Meet our Board, Staff, & Committee Members
We are pleased to introduce you to our esteemed Board of Trustees, dedicated staff, and engaged standing committee members, that are helping impact and improve lives in Cleveland, Israel, and 70 countries around the globe, each and every day. If you need to connect with someone but can’t find their information here, please call our main phone line at: 216-593-2900 or send an email to . Todah!
Board of Trustees
Executive Officers
Gary L. Gross
Board Chair
Bruce H. Goodman
Vice Chair
Richard Horvitz
Vice Chair
Randall J. Korach
Vice Chair
Idelle K. Wolf
Vice Chair
Sandra Wuliger
Vice Chair
Daniel N. Zelman
Treasurer
Beth Wain Brandon
Associate Treasurer
Executive Committee
David F. Adler • Barnett N. Bookatz • Reneé Chelm* • Cheryl L. Davis • Jeffrey S. Davis • Leslie D. Dunn • Margaret Richards Frankel • Gerald W. Goldberg • Robert Goldberg* • Suri Goldman • Henry J. Goodman* • Harley I. Gross* • Michelle Hirsch • Susan R. Hurwitz • Suellen Kadis • Jennifer L. Korach • Eliana LeVine • Keith Libman • Morton L. Mandel* • Louis Malcmacher • Albert B. Ratner* • Charles A. Ratner* • Mitchell Schneider • Michael D. Siegal* • Neil R. Waxman • Rachel Weinberg • Jeffrey Weiss • Sally H. Wertheim* • Judy Klein Willensky • Timothy F. Wuliger* • Dara G. Yanowitz
Trustees
Hedy K. Adler • Jules Belkin • Eric E. Bell • Ronald M. Berkman • Rabbi Binyamin Blau • Myrna A. Bloch • Alan Charnas • Jennifer E. Cohen • Lynne M. Cohen • Bruce Daskal • Mindy Davidson • Reuven D. Dessler • Grant N. Dinner • Fran Doris • Cindy Duber • Ronald A. Fisher • Amy Wain Garnitz • victor gelb* • Adrienne Goldberg • Jordan A. Goldberg • Larry P. Goldberg* • Rabbi Melvin Granatstein • Roe Green • Steven G. Greenberg • Andrea Kanter Grodin • Rochelle Gross • Rachel E. Heiser • Rebecca C. Heller • William H. Heller* • Kathryn Wertheim Hexter • Sara Hurand • Robert A. Immerman • M. Orry Jacobs • Jeffrey M. Kahn • Ira Kaplan • Ilana Isakov Katz • Robert Mendy Klein • Terri Kline • S. Lee Kohrman* • Jeffrey L. Korach • Harvey Kotler • Charlotte R. Kramer* • Karen Krause • Andrew Lefkowitz • Norma W. Lerner* • Larry A. Mack • Milton Maltz* • Tamar Maltz* • Barbara A. Mandel* • Joseph C. Mandel* z”l • Kevin D. Margolis • Susan Meisel • David P. Miller • Jared S. Miller • Samuel H. Miller* • Stephen A. Monto • David M. Neumann • Rabbi Robert Nosanchuck • Keith Polster • Loree E. Potash • James A. Ratner • Robert S. Reitman* • Michael A. Ritter • Brian D. Robbins • Beth Rosenberg • Peter Rzepka* • Evie Safran* • Bradley J. Schlang • Kyla Epstein Schneider • Paula R. Schwartz • Walter S. Schwartz • Bradley A. Sherman • Elisabeth Sherman • Alvin A. Siegal • Harvey A. Siegel • Rabbi Joshua Skoff • Scott J. Spiegle • Carmie J. Stein • Jeanne Tobin • Stephen J. Weinberg • Judith Weiss* • Morry Weiss* • Danielle J. Wild • Jeffrey J. Wild • Mitch Wolf • Warren L. Wolfson • Elissa J. Wuliger • Jason A. Wuliger • Donna Yanowitz* • Sarah Zimmerman
Emeritus Trustees
Thomas W. Adler • George N. Aronoff • Richard Bogomolny • Robert D. Deitz (z”l ) • Morton G. Epstein (z”l ) • Leonard Fuchs • Peggy Garson • Lois K. Goodman • Robert D. Gries • Aileen Kassen (z”l ) • Marvin L. Lader • Barbara S. Rosenthal • Edwin M. Roth • Gordon H. Safran • Harold S. Stern • Norman Wain • Philip Wasserstrom • Jerome A. Weinberger (z”l )
* life trustee
Standing Committees
As of January 1, 2016
Allocations
Distributes resources from the Campaign for Jewish Needs, balancing local, national and overseas needs; helps to identify immediate and long-term issues which the community and/or individual agencies need to address; helps ensure that funds from the Campaign for Jewish Needs are used effectively and efficiently
Jeffrey J. Wild, Chair
Stephen A. Monto, Michal Soclof, Ronald S. Gross, Vice-Chairs
Stephen A. Monto, Chair, Subcommittee on Education Agencies
Michal Soclof, Chair, Subcommittee on Overseas
Ronald S. Gross, Chair, Subcommittee on Human Services
Judge Dan A. Polster, National Agencies Liaison Team
Community Planning
Studies and plans for community needs
Ira Kaplan, Chair
Mark C. Siegel, Jewish Community Housing, Inc., President
Community Relations
Implements public affairs agenda
Bradley J. Schlang, Chair
Rubin Guttman, Vice-Chair
Michael Jacobson, Vice-Chair
Development
Oversees all fundraising activities
Daniel N. Zelman, Chair
David F. Adler, 2017 Campaign for Jewish Needs General Chair
Matthew F. Kadish, Professional Advisory Council
Barry J. Guttman, Young Leadership Division
Jennifer L. Korach, Women’s Philanthropy
Norman Wain, Silver Circle
Stephen J Weinberg, Dara Yanowitz, Create Your Jewish Legacy
Endowment Fund
Recommends funding for community programming and emergency needs
Penny Greenberger, Chair
Hallie H. Abrams, Foundation Advisory Council
Finance and Investment
Manages investment of endowment and capital funds
William H. Heller, Chair
Human Resources Development
Provides guidance and oversight of the recruitment, development, and placement of qualified professional and lay leadership
Susan R. Hurwitz , Chair
Gary S. Shamis, Gries Committee
Gregory A. Marcus, Dara Yanowitz, Mandel Symposium
Jeanne Tobin, Agency Leadership Roundtable
Marketing & Communications
Establishes marketing agenda and oversees communications activities
Jeffrey Weiss, Chair
Ilana Isakov Katz, Vice Chair
Overseas Connections
Conceives and manages projects that connect Jews in Cleveland with Jews in Israel and around the world
Neil R. Waxman, Chair
Barbara J. Leukart, Cleveland/Beit Shean Partnership Subcommittee
Lynne M. Cohen, PACT (Parents and Children Together) Subcommittee
William H. Heller, I-Connect
Lydia Frankel and Shmuel Shkop, Israelis in Cleveland Subcommittee
Susan Y. Meisel, IDF Education Corps Subcommittee
Judge Dan A. Polster, Jordan/Cross-Border Initiative Subcommittee
Barry S. Feldman, Cleveland/St. Petersburg Partnership
Nancy G. Wolf, ISHA (Israel Health Advancement for Women) Subcommittee
Karen Rutman-Weiss, ONAD (Overseas Needs Assessment and Distribution) Subcommittee
Strategic Planning
Responsible for the creation, implementation, oversight and revision of the Strategic Plan
Randall J. Korach, Chair
