board & staff

Board members at gathering.

It is with immense gratitude that the URJ recognizes and acknowledges the members of its Executive Board and North American Board of Trustees. Their leadership vision, wisdom, and generosity help guide the URJ in fulfilling our strategic priorities and represent a sacred partnership in Reform Judaism’s holy work.

EXECUTIVE BOARD 2022-24

Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman
Congregation B'nai Israel, Sacramento, CA (URJ Chair)

Len Bates
Temple Har Zion, Thornhill, ON (RJCC Ex-Officio Representative)

Sharon K. Benoff
Shir Ami, Newtown, PA

Sean Blum
Congregation Beth Chaim, Princeton Junction, NJ

Janice Brumer
Temple B’nai Torah, Bellevue, WA

Cary Davidson
Congregation Kol Ami, West Hollywood, CA (URJ Co-Treasurer)

Isabel (Liz) P. Dunst
Temple Sinai, Washington, DC

David B. Edelson
Central Synagogue, New York, NY (HUC-JIR Ex-Officio Non-Voting Representative)

Steven Fadem
Beth Emet The Free Synagogue, Evanston, IL

Cantor Claire Franco
The Community Synagogue, Port Washington, NY (ACC Ex-Officio Non-Voting Representative)

Vivian Gealer
Temple Emanuel of Tempe, Tempe, AZ (URJ District Chair West)

Jay Gellman
Temple Beth Orr, Coral Springs, FL (URJ District Chair South)

Roberta Glick
Temple Chaverim, Plainview, NY (URJ District Chair East)

Jill Goodman
Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany, NY

Alec Harris
Chicago Sinai Congregation, Chicago, IL (URJ Co-Treasurer)

Susan Friedberg Kalson
Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA

Robin Kosberg
Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, TX (URJ Vice Chair)

Marc Landis
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, New York, NY

Harry Levy IV
Temple Beth El, San Antonio, TX (URJ Vice Chair)

Susan Longo
North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL

Daryl Messinger
Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA (URJ Immediate Past Chair)

Shelley Niceley Groff
Temple Beth Sholom, Miami Beach, FL (URJ Vice Chair)

Rabbi Hara Person
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY (CCAR Ex-Officio Non-Voting Representative)

Taneisha (Tani) Prell
Congregation Etz Chaim, Lombard, IL

Michael Price
Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT

Steven Pruzan
Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle, WA

Wendy Rhodes
Makom Solel Lakeside, Highland Park, IL (URJ Vice Chair)

Elkan Scheidt
Temple Israel, Memphis, TN

Heidi J. Segal
Temple Israel, Los Angeles, CA

Andy B. Shafran
Congregation Beth Tikvah, Worthington, OH (URJ District Chair Central)

Dr. Pekka R. Sinervo
Temple Emanu-El, Toronto, ON

Dr. Steven E. Weitz
Temple Beth-El, Hillsborough, NJ

EXECUTIVE BOARD 2024-26

Len Bates
Temple Har Zion, Thornhill, ON (RJCC Ex-Officio Representative)

Sharon K. Benoff
Shir Ami, Newtown, PA

Sean Blum
Congregation Beth Chaim, Princeton Junction, NJ (URJ Vice Chair)

Janice Brumer
Temple B’nai Torah, Bellevue, WA

Skylar Cohen
Congregation Beth Emek, Pleasanton, CA (URJ District Chair West)

Dr. Moshe (Marc) Dollinger
Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CA

Derek Dorn
East End Temple, New York, NY

Gina Drangel
The Reform Temple of Forest Hills, Forest Hills, NY

Shoshana Dweck
Temple Shaaray Tefila, Bedford Corners, NY

David Edelson
Central Synagogue, New York, NY (HUC-JIR Ex-Officio Non-Voting Representative)

Robin Eisenberg, RJE
Temple Beth El, Boca Raton, FL

Steven Fadem
Beth Emet The Free Synagogue, Evanston, IL

Cantor Claire Franco
The Community Synagogue, Port Washington, NY (ACC Ex-Officio Non-Voting Representative)

