Greater Miami Jewish Federation
2024-2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers
Chair of the Board:
Lily Serviansky
Immediate Past Board Chair:
Ariel Bentata
Vice Chairs:
Matthew L. Adler
Elise Scheck Bonwitt
Steven J. Brodie
Amy Berger Chafetz
Mojdeh Khaghan Danial
Michelle Diener
Sidney Pertnoy
Brian Riemer
Sheree Savar
Tracey Spiegelman
Elise Udelson
Ray Ellen Yarkin
Richard Yulman
Secretary: Robert Hertzberg
Associate Secretary: Robert C. Gilbert
Treasurer: Michelle Ben-Aviv
Associate Treasurer: Elizabeth Schwartz
Nominated Board Members & National Representatives
| Leonard Abess Joe Ackerman Daniel Ades Sari Agatston Isaac Almosny Marissa Amuial Tobi Ash Sara Bejar Leslie Benitah Jaclyn Bergman Paul Berkowitz Fran Berrin Alex Blavatnik Noah Breakstone Shelly Brodie Melissa S. Buckner David Deutch Susan Diamond Adrian Dubow Beth Ertel Susan Weiss Firestone Steve Foldes Julie Franklin Michael Friedman Harold Gernsbacher Belinda Gilbert Lisa E. Goldstein Steven Gretenstein Shelley Niceley Groff Barry T. Gurland Adriana B. Halac Ricardo Halfen Lisa Jerles |
Larry Joseph Ian Kaplan Michael L. Katz Josi Kiblisky Joshua Kligler Ilene Kossman Lauren Leichtman Jeffrey Levine Mayra Lichter Mark Meland Ali Mendoza Gail S. Meyers Lloyd Myers Gail J. Newman Jeffrey E. Newman Jonathan Plutzik Tina Price Stuart Ratzan Brian Riemer Lecia Rothman Linda Schechter Morrie Siegel Michael R. Simkins Brad Sokol Michael Tabacinic Denise Tamir Ofer Tamir Michael Wagner Steven Wagner Stanley Weinstein Hedy Whitebook Tammy Woldenberg Ula Zusman |
Appointed by the Chair of the Board
| Terri Bachow Ryan D. Bailine Edward Beiner Evan Berger Joel Birnbaum John M. Bussel Rabbi Robyn C. Fisher Daniel Fujita Dr. Jaime Ghitelman Clarita Kassin Evelyn Katz Alex Krys |
Edie Laquer Marc A. Levin Diane Lieberman Adrienne D. Messing Isaac Mizrahi Michael D. Rudd Dr. Joel Sandberg Raquel Scheck Mytyl Simancas-Bister Jacqueline Simkin John Sumberg Debra Braman Wechsler |
Life Members
| Saby Behar* Helene Berger Robert G. Berrin* Brian L. Bilzin* Andrew Blank Norman Braman* Honorable Amy N. Dean* Rebeca Delaster George Feldenkreis Mikki Futernick Ellie Ganz Gary Gerson Barbara Black Goldfarb* Ezra Katz* Ruben Kloda |
Steven J. Kravitz* Israel Lapciuc Donald E. Lefton* William Lehman* Nancy Lipoff Norman H. Lipoff* Dr. Mark Oren Nedra Oren* Aaron Podhurst* Dorothy Podhurst Jeffrey Scheck* Michael Scheck* Maxine E. Schwartz Dr. Joseph Singer |
* Past President/Past Chair
Standing Committees
| Administrative Brian Riemer Agency Support Jennifer E. Fine Joshua Kligler Audit Barbara Shrut Building Operations Steven Hurwitz Bylaws & Governance Rep. Elaine Bloom Campaign Cabinet Mojdeh Khaghan Danial Elevate Leadership Laura Koffsky Executive Evaluation & Compensation Lily Serviansky Federation/Synagogue Relations J. Joseph Givner Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz Financial Management Matthew L. Adler The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Sidney Pertnoy Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach Jessica Katz Investment Amir Gold Israel & Overseas Sheree Savar |
Israel Engagement David M. Scharlin Jewish Community Relations Council Steven Scheck Jewish Volunteer Center Elyssa Lewis Marketing & Communications Janice Lipton Miami Beach Branch Board Irwin Raij Mishkan Miami of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Robin Jacobs Nominating Isaac K. “Ike” Fisher North Dade/Aventura Branch Board Paul Kruss Philanthropic Initiatives Barbara Black Goldfarb Planning & Distribution Elise Scheck Bonwitt Pledge Redemption Andrew H. Wolf South Dade Branch Board Jason Haim Women’s Philanthropy Board Elise Udelson Young Leadership Division Maty Jamal Joseph Katz |
REPORT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE
As Required in Bylaws
Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education
