Jewish Long Beach Staff & Board of Directors
Alpert Jewish Community Center
On the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Long Beach Campus
One Sommer Way • 3801 East Willow Street | Long Beach, CA 90815
(562) 426-7601 • [email protected]
Board of Directors
Officers
| President | Kathryn McDermott |
| Honorary President | Lynne Kass z"l |
| Immediate Past President | Richard R. Marcus, PhD |
| VP Children, Youth, Family | Pam Keiles |
| VP Governance | Linda Burney |
| VP Finance & Facilities/Treasurer | Shmueli Lovitch |
| VP Fund & Community Development | Norma Stein |
| VP Programming | Seth Linden |
| Secretary | Ken Schlesinger |
At Large
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Phil Abramson
Karen Ben-Shmuel
Evan Braude
Shelley Carl
Daniela Villegas Erman
Joyce Greenspan
Mulu Skinner-Harrison
Alan Kreida
Beth Lesen, Ph.D
Melissa Newman
Michael Newman
Suzanne Perlitsh, Ph.D
Jeremy Scherwin
Vicki Scherwin, Ph.D
Sheila-Marie Singelman
Beth Sterling
Linda Waltzman
Ava Weiss
Past Presidents
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| Alpert JCC | Federation | Foundation | Jewish Long Beach (Combined) |
| Sam Leddel* (1948-54) | Irving Schneider* (1947-1949) | Eugene Lentzner* (2008-2009) | Edie Brodsky & Dr. Barry Zamost (2022-2023) |
| Dr. Sidney Penn* (1954-57) | Murray Greenwood* (1949-1952) | Laurie Raykoff (2009-2010) | |
| Sam Raska* (1957-60) | Harry Smith* (1952-1954) | Judi Lentzner (2011-2013) | |
| Dr. Elbert Kronick* (1960-62) | Dr. Maurice Rosenbaum* (1954-1956) | Lea Gerber (2013-2015) | |
| Emanuel Gyler* (1962-64) | Leon Silverman* (1956-1957) | Rick Freeman (2015-2016) | |
| Norman Gottlieb* (1964-66) | Sam E. Leddel* (1957-1960) | Jan Stein (2017-2019) | |
| Dr. Paul Hillinger* (1966-68) | Irving Kern* (1960-1961) | ||
| Stanley V. Goldin* (1968-70) | Charles Savitz* (1962-1963) | ||
| David Kashinsky* (1970-72) | Judge Max Z. Wisot* (1963-1964) | ||
| Roselle Sommer* (1972-74) | Eugene Lentzner* (1965-1966) | ||
| Dr. Jules Robbins* (1974-76) | Dr. Gilbert Lapid* (1967-1968) | ||
| Adrienne Stein* (1976-78) | Revan Komaroff* (1968-1969) | ||
| Bonnie Krasner* (1978-80) | Dr. Elbert Kronick* (1972-1973) | ||
| Shimon Kaufman* (1980-1982) | Robert Baldwin* (1975-1976) | ||
| Don Saltman* (1982-84) | Arthur Miller* (1977-1979) | ||
| Jessie Butler (1985-86) | Rosell Sommer* (1979-1989) | ||
| Bette Weinberg* (1987-88) | Eugene Schlesinger* (1975-1977) | ||
| Toby Rothschild (1989-90) | Emanuel Gyler* (1982-1984) | ||
| Rita Zamost (1991-92) | Robert Blakey* (1984-1987) | ||
| Yolanda Eisenstein (1993-94) | Morton Stuhlbarg* (1989-1991) | ||
| Dr. David Tillman (1995-97) | Jean Blakey* (1991-1993) | ||
| Rosecarrie Brooks (1997-99) | Arthur Miller* (1994-1995) | ||
| Karen Strelitz (1999-2001) | Diane Karp (1996-1997) | ||
| Dr. Marc Tamaroff (2001-03) | Richard Lipeles (1998-1999) | ||
| Laurie Raykoff (2004-05) | Anne Licht* (2000-2002) | ||
| Gordon Lentzner (2006-07) | Judi Lentzner (2004-2005) | ||
| Edie Brodsky (2007-09) | Shirley Ross (2006-2007) | ||
| Lynne Kass z"l (2009-11) | Rick Freeman (2007-2009) | ||
| Stephen Gordon (2011-14) | Shari Nemirow* (2009-2011) | ||
| Michael Rosen (2013-15) | Jim Breslauer (2011-2013) | ||
| Eli Ben-Shmuel (2015-18) | Hank Feldman (2013-2016) | ||
| Dr. Matt Davis (2018-20) | Daryl Phillips (2016-2018) | ||
| Dr. Barry Zamost (2020-22) | Laurie Raykoff (2019-2020 | ||
| Edie Brodsky (2020-2022) |
*Of blessed memory
Staff
Executive Team
| Chief Executive Officer | Erik Ludwig, PhD [email protected] |
| Chief Financial Officer | Ray Brown [email protected] |
| Chief Operating Officer | Kevin Giser [email protected] |
| Executive Director of Children, Youth & Family | Emily Gould [email protected] |
| Chief Programs Officer | Susan Paletz [email protected] |
Senior Staff
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| Director of Fitness & Wellness | Elsie Bennett [email protected] |
| Maintenance Director | Pedro Cebrero [email protected] |
| Director of Operations | Natalie Chernik [email protected] |
| Operations Administrator | Cecelia Danziger [email protected] |
| Aquatics Manager | Victoria Juarez [email protected] |
| Human Resources Manager | Sandra Oliva [email protected] |
| Development Administrator | Yolanda Placencio [email protected] |
| Marketing Manager | Rachel Roberts [email protected] |
| Director of Jewish, Life & Culture | Dana Schneider-Chanzit [email protected] |
| Membership Manager | Michelle Sears [email protected] |
| Jewish Community Relations Council Director | Elisha Breton [email protected] |
| Community Security Director | Miguel Luna [email protected] |