BOARD & STAFF
The members of the URJ’s Oversight Committee and North American Board partner with our senior leadership team and talented staff across North America and Israel to achieve significant accomplishments.
It is with immense gratitude that the URJ recognizes and acknowledges the members of its Oversight Committee and North American Board of Trustees, so ably led by URJ Chair Daryl Messinger. The leadership’s vision, wisdom, and generosity guide the URJ in fulfilling our strategic priorities and represent a sacred partnership in Reform Judaism’s holy work.
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
David Baskin - Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto, ON
William Blumstein - Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY
Cary Davidson - Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood, CA
Alan Fishman - Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY
Roberta Franco Glick - Temple Chaverim, Plainview, NY
Jay Gellman - Temple Beth Orr, Coral Springs, FL (URJ Vice Chair)
Katherine Goldgeier - Temple Beth Ami, Rockville, MD
Alec Harris - Chicago Sinai Congregation, Chicago, IL
Richard Holtz - Temple Beth El Ormond Beach, FL (URJ District Chair—South)
Rabbi Rick Jacobs - Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, NY (President)
Bruce Josephy - Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT
Susan Kalson - Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer Kaufman - Congregation B’nai Israel, Sacramento, CA (URJ Vice Chair)
Robin Kosberg - Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, TX
Norman Leopold - Temple Sinai of North Dade, Miami, FL (URJ General Counsel)
Harry Levy IV - Temple Beth El, San Antonio, TX (URJ Treasurer)
Luise Mann Burger - Congregational B'nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT (URJ Vice Chair)
Jan Marion - Temple B’nai Israel, Oklahoma City, OK
Blair Marks - Temple Kol Emeth, Marietta, GA
Daryl Messinger - Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA (URJ Chair)
Shelley Niceley Groff - Temple Beth Sholom, Miami Beach, FL
Mark Oster - Larchmont Temple, Larchmont, NY
Elliot Paull - Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue, WA
Rabbi Jonah Pesner - Temple Israel, Boston, MA (RAC Director and URJ Senior Vice President)
Michael Price - Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT
Steve Pruzan - Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle, WA (URJ District Chair—West)
Wendy Rhodes - Congregation Solel, Highland Park, IL (URJ District Chair—Central)
RIchard Rubenstein - Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, CT
Stephen Sacks - Temple Sinai, Washington, D.C. (URJ Immediate Past Chair)
Mark Schwartz - Temple Israel, Boston, MA
Jane Taves - Temple Beth El, Madison, WI
Dr. Steven Weitz - Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough, NJ (URJ Vice Chair)
Ann Wenger - Am Shalom, Glencoe, IL
Dr. Jeremy Wolfe - Temple Sinai, Brookline, MA (URJ District Chair—East)
NORTH AMERICAN BOARD
Tom Abelson
Meryl Alalof
Evan Allen
Ed Alpert
Mark S. Anshan
G. Leslie Atkinson
Diane Baer
Eric Bakerman
Julie Bank
David Baskin
Susan Bass
Len Bates
Marzy Bauer
Alan Belinkoff
Sharon Benoff
Judith Berg
Andrew Berger
Stephen Berman
Anne Berman-Waldorf
Austin Beutel
Ellen Bittner
Aaron Bloom
Sean Blum
William Blumstein
Lisa Borowitz
Richard Brenner
Jadwiga Brown
Sue Brucker
Janice Brumer
Edward Burger
Andrea Cannon
Raymond Capelouto
Cathy Chermak
James Cherney
Lisa Chinsky
Ron Cohen
Skylar Cohen
Ronnie Cohn
Morris Cooper
Miriam Daniel
Irwin (Ted) David
David Davidson
Cary Davidson
Phyllis Denaburg
Steven (Coby) Derringer
Martin Dodd
Marlene Dodinval
David Donchin
Isabel Dunst
Rabbi Denise Eger
Mike Eisenman
Mandy Eisner
Jan Epstein
Barry Epstein
Ross Erlebacher
Steve Fadem
Mitchell Faust
Susan Feldman
Earl Ferguson
Deborah Fernandez-Turner
Morton Finkelstein
Alan Fishman
Jamie Fleckner
