Norma Lerner


Norma Lerner is an American billionaire, the widow of Al Lerner, founder of the credit card company MBNA.

Early life

She was born Norma Wolkoff, and married Al Lerner in 1955

Career

From 2006 to 2011, she was a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and a member of its executive committee.
She is chair and president of the Lerner Foundation, director of the Cleveland Clinic, co-founder of the Lerner Research Institute, and founder of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.

Personal life

In 1955, she married Al Lerner. They were married for 47 years and had two children, business executive Randy Lerner, and Nancy Lerner. The Lerners were members of Temple Tifereth-Israel in Cleveland. Lerner is widowed, and lives in Cleveland, Ohio.