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JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY
2023-2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Susan Shulman Pertnoy
Board Chair

Barry S. Berg
Board Chair-Elect

Steven Ellison
Vice Chair

Arthur S. Loring*
Vice Chair

Ronnie P. Pertnoy
Vice Chair

Lynn Peseckis
Vice Chair

Beryl Simonson
Treasurer

Mark F. Levy*
Secretary

Hope Silverman*
Immediate Past Board Chair

Charles Gottesman
Development & Campaign Chair

Ronda Starr
Women’s Philanthropy Chair

Vivian Lieberman
Women’s Philanthropy Campaign Chair

Roslyn Leopold
Community Strategy & Planning Chair

Debbie Shapiro
Human Resources & Leadership Development Chair

Brian Seymour
Israel & Overseas Chair

Keith Braun
William A. Meyer Jewish Community Foundation Chair

Juliana Gendelman
Member-at-Large

Ira M. Gerstein*
Member-at-Large

*Past Board Chair

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rick Baer
Jim Baldinger
Donald Berg
Richard Bernstein
Sandra Bornstein
Jonathan Chane
Marilyn Comiter
Pamela Comiter
Richard Comiter
Linda Geller-Schwartz
Stephanie Gitlin

Robert Gordon
Alan Haspel
Ron Herman
Diane Herzog
Scott Holtz
Adam Jackowitz
Herbert Javer
Michael Kohner
Paul Kozloff
Arthur Lehrhoff

Patti Lehrhoff
Brian Lemelman
Gary Lesser
Syndie Levien
Stacey K. Levy
Sam Liebovich
Zelda Mason
Robert Naftaly
Caroline Rafferty
Rabbi Moshe Scheiner

Cindy Schlossberg
Betsy R. Sheerr
Shayne Silver
Sydelle Sonkin
Warren Spector
Amy Terwilleger
Beth Wayne
Penni Weinberg
Helene Weingarten
David Windreich

LOCAL PARTNER ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES

Alpert Jewish Family Service
Gary Hoffman and Marc Hopin

Kramer Senior Services Agency, a subsidiary of MorseLife
Terri Sriberg and Dr. Alan Sadowsky

Mandel Jewish Community Center
Joel Yudenfreund and Jesse Rosen

Meyer Jewish Preparatory School
Robin Kanel and Dr. Richard Cuenca

PAST BOARD CHAIRS

Sanford M. Baklor
Raymond L. Golden
Judith A. Levy
Alan L. Shulman

HONORARY TRUSTEES

Robert M. Beren z”l
Sheila Engelstein z”l
H. Irwin Levy z”l

Professional Leadership Team

Michael Hoffman, President & CEO
Melissa Arden, Chief Planning Officer
Mindy Hanken, Chief Program Officer

Matt Kernkraut, Chief Development Officer
Kathy Sigall, Chief Financial Officer

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Celebrating the visionary leaders of Jewish Palm Beach who provide the steadfast support needed today, members create transformative philanthropic impact through their ongoing commitment of $50,000 or more to Federation’s Annual Campaign.

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