2020 ANNUAL REPORT Our Federation is the only organization in that A DEFINING MOMENT focuses on the health and vitality of the entire in our community’s history Jewish community. For more than 115 years, the Federation has created the critical scale The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic brought on changes within our community, our nation, necessary to drive meaningful social change and our world that we had never experienced before – social distancing, wearing masks, virtual and provide relief in times of crisis in ways no learning, and more. one person or organization could do alone. The Federation is Jewish Cleveland’s hub for What COVID-19 could not and would not change was Jewish Cleveland’s resolve to care for innovative solutions and collaborative services. one another. With will and determination, Jewish Clevelanders banded together to ensure: • Our Jewish community was open • We made our Jewish community a and engaged while our buildings more inclusive place. were closed. • We educated our children on what it • We faced the challenges together. means to put our Jewish values to work. Contents • We invested in our children and in 3 A Defining Moment each other. • We provided for our community, so 4 Letter from Leadership that no one needed to take “time off” • We embraced each other and made from their involvement in Jewish life. 5 Coronavirus Emergency Fund sure no one felt alone despite our 6 Here for Caring physical distance. • We protected those institutions of 7 Here for Preparing Jewish life that have made us one of • We reached out to and supported the the strongest Jewish communities in 8 Here for Sharing isolated and vulnerable. 9 Here for Repairing the country. 10-11 2020 Highlights As you will see on the following pages, our community did all this and so much more. Together, we 12-13 Campaign and Other Federation Giving successfully overcame once-in-a-generation challenges and kept our community strong. 14-15 Federation Board of Trustees and Committees 16 Volunteer Award Winners Together we proved that we are – and will continue to be – HERE FOR GOOD! 16-17 Federation and JFC Security Staff 18 2020 Corporate Sponsors 2 3 CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund Dear Friends, was established to help sustain and strengthen the Cleveland Jewish community, and ensures: 2020 was barely three months old when the Shean, (Cleveland’s sister city) dedicated Thank you to the amazing healthcare • Our community’s social service providers, schools, and other world as we knew it changed immediately to identifying and addressing welfare needs professionals and front-line workers across organizations would be less overwhelmed by the effects of the pandemic and dramatically. The arrival of the COVID-19 in the community, including grocery and Northeast for caring for us all. Thank • People would not need to take time off from Jewish life pandemic in Northeast Ohio created once- medication delivery, and wellness checks for you to the brave local law enforcement • Massive, short-term financial losses would not lead to the dismantling in-a-lifetime challenges for our community. the elderly. officers – including our security provider JFC of key Jewish institutions in Jewish Cleveland Those who were already vulnerable were Security, LLC – for protecting us from the now in greater need. At the same time, many Perhaps the most visible evidence of Jewish continued rise of anti-Semitism and brazen With these emergency funds, a continuity plan has been put into place in more were quickly becoming vulnerable – Cleveland’s determination during this acts of hate-driven violence. Thank you to the order to serve: emotionally, physically, and financially. unprecedented time was the record results tireless efforts of our beneficiary agencies to achieved in our latest Campaign for Jewish serve the ever-changing needs of our diverse And yet, amid all this change, Jewish Needs. Under the leadership of General community with such grace and creativity. VULNERABLE THOSE AT RISK OF THREATENED Clevelanders’ commitment to one another Campaign Chair Bradley Sherman, our POPULATIONS WITHDRAWING JEWISH and the community in which we live remained community raised $33.1 million from more And, most importantly, thank you for all you FROM JEWISH LIFE INSTITUTIONS unchanged. Without hesitation, people than 12,000 donors, and more than $15.4 do to make sure that together, we are – and People who find throughout our community stepped forward million for Jewish Cleveland’s Coronavirus will continue to be – HERE FOR GOOD. themselves newly People at risk of Jewish institutions and asked, “how can we help?” Through selfless Emergency Relief Fund (see sidebar). This vulnerable because of having to withdraw facing potential actions of all sizes, our community came tremendous generosity ensures critical the pandemic as well from Jewish life closure due to together and showed once again that we are services and programs our community as people who were or missing out on massive revenue HERE FOR GOOD! needs will continue without interruption already vulnerable critical experiences losses. without compromising our ability to plan J. David Heller before the pandemic because of the Board Chair For example, 500 volunteers made more than for the future. who now have pandemic. 1,800 “Caring Calls” and delivered 2,400 care increased needs. packages to elderly community members 2020 tested all of us. But Cleveland proved to reassure them that they were not alone once again why it is one of the most caring or overlooked. At the same time, through and vibrant Jewish communities in the world Erika B. Rudin-Luria Federation’s Bridge to the Future program, we by working together to come through it still President helped establish a volunteer call center in Beit connected and still strong.