Vivian Gealer
Temple Emanuel of Tempe, Tempe, AZ

Jay Gellman
Temple Beth Orr, Coral Springs, FL

Roberta Glick
Temple Chaverim, Plainview, NY

Jill Goodman
Congregation Beth Emeth, Albany, NY (URJ Vice Chair)

Julie Gordon
North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL (URJ Co-Treasurer)

Alec Harris
Chicago Sinai Congregation, Chicago, IL (URJ Vice Chair)

Susan Friedberg Kalson
Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA (URJ Vice Chair)

Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman
Congregation B'nai Israel, Sacramento, CA (URJ Immediate Past Chair)

Marc Landis
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, New York, NY (URJ District Chair East)

Susan C. Longo
North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL

Shelley Niceley Groff
Temple Beth Sholom, Miami Beach, FL (URJ Chair)

Rabbi Hara Person
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY (CCAR Ex-Officio Non-Voting Representative)

Joseph Pollak
Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor, MI (URJ District Chair Central)

Ziva Starr Raney
Judea Reform Congregation, Durham, NC (URJ District Chair South)

Hank Rouda
Congregation Kol Ami, White Plains, NY (URJ Co-Treasurer)

Mark Schwartz
Temple Israel, Boston, MA

Heidi J. Segal
Temple Israel, Los Angeles, CA

Andy Shafran
Congregation Beth Tikvah, Worthington, OH

Dr. Pekka Sinervo
Temple Emanu-El, Toronto, ON

Rachel Weinberg
Judea Reform Congregation, Durham, NC

north american board

Lloyd Abramowitz

Alan Abrams

Meryl Alalof

Galia Amram

Rita Appel

Rabbi Erica Asch

David Astrove

Diane Baer

Marisa Baggett

Jeffrey Bank

Jonathan Baron

Marjorie Baron

Henry Barron

David Baskin

Len Bates

Sharon K. Benoff

Rabbi Sergio Bergman

Stephen Berman

Austin Beutel

Ellen Bittner

Fredi Bleeker Franks

Rabbi Barry Block

Dr. Michael Blum

Sean Blum

Amy Brackett

Jadwiga Brown

Janice Brumer

Janet Buckstein

Andrea Cannon

Dr. Sara Charney

Dr. Clare Clarke

Ronald Cohen

Seth Cohen

Skylar Cohen

Ronnie Cohn

Marlene Copeland

Cary Davidson

Michael Davis

Max Delahanty

Jeffrey Denaburg

Phyllis Segal Denaburg

Steve ‘Coby’ Derringer

Martin Dodd

Dr. Moshe (Marc) Dollinger

David Donchin

Phyllis Dorey OAM

Derek Dorn

Patricia Dorson

Gina Drangel

Dr. Mark Dressner

Isabel ‘Liz’ Dunst

Shoshana Dweck

David Edelson

Rabbi Joseph Eiduson, RJE

Robin Eisenberg, RJE

Dr. Andrew Engel

Barry Epstein

Jan Epstein

Ross Erlebacher

Steven Fadem

Loree Farrar

Anne Feinberg

Dr. Deborah Fernandez-Turner

Dr. Abigail Fisher

Shae Fitzgerald

James Fleckner

Ellen Fox-Snider

Cantor Claire Franco

Prof. Sally Frank

Rabbi Daniel Freelander

Dr. Michael Freidman

Barry Friedfertig

Vivian Gealer

Jay Gellman

Dan Gilbert

Tricia Ginis

Joseph Glass

Roberta Glick

Elizabeth Goertzel

Aliza Goland

Richard Goldberg

Suzanne Goldenkranz

Allan Goldman

Jill Goodman

Judith Goozh

Julie Gordon

Robert Gordon

Todd Gordon

Amanda Greenawalt

Ilene Greene

Cara Greenstein

Dan Grossman

Shira Haaz

Rachel Halevi

