Staff List

Administrative Officers
Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor and President of the Faculties
Marc Gary, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer
Marilyn Kohn, Vice Chancellor and Chief Development Officer
Marc Wolf, Vice Chancellor, Director of the Center for Community Engagement
Fred Schnur, Chief Financial Officer
Alan Cooper, Provost
Stephen Garfinkel, Associate Provost

Schools and Programs
Tsivia Finman, Manager of Academic Planning

Division of Academic Jewish Studies
Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Walter and Sarah Schlesinger Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies

Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies
Rebecca Grabiner, Associate Dean
Aliyah Vinikoor, Assistant Dean
Melissa Present, Director of Admissions

The Graduate School
Shira Kohn, Assistant Dean
Abby Eisenberg, Director of Admissions

Division of Educational Leadership
Barry Holtz, Dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education

William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education
Ofra Backenroth, Assistant Dean
Abby Eisenberg, Director of Admissions

Division of Religious Leadership
Daniel Nevins, Dean

H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music
Nancy Abramson, Michael Greene Director
Joel Alter, Director of Admissions

The Rabbinical School
Daniel Nevins, Pearl Resnick Dean
Lisa Gelber, Associate Dean
Joel Alter, Director of Admissions
Matthew Berkowitz, Director of Israel Programs
Jonathan Lipnick, Coordinator of Field Education

Center for Clinical and Pastoral Education
Mychal Springer, Director

Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
Saul Sanders, Chairman of the Board
Colette Avital, Chairman of the Executive Committee
David Golinkin, President
Eitan Cooper, Vice President for Development
Liat Citron, Vice President for Finance and Administration
Doron Bar, Dean
Linda Price, Director of Communications

Schechter Rabbinical Seminary
Hanan Alexander, Chairman of the Board
Ilana Laderman-Mushkin, Chair of the Executive Committee
Shlomo Tucker, Dean
Diana Villa, Coordinator, Mishlei Program

TALI Education Fund
Ram Shmueli, Chairman of the Board
Eitan Chikli, Director General

Midreshet Yerushalayim
Moshe Cohen, Chairman of the Board
Yair Paz, Director, Midreshet Yerushalayim-Israel
Rafi Kassimov, Director, Midreshet Yerushalayim, FSU and Eastern Europe

Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies
Burton L. Visotzky, Director
Leonard Sharzer, Associate Director for Bioethics

Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue
Burton L. Visotzky, Director

Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School
Russell S. Braman, Principal

The Jewish Museum
Claudia Gould, Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director
Ruth Beesch, Deputy Director for Program
Joseph Rorech, Deputy Director for Finance and Administration
Ellen Salpeter, Deputy Director for External Affairs
Susan Braunstein, Morris & Eva Feld Curator of Archaeology and Judaica, Chair of Curatorial Affairs
Norman Kleeblatt, Susan and Elihu Rose Chief Curator
Karen Levitov, Associate Curator and Curatorial Manager
Aviva Weintraub, Associate Curator, Director of NY Jewish Film Festival
Eve Sinaiko, Director of Publications
Claudia Nahson, Curator (Judaica)
Mason Klein, Curator (Fine Arts)
Katharine Staelin, Creative Director for Digital Projects
Jane Rubin, Director of Collections and Exhibitions
Katherine Danalakis, Collections Manager
Julie Maguire, Senior Registrar, Exhibitions
Nelly Silagy Benedek, Director of Education
Rachel Katz, Senior Manager of Family Programs
Dara Cohen-Vasquez, Manager of School Programs and Outreach
Mary Schlitzer, Controller
Harry Grossman, Chief Information Officer
Karen Granby, Director of Human Resources
Toni Skiba, Human Resources Manager
Stacey Zaleski, Director of Merchandising
Pamela Elias, Manager of Retail Operations
Al Lazarte, Senior Director of Operations and Exhibition Services
Michael Craparo, Director of Security
Rohit Mangru, Operations Manager
Marcia Miller, Director of Membership
Yasmin Omer, Director of Major Gifts
Lisa Metcalf, Director of Development
Andrea Fabry, Director of Grants and Sponsorships
Steven Koplin, Manager of Development Records and Research
Linda Padawer, Director of Special Events
Adena Kerstein, Senior Manager, Special Events
Anne Scher, Director of Communications
Elizabeth Harmon, Senior Manager of Creative Services
Eva Halfon, Director of Visitor Services

Ramah Camps and Israel Programs
Mitchell Cohen, National Director
Amy Skopp Cooper, National Associate Director and Director, Ramah Day Camp in Nyack
Jeffrey Goodman, National Business Manager
Richard S. Moline, Director, Reshet Ramah Alumni and Community Engagement
Paul Resnick, Director, Berkshires
Jerome Abrams, Director Emeritus, Berkshires
Joseph Menashe, Executive Director, California
Ron Polster, Director, Canada
Geoff Menkowitz, Director, Darom
Ed Gelb, Director, New England
Eliav Bock, Director, Ramah Outdoor Adventure
Joel Seltzer, Director, Poconos
David Z. Soloff, Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin
Jacob Cytryn, Director, Wisconsin
Susan Ansul, Director, Ramah Day Camp in Philadelphia
Lori Stark, Director, Ramah Chicagoland Day Camp
Meir Hoyzman, Director, Ramah Programs in Israel

