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Board of Directors

OFFICERS

Chair
David Wax, San Diego, CA

Vice Chairs
Ruth Fletcher, Los Gatos, CA
Felicia “Lisie” Gottdenker, Miami, FL
Thomas “Thom” A. Mandel, Akron, OH
Adrienne Matros, Newport Coast, CA
Edward Schreiber, Bellaire, TX

Secretary
Michael Gold, Stamford, CT

Associate Secretary
Jay Liberman, Plano, TX

Honorary Chairs
Gary E. Jacobs, San Diego, CA
Edward H. Kaplan, Washington, DC
Ann P. Kaufman, Houston, TX
Daniel Rose, New York, NY
Stephen P. Seiden, Livingston, NJ
Paula L. Sidman, Boston, MA
Alan P. Solow, Chicago, IL

Honorary Board Members
Irwin L. Elson, Detroit, MI
Sandra Gold, Tenafly, NJ
Marvin J. Pertzik, St. Paul, MN
Harriet L. Rosenthal, MetroWest, NJ
Myron Strober, Palm Beach, FL

Directors-at-Large
Edward Atkins, M.D., Glencoe, IL
David Begelfer, Waitsfield, VT
Kara Bierman, Memphis, TN
Lisa F. Brill, Atlanta, GA
Donald W. Brodsky, Houston, TX
Sanford “Sandy” Cardin, Queenstown, MD
Larry Cohen, Los Angeles, CA
Andrew “Andy” L. Eisenberg, Boston, MA
Cheryl Fishbein, New York, NY
Carol Weintraub Fogel, West Bloomfield, MI
Mindy Geisser, Seattle, WA
Heather Small Gilbert, Davie, FL
Paul Gillis, Denver, CO
William “Billy” S. Goodman, Pittsburgh, PA
Jonathan Hoffer, Scottsdale, AZ
Dana Hollander, Irvine, CA
Howard T. Jacobson, Overland Park, KS
Elise Jordan, Memphis, TN
Stephen M. Kaufman, Houston, TX
Shelley Kupfer, Chevy Chase, MD
Sheila Lambert, New York, NY
Ronald L. Leibow, La Jolla, CA
Gary Makowsky, Memphis, TN
Marisa H. Mandrea, Northbrook, IL
Jeffrey Newberg, Austin, TX
David Peltz, Toronto, Ontario
Geri Pollack, New York, NY
Jane Tzinberg Rubin, Frontenac, MO
Linda Russin, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Jeremy Samuels, Houston, TX
Annette G. Saxon, Baltimore, MD
Philip Schatten, New York, NY
Rhea Schwartz, Chevy Chase, MD
Lori Sidman, Boston, MA
Scott M. Slabotsky, Kansas City, MO
Bradley “Brad” Stillman, Potomac, MD
Susan B. Strait, Milwaukee, WI
Phyllis Tabachnick, Chicago, IL
Francine Z. Trachtenberg, Minneapolis, MN
Suzanne Albin Tucker, Westfield, NJ
Rochelle “Shelly” Friedman Walk, Tampa, FL

Professionals – JCC CEOs
Scott Ehrlich, Davie, FL
Marc Fisher, Cincinnati, OH
Addie Goodman, Chicago, IL
Rabbi Bill Kaplan, Malibu, CA
Amy Lavin, Seattle, WA
Jonathan Lev, Boulder, CO
Andrew Levy, Toronto, Ontario
Jill Madsen, Durham, NC
Leonard Petlakh, Brooklyn, NY
Todd Rockoff, Tucson, AZ
Brian D. Siegel, Detroit, MI
Sara Klein Wagner, Louisville, KY

Chair, JWB Plenum
Rabbi Brett Oxman, Memphis, TN

Chair, JCC Global
Mónica Kibrit, Mexico City, Mexico