Jewish Long Beach Staff & Board of Directors
Alpert Jewish Community Center
On the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Long Beach Campus
One Sommer Way • 3801 East Willow Street | Long Beach, CA 90815
(562) 426-7601 • info@jewishlongbeach.org
Board of Directors
Officers
| President | Richard R. Marcus, Ph.D. |
| President Elect | Lynne Kass |
| Immediate Past President | Edie Brodsky |
| VP Children, Youth, Family | Pam Keiles |
| VP Governance | Kathryn McDermott |
| VP Finance & Facilities/Treasurer | Shmueli Lovitch |
| VP Fund & Community Development | Anna Salusky |
| Secretary | Ken Schlesinger |
At Large
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Karen Ben-Shmuel
Linda Burney
Shelley Carl
Dr. Matt Davis
Daniela Villegas Erman
Gary Fields
Joyce Greenspan
Mulu Skinner-Harrison
Alan Kreida
Beth Lesen, Ph.D
Seth Linden
Michael Newman
Suzanne Perlitsh, Ph.D
Jeremy Scherwin
Vicki Scherwin, Ph.D
Norma Stein
Beth Sterling
Linda Waltzman
Ava Weiss
Past Presidents
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Sam Leddel* (1948-54)
Dr. Sidney Penn* (1954-57)
Sam Raska* (1957-60)
Dr. Elbert Kronick* (1960-62)
Emanuel Gyler* (1962-64)
Norman Gottlieb* (1964-66)
Dr. Paul Hillinger* (1966-68)
Stanley V. Goldin* (1968-70)
David Kashinsky* (1970-72)
Roselle Sommer* (1972-74)
Dr. Jules Robbins* (1974-76)
Adrienne Stein* (1976-78)
Bonnie Krasner* (1978-80)
Shimon Kaufman* (1980-1982)
Don Saltman* (1982-84)
Jessie Butler (1985-86)
Bette Weinberg* (1987-88)
Toby Rothschild (1989-90)
Rita Zamost (1991-92)
Yolanda Eisenstein (1993-94)
Dr. David Tillman (1995-97)
Rosecarrie Brooks (1997-99)
Karen Strelitz (1999-2001)
Dr. Marc Tamaroff (2001-03)
Laurie Raykoff (2004-05)
Gordon Lentzner (2006-07)
Edie Brodsky (2007-09)
Lynne Kass (2009-11)
Stephen Gordon (2011-14)
Michael Rosen (2013-15)
Eli Ben-Shmuel (2015-18)
Dr. Matt Davis (2018-20)
Dr. Barry Zamost (2020-22)
*Of blessed memory
Staff
Executive Team
| Interim Chief Executive Officer | Mark Rothman mrothman@jewishlongbeach.org • x1009 |
| Chief Financial Adviser | Ray Brown rbrown@jewishlongbeach.org • x1317 |
| Chief Development Officer | Kevin Giser kgiser@jewishlongbeach.org • x1011 |
| Executive Director of Children, Youth & Family | Emily Gould egould@alpertjcc.org • x1093 |
| Chief Community Impact Officer | Amy Lakin alakin@jewishlongbeach.org • x1035 |
| Chief Programs Officer | Susan Paletz spaletz@alpertjcc.org • x1012 |
Senior Staff
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| Director of Fitness & Wellness | Elsie Bennett ebennett@alpertjcc.org • x1056 |
| Maintenance Director | Pedro Cebrero pcebrero@alpertjcc.org • x1074 |
| Director of Operations | Natalie Chernik nchernik@alpertjcc.org • x1007 |
| Operations Administrator | Cecelia Danziger cdanziger@alpertjcc.org • x1414 |
| Human Resources Manager | Sandra Oliva soliva@alpertjcc.org • x1019 |
| Development Administrator | Yolanda Placencio yplacencio@jewishlongbeach.org • x1314 |
| Marketing Manager | Rachel Roberts rroberts@alpertjcc.org • x1613 |
| Aquatics Manager | Bryce Sammons bryce@swimoc.com • x1020 |
| Director of Jewish, Life & Culture | Dana Schneider-Chanzit dschneider@alpertjcc.org • x1067 |
| Membership Manager | Michelle Sears msears@alpertjcc.org • x1320 |