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2017-2018 JSSA Board Biographies Jeffrey F. Abramson ........................................................................................................................ 2 Rhonda Brandes .............................................................................................................................. 3 Phyllis Cela ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Rita Corwin ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Yvonne Schlafstein Distenfeld ......................................................................................................... 6 Mark Ellenbogen .............................................................................................................................. 7 Michael Fingerhut ............................................................................................................................ 8 David Flyer ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Barry Forman ................................................................................................................................. 10 Bill Frick ....................................................................................................................................... 111 Helene Glick .................................................................................................................................. 12 Patti Goldman ................................................................................................................................ 13 Michael Goldsmith ....................................................................................................................... 144 Scott Green .................................................................................................................................. 155 Gary Guttman .............................................................................................................................. 166 Richard Haskin ............................................................................................................................ 177 Roberta B. Hochberg ................................................................................................................... 188 Candi Kaplan ................................................................................................................................. 19 Nancy Kaplan .............................................................................................................................. 200 Irv Katz ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Lawrence Kline ............................................................................................................................ 222 Harold Krauthamer ........................................................................................................................ 23 Captain Solomon Levy .................................................................................................................. 24 Suzy Levy ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Michael Mael ................................................................................................................................ 266 Esther B. Newman ......................................................................................................................... 27 Marcia Nusgart .............................................................................................................................. 28 Judy Oppenheim............................................................................................................................ 29 Grant B. Ottenstein ...................................................................................................................... 300 Joseph I. Rosenberg ................................................................................................................... 311 Howard S. Rothman .................................................................................................................... 322 Ruth Ruskin ................................................................................................................................. 333 Rabbi Jonathan Schnitzer ........................................................................................................... 344 David Schwartz ............................................................................................................................ 355 Sandra Sellers ............................................................................................................................... 36 Pat Silver ....................................................................................................................................... 37 Mindy Suchinsky ............................................................................................................................ 38 Robin Thomashauer ...................................................................................................................... 39 Jeff Yentis .................................................................................................................................... 400 07/01/2017 Page 1 Jeffrey F. Abramson 9204 Bentridge Ave. Potomac, MD 20854 301-251-0798 (H) 301-907-9600 (W) 301-252-7656 (C) [email protected] Jeff has been a member of the Board of JSSA since 2004. He is a Past President of JSSA. Jeff continues to be active in JSSA as Chairman of the Construction, Property Development, Maintenance and Security Committee. He previously served as Chairman of the Building Committee that was responsible for the development and construction of the Ina Kay Building in Fallsgrove. Jeff is a native Washingtonian. He graduated Woodrow Wilson High School in 1965. He received his degree in Civil Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and studied computer programming at the George Washington University. He is LEED-AP certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. Jeff has been in commercial construction and development since 1969. He serves as President of Abramson Construction Corporation. The firm, which was established in 1989, provides commercial general contracting and construction management services in the Washington/Baltimore Metropolitan areas. Before opening Abramson Construction Corporation, Jeff had been a Principal of The Marcus Corporation, a Project Manager with both Charles E. Smith and Polinger/Majestic Building Corporations, and a Project Engineer with the Bechtel Corporation. Jeff and his wife Janet have been married since 1971 and live in Potomac, Maryland. Janet is a former elementary school teacher in Montgomery County. Jeff and Janet are members of Washington Hebrew Congregation. They have two children, Laurie and Michael. Laurie is married to Stuart Kuntz and they live in Short Hills, New Jersey with their daughter Michelle and son Ari. Their son Michael is an Interventional Radiologist with Virginia Radiology Associates and lives with his wife Catherine in Arlington, Virginia. Jeff enjoys playing golf in his spare time. 07/01/2017 Page 2 Rhonda Brandes 7806 Turning Creek Ct. Potomac, MD 20854 301-346-3302 (C) 301-983-1303 (H) [email protected] Rhonda is currently the Clinical Nutrition Manager with Sodexo Healthcare Services at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. She is responsible for all Patient Meal Services and Nutrition Services at the hospital. Previously she was the Clinical Nutrition Manager at the Charles E Smith Life Communities for 14 years. She has worked in the field of Nutrition for over 25 years, 16 of those years with Sodexo Healthcare, headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She is past PTA Co-President and former Board Member of the Charles E Smith Jewish Day School and served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for Congregation Har Shalom. Originally from Boston, Rhonda has been a resident of Potomac, Maryland for over 30 years. She is a graduate of Simmons College with a BS in Nutrition. She and her husband Richard have been married since 1983. They are members of Congregation Beth El in Bethesda and are the proud parents of Emily & Keith Norof who live in Olney, Maryland and Joshua Brandes, who lives in New York City. She is also the proud Nana of Felix Brandon Norof. 07/01/2017 Page 3 Phyllis Cela 1468 Pathfinder Lane McLean, VA 22101 202-418-5374 (W) 703-893-5437 (H) 703-678-8795 (C) [email protected] Phyllis retired after a long career practicing derivatives law. She continues to work in the field as an external expert consulting on occasion for the International Monetary Fund. Before she retired, she was a Managing Director in PwC's Financial Services Regulatory practice advising global banking clients. Phyllis spent most of her career in public service as Chief Counsel in the enforcement division of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She also served as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center in the securities law L.L.M. program, co-teaching a course on derivatives regulation. Originally from Long Island, Phyllis