David Kalis grew up in the Boston sub­urbs. He earned his B.A. in Sovi­et East Euro­pean Stud­ies from Tufts Uni­ver­si­ty and an M.B.A. from The Uni­ver­si­ty of Chica­go. He is a lov­ing hus­band and father, a mar­ket­ing pro­fes­sion­al, a for­mer Broth­er­hood Pres­i­dent at his syn­a­gogue, and serves as an Alder­man for the City of New­ton, MA.