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Meet Reneé Chelm, our new Board Chair



The Jewish Federation of Cleveland has named Reneé Chelm Board Chair for the 2013-2016 term. Chelm is well positioned for this prestigious position, continuing a 110 year history of strong volunteer leadership at the Federation. Chelm brings significant professional experience as the former President and Founder of Omni Sales and over a decade of extensive volunteer leadership involvement locally and nationally.

"The Jewish Federation of Cleveland has been led by very exceptional people over the years, but I don't think anyone has been any better prepared to take the Board Chair leadership role than Reneé Chelm,” said Stephen H. Hoffman, President of the Federation, which last year raised over 29 million dollars in its annual Campaign for Jewish Needs to impact and improve the lives of those living in Cleveland, Israel and 70 countries around the globe.

Chelm has served with the Federation in a leadership role for over twelve years; she has held the title of Assistant Treasurer, Treasurer, and Vice Chair on the Board of Trustees in addition to serving as Chair of the Women's Division and General Campaign Chair. Chelm also serves nationally with the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) National Board of Trustees and the National Women's Philanthropy Board and chairs a national recruitment committee that helps select students for federation work and awards them graduate scholarships.

Chelm has also been an officer of the board for the former Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies and Jewish Community Center, served with the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation, volunteered with Dress for Success and The Therapeutic Riding Center. Most recently, she sat on the board for Global Cleveland and continues to serve for Milton & Tamar Maltz Jewish Heritage Museum.

"One person can make a change, a significant change in the world, and the Federation provides the means to do that. We touch people's lives the world over. That's why I'm involved," said Chelm, who is a staunch believer in the organization’s mission and values along with her husband, Kerry.

The Federation is rooted in traditional Jewish values of justice (tzedek), repair of the world (tikkun olam), acts of loving kindness (gemilut hesed), and Jewish peoplehood (klal yisrael). The organization cares for both the Jewish and general community through its support in the areas of basic needs, education, youth and family, arts and culture, community and government relations, advocacy, and other important causes.

Chelm replaces the distinguished Michael Siegal, who following the completion of his three-year term accepted the role of Board Chair for Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) National Board of Trustees.

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland's new slate of officers include Board Chair, Reneé Chelm; Vice Chairs, Gary L. Gross, J. David Heller, Judge Dan A. Polster, Beth Rosenberg, and Enid Rosenberg; Treasurer, Randall J. Korach and Associate Treasurer, Zev Weiss.
2013 Board of Trustees
     

Officers
Board Chair, Reneé Chelm
Vice Chairs: Gary L. Gross, J. David Heller, Judge Dan A. Polster, Beth Rosenberg, Enid Rosenberg
Treasurer, Randall J. Korach • Associate Treasurer, Zev Weiss • President, Stephen H. Hoffman
     

Executive Committee
David F. Adler • Eric E. Bell • Beth Wain Brandon • Richard M. Glaser • Gerald W. Goldberg
Robert Goldberg* • Todd Goldstein • Henry J. Goodman* • Harley I. Gross* • Michelle Hirsch
Michael J. Horvitz • Richard Horvitz • Sara Hurand • Robert Mendy Klein • Nancy K. Levin • Morton L. Mandel* Albert B. Ratner* • Charles A. Ratner* • Betty Rosskamm* • Susan E. Rubin • Mitchell C. Schneider
Walter S. Schwartz • Bradley A. Sherman • Michael D. Siegal* • Erica G. Starrfield • Neil R. Waxman
Sally H. Wertheim* • Judy Klein Willensky • Warren L. Wolfson • Sandra Wuliger • Timothy F. Wuliger*
     