Thanks to the generous support of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation which created a special matching gift program to inspire new and increased Campaign gifts this year, we have been able to raise more than $15.4 million needed to position Jewish Cleveland to emerge on the other side of this crisis in a position of strength and continuity.

4 5 We prepare for the future by ensuring the long-term health development, Jewish education, and volunteer experiences. and vitality of our diverse community. We provide the critical While L.E.V. fellows nurtured their Jewish community through strategic planning and oversight needed to make life better acts of tikkun olam (repairing the world), they also learned the today and for generations to come. We provide a wide range of importance of making a difference in their own community and educational programming for all ages which celebrates Jewish our investment in their success. Young changemakers also took values and traditions. We also develop the next generation of part in Serve the Moment, a fellowship program dedicated to leaders through mentoring, teaching, and hands-on experiences. meaningful volunteer service.

With an abrupt shift in life on campus and many students’ The world of education also changed overnight with the arrival summer jobs, internships, and other planned experiences of COVID-19. Your Federation worked closely with the Jewish cancelled due to COVID-19, the L.E.V. Campus Fellowship was Education Center (JEC) and health care professionals to get our created for college students. A joint program between your five Jewish day schools ready for fall in-person learning, while Federation, Cleveland Hillel, and Hillel at Kent State University, JEC’s “La-bri’ut: To Our Health and Wellness,” was developed to the L.E.V. Campus Fellowship engaged students in leadership address children’s at-home congregational learning needs. HERE FOR CARING

We care for one another by helping feed the hungry, comfort now found themselves vulnerable emotionally, physically, HERE FOR the sick, aid the elderly, shelter the homeless, and support those and/or financially. in need or with disabilities – wherever they are in the world. We advocate for the vulnerable and fight for social justice. We also We also knew that social distancing could rapidly become social invest significant resources in preventing, preparing for, and isolation without a concerted effort to help community members PREPARING responding to potential security threats to our community. continue to feel connected to each other, the community, and to Judaism. From “caring calls” to the elderly who might feel This past year, those who were already vulnerable were more alone or forgotten in this unsettled time to virtual events that so in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The urgency to brought families together – including relatives out of town – for ensure critical services and programs were delivered without entertaining and educating programming, Jewish Cleveland was interruption was compounded by the fact that so many more able to stay together while staying safe. 6 7 We share our perspectives by bridging We repair our world by responding cultural divides, fostering mutual respect, in times of emergency and helping and building collaborative relationships. people rebuild in the wake of natural We provide the education and tools or man-made disasters. We also invest needed to stand up and speak out on in programs and services that provide behalf of Israel and the Jewish people. HERE FOR a strong safety net during times of We deepen connections to Israel through personal crises. personal experiences and programs that celebrate our Jewish homeland. We Even in this challenging time, our create mutually beneficial collaborations SHARING Jewish community stepped forward to between business and civic leaders in help with Ethiopian aliyah and family Israel and Greater Cleveland. reunification in Israel through the work of our beneficiary agency, the Jewish After an alarming uptick in violence Agency for Israel (JAFI). In December against in the /New Jersey 2020 in the midst of a pandemic, a region, the Jewish community came plane of 300 olim arrived in Israel in together on January 5 to show the world time for Shabbat as part of Operation that we are stronger than hate at the “No Tzur Yisrael (Rock of Israel). For nearly Hate. No Fear. Solidarity March.” More 20 years, your Federation has been at than 200 Jewish Clevelanders of all ages the helm of helping tens of thousands were among the thousands of participants of Ethiopian Jews immigrate to their in that marched across the homeland and reunite with their families. Bridge to raise awareness of the rapidly growing threat of anti-Semitism in While the spread of COVID-19 America and around the world. Together, threatened the lives and livelihoods of we made it known that our community people across the globe, vulnerable would not be intimidated, nor would we Jews continued to receive uninterrupted stand idly by when hatred was pointed at life-saving services such as personal other communities. protective equipment, emergency food, and medicine through the American To that end, Federation also continued Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to work closely with other communities (JDC), a Federation beneficiary agency. to confront all forms of hate and to dismantle racism more effectively through HERE FOR partnership and programming. © The Jewish Agency for Israel for Agency Jewish © The 8 REPAIRING 9