Alec Harris

Robert Heller

Robert Himmelstein

Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch

Tom Hoffman

Chibuzor Isiogu

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

Elliott Jacobson

Emily Jennewein

Daniel Jeydel

Dr. Melissa Johnson

Jane Joseph

Jeffrey Kagan

Susan Friedberg Kalson

Dr. Alan Kaplan

Aaron Kaufman

Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman

Virginia Keller

Michael Klau

Sara Klein

Susan Kohn

Charles Koplik

Sasha Kopp Hass

Lilli Kornblum

Robin Kosberg

Marc Landis

Robert Langsfeld

Evely Laser Shlensky

Michael Laufer

Kerry Leaf

Ellen Lefkowitz, RJE

Norman Leopold

Dr. Paul Leszner

Jay Levine

Harry Levy IV

Marjorie Levy

Mark Levy

Alison Lewin

Amy Lipeles

Steven Lipton

Cynthia Livingston

Susan C. Longo

Dr. Davia Loren

Anna Lushtak

Michael Luskin

Luise Mann

Jan Marion

Paula Markovitz

Richard Markowitz

Blair C. Marks

Lenore Mass

Julie Matlof Kennedy

Marc Maxwell

Philip Meltzer

Paul Mengert

Daryl Messinger

Nancy Michaels

Bruce Miller

Gregory Miller

Shelley Niceley Groff

Elliot Paull

Debra Perlin

Rabbi Hara Person

Lynn Phillips

Jason Plotkin

Dr. Ellen Plum

Dr. Mark Polisar

Joseph Pollak

Frank Ponder

Steven Portnoy

Linda Posner

Jennifer Reps Povman

Taneisha Prell

Michael Price

Steven Pruzan

Ziva Starr Raney

Dr. Andrew Rehfeld

Wendy Rhodes

Rabbi Stacy Rigler, RJE

Karen Rivo

Jeffrey Rose

Scott Roseman

Avra Rosen

Dr. Robert Rosenberg

Benjamin Rosenblum

John Rosenthal

Dr. Michael Ross

Rachel Roth

Hank Rouda

Richard Rubenstein

Lois Rubin

Sam Rubin

Adam Russek-Sobol

Stephen Sacks

Scott Sager

Maggie Samen

Lisa Samick

David Sampliner

Rachel Schachter

Zachary Schaffer

Elkan Scheidt

Jay Schenirer

Dr. Russ Schultz

Amy Schwach

Mark Schwartz

Heidi J. Segal

Andy Shafran

Rabbi Barton Shallat

Elizabeth Sherman

Stephen Sherman

Russell Silverman

Karen Sim

Mike Sims

Dr. Pekka Sinervo

Tema Smith

Laurie Sobelman

Michael Solka

Jerome Somers

Jonah Spector

Carole Sterling

Rochelle Stern

David Strauss

Gale Swartz

Michelle Tandowsky

Jane Taves

Leonard Teitelbaum

Rabbi Lennard Thal

Iris Vanek

Geraldine Voit

Samuel Waldorf

Julie Waltzer

Cantor Seth Warner

Michael Waxman

Peter Weidhorn

Gayle Weil

Rachel Weinberg

Nordin Weinberger

Maya Weinstein

Barbara Lee Weisser

Dr. Steven Weitz

Ian Weitzman

Ann Wenger

Kim Werker

Thomas Wiener

Judith Wiley

Dolores Wilkenfeld

Steven Wolf

Dr. Jeremy Wolfe

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie

Terry Yoffie

Hon. David Young

urj senior leadership

The URJ Senior Leadership is made up of senior-level staff in areas such as youth, social justice, engaging new participants in Jewish life, strengthening congregations, finance, philanthropy, technology, and beyond; this skilled, collaborative group is responsible for developing and strategizing the priorities, processes, and structures of the URJ. Learn more about our senior leadership and their ongoing work to strengthen Reform Jewish life.