Our dedicated team is focused on serving our Greater MetroWest NJ community. They bring a wealth of experience, expertise, and energy to addressing the complex issues we face. These leaders remain steadfast in their commitment to building a bright future for Jewish people near and far.
Executive Committee
Michele Landau
President
Meredith Dragon
Executive Vice President
Michael Goldberg
Immediate Past President
Stacey Davis
Chair, Global Connections
Dorie Eisenstein
President, Women’s Philanthropy
Stacie Friedman
Chair, Board Governance
Jason Hoberman
Chair, Unified Allocations Council
Marsha G. Hoch
Secretary and Chair, Community Engagement
Ben Hoffer
Chair, Jewish Community Relations Council
Barry Moss
Treasurer
Maxine B. Murnick
President, Jewish Community Foundation
Maxine Schwartz
Chair, Budget & Finance
Brett Tanzman
Chair, UJA Annual Campaign
Mark Wilf
Vice President
Board of Trustees
Michael Belfer
Mindy Kahn
Paula Saginaw
Steven Berns
Lori Klinghoffer
Jessica Silverstein
Andrea G. Bier
Robert Kuchner
Ira Steinberg
Jeffrey Braemer
Peter A. Langerman
Robbie Weissenberg
Shari Brandt
Robyn Laveman
Arielle Welt
Jody Hurwitz Caplan
Jonathan Liss
Gayle Wieseneck
Michael Cohen
Merle Lomrantz
Jane Wilf
Barbara Drench
Jay Murnick
Alexandra Feinstein
Brian Ness
Terri Friedman
Becky Novin-Cannon
Jon Gantman
Jed Nussbaum
Rebecca Gold
Sheryl Pearlstein
Abbi Halpern
David Rak
Deborah Jacob
Larry Rein
Allan Janoff
Larry Rothenberg
Senior Management Team
Past Presidents
Abraham J. Dimond z"l
Conference of Jewish Charities
1922-1929
Oscar L. Weingarten z"l
Conference of Jewish Charities
1929-1931
Samuel F. Leber z"l
Conference of Jewish Charities
1931-1936
Michael A. Stavitsky z"l
Essex County Council of Jewish Agencies
1936-1938
Julius H. Cohn z"l
Essex County Council of Jewish Agencies
1939-1941
Samuel I. Kessler z"l
Essex County Council of Jewish Agencies
1941-1944
Daniel Shiman z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1944-1946
Herbert R. Abeles z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1947-1949
Alan V. Lowenstein z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1950-1952
Louis Stern z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1953-1955
Ralph Wechsler z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1956-1957
Leo Yanoff z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1958-1960
Martin Jelin z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1961-1963
Charles Stern z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1964-1966
Sidney M. Weinstein z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1967-1969
Sidney E. Leiwant z"l
Jewish Community Council of Essex
1970-1971
Martin S. Fox z"l
Jewish Community Federation of Metropolitan NJ
1971-1974
Fred Sichel z"l
Jewish Federation of of Central NJ
1973-1974
Seymour Epstein z"l
United Jewish Federation of Morris/Sussex
1973-1975
Joseph Wilf z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1974-1976
Arthur Brody z"l
Jewish Community Federation of Metropolitan NJ
1974-1977
Sanford Hollander
United Jewish Federation of Morris/Sussex
1975-1977
Milton Perlmutter z"l
Jewish Community Federation of Metropolitan NJ
1978
Alan Goldstein z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1976-1979
Ralph Stern
United Jewish Federation of Morris/Sussex
1977-1978
Horace Bier z"l
Jewish Community Federation of Metropolitan NJ
1978-1981
Daniel Drench z"l
United Jewish Federation of Morris/Sussex
1978-1980
Sylvia Brailove z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1979-1981
Dr. Irwin Roseman
United Jewish Federation of Morris/Sussex
1980-1983
Judy May
United Jewish Federation of Morris/Sussex
1983
Emanuel Pachman z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1981-1983
Clarence Reisen z"l
Jewish Community Federation of Metropolitan NJ
1981-1983
Clarence Reisen z"l
United Jewish Federation of MetroWest
1983-1984
Gerald Flanzbaum
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1983-1985
James A. Schwarz
United Jewish Federation of MetroWest
1984-1987
Richard Goldberger z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1985-1987
Sam Oolie z"l
United Jewish Federation of MetroWest
1987-1990
James J. Shrager
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1987-1989
Leonard Posnock z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1989-1990
Murray Pantirer z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1990-1992
Jerome N. Waldor z"l
United Jewish Federation of MetroWest
1990-1993
Richard Samuel z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1992-1994
Stanley P. Strauss
United Jewish Federation of MetroWest
1993-1996
Gerald Cantor z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1994-1996
Marilyn Flanzbaum
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1996-1998
Murray J. Laulicht
United Jewish Federation of MetroWest
1996-1999
Zygmunt Wilf
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
1998-2000
Steven H. Klinghoffer
United Jewish Federation of MetroWest
1999-2002
Alfred Gelfond z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
2000-2002
Ellen Goldner
United Jewish Federation of MetroWest
2002-2005
Mark Wilf
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
2002-2004
Eleanor Rubin z"l
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
2004-2006
Kenneth R. Heyman
United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ
2005-2008
Robert Kuchner
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
2006-2008
Gerald Cantor
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
2008-2010
Gary O. Aidekman
United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ
2008-2011
Julie Lipsett-Singer
Jewish Federation of Central NJ
2010-2012
Lori Klinghoffer
United Jewish Communities of MetroWest NJ
2011-2014
Leslie Dannin Rosenthal
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
2014-2017
Scott R. Krieger
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
2017-2020
David Saginaw
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
2020-2023
Michael W. Goldberg
Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ
2023-2026
z”l (Of Blessed Memory)