Libraries and Research Centers

The Library
David C. Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian
Naomi M. Steinberger, Director of Library Services
Rena Borow, Administrative Librarian for Public Services
Sarah Diamant, Administrative Librarian for Special Collections
Jerry Schwarzbard, Henry R. and Miriam Ripps Schnitzer Librarian for Special
Collections
Sara Spiegel, Administrative Librarian for Technical Services
Amy Gerbracht Armstrong, Senior Conservator
Harriet Atik, Senior Cataloger and Copy Cataloging Supervisor
Felix Blank, Library Clerk
Ina Rubin Cohen, Public Services Librarian
Anna Dukhovny, Library Acquisitions Clerk
Hector Guzman, Executive Assistant
Paul Jiang, Systems and Digitization Librarian
Eliott Kahn, Music Archivist
Sofia Kantarzhi, Senior Library Clerk
Warren Klein, Library Specialist, Special Collections
Rina Krautwirth, Circulation Desk Supervisor
Rita Lifton, Senior Cataloger
Elena Milkova, Library Clerk
Sol Majersdorf, Librarian IV
Jeremy Meyerowitz, Public Services Librarian
Clifford G. Miller, Senior Cataloger
Sharon Liberman Mintz, Curator of Jewish Art
Joanna Newman, Circulation Desk Supervisor
Michael Reuveni, Library Specialist, Technical Services
Lisa Rohde, Copy Cataloger
Jay Rovner, Manuscript Bibliographer
Amy Stecher, Conservation Assistant

Saul Lieberman Institute for Talmudic Research
Shamma Friedman, Director
Eliashiv Fraenkel, Senior Proofreader
Elisheva Septimus, Administrative Assistant

Melton Research Center for Jewish Education
Barry Holtz, Director
Deborah D. Miller, Associate Director; Project Director, Project Etgar and Etgar Yesodi
Zachary Lasker, Director of Educational Projects
Charlotte Abramson, Director, Jewish Day School Standards and Benchmarks Project
Debra Kerschner, Project Coordinator, Project Etgar and Etgar Yesodi
Galya Greenberg, Project Director, MaToK

Schocken Institute for Jewish Research
Shmuel Glick, Director
Matthew Berkowitz, Director of Israel Programs
Alex Sinclair, Director of Programs in Israel Education
Ariel Grosman, Bibliographer
Baruch Yonin, Assistant Librarian
Dotan Arad, Research Assistant
Yaakov Shwartz, Research Assistant
Haim Carmi, Research Assistant (volunteer)
Israel Hazzani, Hebrew Publication Editor
Naama Teitlbuom, Administrative Assistant

Shalom Spiegel Institute for Medieval Hebrew Poetry
Raymond P. Scheindlin, Director

Administrative Departments

Communications
Elise Dowell, Chief Communications Officer
Eve Glasberg, Assistant Director of Communications
Aly Gerber, Web Communications Manager
Hedy End, Senior Writer/Editor
Elisabeth Enenbach, Writer/Editor
Daniel Cohen, Communications Coordinator
Melissa Friedman, Director, Diane and Howard Wohl Office of Alumni Affairs

Development
Marilyn Kohn, Vice Chancellor and Chief Development Officer
Carolyn Baron, Director, Torah Fund
Bonnie Epstein, Senior Director of Development
Josie Gray, Director, Institutional Grants
Ted Haegele, Director, Central Donor Records
Joan Goodman, Director of Lay Leadership Development
Rabbi David Hoffman, Scholar-in-Residence
Marceen Lovelace, Director, National Administration
Sherry Rosen, Director, Development Research and Writing
Rabbi Charlie Schwartz, Director, Digital Engagement and Learning
Marsha Sesskin, Director, Special Events
Rabbi Leonard Sharzer, Finkelstein Fellow
Rabbi Andy Shugerman, Kollot Rabbinic Fellow, Florida Region
Rabbi Abigail Treu, Director, Donor Relations and Planned Giving
Kim Zeitman, Assistant Director, Institutional Grants

Directors of Principal Gifts
Bonnie Biondi
Nadine Sasson Cohen
Carolyn Kantor
Lucy Posner
Dorit Rabbani
Tom Wexelberg-Clouser
Gwynne Wicks

Facilities Management
James Esposito, Director of Operations
Rosario Velez, Facilities Manager
John Bybel, Maintenance Manager
Sammy Li, Purchasing Manager
Ramon Vargas, Receiving Specialist
Stanley Schein, Lead Mailroom Clerk
Wilfredo Figueroa, Lead Machine Operator
Amanda Berman, Administrative Assistant
Teresa Heredia, Administrative Assistant

Finance
Andrew Dorsch, Budget Manager
Jeannie Morales, Executive Assistant

Accounting
Abraham Alper, Director
Kerry Semple, Accounting Manager
Dwayne Hubbard, Payroll Manager
Michael Vayda, Senior Accountant and Bursar
Amaleta Forbes, Senior Accountant
Helen Ricketts, Coordinator

Human Resources
Diana Torres-Petrilli, Director
Batya Kopelowitz, Manager
Yosef Merves, HR Generalist
Judith Sason, HR Generalist

Information Technology
Hal Pollenz, Director
Lewis Lane, Assistant Director
Scott Karr, Business Applications Manager
Suying Qian, SQL Programmer
Stephen Bavier, Web Developer
Wai Man Chung, Helpdesk Technician
Konstantin Markov, Helpdesk Technician

Institutional Research
Girija Gholkar, Manager of Institutional Research

Public Events
Tom Kagedan, Director
Adina David, Events Associate

Registrar and Financial Aid
Linda Levine, Registrar and Director of Financial Aid
Amy Hersh, Assistant Registrar and Assistant Director of Financial Aid
Shira Markert, Office Manager

Residence Life
Bradley Moot, Director
Shira Markert, Office Manager

Security and Safety
Anthony Vaughan, Chief of Security
Jesus Figueroa, Sergeant of Security
Angel Maya, Sergeant of Security

Student Life
Sara Horowitz, Dean
Ruth Decalo, Director
Shira Markert, Office Manager

Counseling Center
David Davar, Director
Carol King-Berkman, Senior Clinician
Jason Greif, Senior Psychologist

Board of Trustees