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Ruth W. Messinger
President
Please contact Ruth Messinger through Joanna Kabat, Executive Assistant, 212.792.2874
- Phyllis Teicher Goldman
Vice President for Development and Communications
212.792.2802 - Margaret Hempel
Vice President for Programs
212.792.2804 - Louis D. Schwartz
Vice President for Finance and Administration
212.792.2803
- Administration
- Fred Argenziano
Operations Manager
212.792.2880- Michael Besse
Operations Assistant
212.792.2883 - Joy Young
Receptionist
212.792.2879
- Michael Besse
- Fred Argenziano
- Advocacy
- Jodi L. Jacobson
Director of Advocacy
202.408.1380- Allison Grossman
Policy Assistant
202.408.1380 - Stefanie Ostfeld
Policy Associate
202.408.1380 - Gitta Zomorodi
Senior Policy Associate
212.792.2907
- Allison Grossman
- Jodi L. Jacobson
- Communications
- Susan Rosenberg
Director of Communications
212.792.2807- Joshua Berkman
Associate Director of Media and Marketing
212.792.2893 - Sara Hahn
Communications Associate
212.792.2887 - Hadassah Max
Associate Director of Communications
212.792.2884 - Leah Kaplan Robins
Senior Writer and Editor
212.792.2892 - Clara Shapiro
Online Communications Associate
212.792.2891 - Mark Shuster
Web Producer
212.792.2891 - Morgan Soloski
Communications Coordinator
212.792.2890 - Liz Vaisben
Senior Communications Associate
212.792.2886
- Joshua Berkman
- Susan Rosenberg
- Development
- Riva Silverman
Director of Development
212.792.2809 - Rabbi Lee T. Bycel
Executive Director, Western Region
510.526.8040- Maya Crawford
Associate Director of Development
212.792.2826 - Rena Dascal
Assistant Director of Development
212.792.2829 - Elizabeth Friedman-Branoff
Regional Director of Development
415.593.3297 - Jenny Goldstein
Senior Development Officer
212.792.2836 - Kate Greenberg
Senior Development Officer
212.792.2834 - Perri Beth Irvings
Associate Director of Development
212.792.2834 - Tamika James
Development Associate
212.792.2830 - Elissa Richman Kohel
Development Officer
212.792.2824 - Adina Mermelstein Konikoff
Development Associate
212.792.2818 - Allison Lee
Los Angeles Regional Director
213.446.6605 - Mary Ann MacLachlan
Administrative Coordinator, Western Region
415.593.3298 - Elijah Oberman
Development Associate
212.792.2832 - Maritza Sanchez
Development Associate
212.792.2819 - Eason Smith
Administrative Coordinator
212.792.2835 - Brent Spodek
Director of Jewish Communal Relations/Rabbi in Residence
212.792.2914 - Rebecca Stone
Development Officer
212.792.2827 - Rebecca Weinstock
Development Officer
212.792.2828 - Jill Weitz
Development Officer
212.792.2825 - Catherine Wolf
Senior Development Associate
212.792.2822
- Maya Crawford
- Riva Silverman
- Education
- Aaron Dorfman
Director of Education
212.792.2810- Ilana Aisen
Education Officer
212.792.2895 - Lisa Exler
Education Officer
212.792.2899 - Rachel Flamenbaum
Education Associate
212.792.2897 - Sarah Margles
Education Officer
212.792.2896 - Sarah Meyer
Education Officer, International Development
212.792.2901
- Ilana Aisen
- Aaron Dorfman
- Finance
- Monica Anderson-Snow
Director of Finance
212.792.2805- Ruddy Miller
Senior Financial Analyst
212.792.2875 - Valeta Prendergast
Financial Analyst
212.792.2876 - Alpha Sow
Staff Accountant
212.792.2878 - Tony Whu
Program Administrator
212.792.2877
- Ruddy Miller
- Monica Anderson-Snow
- Grants
- Kate Kroeger
Director of Grants- Saskia de Jonge
Administrative Coordinator - Matthew Emry
Senior Program Officer, Conflict and Emergency Regions - Adriana Ermoli
Senior Program Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean - Amarilys Estrella
Grants Manager - Sandhya Gupta
Program Officer, Asia - Margaret Ladner
Program Officer, Asia - Angela Martinez
Program Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean - Diego Merino
Program Officer, Latin America and the Caribbean - Maitri Morarji
Program Officer, Africa - Andrea J. Rogers
Senior Program Officer - Bess Rothenberg
Associate Director of Grants - Fanta Toure
Program Officer, West Africa - Jessica Wrenn
Program Officer for Collegial Partnerships
- Saskia de Jonge
- Kate Kroeger
- Human Resources
- Brooke Hirschfelder
Director of Human Resources
212.792.2812- Corinne Irwin
HR Administrator
212.792.2881
- Corinne Irwin
- Brooke Hirschfelder
- Jewish Communal Relations
- Brent Spodek
Director of Jewish Communal Relations/Rabbi in Residence
212.792.2914- Adina Mermelstein Konikoff
Development Associate
212.792.2818
- Adina Mermelstein Konikoff
- Brent Spodek
- MIS
- Rosemary de Fremery
Director of Management Information Systems
212.792.2808- Anthony Polanco
MIS Associate
212.792.2902 - Brian Schwartz
Associate Network Administrator
212.792.2905 - Jeanne Turner
Systems Administrator
212.792.2903
- Anthony Polanco
- Rosemary de Fremery
- Programs
- Adria Robbin
Program Associate
212.792.2872
- Adria Robbin
- Service
- Andrea Coron Richardson
Program Officer, Individual Service Programs
212.792.2857 - Masha Katz
Program Officer, AJWS Volunteer Corps
212.792.2861 - Nina Kaufman
Program Officer, Group Leaders
415.593.3283 - Alexis Kort
Program Officer, Group Service Programs
212.792.2856 - Suzanne Lipkin
Program Associate, Alumni Activities
212.792.2867 - Dorcus Moo
Program Officer, AJWS Volunteer Corps
212.792.2860 - William Nassau
Program Officer, AJWS Volunteer Corps
212.792.2869 - Jessie Posilkin
Program Officer, Alumni Activities
202.842.4741 - Rachel Profeta
Program Associate, Group Service Programs
212.792.2918 - Lani Santo
Senior Program Officer, AJWS World Partners Fellowship
212.792.2859 - Audrey Sasson
Program Officer, Alumni Activities
212.792.2871 - Samara Sweig
Associate Director of Service, Group Service Programs
212.792.2864 - Rachel Weinstein
Program Associate, Group Service Programs
212.792.2919 - Heidi Winig
Program Officer, Alumni Activities
415.593.3299 - Samantha Wolthuis
Associate Director of Service, Individual Service Programs
212.792.2870 - Merrill Zack
Associate Director of Service, Alumni Activities
212.792.2862
- Andrea Coron Richardson
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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