Lay Leadership

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The elected lay leaders, including the President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, Board Chair, Past Presidents and Directors, all share in the responsibility of setting the vision and leading the various volunteer activities.

Central to our governance model is the concept that committees, led by volunteers, should have an active role in synagogue leadership, reporting their activities up to the Board. To facilitate this concept, the roles of the three Vice Presidents were re-defined such that each Vice President oversees a portfolio of committees, working with them and encouraging them to fulfil their mandates. The Vice President portfolios are:

Vice President, Finance and Administration, oversees committees such as Budget and Finance, Nominations, Fundraising Catering and Personnel.
Vice President, Programming and Ritual, oversees committees such as Membership, Ritual, Youth and Families, Promotion, Israel and Continuing Education.
Vice President, House and Property, oversees committees such as House and Property, Cemetery, Itanu (accessibility), Renovations and Security.

For more, information on the various committees and the opportunities to volunteer, please visit our Volunteer page.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors governs and sets policy for the affairs of the Congregation and is accountable to the Members of the Congregation.

President	Madeleine Sarick
Vice President Finance & Administration	Andy Pascoe
Vice President Programming & Ritual	Brenda Osler
Vice President House & Property	Bram Zinman
Secretary	Allan Sheps
Treasurer	Greg Tugg
Chair of the Board	David Polsky
Immediate Past President	Barry Levine
Directors	Karen Bernstein David Bienstock Nava Blankenstein Igor Ellyn Marty Feldman Linda Friedman Lorraine Levene Silvia Lulka Kim Manson Sharon Paskowitz Steven Risenman Dianne Rubinoff Ruth Shapiro David Soberman

Past Presidents

Samuel Birenbaum	1954 - 1955
Jack Litman	1954 - 1956
Alfred J. Shaul	1955 - 1956
William Dunn	1958 - 1960
Max Goody	1956 - 1958 1961 - 1962
Irving Atin	1960 1962 - 1963
Ralph Zolt	1960 - 1962
Jack Spring	1956 - 1958 1962 - 1964
Myer Shelson	1963 - 1964
Peter Shour	1964 - 1966
Bernard Weinstein	1964 - 1966
Harold Cohen	1966 - 1968
Murray Lieberman	1966 - 1967
Morris Polansky	1967 - 1969
Alex Eisen	1968 - 1970
Harry Berns	1969 - 1971
Boruch Noy	1970 - 1972
Mayer Teplinsky	1971 - 1972
Maurice Cohen	1972 - 1974
Noman Hoenfeldt	1972 - 1974
Lawford M. Harris	1974 - 1976
David Solomon	1974 - 1976
Jack Pollock	1976 - 1978
Alfred Pilch	1978 - 1980
Irving Bornstein	1976 - 1978 1980 - 1982
Stanley Goldfarb	1982 - 1984
David Saul	1984 - 1987
Norman Silver	1987 - 1989
Shirley Zuckerbrot	1989 - 1991
Glenn Bowman	1991 - 1993
Leonard Golberg	1993 - 1995
Alfred D. Lightstone	1995 - 1997
Reva Karstadt	1997 - 1998
Daryl Beber	1998 - 1999
Howard Zweig	1999 - 2001
Hartley Cohen	2001 - 2003
Jay Harris	2003 - 2005
Gary Goldfarb	2005 - 2007
Alex Roth	2007 - 2009
Barry Sonshine	2009 - 2011
Ettie Schimmer	2011 - 2013
David Bienstock	2013 - 2015
Barry Levine	2015 - 2017