Name:
Matt Engel
AIPAC Role:
Member of AIPAC's Board of Directors
Professional Profile/Associations:
AIPAC national board member and President of Langsam Property Services Corp., a Bronx-based real estate management company. Former Chair of AIPAC's Young Leadership Division (2005–2007); now serves on the Executive Committee of AIPAC's Real Estate Division and co-chairs a New Leadership Network group. His pro-Israel advocacy began as an undergraduate at the Wharton School, where he was a member of PennPac (Pennsylvania Israel Public Affairs Committee) and served as an AIPAC summer intern in 1997, also helping organize a Hillel panel on the Middle East. Chairman of the Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), a powerful New York landlord lobbying association. Former President of the Bronx-Manhattan North Association of Realtors (2009–2011) and First Vice President of the Bronx Realty Advisory Board. Previously served as Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young Kenneth Leventhal's Real Estate Advisory Services Group. Board Member of the UJA Federation of Long Island. His father Mark Engel, CEO of Langsam, serves on the Cabinet of the Long Island Division of State of Israel Bonds and the Executive Board of the Jewish National Fund of Long Island. Wharton School graduate (BS Economics, Real Estate and Finance, 1999).
Accountability:
As a member of AIPAC's Board of Directors, Matt Engel bears individual legal responsibility for the organization's conduct. Under U.S. nonprofit law, board members hold fiduciary duties to ensure organizational compliance with applicable legal standards, implement oversight systems for core activities, and respond to credible information about organizational wrongdoing. In Stern v. Lucy Webb Hayes (1974), the federal district court held that nonprofit directors who fail to supervise organizational decisions breach their fiduciary obligations. In In re Lemington Home for the Aged (3d Cir. 2015), the Third Circuit upheld $2.25 million in damages against nonprofit directors who ignored red flags and failed to exercise reasonable oversight. The information in these profiles is drawn primarily from AIPAC's most recent IRS Form 990, supplemented by publicly available sources including news reports, official announcements, and public records. As a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, AIPAC is legally required to file Form 990 annually with the Internal Revenue Service, and these filings are public documents.
However, IRS regulations allow organizations up to eleven months after their fiscal year ends to submit these forms, meaning publicly available data typically lags by approximately one year. This inherent delay underscores why AIPAC—like most major organizations of its size and influence—should maintain a current, public-facing leadership page identifying its board members and senior executives. The absence of such transparency from AIPAC necessitates this project. We are committed to accuracy and will update these profiles as new information becomes available. If you have corrections, updates, or additional sourced information, please contact us at advocacy@dawnmena.org.
