Board of Directors
We are pleased to present our 2018-2019 Board members and thank them for their work and dedication to the Federation and achieving our mission.
Executive Committee Members
OFFICERS
Sue Simmons
President
Tom Cone
President Elect
Andrew Brod
Vice President
John Cohen
Vice President
Jenny Kaiser
Vice President
Erin Rosen
Vice President
Arthur Samet
Secretary
David Rosenstein
Treasurer
Marc Isaacson
Immediate Past President
Dana Schleien
Women's Philanthropy President
Raffi Simel
Men's Campaign Chair
Erica Procton
Women's Campaign Chair
Rachel Villalba
Jewish Family Services Chair
Freddy Robinson
Jewish Foundation of Greensboro Chair
Marilyn Chandler
Executive Director
Trustees
RABBIS
(one vote from each congregation)
Rabbi Fred Guttman
Temple Emanuel
Rabbi Joshua Ben Gideon
Beth David Synagogue
Rabbi Andrew Koren*
Temple Emanuel
Rabbi Yosef Plotkin
Chabad
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS (2017-2018)
Peggy Bernstein
Ron Milstein
Tammi Thurm
EMERITUS BOARD SEATS
Tobee Kaplan, z"l
Leonard Kaplan, z"l
Alina Gerlovin Spaulding
Immediate Past Chair, Women's Campaign
Brian Ross
Immediate Past Chair, Men's Campaign
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GREENSBORO JEWISH FEDERATION (ex-officio)
Abraham Tawil
American Hebrew Academy
Sara Jacobs
Beth David Synagogue
Miriam Brown
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Board
Patsy Manning
B'nai Israel Synagogue (High Point)
Aaron Strasser
B'nai Shalom Day School
Rabbi Yosef Plotkin (duplicate seat)
Chabad
Arlene Henza
Hadassah
Erin Rosen (duplicate seat)
North Carolina Hillel
Amy Thompson
Temple Emanuel
PROFESSIONALS (ex-officio without vote)
Susan Siegel
Head of School, BSDS*
Ari Gauss
Executive Director, NC Hillel*
* Non-voting members
PAST PRESIDENTS
James Adelman*
Mike Berkelhammer
Joanne Bluethenthal*
Frank Brenner*
Nancy Brenner*
Harvey Colchamiro*
Gary Fischer*
Ron Green*
Bernard Gutterman*
Al Jacobson
Robert Lavietes*
Joslin LeBauer*
Joel Leibling*
Kathy Manning
Jeff Medoff*
Susan Robinson
Keith Rosen
Sara Lee Saperstein
Stephen Shavitz
Tom Sloan
As of 12/1/2010, 20 members are needed for a quorum.
* Non-voting members
AT-LARGE TRUSTEES
(Term expires 2019)
Andrew Bowen
Steve Friedland
Erica Herman
Emily Kranz
Paul Lieb
Scott Rafkin
(Term expires 2020)
Gary Bargebuhr
Corie Hampton
Scott Kaplan
Victoria Milstein
Vivian Sheidler
Ron Yardenay
JFNA BOARD (ex-officio)
Kathy Manning (duplicate seat)
JDC (ex-officio)
Debby Miller
Past Presidents
Caesar Cone II*
1940 - 1941
Milton Zauber*
1942 - 1943
Laura Cone*
1944 - 1945
Walter Bernstein*
1946
Charles Pearl*
1947
Benjamin Cone Sr.*
1948 - 1955
Milton Weinstein*
1956 - 1960
Herman Cone Jr.*
1961 - 1967
Albert Jacobson
1968 - 1969
Lawrence Cohen*
1970 - 1974
Harvey Colchamiro
1974 - 1976
Robert Lavietes
1976 - 1978
Arthur Cassell*
1978 - 1980
Joanne Bluethenthal
1980 - 1982
Albert Jacobson
1982 - 1984
Michael Berkelhammer
1984 - 1986
Joel Liebling
1986 - 1988
Bernard Gutterman
1988 - 1990
Joslin LeBauer
1990 - 1992
Tom Sloan
1992 - 1994
Sara Lee Saperstein
1994 - 1996
James Adelman
1996 - 1998
Ron Green
1998 - 2000
Kathy Manning
2000 - 2002
Nancy M. Brenner
2002 - 2004
Jeffrey R. Medoff
2004 - 2006
Frank Brenner
2006 - 2008
Gary Fischer
2008 - 2010
Susan Robinson
2010 - 2012
Stephen Shavitz
2012 - 2014
Keith Rosen
2014 - 2016
Marc Isaacson
2016 - 2018
TRIAD JEWISH PRESIDENTS
Lawrence Cohen*
1972 - 1974
Herman Bernard*
1974 - 1976
* Of Blessed Memory