Founded on real estate execution and lasting relationships

Moishe (Moishy) Fekete

Co-Founder · Development & Finance Lead

Moishe Fekete is a real estate owner and operator based in New York’s Hudson Valley. Through Rover Equity, headquartered in Monroe, New York, he owns and manages residential rental properties, including a manufactured housing community in Orange County. His day-to-day work covers acquisitions, underwriting, financing, property operations, and resident relations, giving him direct experience with what it takes to deliver and sustain housing that working families can afford. At Hearthmont, he will lead development strategy, site evaluation, underwriting, project budgets, financing discussions, and the selection of experienced development partners. Rover Equity’s existing properties are not part of Hearthmont’s mission or pipeline, and Rover Equity will have no control over Hearthmont.

Rabbi Yaakov Flitchkin

Co-Founder · External & Partner Relations Lead

Rabbi Yaakov Flitchkin, of Monsey, New York, is an international community leader and convener with long-standing relationships across government, diplomacy, and civil society. He heads the Alliance for Global Cooperation, a nongovernmental organization founded in 2018 that works across more than 25 countries. He is also a co-founder of Bilateral Navigator, a publisher of country-to-country reference guides for diplomats and business leaders; in June 2025, Croatia’s Prime Minister presented its Croatia & India edition to India’s Prime Minister during an official state visit. Rabbi Flitchkin has organized humanitarian relief, including aid for Ukrainian Jewish refugees in Moldova in 2022, and has convened meetings between United Nations ambassadors and leaders of major Jewish community organizations. At Hearthmont, he will lead relationships with government housing agencies, municipalities, community organizations, lenders, land banks, and nonprofit partners, and will help build community support for new developments.

Pessy Rosenfeld

Founding Board Member

Pessy Rosenfeld has spent eight years at Yedei Chesed Inc., where she is a Financial Intermediary (FI) Supervisor overseeing policy development and implementation, mid-level management within her department, and housing subsidies through Self-Direction ranging from Putnam County to Brooklyn. She also continues to work directly with individuals and families as a practicing OPWDD Certified Support Broker and New York State Housing Navigator. Her work in disability services has given her a deep understanding of how accessible, affordable housing promotes independence, stability, and community integration for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). A Rockland County resident, she is personally committed to expanding affordable housing throughout Rockland and Orange counties. On Hearthmont’s board, she hopes to bring a practical, service-oriented perspective grounded in firsthand knowledge of housing programs, subsidy structures, and the challenges families face in finding appropriate housing, and to help identify opportunities for collaboration and innovative housing solutions.