2026 Board of Directors and Staff

Board of Directors

President: Bob Hirshon, Esq.
Vice President & Development Committee Chair: Nikki Jacobson
Secretary: Janet Raffel
Treasurer: David Small
Investment Advisor: Andy Brenner
Rabbi & Founding Executive Director: Rabbi Gary Berenson
Governance Committee Chair: Janis Cohen, Esq.
Exhibition & Program Committee Chair: Jessica Lantos

Dr. Nathan Aranson
Susan Dench
Jacob Gilman
Riva Krut, PhD
George J. Marcus
Marcel Polak
David A. Soley
Amy Tinkle
Nancy Ziegler, Esq.

Advisory Board

Jo Dondis
Maria Glaser
Judy Glickman Lauder
Rabbi Darah Lerner
Jody Sataloff, Esq. (Founding President)
Gillian Schair
Justin Schair
Amy E. Waterman

Staff

Executive Director: Dawn LaRochelle
Art Curator: Alison Gibbs
Curator of Photography: Nanci Kahn
Program Coordinator: Rebecca Moudachirou
Museum Administrator: Ryx Tenzer
Digital Content Coordinator: Ella Vilozny
Historian in Residence: Rabbi Dr. David Freidenreich
Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Dr. David Sandmel