2023
Board of Trustees
& Officers

OFFICERS & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Robyn Newhouse, President
Frank Roberts, Vice President
Joshua Vogel, Treasurer
Molly Parr, Secretary
Lara Curtis, Immediate Past President
Carol Engelson, JEF Chair

TRUSTEES
Mark Gold
Roni Gold
Bruce Herzberg
Miryam Kabakov
Lisa Katz
Henia Lewin
Max Schnaper
Sarah Shtrax
Corrie Trattner

Community Leadership

AGENCY & COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP Rabbi James Greene, Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts
Michelle Anfang, Temple Beth El
Richard Goldstein, Springfield Jewish Community Center
Andy Morris-Friedman, Beit Ahavah
Richard Alpert, Sinai Temple
Peggy H. Davis, Temple Israel
Michael Black, New England Jewish Academy
Mara Hahn, Jewish Community of Amherst
Henia Lewin, Hadassah
Meredith Lewis & 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 Shalom                                                    Molly Bajgot, B’Yachad Springfield                                                                    Rabbi Bruce Bromberg Selzter, Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Springfield                                                                                                             Miryam Kabakov, Ohel Minyan                                                                           Ellen Gold, Rachel’s Table                                                                                   Aaron Lansky, Yiddish Book Center                                                                   Rabbi Aaron Fine, UMass Hillel

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

*Of Blessed Memory

Staff

Nora Gorenstein, Chief Executive Officer
Sarah Bate, Rachel’s Table Teen Board Coordinator                                Michelle Everett, Legacy & Stewardship Associate
Jodi Falk, Rachel’s Table Director
Totiana Garcia, Accounting Associate
Louis Katz, Grants & Philanthropy Assistant
Jay Levine, Rachel’s Table Program Coordinator
Claudia Mejia-Haffner, Marketing & Communications Officer
Bobby Naimark, Donor Impact Officer
Courtney Pupkin, Events Manager
Ellie Sesko, Operations Officer
Cara Michelle Silverberg, Rachel’s Table Gleaning & Growing Gardens Coordinator
Bruce Turcotte, Financial Controller

Past Presidents

PAST JFWM 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

*Of Blessed Memory