Bringing together more Providing approximately Safeguarding Jewish Cleveland – than 250 participants 20 through Federation’s security provider 1,800 people living in – including 46 Clevelanders – across five continents JFC Security, LLC – Northwest Russia’s small, for networking and inspiring young Jewish with 30 guards deployed remote Jewish communities doers through the 248 Virtual Global Summit, a collaboration between your Federation and JAFI. at 30 minyanim and at the 20 different with online experiences that organizations and agencies that strengthened their Jewish identity Delivering monthly financial aid for 20 have re-opened. through holiday events, camps, Hebrew food, medicine, and other basics to language classes, and more through the Contacting more than 1,800 Jewish Agency for Israel. 9,000 children and families Providing funds and resources to fight elderly Jewish Clevelanders in distress rapidly spreading food insecurity - Launching a new online curriculum from 27 countries through the JDC. to reassure them that they were not developed by the Jewish Education serving more than 9,000 forgotten or alone despite the need for Center of Cleveland for congregational physical distancing during the pandemic. Organizing 200 Jewish community members schools that is now used by over across 8 counties 10,000 students at 225 Clevelanders through food pantries, home delivered Hosting 36 virtual events to travel to New York in January to stand up congregations across meals, and holiday food distributions. for more than 4,500 against hatred and anti-Semitism at the the country. “No Hate. No Fear. Solidarity March.” unique viewers Organizing 500 Jewish that kept our community connected and Co-hosting a three-part, virtual series informed – and entertained. Supporting the five Cleveland Cleveland volunteers that explored faith during times of crisis, to help deliver food, distribute care the evolution towards racial justice, Jewish day schools’ packages, and more. Creating the L.E.V. Campus Fellowship for efforts to re-open their doors for in-classroom and voting rights with 104 college students from 44 different learning this fall. Maintaining daily contact with the universities that resulted in more than more than 200 unique 5,400 Holocaust survivors 2,000 hours of volunteer attendees from diverse living in Israel service at 15 organizations backgrounds. during the COVID-19 pandemic through in the Jewish and general Cleveland the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). community Procuring more than 100,000 N95 personal HIGH- Supporting more than Helping 27 eligible local protection masks 32,000 people in the Jewish organizations for Greater Cleveland non-profits, Former Soviet Union secure over $17 million in SBA/ area hospitals, and Federation (FSU) with food delivery, school supply PPP loans/grants. beneficiary agencies. LIGHTS donations, caring calls, and more through 10 the JDC. 11 $33,105,529 RAISED IN THE 2021 CAMPAIGN FOR JEWISH NEEDS $85,326,233 ANNUAL DISTRIBUTED TO THE JEWISH CAMPAIGN AND GENERAL COMMUNITY ADDITIONAL 12,000+ Grant distributions from donor advised funds DONORS FOR JEWISH (DAFs), supporting foundations, and FEDERATION NEEDS special purpose funds SUPPORT Every year, Jewish Cleveland 8,701 including 1,144 Additional Federation raises money for the Campaign GIFTS NEW GIFTS Support includes grants from for Jewish Needs to help $2,835,000 donor advised funds, special ensure our community’s GRANT DISTRIBUTIONS purpose endowment funds, CAMPAIGN BENEFICIARY AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS vitality and vibrancy. We thank from the Federation’s Unrestricted supporting foundations and that help tens of thousands of people in Cleveland, Israel, and around the world Campaign Chair Bradley A. 37 Endowment Fund the Federation’s Unrestricted Sherman for his leadership. @Akiva High School Gross Schechter Day School Jewish Family Service Association Endowment Fund. Bellefaire JCB Hebrew Academy of Cleveland Joseph and Florence Mandel Cleveland Hillel Foundation Hebrew Shelter Home Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage CWRU Siegal Jewish Hillel at Kent State University Mandel Jewish Community Center Lifelong Learning Program Jewish Community Security Menorah Park Fuchs Mizrachi School Jewish Education Center Yeshiva Derech HaTorah*

IN CLEVELAND $88,161,233 Every dollar TOTAL ADDITIONAL No Cleveland American Jewish Committee JCC Association American Jewish Joint

Anti-Defamation League Jewish Council for Public Affairs Distribution Committee (JDC) FEDERATION SUPPORT makes a huge BBYO Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) distributed to the Jewish and general community organization Hadassah (70 Faces Media) Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Jewish War Veterans Overseas Connections Committee, Jewish Federation of Cleveland Hillel at Miami University National Council Supporting GLOBE difference Eurasian Jewry (formerly NCSJ) World ORT + impacts more Hillel at Ohio University AROUND THE NEW LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS COUNTRY Network for Jewish Human Service Ethiopian National Project ACROSS THE ACROSS Hillel Foundation for Jewish Agencies (formerly AJFCA) Cheryl and Vlad Agranovich Campus Life Marti Davis * Agency is in candidacy status Arthur H. Kaplansky Jewish lives Norma and Harvey Kotler Karen Tucker and Greg Malkin We sincerely thank the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation for creating + The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Legacy Society recognizes those who have made provisions for a special matching gift program to inspire new and increased Campaign gifts the future of our Jewish community with an endowment commitment currently or in the future. this year (see sidebar on page 3). Special thanks We greatly appreciate the support of Brunswick Companies, KeyBank, and Benesch for the matching gift incentives they provided during Campaign.

