Board & Staff

Dedicated leaders guide our COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.

2024 Board of Trustees & Officers

Frank Roberts, President
Molly Parr, 1st Vice President & Development Chair
Carol Engelson, 2nd Vice President & JEF Chair
Joshua Vogel, Treasurer
Owen Zaret, Secretary
Robyn Newhouse, Immediate Past President

Trustees

Shelley Barron
Barry Federman
Mark Gold
Roni Gold
Miryam Kabakov
Lisa Katz
Rochel Leah Kosofsky
Eric Lesser
Henny Lewin
Max Schnaper
Micah Schneider
Corrie Trattner

Agency & Community Partner Organization Leadership

Rabbi James Greene, Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts
Sonia Wilk, Temple Beth El
Samantha Dubrinsky, Springfield Jewish Community Center
Andy Morris-Friedman, Beit Ahavah
Richard Alpert, Sinai Temple
Peggy H. Davis, Temple Israel Greenfield
Michael Black, New England Jewish Academy
Mara Hahn, Jewish Community of Amherst
Henia Lewin, Hadassah
Barbara Black & Stan Schapiro, Congregation B’nai Israel
Joanne Saltman, Congregation Sons of Zion
Sara Farber, Lander-Grinspoon Academy
Joel Creeger & Bob Kushner, Congregation B’nai Torah
Carol Engelson, Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy
Andrew Blumenthal & Sandra Mackler, Cong. Ahavas Achim
Sheila Adams, Congregation Rodphey Sholom                                  Caryn Resnick, B’Yachad Springfield
Rabbi Bruce Bromberg Seltzer & Leonid Milshteyn, Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Springfield
Miryam Kabakov, Ohel Minyan
Ellen Gold, Rachel’s Table 
Aaron Lansky, Yiddish Book Center
George K. Hertz, UMass Hillel

Honorary Life Members

Kenneth Abrahams*
Harold Grinspoon
Maurice Katz*
Charles Nirenberg*
Mary Louise Nissenbaum*
Franklin Weiss*

Staff

Nora Gorenstein, Chief Executive Officer
Michelle Everett, Legacy & Stewardship Associate                            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

*Of Blessed Memory