Lay Leadership

OFFICERS

President Lila Charap
Senior Vice President
VP of Administration Heather Shafter
VP of Education Melissa Livney
VP of Community Building Sylvia Lifschitz
Treasurer Maani Waldor
Assistant Treasurer Michael Posner
Assistant Treasurer Joel Schneier
Corresponding Secretary Rachel Marcus
Recording Secretary Elizabeth Zinbarg Nover
Immediate Past President Minna Ziskind

Board of Directors

 Terms Ending 2027 Terms Ending 2028 Terms Ending 2029
Mikael Elsila Shari Feldman Dane Menkin
Steve Goldberg Lauren Katz Martha Millison
Jules Lipoff Adena Klem Rebecca Stern
Will Shapiro Bill McDevitt Wendy Horwitz

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

Standing Committees

  • Early Childhood Program Committee
    • Co-chair: Paige GoldMarche
    • Co-chair: Alexander Schwartz
  • Finance Committee
    • Chair: Maani Waldor
  • House and Design Committee
    • Co-chair: Sherman Aronson
    • Co-chair: Leslie Pontz
  • Nominating Committee
    • Co-chair: Chris Levin
    • Co-chair: Sherry Pomerantz
  • Leadership Committee
    • Chair: Lori Feldman
  • Religious Committee
    • Chair:
  • 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: Pearl Raz
  • 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
  • Women of GJC
    • Co-president: Nan Daniels
    • Co-president: Rhonda Mandel

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