12 All figures on this page are from calendar year 2020 13 The Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s activities are conducted by committees of volunteers in partnership with professional staff. Committee and subcommittee chairs are listed below. Please contact them or 2020 BOARD OF TRUSTEES the Federation for more information about participating in Federation activities or other volunteer As of 9/30/2020 2020 opportunities at affiliated organizations. JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND phone: 216-593-2900 COMMITTEES Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building toll-free: 888-467-1125 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS TRUSTEES 25701 Science Park Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44122 e-mail: [email protected] fax: 216-593-2901 jewishcleveland.org Board Chair: J. David Heller Trish Adler Evan Hirsch David P. Miller Rabbi Joshua Skoff Vice Chairs: Beth Wain Brandon, Jules Belkin Shoshana Dessler Jared S. Miller Michal Soclof STANDING COMMITTEES COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE OVERSEAS CONNECTIONS COMMITTEE Lynne M. Cohen, James A. Ratner, Jordan D. Berkowitz Jacobs Amy Morgenstern Brian S. Stein (as of September 30, 2020) Implements public affairs agenda Manages investment of endowment and Conceives and manages projects that Neil R. Waxman, Daniel N. Zelman Patti B. Berns Edna Jaffa David B. Orlean Todd Stein Gregg A. Levine, Chair capital funds connect Jews in Cleveland with Jews in Treasurer: Dara G. Yanowitz Kerry Kertesz, Lori Wald, Vice-Chairs William H. Heller, Chair Israel and around the world Barnett N. Bookatz Justin Kadis Dayna Orlean Jeanne Tobin ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE Lynne M. Cohen, Chair Associate Treasurer: Jeffrey Weiss Jeffrey M. Kahn Distributes resources from the Campaign for Susan R. Borison Ervin Pavlofsky Amy L. Wain DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Mark Holz, Chair, Cleveland/Beit Shean President: Erika B. Rudin-Luria Jewish Needs, balancing local, national, and Rabbi Naphtali Burnstein Michele Kaminsky Shari S. Perlmuter Penni Weinberg* overseas needs; helps to identify immediate Oversees all fundraising activities COMMITTEE Partnership Subcommittee and long-term issues which the community Enid Rosenberg, Chair Provides guidance and oversight of the Barry S. Feldman, Chair, Cleveland/ Rabbi Jonathan Cohen Michael B. Klein Kim M. Pesses Rachel Weinberg Executive Committee and/or individual agencies need to address; Bradley A. Sherman, General Chair, recruitment, development, and placement of St. Petersburg Partnership Subcommittee Nathan Klein Eric E. Bell · Reneé Chelm* Mindy Davidson Marla K. Petti Stephen J. Weinberg* helps ensure that funds from the Campaign 2021 Campaign for Jewish Needs qualified professional and lay leadership Scott J. Spiegle, Chair, IDF Education Corps Michelle Hirsch, Chair, Women IN Lynn-Ann Gries, Chair Subcommittee Jeffrey S. Davis Terri Kline for Jewish Needs are used effectively and Grant N. Dinner · Barry S. Feldman Keith Polster Judith Weiss* Philanthropy Susan R. Hurwitz, Chair, ALeRT Dan A. Polster, Chair, Jordan/Cross-Border Adena J. Klineman efficiently Margaret Richards Frankel Reuven D. Dessler Loree E. Potash Morry Weiss* Beth Wain Brandon, Chair Cameron Orlean, Chair, Young Leadership (Agency