Board & Staff
Dedicated leaders guide our COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.
2025 Board of Trustees & Officers
Robyn Newhouse, President
Molly Parr, 1st Vice President
Aaron Saunders, 2nd Vice President & SecureMass Chair
Jeffrey Mandell, Treasurer
Joshua Vogel, Secretary
Mark Gold, JEF Chair
Frank Roberts, Immediate Past President
Trustees
Marja Barr
Carol Engelson
Barry Federman
Roni Gold
Anya Griffith
Rabbi Kevin Hale
Lisa Katz
Rochel Leah Kosofsky
Eric Lesser
Patricia Loveday
Ronda Parish
Max Schnaper
Corrie Trattner
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
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
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
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