Mark Kravitz
Alper JCC Miami on The Jay Morton-Levinthal Campus
Andrew H. Wolf
Florida Hillel Student Representative
Melanie Wisniacki
Galbut Family Miami Beach JCC on the Simkins Family Campus
Michael Tobin (through 11/24)
Michelle Ben-Aviv
High School Student Representative
Brooke Wilensky
International Division Representative
Yosef Shwedel
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
Vanessa Ressler
Miami Beach Campaign Chair
Adam Bergman
Miami Jewish Health
TBD
Michael-Ann Russell JCC on the Sanford L. Ziff Campus
Josh Weingard
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mark H. Hildebrandt
North Dade/Aventura Campaign Chair
TBD
Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami
Rabbi Judith Siegal
South Dade Campaign Chair
Scott Weingarden
Women’s Philanthropy Campaign Chair
Amanda Adler
Life Trustee
Jerry Blank
Council of Jewish Organizations
Ahavat Olam
Aish HaTorah South Florida
Alexander Muss High School in Israel
Alper JCC Miami on The Jay Morton-Levinthal Campus
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University
American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro
American Friends of The Hebrew University
American Friends of Magen David Adom
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
American Jewish Committee – Greater Miami & Broward Regional Office
American Technion Society, Greater South Florida Chapter
Americans for Ben-Gurion University
AMIT
Anti-Defamation League – Florida Region
Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center
BBYO
Bet Shira Congregation
Beth David Congregation
Beth Israel Congregation
Beth Moshe Congregation
Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America Southeast Region
Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education Chabad in South Beach
Congregation Dor Chadash
Congregation Shaaray Tefilah
Cuban Hebrew Congregation – Temple Beth Shmuel
FIU Global Jewish Studies Program, School of International & Public Affairs
Friends of Lubavitch of Florida
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
Galbut Family Miami Beach JCC on the Simkins Family Campus
Gordon Day School
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Habonim Cultural Club – Survivors of the Holocaust and Second Generation
Hadassah – Greater Miami Region
Hochberg Lower School, Posnack East
Holocaust Documentation and Education Center Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
Israel Bonds
Israel Humanitarian Foundation
Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Jewish Community Services of South Florida
Jewish Museum of Florida–FIU
Jewish National Fund
Jewish War Veterans
Kloda Whitebook Kesher Academy
Lehrman Community Day School
Maimonides Florida
Mechina of South Florida High School
Miami Jewish Health
Michael–Ann Russell JCC on the Sanford L. Ziff Campus
Mishkan Miami of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Mount Sinai Medical Center
NA’AMAT USA, Miami-Dade Council
National Council of Jewish Women Greater Miami Section
Ohev Shalom Congregation
Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy (RASG)
Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami
Scheck Hillel Community School
The Shul of Bal Harbour
Skylake Synagogue
South Florida Shomrim Society
Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami
Talmudic University of Florida
Temple Beth Am
Temple Beth Or
Temple Beth Sholom
Temple Emanu-El
Temple Hatikvah/Homestead Jewish Center
Temple Israel of Greater Miami
Temple Judea
Temple Menorah
Temple Moses–Sephardic Congregation of Florida
Temple Sinai of North Dade
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Southeast Seaboard District
Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO)
Yeshiva Elementary School
Yeshiva Toras Chaim/Toras Emes
Young Israel of Greater Miami
Young Israel of Kendall