Thomas W. Adler
Trish Adler
Vlad Agranovich
Faye Bass
Jules Belkin
Rabbi Richard Block
Barnett N. Bookatz
Marc S. Byrnes
Marilyn Baruch Cagin
Lynne M. Cohen
Nan Cohen
Bruce Daskal
Jeffrey S. Davis
Reuven D. Dessler
Grant N. Dinner
Leslie D. Dunn
Barry Feldman
Ronald A. Fisher
Victor Gelb*
Adrienne Goldberg
Jordan A. Goldberg
Larry P. Goldberg*
Suri Goldman
Bruce H. Goodman
Francine M. Gordon
Alan D. Gottlieb
Rabbi Melvin Granatstein
Roe Green
Andrea Kanter Grodin
Rochelle Gross
Rubin Guttman

 Michael J. Haas
Rachel E. Heiser
Kathy Wertheim Hexter
Susan R. Hurwitz
Amir Jaffa
Lawrence M. Kadis
Suellen Kadis
Jeffrey M. Kahn
Ira Kaplan
Terri Kline
S. Lee Kohrman*
Jeffrey L. Korach
Jennifer L. Korach
Rabbi David Kosak
Charlotte R. Kramer*
Marc C. Krantz
Marvin Krislov
Andrew Lefkowitz
Eliana LeVine
Keith Libman
Irwin M. Lowenstein
Larry A. Mack
Louis J. Malcmacher
Milton Maltz*
Tamar Maltz*
Barbara A. Mandel*
Joseph C. Mandel*
Martin H. Marcus
Rabbi Sharon Y. Marcus
Peter Meisel
David P. Miller
Samuel H. Miller*
David J. Millstone

 Stephen A. Monto
Elmer I. Paull*
Shari L. Perlmuter
Roman Petroff
Robert S. Reitman*
Michael A. Ritter
Carol Rivchun
Peter Rzepka*
Evie Safran*
Bradley J. Schlang
Alvin A. Siegal
Scott M. Simon
Robert Silverman*
Michal Soclof
James C. Spira
David J. Strauss
Jeanne Tobin
Eric D. Wald
Judith Weiss*
Morry Weiss*
Marcia J. Wexberg
Adam L. Wieder
Danielle J. Wild
Steven Willensky
Idelle K. Wolf
Nancy G. Wolf
William A. Wortzman
Dara G. Yanowitz
Donna Yanowitz*
Darrell A. Young
Elissa W. Zegura


* Trustee for Life

   
Emeritus Trustees
George N. Aronoff • Jordan C. Band • Richard Bogomolny • Morton G. Epstein
Leonard Fuchs • Peggy Garson • Lois K. Goodman • Robert D. Gries • Aileen Kassen
N. Herschel Koblenz • Marvin L. Lader • Elaine Rocker • Barbara S. Rosenthal
Edwin M. Roth • Gordon H. Safran • Lawrence C. Sherman, z”l • Harold S. Stern
Norman Wain • Philip Wasserstrom • Jerome A. Weinberger
     
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Jewish Federation of Cleveland Executive Staff

Stephen H. Hoffman, President


DEPARTMENT HEADS
Sheila Allenick
 sallenick@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Fiscal Operations
Oren Baratz
 obaratz@jcfcleve.org		 Vice President of External Affairs
Tami Caplan
 tcaplan@jcfcleve.org		 Vice President of Operations
Dahlia Fisher
 dfisher@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Marketing & Communications
Alan D. Gross
 agross@jcfcleve.org		 Vice President / Director of Endowment Development
Dayan Gross
 dgross@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Community Relations
Amy Kaplan
 akaplan@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Government Relations
Abigail Levin
 alevin@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Campaign
Shelley Milin Marcus
 smarcus@jcfcleve.org		 Assistant Vice President / Major Gifts
Hedy Milgrom
 hmilgrom@jcfcleve.org		 Vice President / Endowments & Development
Barry Reis
 breis@jcfcleve.org		 Senior Vice President / Chief Financial Officer
Erika Rudin-Luria
 erudin-luria@jcfcleve.org		 Vice President / Community Development
Daniel Strom
 dstrom@jcfcleve.org		 Director of IT
Cathy Weiss
 cweiss@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Community Services


