Lay Leadership

OFFICERS

President Minna Ziskind
Senior Vice President L Charap
VP of Administration Beth Stearman
VP of Education Melissa Livney
VP of Community Building Dick Goldberg
Treasurer Trace Hawkins
Assistant Treasurer Maani Waldor
Assistant Treasurer Michael Posner
Corresponding Secretary Rachel Marcus
Recording Secretary Neysa Nevins
Immediate Past President David Mosenkis

Board of Directors

 Terms Ending 2026 Terms Ending 2027 Terms Ending 2028
Lizanne Berger Mikael Elsila Shari Feldman
Deborah Franklin Jules Lipoff Adena Klem
Jake Kriger Will Shapiro Bill McDevitt
Ivan Wolnek Rebecca Stern Lauren Katz Smith

Chairs of the Committees designated in the By-Laws are also Board Members.

Standing Committees

  • Early Childhood Program Committee
    • Co-chair: Alison DiSimone
    • Co-chair: Paige GoldMarche
    • Co-chair: Jacob Markovitz
  • Finance Committee
    • Chair: Trace Hawkins
  • House and Design Committee
    • Co-chair: Sherman Aronson
    • Co-chair: Leslie Pontz
  • Leadership & Nominating Committee
    • Chair: Denise Wolf
  • Religious Committee
    • Chair: Neil Actor
  • Religious School Committee
    • Co-chair: Jeanne Calloway
    • Co-chair: David Kanthor
  • Tikkun Olam Coordinating Team
    • Chair: Allyson Schwartz

Ad Hoc Committees

  • Accessibility Committee
    • Co-chair: Debrah Cohen
    • Co-chair: Ruth Lowe
  • High Holiday Appeal Committee
    • Co-chair: Dena Lake
    • Co-chair: Deb White
  • High Holiday Honors Committee
    • Chair: Tamar Magdovitz
  • Israel Programming Committee
    • Chair: Rabbi Fredi Cooper
  • Young Families Committee
    • Co-chair: Rabbi Megan GoldMarche
    • Co-chair: Sonia Isard
    • Co-chair: Kate Wallis

Auxiliary Groups

  • HAZAK
    • Co-chair: Coleman Poses
    • Co-chair: Helen Feinberg
  • Minyan Dorshei Derekh Leadership
    • Robert Dudnick
    • Betsy Teutsch
    • Deborah Weinstein
  • Minyan Masorti Leadership
    • L Charap
    • Judy Groner
    • Elana Hollo
    • Charlie Miller
    • Beth Stearman
  • Men’s Club
    • President: James Meyer
  • Women of GJC
    • President: Linda Feder

Honorary Board Members

  • Marcy Bacine
  • #Rose Beck
  • Elaine Dushoff
  • #Maurice Feldman
  • #Maxine Feldman
  • #Gert Jacobsohn
  • Carol P. Kaplan
  • #Isador Kranzel
  • Ned Kripke
  • Barbara Lissy
  • Betsy Richman
  • Charles Schleifer
  • Martha Schleifer
  • Norman Schwartz
  • Steve Segal
  • #Joan Silver
  • Berel Sternthal
  • #Seymour Tinkleman

PAST PRESIDENTS

  • #Edward Polisher (36-44)
  • #Morris B. Rudofker (44-46)
  • #I.H. Rosenberg (46-48)
  • #Sidney L. Quitman (48-50)
  • #Sigmund H. Steinberg (50-52)
  • #Harold S. Laden (52-54)
  • #William R. Ladenheim (54-55)
  • #Myer B. Marcus (55-60)
  • #Don Dorfman (60-62)
  • #Daniel B. Nodler (62-64)
  • #Lee Dushoff (64-66)
  • #Leonard B. Rosenthal (66-68)
  • #Anthony H. Schwartz (68-70)
  • #Don Dorfman (70-71)
  • #Paul N. Minkoff (71-73)
  • #David Rose (73-75)
  • #Henry Darmstadter (75-77)
  • #Jerome Blumer (77-79)
  • Abraham J. Gafni (79-80)
  • #Alfred Stapler(80-81)
  • #Miriam L. Gafni (81-83)
  • #William Beck (83-85)
  • Judah I. Labovitz (85-87)
  • Curtis M. Pontz (87-89)
  • Daniel E. Bacine (89-91)
  • Seymour L. Harris (91-92)
  • James R. Meyer (92-94)
  • Marcus Kaplan (94-96)
  • David Kraut (96-98)
  • Dveera Segal (98-00)
  • Hershel J. Richman (00-02)
  • Helen Feinberg (02-04)
  • Rachel Falkove (04-06)
  • Joshua Z. Goldblum (06-08)
  • Howard Treatman (08-10)
  • Christine Levin (10-12)
  • Mitchell Marcus (12-14)
  • Mathieu Shapiro (14-16)
  • Charles Becker (16-18)
  • Denise Wolf (18-20)
  • Dan Livney (20-22)
  • David Mosenkis (22-24)

# Of Blessed Memory