Staff List

As of 9/20/11

Administrative Officers

Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor and President of the Faculties
Michael B. Greenbaum, Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer
Fred Schnur, Chief Financial Officer
Alan Cooper, Provost
Stephen Garfinkel, Associate Provost
Marc Wolf, Vice Chancellor and Chief Development Officer
Ann H. Appelbaum, Counsel

Administrative Officers Emeriti

Rabbi Morton Leifman, Vice President Emeritus
Rabbi Joseph A. Brodie, Vice President Emeritus

Schools and Programs

Tsivia Finman, Coordinator of Academic Affairs

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
Rebecca Hammerman, 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 Education

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

Division of Religious Leadership

Daniel Nevins, Pearl Resnick Dean

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

The Rabbinical School
Daniel Nevins, Pearl Resnick Dean
Lisa Gelber, Associate Dean
David Levy, 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
Renee Levine Melammed, Dean
Linda Price, Director of Communications

Schechter Rabbinical Seminary

Hanan Alexander, Chairman of the Board
Ilana Laderman-Mushkin, Chair of the Executive Committee
Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Associate Dean
Shlomo Tucker, Associate Dean

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

Lori Forman-Jacobi, Principal

The Jewish Museum

Claudia Gould, Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director
Ruth Beesch, Deputy Director for Program
Joseph Rorech, Deputy Director for Finance and Administration
Lynn Thommen, Deputy Director for External Affairs
Susan Braunstein, 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
Susan Goodman, Senior Curator
Daniel Belasco, Henry J. Leir Associate Curator
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
Debbie Schwab Dorfman, Director of Business Development
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
Sarah Himmelfarb, Director of Program Advancement, Institutional Giving
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
Grace Rapkin, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
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 Assistant Director and Director, Ramah Day Camp in Nyack
Jeffrey Goodman, National Business Manager
Paul Resnick, Director, Berkshires
Jerome Abrams, Director Emeritus, Berkshires
Joseph Menashe, Executive Director, California
Zachary Lasker, Director, California
Michael Wolf, Director, Canada
Geoff Menkowitz, Director, Darom
Ed Gelb, Director, New England
Eliav Bock, Director, Ramah Outdoor Adventure
Todd Zeff, Director, Poconos
David Z. Soloff, Executive Director, Wisconsin
Loren Sykes, Director, Wisconsin
Susan Ansul, Director, Ramah Day Camp in Philadelphia
Lori Stark, Director, Ramah Chicagoland Day Camp
Joe Freedman, Director, Ramah Programs in Israel

Libraries and Research Centers

The Library

David C. Kraemer, The 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
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 Lieberman Mintz, Curator of Jewish Art
Joanna Newman, Circulation Desk Supervisor
Lisa Rohde, Copy Cataloger
Jay Rovner, Manuscript Bibliographer

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, Etgar Yesodi
Charlotte Abramson, Director, Standards and Benchmarks for Teaching TaNaKH
Debra Kerschner, Project Manager, 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
Israel Hazzani, Hebrew Publication Editor
Lee Maman, Secretary

Shalom Spiegel Institute for Medieval Hebrew Literature

Raymond Scheindlin, Director

Administrative Departments

Communications

Elise Dowell, Chief Communications Officer
Eve Glasberg, Assistant Director of Communications
David Orlowski, Web Communications Manager
Hedy End, Writer/Editor
Nina Jacobson, Communications Coordinator
Daniel Cohen, Administrative Assistant
Melissa Friedman, Director, Wohl Office of Alumni Affairs

Development

Rabbi Marc Wolf, Vice Chancellor and Chief Development Officer
Carolyn Baron, Director, Torah Fund
Billie Di Stefano, Assistant Director of Educational Outreach
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

Directors of Principal Gifts

Bonnie Biondi
Nadine Sasson Cohen
Carolyn Kantor
Lucy Posner
Dorit Rabbani
Michele Siegal
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 Clerk
Stanley Schein, Lead Mailroom Clerk
Wilfredo Figueroa, Lead Machine Operator
Amanda Berman, 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
Rosemary Valdez, Senior Accounting Clerk
Helen Ricketts, Coordinator
Rhoda Balsam, Assistant Bursar

Human Resources

Diana Torres-Petrilli, Director
Batya Kopelowitz, Manager
Julcy Cavuoto, Coordinator
Evan Alberhasky, Administrative Assistant

Information Technology

Hal Pollenz, Director
Lewis Lane, Assistant Director
Scott Kar, Business Applications Manager
Suying Qian, SQL Programmer
Dana Liebermann, Web Developer
Richard Wang, Helpdesk Supervisor
Wai Man Chung, Helpdesk Technician
Brandon Diggs, Computer 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 Market, Office Manager

Counseling Center

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

Board of Trustees