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Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultantJEFFREY CARDUNER, Aesthetic Realism Consultant, graduated from Long Island University with a BA in History. As a consultant teaching young men, his articles about young people have appeared in many newspapers across the nation, such as the Ashland Daily Tidings (Oregon), the Bangor Daily News (Maine), and others.

Along with Aesthetic Realism consultant Anne Fielding, and now with consultant Devorah Tarrow, he has been a speaker at senior centers in the metropolitan area, North Carolina, and in Florida, giving hundreds of presentations on such subjects as “Using Love, the Family, and Age to Like the World,” “Memory Shows We Are Connected to the Whole World!” and “Our Most Urgent Need Is to Like the World—Objects Show How!”

Mr. Carduner owned a successful electronics marketing and sales company representing such major global manufacturers as Garrard Record Changers, TDK, Toshiba, Onkyo, and Avnet’s BIC division, among others.

An experienced yachtsman, he has sailed and received trophies for many offshore races, including the Stamford Y.C. Martha’s Vineyard Race and the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race.

Mr. Carduner is a member of the Board of Directors for the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, Inc., and the Board of Trustees for the Eli Siegel-Martha Baird Foundation, Inc., and he is on the Finance & Budget Committees of both boards.

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    • Eli Siegel, Founder
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    Aesthetic Realism
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