Biography

Ms. Auerbach has been a licensed psychologist who has practiced as a family therapist. A former SEI fellow of the Wharton School, she has provided psychological counseling for issues related to the management of wealth and succession planning in family-owned and closely held businesses as well as family foundations.

In the 1990s, as vice president for the Institute for Mental Health Initiatives in Washington, DC, Ms. Auerbach studied violence issues and television. She helped create and develop an anger management program called RETHINK and conducted workshops for TV professionals, educators, parents and teenagers.

Ms. Auerbach is a trustee of the Isaac and Carol Auerbach Family Foundation. In 2014, Ms. Auerbach established the Isaac L. Auerbach Cybersecurity Institute at Drexel, an interdisciplinary hub for educating the next generation of leaders in the field of cybersecurity, advancing the collective understanding of cyber-threats, and developing new capabilities and technologies to counter cyberattacks. The Auerbach family's partnership has fueled Drexel's growing strength in computer and information science. Carol and Isaac Auerbach established the Isaac L. Auerbach Professorship at the College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) shortly before Mr. Auerbach's death in 1992, and Ms. Auerbach has served on the search committee for two CCI deans. Ms. Auerbach is married to Albert Berger, with whom she partnered to create the two cybersecurity labs that were the precursor to the Institute.

An active member of the community and a patron of the arts, Ms. Auerbach serves on the National Advisory Committee for Foundations, Inc., a non-profit committed to improving educational experiences for America's children and youth. She also serves on the Patron Leadership Council for the Manhattan Theatre Club. Ms. Auerbach has served on the boards of the Bellevue Arts Museum, the Jewish Communal Fund, the Association of Israel's Decorative Arts, the Atlantic Theater Company, the Partnership for Effective Learning and Innovative Education, Inc., the Pilchuck Glass School, the former Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education and she served as vice president of the Philadelphia Jewish Federation.

At Drexel, Ms. Auerbach has served as a member of the CCI Dean's Executive Board and a member of CCI's Task Force.