Leadership Roundtable) Initiative Subcommittee Robert Goldberg* · Lynn-Ann Gries Cindy Duber S. Lee Kohrman* Robert S. Reitman* Adam L. Wieder Susan Y. Meisel, Chair, Subcommittee Division Enid Rosenberg, Chair, Gries Award Herbert A. Wainer, Chair, STEM Advisory Gary L. Gross* · Harley I. Gross* Sharon Koppelman on Overseas Committee Workgroup Amy Einhorn David M. Rosenberg Judy Willensky Harvey Sass, Chair, Subcommittee ENDOWMENT FUND COMMITTEE Kim M. Pesses, Stephen J. Weinberg, William H. Heller* · Michelle Hirsch Charlotte R. Kramer* z”l Adam H. Gimbel Betty Rosskamm* Mitch Wolf on Education Agencies Recommends funding for community Co-Chairs, Mandel Course for Advanced STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE Ilana I. Katz · Susan D. Krantz Erica Lazzaro Warren L. Wolfson, Chair, Subcommittee programming and emergency needs Leadership Responsible for the creation, Shelley Gimbel Peter Rzepka* Nancy G. Wolf Grant N. Dinner, Chair implementation, oversight, and revision Karen Krause · Gregg A. Levine Norma W. Lerner* on Human Services Ira S. Goffman Evie Safran* Warren L. Wolfson Matthew F. Kadish, Chair, Donor Advised MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS of the Strategic Plan Peter Meisel · Cameron Orlean Barry S. Feldman, Chair, National Agencies Fund Advisory Committee Danielle Wild, Chair Larry P. Goldberg* Eliana J. LeVine Harvey Sass Jason A. Wuliger Liaison Team COMMITTEE Dan A. Polster · Albert B. Ratner* Alan E. Yanowitz, Chair, Foundation Establishes marketing agenda and oversees Mariely Luengo Charles Horowitz Ratner* Alan D. Gottlieb Bradley J. Schlang Sandra Wuliger* COMMUNITY PLANNING COMMITTEE Advisory Council communications activities Keith Libman Beth Rosenberg · Enid Rosenberg Roe Green Mitchell C. Schneider Alan E. Yanowitz Studies and plans for community needs Ilana I. Katz, Chair Milton S. Maltz* Peter Meisel, Chair Michael C. Perlmuter, Shari S. Perlmuter, Barbara Rosskamm · Bradley A. Sherman Rochelle Gross Marcy Schwartz Donna Yanowitz* Co-Chairs, Annual Meeting Michael D. Siegal* · Scott M. Simon Barry J. Guttman Tamar Maltz* Gary S. Shamis Darrell A. Young Additional Committees (as of September 30, 2020) Erica G. Starrfield · Sally H. Wertheim* Rabbi Rosette Gregory A. Marcus Mary Ann Shamis Don Zigdon Danielle Wild · Timothy F. Wuliger* Barron Haim ADMINISTRATIVE CHARLES EISENMAN AWARD JEWISH COMMUNITY HOUSING RETIREMENT FUND Kevin D. Margolis Eliav Sharvit Sarah Zimmerman Andrew Zelman Rebecca C. Heller Natan D. Milgrom Idelle K. Wolf, Chair J. David Heller, Chair Adam H. Gimbel. President Stephen L. Rudolph, Chair Elisabeth W. Sherman Mark H. Doris, Vice President AUDIT COMMISSION ON CEMETERY RISK MANAGEMENT PRESIDENT EMERITUS Stephen H. Hoffman* EMERITUS TRUSTEES Thomas W. Adler · George N. Aronoff· Susan D. Krantz, Chair PRESERVATION JEWISH VOLUNTEER NETWORK Todd Stein, Chair David B. Shifrin, President Stephanie Wieder, Chair Richard Bogomolny · Leslie D. Dunn · Leonard Fuchs · Peggy Garson · Lois K. Goodman · Robert D. Gries · AWARDS SECURITY Susan R. Hurwitz · Marvin L. Lader · Barbara S. Rosenthal · Edwin M. Roth z”l · Gordon H. Safran · J. David Heller, Chair EXECUTIVE NOMINATING Keith Libman, Chair David J. Strauss · Norman Wain z”l · Philip Wasserstrom J. David Heller, Chair Barry S. Feldman, Chair *Trustees for Life CASH TECHNOLOGY z”l Of Blessed