Board of Directors 2026-2027

(March 2026-End of February 2027)

 

Officers and Executive Committee

Acting President: Deborah Minkoff

Vice Presidents: Dan Weiss (first), Jeremy Tunis (second), Lainie Minkoff (third)

General Secretary: Beth Schreiber 

Recording Secretary: TBA

Treasurer: Douglas Berry

Assistant Treasurer: Livia Asher

At-Large: Joel Minkoff, Diane Seder

Immediate Past President: Fred Gants

 

Board Members (Non-Executive Committee): Mark Aaronson, Debbie Blitz, Rita German, Marci Gittleman, Shira Goldman, Yolanda Gorman, Jacob Harris, Stormy-Kito Justice, Marta Karlov, Barry Klemons, Amy Krauthamer-Maloney, Don Miner, Sarah Minkoff, Judy Pierotti, Michelle Poliak-Tunis, Linda Reivitz, Beth Schreiber, Robyn Sperling, Gerald Sternberg, Ziva Wear.

 

Honorary: Hannah Rosenthal

 

Executive Director Emeritus: Steven H. Morrison

 

​Ex-Officio: Rabbi Betsy Forester (Beth Israel Center), Rabbi Yona Matusof (Chabad of Madison), Rabbi Jon Prosnit (Temple Beth El), Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman (Congregation Shaarei Shamayim)

 

Past Presidents: Kathy Blumenfeld, William Haus, Sasha Kerlow, Mark Laufman, Deborah Minkoff, Joel Minkoff, Thomas Palay, Lester Pines, Alicia Schiff, Diane Seder, Marc Shovers, Joe Shumow, James Stein, James Youngerman

 

Committee and Panel Chairs

Administration and Personnel Panel: TBA

Budget and Finance Committee: Douglas Berry

Camp Shalom Committee:  Mark Aaronson

Communications Committee:  Yolanda Gorman and Sarah Minkoff

Community Grants Committee: Deborah Minkoff

Community Relations Committee: Marc Shovers and Jeremy Tunis

Fundraising and Development (FRD)/Annual Campaign 2025: Deborah Minkoff & Dan Weiss

Gan HaYeled Committee: Anna Edelstein

Goodman Campus Committee: Joel Minkoff

Governance Committee: TBA

Grants and Evaluation Committee: Robyn Sperling

Leadership and Board Development: TBA

Local Agencies and Services Panel: Linda Reivitz

Midrasha Committee: Dana Prager and Lynn Renner

Nominating and Leadership & Board Development Committee: Douglas Berry

Overseas and National Panel: Deborah Minkoff

Programming:

  • PJ Library/Adult Hikers: TBA
  • Shaliach/Israeli Programming: Bar Levy

Security: TBA

Strategic Planning Oversight Committee: Laine Minkoff

Yom HaShoah Committee: Livia Asher and Paul Grossberg

  • Board of Directors

    We are so thankful for all that we are able to accomplish together with your commitment and leadership for our community and its future. (Pictured: 2019/2020 Jewish Federation of Madison Board of Directors elected at our 79th Annual Meeting).