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Administration

Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D.President and CEO
Rabbi Amber PowersExecutive Vice President
Ashley HusleyInterim Vice President for Development
Justin Rosen SmolenVice President for Thriving Communities and Partnerships
Rabbi Mira Wasserman, Ph.D.Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of the Center for Jewish Ethics
Cyd WeissmanVice President for Engagement and Innovation

 

Board of Governors

Officers

Seth RosenChairLarchmont, N.Y.
Susan BeckermanVice ChairNew York City
Susan LevineVice ChairSonoma, Calif.
Carmen CorralesSecretaryMaplewood, N.J.
Mark PinskyTreasurerPhiladelphia
David RobertsChair EmeritusSt. Louis
Don ShapiroChair EmeritusNaples, Fla.

Ex Officio

Fred AndesLay Chair, Joint Israel CommissionChicago
Edwin BaumChair of the PlenumNew York City
Micah FennerRepresentative, Jewish Reconstructionist Camping CorporationAmsterdam
Rabbi Renee BauerPresident, Reconstructionist Rabbinical AssociationMadison, Wisc.
Chayim Herzig-MarxLay Chair, Joint Placement CommissionNewton, Mass.
Shahanna McKinney-BaldonLay Chair, Jews of Color and Allies Advisory GroupMadison, Wisc.
Marc OverbeckPlenum Steering Committee RepresentativeSalem, Ore.
Jodi RosenfeldStudent RepresentativePhiladelphia
Rabbi Isaac SaposnikExecutive Director, Havaya Summer ProgramsPhiladelphia
Tamar KamionkowskiFaculty Representative, Professor of Biblical StudiesPenn Valley, Pa.
Rabbi Elyse WechtermanExecutive Director, Reconstructionist Rabbinical AssociationAbington, Pa.

Members of the Board of Governors

Rabbi Fredi CooperWyndmoor, Pa.
Rabbi Isabel de KoninckPhiladelphia
Barbara DolginNew York City
Richard FarberPacific Palisades, Calif.
William HalpernDarnestown, Md.
Daniel KaufmanWest Palm Beach, Fla. and Fredonia, N.Y.
Karen KolodnyNew York City
Rabbi David KominskyPlattsburgh, N.Y.
Jonathan MarkowitzEvanston, Ill.
Beth NashScarsdale, N.Y.
Mark NussbaumLa Jolla, Calif.
David PiverNewtown Square. Pa.
John RiehlLaurel, Md.
Eric RosenbaumNew York City
Arkady SerebryannikIrvine, Calif.
David SigmanNew York City
Judith SpatzDavid, Fla.
Marsha TimmermanEmmaus, Pa.
Rabbi Avi WinokurHaddonfield, N.J.
Rabbi Lina ZerbariniHuntington Station, N.Y.

Honorary Governors

William H. Fern, Ph.D.Westport, Conn.
Daniel LevinChicago
Miriam RolandMontreal
Don ShapiroNaples, Fla.
Aaron ZiegelmanNew York City

Past Presidents

Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, ‘89President, 2002-2013
Rabbi David A. Teutsch, Ph.D.President, 1993-2002
Rabbi Arthur Green, Ph.D.President, 1987-1993
Rabbi Ira Silverman, z”lPresident, 1981-1986
Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, Ph.D., z”lCollege Founder and President, 1968-1981

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