Leadership
OUR BOARD LEADERSHIP VISION
In their leadership capacity, the Board of Directors provides overall strategic guidance and policy-level decision-making for JFCS. The Board’s leadership vision describes their role in serving the organization.
- We support the JFCS staff and broader community by honoring our shared values, guiding positive growth and change, and leading through community service.
- As a body, we reflect both the JFCS legacy and foundational purpose and the diversity of cultures and lived experiences of the community we serve.
- We collaborate as a team and with community partners to address challenges, pursue opportunities, and meet community needs.
- We are passionate, energetic, engaged, and committed to justice and service.
Board


BOARD OFFICERS
Charles (Les) Robbins, Chair of the Boards of Directors & Trustees
Sheree Bloch, Vice Chair
David M. Lazarus, Vice Chair
Jordan Klear, Treasurer
Joy Wilf Keiser, Secretary
Matthew A. White, General Counsel
Anna Z. Boni, Immediate Past Chair
Paula Goldstein, President & CEO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rabbi David Ackerman
Jill Aschkenasy
Caren Barnet
Laura Bessen Nichtberger
Hon. Ramy I. Djerassi
Ruth Horowitz
Bob Kagan
Adam Kessler
Deborah Gordon Klehr
Adam Levine
Lisa Schoenberg
Amy Stein
Isa Welsch
Marcia Wilkof
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Janice Blumenthal
Edward Brown
David Colman
Lana Dishler
Stephen Dubin
Ruth Dubois
Ricki Fisher
Irving Gerber
Joseph Gerber
Dena Goldberg
Leah Katz
Abby Kline
Hon. Marlene Lachman
Howard Langer
Murray Levin
Barbara Lincow
Alan Lindy
Irwin Lipton
Howard Magen
Ruth Nathanson
Rosalind Neff
Norman Olson
Alla Pasternack
Robert Pearlstein
Curt Pontz
Michael Schwartz
Bob Shusterman
Doug Simon
Marjorie Stein
Diane Steinbrink
Bob Wachter
Dottie Wasserman
Joan P. Wohl
Hon. Flora Wolf
PAST CHAIRS
Anna Z. Boni
Leonard J. Cooper
Patricia G. Cramer
Joyce Fishbein z”l
Samuel L. Frieder
Ivan Gabel z”l
Joan Grossman z”l
James R. Kahn
Owen Knopping z”l
Adam E. Laver
Henry Miller z”l
Douglas F. Schleicher
Carl Schneider
Joseph Smukler z”l
Jessica N. Solomon
Michael Willner