June 12, 2018 – North Miami Beach, Fla - Alan Sataloff has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center effective this July, it was announced by Fanny F. Hanono, Chair of the Board. “We are very excited about Alan coming on board. With his vast experience we are sure that our MAR-JCC will reach new heights and further expand its presence as the center of our Jewish community.” Sataloff’s appointment is the result of an extensive national search conducted by the MAR-JCC to engage the services of a proven and experienced CEO who would provide the professional leadership to direct an institution that serves 3,500 individuals on a daily basis, with social, cultural, recreational, and educational programming. Moreover, his arrival will coincide with the opening of the Feldenkreis Cultural Center which will add an additional 40,000 foot facility, allowing the MAR-JCC to further bolster its broad-based and diverse programming for ages two months to senior adults.

Sataloff will be leaving the post of CEO of the JCC of Chicago. Prior to that, he was CEO of Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto, Calif., and CEO of the Weinstein JCC in Richmond, Va. “The Michael-Ann Russell JCC offers me the opportunity to enhance an already thriving Community Center, especially as we get set to open our Feldenkreis Cultural Center with programs from high-quality gymnastics to more visual arts to a 200+ seat professional theater to the largest Israeli dance troupe outside of Israel,” Alan stated.

A graduate of Yeshiva University with a MSW degree, he also holds a B.S. in Education from S.U.N.Y. at Brockport.

Alan originally hails from Staten Island, N.Y., but has lived in numerous places around the U.S. He and his wife, Susan have two children. Their daughter, Laura is the Program Director of the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Jewish Community Center, Aaron, their son, is a Rabbi in Macon, Ga. In Alan’s downtime, he can be found cycling, doing yoga, and playing golf. Alan and Susan have one grandchild, Eliana.

About the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center
The Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center/Sanford L. Ziff Campus is dedicated to the enrichment of Jewish life and fosters the emotional, physical, and intellectual development of its individual members through all of life’s stages and circumstances. The MAR-JCC represents a model of acceptance, understanding and diversity. As such, people look at the MAR-JCC as a center of excellence that epitomizes how shared Jewish values support a vibrant and evolving constituency. The MAR-JCC is a beneficiary agency of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the United Way of Miami-Dade County, and a member of the Jewish Community Center Association of North America5) 932-4200 x189 MaryEllenB@marjcc