Torah Fund Staff and Regional Officers

Learn more about the people from around the country who make up Torah Fund and find contact information below.


Torah Fund Goals

  • To encourage the education of potential donors, and to answer the question: why Torah Fund?
  • To encourage the development of new givers
  • To encourage current givers to increase their commitment
  • To encourage recognition of those who participate in the campaign
  • To encourage and acknowledge long-term giving
Additional resources for Torah Fund chairs:

Torah Fund Leadership Team

Carolyn Baron
Executive Director
(212) 678-8876

Lauren Wishnew
International Torah Fund Chair

Sherrill Moss-Solomon
Development Associate
(212) 678-8977

Katye Brown
Administrative Assistant
(212) 678-8027


Torah Fund Cabinet 2009–2012

Ruth Aach

Ruth Ades

Helene Ainbinder

Rita C. Altman

Janet Arnowitz

Evelyn Auerbach

Leslie Becker

Heddy Belman

Sharon Benveneste

Evelyn Berger

Joyce Binstock

Lee Bloom

Nancy Bloom

Sally Brown

Shirley Chaplin

Gloria Cohen

Paula Coplon

Helen Cytryn

Estelle Dobrow

Roslyn Dresner

Judith Eisner

Leona Eligberg

Athena Carpousis Ellner

Marjorie Fuhrmann

Emily Gannes

Anita Gluck

Eve Gold

Phyllis Goldberg

Barbara Goldfarb

Dorothy Goldfinger

Debra Goldich

Roz Goldstine

Gertrude Golub

Connie Goodman

Carol Gopman

Margo Grosbein

Penny Grossman

Phyllis Haas

Rickie Haith

Corinne Hammerschlag

Miriam Hirsch

Paula R. Horowitz

Dr. Francine Jacobson

Lela Jacoby

Karen Kaufman

Carol Kekst

Judi Dickstein Kenter

E. Temma Kingsley

Faye Laveson

Brenda Levine

Marilyn N. Liberman

Susan Lodish

Ruth Loewenstein

Joan Mattisinko

Blanche Meisel

Jennifer M. Miller

Selma Miller

Marion Mohl

Bernice D. Moses

Sandra Myers

Meryl D. Nason

Edie Nitzberg

Ziza Pallia

Cheryl Patt

Ruth Magil Perry

Idette Pfeffer

Sharon Sigesmund Pierce

Miriam Pollack

Marjorie Pressman

Selma Rapaport Pressman

Elaine Ravich

Lorraine Reid

Bea Reynolds

Tobie Rosenberg

Barbara Safer

Trudy Sassoon

Marjorie Saulson

Elaine Schanzer

Marcalynn Schechter

Roberta Schleicher

Lisa Geffen Schlesinger

Cory R. Schneider

Barbara Schreiber

Evelyn Seelig

Marci Seltzer

Myra Shapiro

Carol Sher

Gill Sherrid

Irene Sholk

Jan Shulman

Lois T. Silverman

Carol Simon

Faye Steinberg

Jaclyn Stevens

Miriam Suchoff

Sherry A. Sukel

Janet Tobin

Rita Wertlieb

Ellen Wiesen

Karen Winer

Terry Winston

Lauren M. Wishnew

Barbara Wiston

Diane Wohl

Carolyn Baron


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Torah Fund Region Vice Presidents

BQLI
Region #1

Vivian Leber

Central Great Lakes
Region #2

Lauri Rosenbloom

Florida
Region #3

Lara Werwa

The Garden State
Region #4

Cindy Schechter

International NE
Region #5

Gail Finkelstein

Intracontinental
Region #6

Jackie Leader

Metro/North
Region #7

Claire Gondelman

Mid-Atlantic
Region #8

Rochelle F. Hirt

North Atlantic
Region #9

Debi Bruce

North by Northwest
Region #10

Mona Gross

Pacific Southwest
Region #11

Agnes Emert

Seaboard
Region #12

Toby Holtzman

Southern
Region #13

Rene Montaigne


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Torah Fund Committees

Campaign Development

Lauren Wishnew

General Solicitation

Idette Pfeffer

Keter Kavod

Blanche Meisel

Patrons

Lisa Geffen Schlesinger,
United States
Corinne Hammerschlag,
Canada

Associate Patrons

Lorraine Reid

Planned Giving

Ruth Aach
Evelyn Berger

Strategic Planning

Francine Jacobson

eBay Coordinator

Marjorie E. K. Fuhrmann

Email Coordinator

Barbara Schreiber

Scholarship Project

Phyllis Haas*
Lela Jacoby
Bea Reynolds
Evelyn Seelig

Fitness Center Project

Gloria B. Cohen*

Campaign Materials

Ruth Loewenstein

Student Liaisons

Diane Wohl, JTS
Tobie Rosenberg, Ziegler

Canadian Liaison

Trudy Sassoon

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