Memory Ronald S. Gross, Chair GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PROPERTIES Adam T. Zelwin, Chair 14 Bradley J. Schlang, Chair Susan S. Frankel, Chair 15 2020 Volunteer Leadership 2020 Federation Staff WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO Award Winners Erika B. Rudin-Luria, President FISCAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING, ALLOCATIONS, JFC SECURITY, LLC Barry Reis, Daniel Strom, & COMMUNITY SERVICE ADMINISTRATION Senior Vice President, CFO Vice President, CIO Melanie Halvorson, Jim Hartnett, Director, Abbie Levin, Senior Vice President, Annette Banks Paul Gajowski Vice President Community-Wide Security Operations Kari Blumenthal Richard Henry Margot Tomer, Jeff Robertson, Deputy Director, Tammy Rubin Brett Cochran Chris Jacobs Managing Director Community-Wide Security Heather Colbert-Eckert Steven Perlin Jayme Honigman Howard Wolf, Chief DEVELOPMENT Barbara Daly Allen Roth Pat Keating Administrative Officer Rachel Lappen, Debbie Duval Jonathan Sedenik Lindsay Marcus Toby Holub Chief Development Officer Naomi Fein Brittany Stein Ellen Miller Ann Garson, Assistant Vice President Paul Feinberg Laura Steinberg Alla Pustelnik Jim Abramowski Shelley Milin Marcus, Grant Fish Kavya Suram Ali Schwartz Alan Baumgartner Bennett and Donna Yanowitz Assistant Vice President Douglas Fox Michael Walton Leah Taylor Tony Bradley Charles Eisenman Award Young Leadership Award Carol Wolf, Assistant Vice President Mike Gyure Jim Bruening Enid Rosenberg Justin Kadis Terry Amon Ellyn Lefko INTERNATIONAL, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER CENTER Alan Buckley Robyn Brenner Faye Matitia & GOVERNMENT. RELATIONS Karil Bialostosky Matt Capadona Jessie Bruder Lori Miller Oren Baratz, Susan Hyman Frank Cusumano Shelley Fishbach Kellie Mirabile Senior Vice President Jessica Semel Joel Edelstein Ellen Fishman Lisa Nash Amy Kaplan, Vice President Dave Eschweiler Jack Fuchsman Sharon Newman Ilant Gerblich Kalir, COMMUNITY CHAPLAINS Robert Glaetti Lisa Hacker Katie Palus Managing Director Rabbi Rosette Haim Richard Goldsmith Nancy Kaleal Lana Rabinovich Debbie Klein, Managing Director Rabbi Joseph Kirsch Steven Hammet Matthew Kaliff Naudia Sharp Rivki Ebner Rabbi Edward Sukol John Koval Joyce Lisiewski Manya Smilovich Li-Or Gersht Michael Lamb Leah Markowicz Ariel Solowitch Sally Levine Ed Leoson Linda McFarland Irina Temkin Jackie Reed Paul Mazzola Gries Family Award Irene Zehman Volunteer Award Ari Milgrom Howard Wolf Aviva Roland Timothy McCluskey Alan Wood Tal Rothstein Dave Mellinger Keith Libman Mariely Luengo Hedy Milgrom Anna Novik Kelly Sperber Rubanenko Dave Moughan Francesca Parente Williams HUMAN RESOURCES Nate Oliver Rebecca Sattin DEVELOPMENT/ MARKETING & Mikel Patik Jennifer Schwarz MANDEL LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS George Peters Janet Schwartz Shapiro EXCELLENCE CENTER Rob Berick, Managing Director Brady Rieman Jaclyn Szaruga Tami Caplan, Sean Benjamin Chris Ritondaro Renée Tyler Senior Vice President Tracy Bergen Thomas Ross Debbie Yasinow Diane Fistek Steve Chupnick Frank Sanchez Diane Kopac Ariella Clements Jim Scarl DONOR SERVICE Lisa Lebowitz Rebecca Golsky Jerome Skeabeck OPERATIONS CENTER Jill Pupa Aaron Heft Cleery Stewart Rosie Brown Sharon Socher Inju Heo Brian Stockwell Amb. 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