He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and is a member of the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations as well as the State Bar of California. Mr. Blank serves as a Co-Trustee and COO of the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation. Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, the foundation which makes grants in the areas of education, health care, cultural programs, Jewish organizations and the support of a variety of causes in Israel. He is also a trustee of the Gilbert Collection Trust, which is responsible for ownership and management of an art collection now located at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.