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EXECUTIVE STAFF
Allison Agin
 aagin@jcfcleve.org		 Senior Associate, Marketing & Communications
Julie Auerbach
 jauerbach@jcfcleve.org		 Senior Associate, International Operations
Karen Baker
 kbaker@jcfcleve.org		 Director, Strengthening & Growing Jewish Cleveland
Annie Becker
 abecker@jcfcleve.org		 Special Assistant, Office of the President
Kari Blumenthal
 kblumenthal@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Finance
Jessie Bruder
 jbruder@jcfcleve.org		 Associate, Campaign and Young Leadership Division
Jennifer Cohen
 jcohen@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Professional Personnel
Yotam Efrat
 yefrat@jcfcleve.org		 Shaliach, Israel Engagement
Rabbi Akiva Feinstein
 chaplaincy@jcfcleve.org		 Chaplain
Shelley Fishbach
sfishbach@jcfcleve.org		 Senior Associate, Planning and Allocations
Ann Garson
 agarson@jcfcleve.org		 Grants Coordinator/Supporting Foundations Manager
Raquel Flatow Haas
 rhaas@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Corporate Sponsorships
Lisa Hacker
 lhacker@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Women's Campaign
Jim Hartnett
 jhartnett@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Security
Nancy Hoffner
 nhoffner@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Endowment Financial Reporting
Susan Hyman
 shyman@jcfcleve.org		 Director, Jewish Volunteer Network (JVN)
Matthew Kaliff
 mkaliff@jcfcleve.org		 Assistant Director of Endowment Development/Supporting Foundations Manager
Ilanit Gerblich Kalir
 ikalir@jcfcleve.org		 Assistant Director, International Operations
Susan Kariv
 skariv@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Lay Leadership Training & Placement
Malki Karkowsky
 mkarkowsky@jcfcleve.org		 Associate, Community Planning and Allocations
Pat Keating
 pkeating@jcfcleve.org		 Community Options
Debbie Klein
 dklein@jcfcleve.org		 Senior Associate, Community Relations
Elizabeth Klein
 eklein@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Women's Philanthropy / Senior Development Officer
Rabbi Alan Lettofsky
 chaplaincy@jcfcleve.org		 Chaplain
Allison Levine
 alevine@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Campaign Operations
Sharon Levey
 slevey@jcfcleve.org		 Community Options
Ellen Miller
 emiller@jcfcleve.org		 Associate, Access Jewish Cleveland
Lakshmi Nebel
 lnebel@jcfcleve.org		 Senior Associate, Community Planning and Allocations
Todd Polikoff
 tpolikoff@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Donor Stewardship / Senior Development Officer
Barbara Rose
 brose@jcfcleve.org		 Community Options
Tal Rothstein
 trothstein@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Young Leadership Division
Kelly Sperber Rubanenko
 krubanenko@jcfcleve.org		 Senior Associate, Strengthening and Growing Jewish Cleveland
Jessica Semel
 jsemel@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Public Education Initiative
Janet Schwartz Shapiro
 jshapiro@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Philanthropic and Special Purpose Funds
Karen Steiger
 ksteiger@jcfcleve.org		 Senior Associate, Campaign
Rabbi Edward Sukol
 chaplaincy@jcfcleve.org		 Chaplain
Ethan Weiss
 eweiss@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Campaign Division
Carol Wolf
 cwolf@jcfcleve.org		 Senior Development Officer
Howard Wolf
 hwolf@jcfcleve.org		 Business Director
Debra Yasinow
 dyasinow@jcfcleve.org		 Director of Donor Relations
Rabbi Simcha Zevit
 dsimcha.zevit@gmail.com		 Chaplain

For more information, contact:
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Mandel Building
27501 Science Park Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44122
216.593.2900; fax 216.593.2901
e-mail: info@jcfcleve.org
Staff direct dial numbers


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