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
Caren Barnet, Chair of the Boards of Directors & Trustees
David Lazarus, Chair Elect/Treasurer
Veenita Bleznak, Vice Chair
Ruth Horowitz, Vice Chair
Jill Aschkenasy, Secretary
Lindsey Marandola, General Counsel
Sheree Bloch, Immediate Past Chair
Robin Brandies, President & CEO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jill Aschkenasy
Caren Barnet
Scott Barsky
Veenita Bleznak
Sheree Bloch
Lorraine Drobny
Kaity Eisenberg
Richard Frankel
Robyn Greenberg
Rabbi Seth Haaz
Ruth Horowitz
Joy Wilf Keiser
Jordan Klear
Deborah Gordon Klehr
David Lazarus
Dr. Abbie Leibowitz
Lindsey Marandola
Laura Bessen-Nichtberger
Frankie Olivieri
Anisha Sinha
Isa Welsch
Matthew A. White
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Rabbi David Ackerman
Anna Z. Boni
Edward Brown
David Colman
Patricia G. Cramer
Lana Dishler
Stephen Dubin
Ruth Dubois
Irving Gerber
Joseph Gerber
Dena Goldberg
Bob Kagan
James Kahn
Abby Kline
Hon. Marlene Lachman
Howard Langer
Adam E. Laver
Murray Levin
Adam Levine
Barbara Lincow
Alan Lindy
Irwin Lipton
Lindsey Morgan
Ruth Nathanson
Rosalind Neff
Norman Olson
Robert Pearlstein
Curt Pontz
Charles “Les” Robbins
Douglas F. Schleicher
Lisa Schoenberg
Bob Shusterman
Doug Simon
Jessica Newman Solomon
Amy Stein
Marjorie Stein
Diane Steinbrink
Michael Willner
Marcia Wilkof
Joan P. Wohl
Hon. Flora Wolf
PAST CHAIRS
Sheree Bloch
Anna Z. Boni
Leonard J. Cooper z”l
Patricia G. Cramer
Joyce Fishbein z”l
Samuel L. Frieder z”l
Ivan Gabel z”l
Joan Grossman z”l
James R. Kahn
Owen Knopping z”l
Adam E. Laver
Charles “Les” Robbins
Doug F. Schleicher
Carl Schneider z”l
Joseph Smukler z”l
Jessica Newman Solomon
Michael Willner






