Lay Leadership (Officers & Board)

The Board of Trustees consists of 24 elected members and up to 3 Presidential Appointees, as well as Officers of the congregation, the Immediate Past President, Network President and BESSY President. Past Presidents of the Congregation are also Board members but do not have voting privileges. The Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall governance of the congregation. The Board works closely with the membership and the professional staff to set direction, policies and procedures as well as create long-term planning for the congregation.

Board of Trustees for 2011/12

Officers
Sharon Ephraim, President
Ross Bricker, Vice President
Georgene Wilson, Vice President
Jeff Mann, Treasurer
Elaine Lev, Secretary
Susan Melczer, Immediate Past President

Board of Trustees
** Simon Anolick (2nd year) (Presidential Appointment / Executive Committee Appointee)
Mareon Arnold (1st year)
Mark Caro (3rd year)
Louis Fogel (1st year)
Eric Gershuny (1st year)
Lizzie Graham (1st year)
**Deborah Hamilton (3rd year) (Presidential Appointment / Executive Committee Appointee)
Tina Herpe (2nd year)
Doug Hoffman (3rd year)
Lynne Kaminer (2nd year)
Jessica Kaplan (1st year)
Fay Lipschultz (1st year)
Doug Masters (3rd year)
Neal Moglin (1st year) (Presidential Appointment)
Sandie Morgan (1st year)
Dave Newman (1st year)
Roz Pollack (3rd year)
Andy Ratoff (2nd year)
Rebecca Raus (2nd year)
Dee Romain (2nd year)
Kerah Sandler (2nd year)
Mark Schoenfield (3rd year)
Tamar Selch (3rd year)
Lauren Solomon (2nd year)
Jane Wintroub (2nd year)

Youth Group President
Max Yenkin

Network President
Eileen Chapman

PAST PRESIDENTS
* Sidney Mogul 1950-1952
* Mason Loundy 1952-1954
* Lee K. Thorpe 1954-1957, 1966-67
* Sol Weiner 1957-1967
Sidney Waller 1958-1960
Leon Shear 1960-1961
Conrad Orloff 1961-1963
*Samuel Sherwin 1963-1966
*Jacob Gross 1967-1969
Paul Hansfield 1969-1971
Walter Director 1971-1973
*Jacob Ginsburg 1973-1975
*Fred Richter 1975-1977
Richard Rhodes 1977-1979
Richard Loundy 1979-1981
* Edward Yalowitz 1981-1983
Sophie K. Black 1983-1985
Joel Wineberg 1985-1987
Lawrence M. Cohen 1987-1989
*Robert Romain 1989-1991
*Andrew Melczer 1991-1993
David Zarefsky 1993-1995
Patricia S. Gerbie 1995-1997
*Phillip Pollack 1997-1999
Rosalie Greenberger 1999-2001
Robert Render  2001-2003
John Levin 2003-2005
Phil Bashook 2005-2007
Mort Denlow 2007-2009
Susan Melczer 2009-2011

* denotes deceased
** member of executive committee