Staff

Ruth W. Messinger
President

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Human Resources
  • Brooke Hirschfelder
    Director of Human Resources
    212.792.2812
    • Corinne Irwin
      HR Administrator
      212.792.2881
• Jewish Communal Relations
  • Brent Spodek
    Director of Jewish Communal Relations/Rabbi in Residence
    212.792.2914
    • Adina Mermelstein Konikoff
      Development Associate
      212.792.2818
• 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
• Programs
  • Adria Robbin
    Program Associate
    212.792.2872
• 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

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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