The Jewish Federations of North America Leadership
- Kathy E. Manning Chair, Board of Trustees
- Michael C. Gelman Chair, Executive Committee
- Michael I. Lebovitz National Campaign Chair
- Linda A. Hurwitz Chair, National Women’s Philanthropy
- Heschel I. Raskas Treasurer
- Harvey J. Barnett Secretary
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- Vice Chairs
- Michael M. Adler
- Marilyn Blumer
- Diane Feinberg
- Harley Gross
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- Coordinating Council
- Dan Backer
- Cheryl Fishbein
- Jody Kaufman Loewenstein
- Lori Klinghoffer
- Jerry Levin
- Joanne Moore
- Shepard Remis
- Michele Sackheim Wein
- Toni Young
- Bruce Arbit Chair, UIA
- Gerrald Silverman President/CEO
The Jewish Federations of North America Board of Trustees
Officers
| Chair, Board of Trustees | Kathy E. Manning |
| Chair, Executive Committee | Michael C. Gelman |
| National Campaign Chair | Michael I. Lebovitz |
| Treasurer | Heschel J. Raskas |
| Secretary | Harvey J. Barnett |
Large Federation
| Atlanta | Robert Arogeti | Carol Cooper |
| Baltimore | Jimmy Berg | Bruce Sholk |
| Boston | Debbie Horwitz | Myra Kraft |
| Chicago | Betsy Gidwitz | David Sherman |
| Cleveland | Harley Gross | Albert Ratner |
| Detroit | Nancy Grosfeld | Richard Krugel |
| Los Angeles | Francis Maas | Kenneth Warner |
| Metro-West, NJ | Gary Aidekman | Leslie Dannin Rosenthal |
| Miami | Saby Behar | Julie Bercow |
| Montreal | Marilyn Blumer | Jack Hasen |
| New York | Harvey Schulweis | David Silvers |
| Northern New Jersey | Eva Lynn Gans | Daniel Silna |
| Palm Beach | Mark F. Levy | Arthur Loring |
| Philadephia | Nancy Astor Fox | Len Barrack |
| Pittsburgh | Ted Goldberg | Cynthia Shapira |
| San Francisco | James Koshland | |
| South Palm Beach | Stewart Harris | Robin Rubin |
| St Louis | Sheila Greenbaum | Sanford Neuman |
| Toronto | Alan Winer | David Spiro |
| Washington, DC | Diane S. Feinberg | Susie Gelman |
Large Intermediate Federation
| Broward | Karen Zemel |
| Central New Jersey | Robert Kuchner |
| Cincinnati | Marc Fisher |
| Colorado | Debra Weinstein |
| Columbus, OH | Jeffrey Coopersmith |
| Dallas | David Veeder |
| Greater East Bay | Terry Friedkin |
| Hartford | Leigh Newman |
| Houston | Leonard Goldstein |
| Kansas City | William Carr |
| Milwaukee | Idy Goodman |
| Minneapolis | Kris MacDonald |
| Phoenix | Sandra Sheinbein |
| Rhode Island | Doris Feinberg |
| Rochester, NY | Richard Goldstein |
| San Diego | Andrea Oster |
| Seattle | Iantha Sidell |
| Vancouver | Michael Fugman |
| Winnipeg | Jonathan Kroft |
Intermediate Federation
| Jacksonville | Scot Ackerman |
| Louisville | Edwin Cohen |
| Northeastern New York | Susan Farber |
| Memphis | Andrew Groveman |
| Silicon Valley | Allen Guggenheim |
| Ocean County | Annabel Lindenbaum |
| Middlesex | Susan Mandell |
| Delaware | Robert Pincus |
| Princeton Mercer Bucks | Lisa Smukler |
| San Antonio | Alice Viroslav |
| Western MA | Susan Weiss Firestone |
| New Orleans | Julie Wise Oreck |
| Southern Arizona | Ruth Zales |
Small Federation
| Western Connecticut | Eric Albert |
| Tulsa | Brian Brouse |
| Greensboro | Nancy Brenner |
| Wyoming Valley | Jeffrey Davidowitz |
| Southern Illinois | Sam Goldman |
| Columbia, SC | Jane Kulbersh |
| Durham-Chapel Hill | Lew Margolis |
| Lee & Charlotte Counties | Rozzi Osterman |
| Cumberland County | James Potter |
Network of Independent Communities
| Montgomery, AL | Jake F. Aronov |
| Huntsville, AL | Laura King |
Council Appointments
Community Development Capacity Building
- Judith Brachman
- Cheryl Fishbein – Chair, Domestic Affairs
- Howard Friedman
- Lori Fritz
- Dan Guyer
- Linda A. Hurwitz
- Michael I. Lebovitz – Chair, National Campaign
- Julie Lipsett-Singer
- Richard Licht
- Rob Mann
- Mark Wilf
- Toni Young – Chair, Center for Jewish Philanthropy
Global Operations: Israel & Overseas
- Bobbie Higer
- Steve Klinghoffer
- Shepard Remis – Chair
Jewish Peoplehood & Identity
- Rabbi Lester Bronstein
- Michele Sackheim Wein, Chair
- Steve Scheck
- Alan Solow
Marketing & Communications
- Jerry Levin – Chair
Alliance
- Jody Kaufman Loewenstein – Chair
National Women’s Philantropy
- Lori Klinghoffer – President
At Large Members
| Michael M. Adler | Rabbi Jonathan Schnitzer |
| Dan Backer | Stephen Silverman |
| Marc Gold | Carol Smokler |
| Stewart Kasen | Edgar Snyder |
| Jocelyn Krifcher | Susie Stern |
| Joanne Moore | Kenneth Weiner |
| Karen Pack | Julie Platt |
| Jerry Yanowitz |
Honorary Officers
(Former chief volunteer officers of UJC, UJA, CJF, UIA)
| Bennett Aaron | Mandell Berman |
| Herschel Blumberg | Charles R. Bronfman |
| Shoshana Cardin | Irwin Field |
| Conrad Giles | Robert Goldberg |
| Charles Goodman | Frank Lautenberg |
| Marvin Lender | Norman Lipoff |
| Robert Loup | Morton L. Mandel |
| Richard Pearlstone | Jane Sherman |
| Carole A. Solomon | Henry Taub |
| Joel D. Tauber | James S. Tisch |
| Richard L. Wexler | Maynard Wishner |
The Jewish Federations of North America Senior Management Team
Click on the person’s name or portrait to read their bios
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Jerry Silverman
President and Chief Executive Officer -
Sam Astrof
Chief Operating Officer and CFO -
Becky Caspi
Senior Vice President and
Director General, Israel & Overseas -
William Daroff
Vice President, Public Policy -
Rob Hyman
Senior Vice President, Governance & Stakeholder Relations -
Eric Levine
Senior Vice President, Development -
Jim Lodge
Vice President, Development -
Yossi Rosner-Wachs
Israel Office CFO/Deputy Director General, Israel & Overseas -
Yitzchak Shavit
Senior Vice President, Communal Advancement/IEF/Supplemental Giving/Missions
Executive Vice Chair, UIA -
Deborah K. Smith
Senior Executive Advisor for Human Resource Development for The Jewish Federations of North America and the
Mandel Center for Leadership Excellence (Consultant) -
Adam Smolyar
Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Communications -
Becky Sobelman-Stern
Vice President, Consulting -
Barry Swartz
Senior Vice President, Consulting/Washington Office/Domestic Affairs/Planning/Research/OTZMA