Los Angeles, CA -- Americans for Peace Now announced today the election of Martin I. Bresler as the new Chair of its Board of Directors. 

Born in Brooklyn and a life-long New Yorker, Mr. Bresler practiced law for almost forty years, most spent as a partner of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. He holds a business degree from City College of New York (Baruch School), and a law degree from Harvard Law School. Mr. Bresler served in the United States Army before he started his career in law. In recent years, Mr. Bresler has been APN's representative to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, of which APN is a member.