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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
• 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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