Friends, family and co-workers filled Manhattan’s Central Synagogue on E. 55th St., Thursday where they traded stories about how LePatner mixed her professional drive with a personal touch

LePatner also was an active volunteer, serving on Yale's Library Council and the school's “For Humanity” fundraising campaign.

"We cannot properly express the grief we feel upon the sudden and tragic loss of Wesley," the LePatner family told Fortune, adding she was a "driven and extraordinarily talented professional and colleague.