2025 Board & Staff
Dedicated leaders guide our COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.
Officers
Robyn Newhouse, President
Molly Parr, 1st Vice President
Aaron Saunders, 2nd Vice President & SecureMass Chair
Bob Kahan, Treasurer
Joshua Vogel, Secretary
Mark Gold, JEF Chair
Frank Roberts, Immediate Past President
Trustees
Rabbi James Greene, Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts
Maxine Bernstein, Temple Beth El
Karen Jarmoc, Springfield Jewish Community Center
Peter Nabut, Beit Ahavah
Richard Alpert, Sinai Temple
Susan Hollins & Cher Sweet, Temple Israel Greenfield
Esther Eisenman, New England Jewish Academy
Mara Hahn, Jewish Community of Amherst
Rachel Vigderman, Hadassah
Laura Minsky, Congregation B’nai Israel
Joanne Saltman, Congregation Sons of Zion
Rabbi April Davis & Stephanie Levin, Lander-Grinspoon Academy
Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, Congregation B’nai Torah
Rabbi Noach Kosofsky, Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy
Andrew Blumenthal & Sandra Mackler, Congregation Ahavas Achim
Sheila Adams, Congregation Rodphey Sholom
Rebecca Schnaper, B’Yachad Springfield
Mitch Kupperman & Leonid Milshteyn, Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Springfield
Miryam Kabakov, Ohel Minyan
Jodi Falk, Rachel’s Table
Aaron Lansky & Susan Bronson, Yiddish Book Center
Rabbi Aaron Fine, UMass Hillel
Bob Kahan, Greater Springfield Eruv Corp.
Agency & Community Partner Organization Leadership
Rabbi James Greene, Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts
Maxine Bernstein, Temple Beth El
Karen Jarmoc, Springfield Jewish Community Center
Peter Nabut, Beit Ahavah
Richard Alpert, Sinai Temple
Susan Hollins & Cher Sweet, Temple Israel Greenfield
Esther Eisenman, New England Jewish Academy
Mara Hahn, Jewish Community of Amherst
Rachel Vigderman, Hadassah
Laura Minsky, Congregation B’nai Israel
Joanne Saltman, Congregation Sons of Zion
Rabbi April Davis & Stephanie Levin, Lander-Grinspoon Academy
Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe, Congregation B’nai Torah
Rabbi Noach Kosofsky, Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy
Andrew Blumenthal & Sandra Mackler, Congregation Ahavas Achim
Sheila Adams, Congregation Rodphey Sholom Rebecca Schnaper, B’Yachad Springfield
Mitch Kupperman & Leonid Milshteyn, Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Springfield
Miryam Kabakov, Ohel Minyan
Jodi Falk, Rachel’s Table
Aaron Lansky & Susan Bronson, Yiddish Book Center
Rabbi Aaron Fine, UMass Hillel
Bob Kahan, Greater Springfield Eruv Corp.
Honorary Life Members
Kenneth Abrahams*
Harold Grinspoon
Maurice Katz*
Charles Nirenberg*
Mary Louise Nissenbaum*
Franklin Weiss*
Staff
Adam Solender, Interim Executive Director, Chief Philanthropy Officer, Director of the Jewish Endowment Foundation
Michelle Everett, Legacy & Stewardship Associate Andrew Hoffman, Deputy Regional Security Advisor Cassie Hicks, Operations Officer Louis Katz, Finance & Systems Associate Cara Lavender, Outreach & Engagement Coordinator
Claudia Mejia-Haffner, Marketing & Communications Officer
Bobby Naimark, Donor Impact Officer Yana Powers, Fund Administration and Grants Associate
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
Kline, Susan
Goldman, Suze
Parish, Ronda
Falk, Ben
Curtis, Lara
Newhouse, Robyn
Frank Roberts
*Of Blessed Memory