JWI Committees

Advocacy Committee

Laurie Moskowitz, Chair
Political Consultant and Founder, Field Works
Washington, DC
 
Ellen Buchman
Vice President of Field Operations, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Washington, DC
 
Karen Olick
Political Communications Expert, Squier Knapp Dunn Communications
Washington, DC

Lilah Pomerance 
Executive Branch Liaison, Service Employees International Union
Washington, DC

Robin Pressman
Principal and Political Consultant, Robin Pressman Consulting,
Washington, DC

Liz Schrayer
President, Schrayer and Associates, Inc.
Washington, DC

Susie Turnbull
Chair, JWI Board of Trustees
Bethesda, MD

Chapter Services

Rochelle Schwartz, Chair
Chapter 1763, T’kiah
Philadelphia, PA

Ruth Berman
Wynnewood, PA

Barbara Hantman
Chapter 0221, Constitution
Waltham, MA

Judy Katzen
Chapter 1525, Gila
Richmond, VA

Shirley Moritz
Chapter 1730
JWI of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Shani Schwartz
Chapter 1736
JWI of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, OH

Emily Weinger
Chapter 1130, Tamar Marin
San Rafael, CA

Council of Jewish Domestic Violence Coalitions

Diane Radin, Co-Chair
Austin Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Austin, TX

Deena R. Silver, Co-Chair
JAEDA (Jewish Alliance to End Domestic Abuse)
Oldsmar, FL

Marilyn Asimow
Jewish Domestic Abuse Task Force of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Ellen Baron
Anne Arundel County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
Crofton, MD

Michele Chandler
Jewish Family Service of Austin
Austin, TX

Maureen G. Coleman
Houston Jewish Network Against Domestic Violence, Shalom Bayit
Houston, TX

Marcey DiCaro
LEAH (Let's End Abusive Households), Jewish Family & Children's Service of Southern Arizona, Inc.
Tucson, AZ

Linda Kean
Family Life Education/Mack Parents Center, Jewish Family Service of Greater Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Marty E. Klashman
Shalom Bayit
Sugar Land, TX

Hirsh J. Larkey
Jewish Family Services of Milwaukee, Jewish Coalition on Interpersonal Violence, Milwaukee, WI

Randee H. Lefkow
Jewish Family Service of Broward County KOLOT Coalition
Cooper City, FL

Melanie W. Levitan
Rachel Coalition
Morristown, NJ

Toby Myers
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence – Houston, Shalom Bayit
Houston, TX

Miki Paul
Psychologist, LEAH (Let's End Abusive Households)
Tucson, AZ

Amy Rubin
JCARES (Jewish Community Abuse, Resources, Education, Solutions)
Chicago, IL

Millie Sernovitz
JWI of Greater Naples
Bonita Springs, FL

Jan Singer
Jewish Coalition on Interpersonal Violence
Milwaukee, WI

Rochelle Sufrin
Jewish Domestic Abuse Task Force of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Janice Weintraub
Jewish Family Service of Broward County, KOLOT Coalition
Coral Springs, FL

Ellen Woll
JAEDA (Jewish Alliance to End Domestic Abuse)
Oldsmar, FL

Ellen Yashinsky-Chute
Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit, Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse
Detroit, MI

Financial Literacy

Sharyn Bilenker
Vice President for Strategy and Business Development, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Jersey City, NJ.

Alyson Meister
Owings Mills, MD

Debra Neiman
Principal, Neiman & Associates Financial Services LLC
Watertown, MA

Jewish Woman Magazine Committee

Meredith Jacobs, Chair
Modern Jewish Mom
Rockville, MD

Rabbi Leila Gal Berner
Lecturer, George Washington University and American University; Co-rabbi of Congregation Bet Mishpachah
Kensington, MD

Erica Brown
Director of Adult Education, The Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning
Rockville, MD

Jayne Cohen
Author and Food Writer
New York, NY

Ronnie Fein
Author and Food Writer
Stamford, CT

Leesa Fields
JWI life member
Rockville, MD

Sharna Goldseker
Vice President, Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
New York, NY

Lee Hendler
Teacher and Author; President, Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds
Owings Mills, MD

Diana Huffman
Lecturer, Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park
Bethesda, MD

Sharon Mazel
Author
Silver Spring, MD

National Library Initiative Advisory Council

Gail Ross, Chair
President, Gail Ross Literary Agency
Washington, DC

Chandler Arnold
Senior Vice President, First Book
Washington, DC

A’Lelia Bundles
Author & journalist
Washington, DC

Chip Gibson
President, Random House Children’s Books
New York, NY

Michelle Gilbert
Public Relations Manager, Michigan/Indiana/Kentucky Region, Verizon Wireless
Detroit, MI

Jane Isay
Author & former publisher
New York, NY

Shayna Jackson
Executive Director, WomenSafe domestic violence shelter
Chardon, OH

Perri Klass
Medical Director of Reach Out and Read; Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics,

Eve Panzer
Children’s librarian
Austin, TX

Rachel Simmons
Founder, Girls Leadership Institute
Brooklyn, NY

Cindy Spiegel
Senior Vice President and Publisher, Spiegel & Grau
New York, NY

Addie Swartz
Founder and CEO, B*Tween Productions; Creator, Beacon Street Girls Books
Boston, MA

Roberta Whalen
O. Positive Inc.
Silver Spring, MD

Lorraine Zitlin
JWI Zahava Chapter
Los Angeles, CA

National Training Institute and National Alliance to End Domestic Abuse

Millie Sernovitz, Chair
JWI Past International President
Bonita Springs, Florida

Dr. Nancy Aiken
Director of CHANA: Counseling, Helpline and Aid Network for Abused Women
Baltimore, Maryland

Mary Jo Barrett
Director and Co-founder of the Center for Contextual Change
Chicago, Illinois

Hedda Matza-Houghton
President, For the Health of It Consultation Services and Creator of Words Not Spoken
New York, New York

Lynne Lichtman
Program Coordinator, Shalom Bayit, JCS of South Florida
Miami, FL

Toby Myers
Vice-Chair, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
Houston, Texas 

Debby Tucker
Executive Director, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
Austin, TX

Joan Zorza
Founding Editor, Domestic Violence Report and Sexual Assault Report
Washington, DC

Youth Committee

Amy Nisenson, Chair
Executive Director, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
Richmond, VA

Meredith Jacobs
Modern Jewish Mom
Rockville, MD

Cantor Deborah Jacobson
Temple Ahavat Shalom
Palm Harbor, FL

Dr. Hirsh Larkey
Vice President of Psychological Services, Jewish Family Service
Milwaukee, WI

Deena Silver
JWI Board of Trustees
Oldsmar, Florida

 
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