 It is headed by the Roshei Yeshiva, Rav Yisroel Meir Kagan, and Rav Yitzchok Wasserman, both students of Rabbi Aharon Kotler, founder and Rosh Yeshiva of "Beth Medrash Govoha" in Lakewood, New Jersey.In 1966, a group of community leaders headed by Mr. Sheldon K. Beren approached "Beth Medrash Govoha"'s Dov Lesser to discuss potential leadership for the yeshiva.Lesser mentioned the prospect to Rabbi Yitzchok Wasserman, who was teaching in a "bais medrash" in Boston at the time.