Kathryn Fleisher
Steven Fox
Ellen Fox-Snider
Roberta Franco Glick
Sally Frank
Rabbi Daniel Freelander
Irving Freeman (z"l)
Michael Freidman
Barry Friedfertig
Steven Friedman
Harry Frischer
Stephanie Garry
Vivian Gealer
Jay Gellman
Tricia Ginis
Elizabeth Goertzel
Richard Goldberg
Abigail Goldberg Spiegel
Katherine Goldgeier
Cantor Mark Goldman
Allan Goldman
Betty Golomb
Jill Goodman
Judi Goozh
Robert Gordon
Richard Grabish
Ilene Greene
Lila Greene
Dan Grossman
Louis Grossman
Cheryl Gutmann
Mark Halperin
Alec Harris
Kareen Hartwig
Richard Heinrich
Honey Heller
Robert Heller
Jodi Hessel
Arthur Heyman
David Hill
Allan Hirsh
Richard Holtz
Jonathan Howard
Alan Iselin
Rabbi Rick Jacobs
Elliott Jacobson
Scott Jaffe
Cynthia Janower
Daniel Jeydel
Bruce Josephy
Susan Kalson
David Kasakove
Jennifer Kaufman
Andrew Keene
Alyse Kirschen
Michael Klau
Bethanne Knapp
Barry Kolevzon
Charles Koplik
Robin Kosberg
Lori Kowit
Kenneth Kramer
Susan Kramer
Marshall Krolick
Judy Kule
Marc Landis
Robert Langsfeld
Michael Laufer
Lynn Lazar
Stuart Leeman
Donald Leibowitz
Shelly Lenkin Gordon
Norman Leopold
Paul Leszner
Jay Levine
Stuart Leviton
Norma Levitt
Marlene Levenson
Mark Levy
Marjorie Levy
AnnDee Levy
Harry Levy IV
Michael Liepman
Amy Lipeles
Marshall Littman
Stanley Loeb
Michael Lorge
Luise Mann Burger
Jan Marion
Blair Marks
Lenore Mass
Philip Meltzer
Nick Melvoin
Arnold Meshkov
Daryl Messinger
Cynthia Mirsky
Hannah Moore
Geraldine Mund
Deborah Naish
Marc Newman
Shelley Niceley Groff
William Norman
Rabbi Laura Novak Winer
Lois Nyren
Susan Olinsky
Beth Orlansky
Eric Orlin
Mark Oster
Rabbi Aaron Panken (z"l)
Elliot Paull
Miriam Pearlman
Lila Pesner
Rabbi Jonah Pesner
Debbie Pinsky
Steven Portnoy
Michael Price
Steve Pruzan
Daniel Raas
Debbie Rabinovich
Lauren Racoosin
Richard Rappaport
Scott Reich
Wendy Rhodes
Jane Rips
Karen Rivo
Janice Rosenblatt
Simon Rosenblatt
JoAnne Rosenblum
Michael Ross
Rachel Roth
Michael Roth
Charles Rothschild
Marilynn Rothstein
Richard Rubenstein
Lois Rubin
Susan Rudolph
Steve Sacks
Scott Sager
Mark Salmanson
Connell Saltzman
David Sampliner
Mark Sass
Jennie Schacher-Rubin
Cantor Jodi Schechtman
Rudi Scheidt
Rabbi Stan Schickler
Brian Schuster
L. Tadd Schwab
Barry Schwartz
Mark Schwartz
Frank Schwarz
Myron Schwitzer
Heidi Segal
Scott Seigel
Rosanne Selfon
Rabbi Barton Shallat
Diane Shattls
Alan Sheinberg
Stephen Sherman
Evely Laser Shlensky
Richard Shugarman
Benjamin Sillins
Russell Silverman
Carl Silverman
Karen Sim
Don Simon
Pekka Sinervo
Ralph Sinsheimer
Laurie Sobelman
Michael Solka
Jerome Somers
John Sorkin
Michael Starr
Carole Sterling
Rabbi David Stern
Deborah Sternberg
Amy Stone
David Strauss
Lin Sunshine
Eliot Swartz
B.J. Tanenbaum
Jane Taves
Leonard Teitelbaum
Carmen Tesser
Rabbi Lenny Thal
Paul Vanek
Iris Vanek
Ari Vared
Lawrence Vogel
Gerry Voit
Albert Vorspan
Julie Waltzer
Michael Waxman
Marcia Waxman
Peter Weidhorn
Gayle Weil
Rabbi Joshua Weinberg
Nordin Weinberger
Cantor Steven Weiss
Steven Weitz
Mark Weitz
Ann Wenger
Thomas Wiener
Dolores Wilkenfeld
Peter Winik
Sally Winter
Scott Winter
Jane Wishner
Jeremy Wolfe
Laura Wolfe
Norman Yanofsky
Marilynn Yentis
Rabbi Eric Yoffie
STAFF LEADERSHIP
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President
Amy Asin, Vice President, Strengthening Congregations
April Baskin, Vice President, Audacious Hospitality
Miriam Chilton, Vice President, Youth
Julie Lerner, Executive Vice President
Mark J. Pelavin, Chief Program Officer
Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Senior Vice President; Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Emily Sachs, Chief Financial Officer
Emma Silver, Executive Assistant to the President
Riva Silverman, Vice President of Philanthropy
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President Emeritus
Rabbi David Saperstein, Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy
Jo-Ann Mort, Special Advisor to the President