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