Staff
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 Jessica McCarthy
Executive Assistant, 212.792.2898
Aaron Dorfman
Vice President of Programs
Please contact Aaron Dorfman through Elyse Lightman
Executive Assistant, 212.792.2816
Phyllis Teicher Goldman
Vice President for External Affairs
Please contact Phyllis Teicher Goldman through Rachel Kanter Kepnes, Executive Assistant, 212.792.2828
Louis D. Schwartz
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Please contact Louis D. Schwartz through Jessica Berlin
Executive Assistant, 212.792.2920
- Administration
- Fred Argenziano
Operations Manager
212.792.2880 - Hector Echevarria
Operations Assistant
212.792.2883 - Joy Young
Receptionist
212.792.2879
- Fred Argenziano
- Advocacy
- Timi Gerson
Director of Advocacy
202.379.4270 - Ian Schwab
Associate Director of Advocacy
202.379.4271 - Amanda Cary
Policy Associate
202.379.4272 - Dahlia Rockowitz
Advocacy Coordinator
202.379.4277
- Timi Gerson
- Communications
- Susan Rosenberg
Director of Communications
212.792.2807 - Joshua Berkman
Associate Director of Media and Marketing
212.792.2893 - Andrew Blossom
Web Producer
212.792.2891 - Hadassah Max
Associate Director of Communications
212.792.2884 - Jordan Namerow
Senior Communications Associate
212.792.2894 - Suzanne Offen
Communications Associate
212.792.2889 - Davyd Pittman
Graphic Designer
212.792.2817 - Leah Kaplan Robins
Senior Writer and Editor
212.792.2892 - Clara Shapiro
Online Communications Associate
212.792.2885 - Morgan Soloski
Senior Communications Coordinator
212.792.2890
- Susan Rosenberg
- Development
- Riva Silverman
Director of Development
212.792.2809 - Jasmin Abbatiello
Development Associate
212.792.2830 - Maggie Ball
Associate Director, Institutional Grants
212.792.2835 - Maya Crawford
Associate Director of Development
212.792.2826 - Rena Dascal
Assistant Director of Development
212.792.2829 - Jenny Goldstein
Senior Development Officer
212.792.2836 - Kate Greenberg
Senior Development Officer
212.792.2834 - Jessica Korsunsky
Development Associate
212.792.2814 - Miller Oberman
Development Associate
212.792.2832 - Lauren L. Miller
Development Associate
212.792.2907 - Maryanne Nigro
Database Administrator
212.792.2823 - Eason Smith
Administrative Coordinator
212.792.2831 - Katie Tilson
Development Associate - Julie Tilson Stanley
Development Officer
212.792.2824 - Leah Weinstein
Development Officer
212.792.2827 - Jill Weitz
Development Officer
212.792.2825 - Catherine Wolf
Senior Development Associate
212.792.2822
- Riva Silverman
- Education and Community Engagement
- Stephanie Ives
Director of Education and Community Engagement
212.792.2887 - Jocelyn Berger
Program Officer, AJWS-AVODAH Partnership
415.593.3284 - Lisa Exler
Senior Program Officer
212.792.2899 - Julie Gersten
Program Officer
212.792.2901 - Suzanne Lipkin
Program Associate, Alumni Activities
212.792.2867 - Adina Mermelstein Konikoff
Program Officer
212.792.2818 - Audrey Sasson
Program Officer, AJWS-AVODAH Partnership
212.792.2871 - Brent Spodek
Rabbi in Residence
212.792.2914 - Elissa Vinnik
Program Associate
212.792.2897 - Merrill Zack
Associate Director, Alumni Activities
212.792.2862
- Stephanie Ives
- Finance
- Monica Anderson-Snow
Director of Finance
212.792.2805 - Ruddy Miller
Senior Financial Analyst
212.792.2875 - Tharon McDonald
Senior Accountant
212.792.2882 - Valeta Prendergast
Financial Analyst
212.792.2876 - Maritza Sanchez
Accountant
212.792.2819 - Marina Shmoukler
Senior Financial Analyst, Donor Advised Fund
212.792.2886 - Alpha Sow
Staff Accountant
212.792.2878
- Monica Anderson-Snow
- Grants
- Kate Kroeger
Director of Grants - Carly Benkov
Administrative Coordinator - Saskia de Jonge
Grants Management Associate - Debra Siegel
Grants Manager - Bess Rothenberg
Associate Director of Grants
- Kate Kroeger
- Human Resources
- Brooke Hirschfelder
Director of Human Resources
212.792.2812 - Corinne Irwin
HR Administrator
212.792.2881 - Jennifer Wald
HR Generalist
212.792.2872
- Brooke Hirschfelder
- MIS
- Rose de Fremery
Director of Management Information Systems
212.792.2808 - Angel Carrion
Network Administrator
212.792.2905 - Jeanne Turner
Systems Administrator
212.792.2903
- Rose de Fremery
- Service
- Russell Langsam
Director of Service
212.792.2873 - Aylah Cohen
Program Officer, Alternative Breaks
212.792.2858 - Andrea Coron Richardson
Senior Program Officer, Operations
212.792.2857 - Lily Goldschmidt
Program Officer, Individual Service Programs
212.792.3281 - Masha Katz
Program Officer, AJWS Volunteer Corps
212.792.2861 - Nina Kaufman
Senior Program Officer, Group Leaders
415.593.3283 - Alexis Kort
Program Officer, Group Service Programs
212.792.2856 - Talia Maya
Senior Program Officer
212.792.2865 - Dorcus Moo
Program Officer, AJWS Volunteer Corps
212.792.2860 - William Nassau
Senior Program Officer – India
212.792.2869 - Rachel Profeta
Program Officer, Operations
212.792.2918 - Rachel Weinstein
Program Officer, Group Service Programs
212.792.2919 - Samantha Wolthuis
Associate Director of Service, Individual Service Programs
212.792.2870
- Russell Langsam
- Western Region
- Laura Talmus
Director of Western Region
415.593.3296 - Matt Balaban
Development Associate - Elizabeth Friedman-Branoff
Regional Director of Development
415.593.3297 - Allison Lee
Los Angeles Regional Director
213.446.6605
- Laura Talmus
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
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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