, Jeffrey. They have two married children, two grandsons and a grand dog.
