Staff
Executive Team
Ruth W. Messinger
President
Please contact Ruth Messinger through Ariel Moritz
Executive Assistant, 212.792.2874
Robert Bank
Executive Vice President
Please contact Robert Bank through Kimberly Ginger
Executive Assistant, 212.792.2868
Mania Boyder
Vice President for Development
Please contact Mania Boyder through Jamie Post
Development Associate, Board Coordinator
212.792.2828
Aaron Dorfman
Vice President of Programs
Please contact Aaron Dorfman through Sara Gold
Program Associate/Executive Assistant to the VP for National Programs, 212.792.2816
Jacqueline Hart, PhD
Vice President for Strategic Learning, Research and Evaluation
Stuart Schear
Vice President for Communications
Please contact Stuart Schear through Joshua Ontell
Communications Associate/Executive Assistant, 212.792.2834
Kristine Stallone
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Please contact Kristine Stallone through Kaylan Pedine
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Finance and Administration, 212.792.2939
Divisions
- Business Process Improvement
- Chiro Chatterjee
Director of Business Process Improvement
212.792.2893
- Chiro Chatterjee
- Communications
- Communications
- Joshua Ontell
Communications Associate/Executive Assistant
212.792.2834 - Morgan Soloski
Senior Manager, Communications
212.792.2890 - Creative
- Davyd Pittman
Creative Director
212.792.2817 - Liz Leih
Graphic Designer
212.792.2109 - Digital Communications
- Rob Pierson
Director of Digital Communications
212.792.2803 - Andrew Blossom
Senior Web Developer
212.792.2891 - Clara Shapiro
Communications Associate, Email
212.792.2885 - Katie Tilson
Social Media Manager
212.792.2926 - Public Engagement and Strategic Content
- Jordan Namerow
Director of Public Engagement and Strategic Content
212.792.2894 - Jessica Soria Korsunsky
Public Engagement Officer
212.792.2814 - Publications and Editorial Services
- Leah Kaplan Robins
Director of Publications and Editorial Services
212.792.2892 - Sasha Feldstein
Communications Associate
212.792.2936
- Development
- Board Engagement
- Julie Tilson Stanley
Board Engagement Director
212.792.2824 - Jamie Post
Development Associate, Board Coordinator
212.792.2828 - Development Operations
- Catherine Wolf
Director of Development Operations
212.792.2822 - Jasmin Abbatiello
Database Administrator, Development Operations
212.792.2830 - Jay Kotowski
Development Associate, Development Operations
212.792.2832 - Eli Oberman
Development Associate, Development Operations
212.792.2110 - Eason Smith
Administrative Coordinator, Development Operations
212.792.2831 - Donor Engagement
- Rena Dascal
Director of Study Tours
212.792.2829 - Jenny Goldstein
Director of Donor Engagement
212.792.2836 - Stefanie Rubin
Development Officer, Donor Engagement
212.792.2983 - Madeline Weinfield
Development Associate, Special Events and Study Tours
212.792.2983 - Institutional Giving
- Maggie Ball
Director of Institutional Giving
212.792.2835 - Elizabeth DeLois
Senior Development Officer, Institutional Giving
212.792.2912 - Lauren Di Silvio
Development Officer, Institutional Giving
212.792.2909 - Jill Weitz
Senior Development Officer, Institutional Giving
212.792.2825 - Major Gifts
- Pam Cohen
Director of Major Gifts
212.792.2826 - Bekah Dickstein
Development Officer, Major Gifts
212.792.2802 - Laraine Lippe
Development Officer, Prospect Researcher
212.792.2859 - Eyal Yerushalmi
Development Officer, Major Gifts
212.792.2848
- Finance and Administration
- Facilities
- Fred Argenziano
Facilities Manager
212.792.2880 - Hector Echevarria
Facilities Assistant
212.792.2883 - Joy Young
Receptionist
212.792.2879 - Finance
- Monica Anderson-Snow
Controller
212.792.2805 - John Iton
Staff Accountant
212.792.2987 - Ruddy Miller
Senior Accounting Manager
212.792.2875 - Valeta Prendergast
Financial Analyst and Payroll Coordinator
212.792.2876 - Maritza Sanchez
Staff Accountant
212.792.2819 - Alpha Sow
Staff Accountant
212.792.2878 - Human Resources
- Brooke Hirschfelder
Director of Human Resources and Facilities
212.792.2812 - Quinn Bosket
Human Resources Associate
212.792.2920 - Corinne Irwin
Human Resources Generalist
212.792.2881 - Jennifer Wald
Associate Director, Human Resources
212.792.2872 - Information Technology
- Angel Carrion
IT Support Services Manager
212.792.2905 - Steven Collado
IT Support Specialist
212.792.2896 - Bishop Thompson
Senior IT Support Specialist
212.792.2887
- International Programs
- International Operations
- Samantha Wolthuis
Director of International Operations
212.792.2870 - Aaron Acharya
Associate Director, International Operations
212.792.2914 - Carly Benkov
Grants Management Associate, International Operations - Ashley Carter
Grants Management Associate
212.792.2895 - Myles Gideon
Grants Management Associate - Lily Goldschmidt
Field Officer
212.792.3281 - Masha Katz
Program Officer
212.792.2861 - Debra Siegel
Senior Grants Manager, International Operations
- National Programs
- Advocacy
- Timi Gerson
Director of Advocacy
202.379.4270 - Marc Friend
Policy Associate
202.379.4264 - Dahlia Rockowitz
Policy Associate
202.379.4277 - Ian Schwab
Associate Director of Advocacy
202.379.4271 - Campaigns and Organizing
- Becky Wasserman
Director of Campaigns and Organizing
202.379.4267 - Audrey Sasson
Senior Organizer
212.792.2871 - Rachel Weinstein
Senior Organizer
212.792.2919 - Experiential Education
- Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield
Director of Experiential Education
212.792.2927 - John Cape
Program Officer, Experiential Education
212.792.2863 - Aylah Cohen
Program Officer, Experiential Education
212.792.2858 - Lisa Exler
Senior Program Officer, Experiential Education
212.792.2899 - Julie Gersten
Program Officer, Experiential Education
212.792.2901 - Adina Mermelstein Konikoff
Senior Program Officer, Experiential Education
212.792.2818 - Lilach Shafir
Associate Director, Experiential Education
212.792.2821 - Ilana Shushansky
Program Associate, Experiential Education
212.792.2886
- Strategic Learning Research & Evaluation
- International
- Melissa Extein
Director of Strategic Learning, Research and Evaluation for International Programs
212.792.2865 - National
- Merrill Zack
Director of Strategic Learning, Research and Evaluation for National Programs
212.792.2862
- Tier 1 Cities
- Los Angeles
- Allison Lee
Executive Director, Los Angeles
213.446.6605 - San Francisco
- Laura Talmus
Executive Director, San Francisco and Western Region
415.593.3296 - Matt Balaban
Development Officer, San Francisco
415.593.3280 - Erica Hymen
Program Officer, San Francisco
415.593.3283 - Sprinza Katz
Senior Development Officer, San Francisco
415.593.3297
Offices
New York City
45 West 36th Street
New York, NY 10018
t: 212.792.2900 or toll free 800.889.7146
f: 212.792.2930
e: ajws@ajws.org
Los Angeles
1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90067
t: 310.843.9588
f: 310.843.9687
San Francisco
131 Steuart Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94105
t: 415.593.3280
f: 415.593.3290
Washington, D.C.
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20036
t: 202.379.4300
f: 202.379.4310
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