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
Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer, RJE
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
Rabbi Jody Cook, Chair
Investments
Emily Cohen, RJE, Chair
Member Relations Team
Heather Erez, RJE, Team Leader
Stephanie Schwartz, RJE, Team Leader
Committees
Member Recruitment
Barry Shainker, RJE, & Lindsey Dewey, Co-Chairs
Member Initiation
Stephanie Schwartz, RJE
and Molly Levy, Co-Chairs
General Membership Lifecycle Acknowledgment
Eileen Hamilton
Professional Learning Team
Bradley Cohen, RJE, Team Leader
Rabbi Lisa Levenberg, Team Leader
Committees
Annual Gathering21
Rabbi Stacy Rigler, RJE, & Rachel Opatowsky, RJE, Co-Chairs
Book Groups
Rabbi Nicki Greninger
Webinars
Melissa Pescatore
Pre-Biennial Symposium
Stacy Rosenthal, RJE, and Rabbi Rena Rifkin, Co-Chairs
Torah Lishma Cohort Learning
Rachel Petroff Kessler and Rabbi Ariel Boxman, Co-Chairs
New Directors’ Institute
Laura Naide, RJE