2017-2018
Board of Trustees
& Officers
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Ronda Parish, President
Sharon Cohen, Vice President
Jonathan Sapirstein, Vice President
Betsey Freedman, Vice President
Charlie Epstein, Vice President
Marjorie Berg, Secretary
Carol Engelson, Treasurer
Susan Weiss Firestone, JEF Chair
Susan (Suze) Goldman, Immediate Past President
ELECTED:
Ann Berezin
Ben Falk
Seth Goodman
Fran Grosnick
Robyn Newhouse
Rachel Sampson
AGENCY & SYNAGOGUE
PRESIDENTS
Robert Kahan, David Peskin, and Susan Canizzo
Heritage Academy
Maxine Stein
Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts
David Ratner
Temple Beth El
Jonathan Goldsmith
Springfield Jewish Community Center
Jodi Page-Lacoff
Beit Ahavah
Ronald Maniscalco & Laurie Weinberg
Sinai Temple
Jean Cherdack
Temple Israel
Ted Zablotsky
Hebrew High School of New England
Eric Weiss
Jewish Community of Amherst
Henia Lewin
Hadassah
Amy Siege
Congregation B’nai Israel
Joan Rosner
Congregation Sons of Zion
Kim Starkman
Lander-Grinspoon Academy
Robert Kushner
Congregation B’nai Torah
Carol Engelson
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy
Francine Eisenberg
Congregation Ahavas Achim
HONORARY
LIFE MEMBERS
Kenneth Abrahams*
Harold Grinspoon
Maurice Katz*
Charles Nirenberg*
Mary Louise Nissenbaum*
Franklin Weiss*
PAST PRESIDENTS
Dr. Klien, Bernard J. *
Simon, Samuel G. *
Markson, Joseph H. *
Black, Samual B. *
Katz, Max *
Cowett, Joseph B. *
Katz, Simon J. *
Fieldman, Harry *
Aranow, Walter *
Kurn, Maurice *
Schaffer, Edward *
Cohen, Irving M. *
Paroshinsky, Arthur *
Koplin, George M. *
Saks, Philip E. *
Roth, Hugo *
Levine, Jack *
Hirschhorn, Alexander *
Swirsky, Irwin *
Leavitt, Joel A.
Foggle, William
Gaberman, Richard
Rosen, Harold *
Curtis, Alan *
Rosen, Belle *
Loevy, Jay
Gaberman, Betsy
Troderman, Diane
Abrahams, Kenneth *
Bloom, Elliot M.L.
Berg, Gerald B.
Mandell, Jeffrey H.
Feldman, Donna
Pava, Ann
Greenbaum, Edward
Dane, Steven
Firestone, Susan Weiss
Goldman, Suze
*Of Blessed Memory
Staff
Stewart L. Bromberg, Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Balicki, Chief Financial Officer
Michelle Lancto, Chief Operating Officer
Joshua Vogel, Marketing, Communications, and CRC Director
Sarah Maniaci, Rachel’s Table Assistant Director
Kim Starkman, PJ Library Coordinator
Rachel Hirsch Schneider, PJ Library Coordinator
Mary Mazza, Accountant
Michelle Everett, Executive Assistant