Committees
Responsibility for ARJE’s continuing operations is shared by a close partnership between the organization’s staff and a dedicated corps of volunteer leadership. On the volunteer side, the “Operations” is overseen by two Operations Coordinators and two Membership Involvement Coordinators. They coordinate the activities of five teams, each of which is made up of various committees tasked with managing particular aspects of the organization’s work: Advocacy, Communications, Finance, Membership, and Professional Learning.
Operations Teams
Advocacy Team
Laura Siegel Perpinyal, RJE, Team Leader
Rabbi Rena Rifkin, Team Leader
Committees
Accreditation
Marlene Myerson, RJE, Chair
Vatikei ARJE President
Judy Aronson, RJE
Communications Team
Mandy Herlich, RJE, Team Leader
Committees
ARJEachshav (E-Newsletter)
Vanessa Ehrlich, RJE, Editor
Rabbi Phyllis Sommer, RJE, Editor
David Perolman, Moderator
Rabbi Elisa Koppel, RJE, Moderator
Website
Rabbi Jessica Wainer, Webmaster
Finance Team
Miles Roger, RJE, Team Leader
Rabbi Joe Eiduson, RJE, Team Leader
Committees
Development
Stefani Carlson and
Emily Cohen, RJE, Co-Chairs
Financial Controls
Lisa Frankel, RJE, Chair
Investments
Emily Cohen, RJE, Chair
Member Relations Team
Heather Erez, RJE, Team Leader
Stephanie Schwartz, RJE, Team Leader
Committees
Lifecycle Handwritten Cards
Barry Shainker, RJE
HineiNEW and Membership Applications
Molly Levy, Chair
Community Cohorts Advisor
Rabbi Anne Persin
Professional Learning Team
Bradley Cohen, RJE, Team Leader
Rabbi Lisa Levenberg, Team Leader
Committees
Annual Gathering22
Rachel Petroff Kessler & Molly Levy, Co-Chairs
Book Groups
Vanessa Ehrlich, RJE
Webinars
Melissa Pescatore
Pre-Biennial Symposium
Stacy Rosenthal, RJE, and Rabbi Rena Rifkin, Co-Chairs
Torah Lishma Cohort Learning
Rachel Petroff Kessler and Iris Koller, Co-Chairs
New Directors’ Institute
Laura Naide, RJE