Vaserman (Wassermann) (née Fain) Asya Benyaminovna (25 March 1947, Riga) — economist specialising in the planning of national economic sectors.

Asya Vaserman held a higher education degree. She completed Year 8 at Secondary School No. 25, Year 9 at Secondary School No. 52, and Year 10 at Evening School No. 25. In 1969, she graduated from the University of Latvia.

While studying, she began working in August 1963 as a junior sales assistant at the Riga Central Department Store. In 1965, she worked as a technician and timekeeper at a rope factory, then as a process control inspector at the knitwear firm Mara, and from July 1967, she was promoted to economist.

In 1971, Asya Vaserman emigrated with her family to the city of Netanya. In 1968, she married Ayzik Berkovich Vaserman. They had one daughter, Etel Ayzikovna Vaserman (1970, Riga).

Father — Benyamin Yakovlevich Fain

Mother — Liya Elyevna Fain (née Lisitsa; previously Polischuk)

Sister — Ella Benyaminovna Fain