2024-2025 Board of Directors
OFFICERS
President: Allison Kates, Wayland
Vice President: Jay Gainsboro, Framingham
Vice President: Ian Rubin, Wayland
Vice President: Barbara Schultz, Sharon
Treasurer: Meyer Levy, Framingham
Secretary: Ashley DePaolo, Ashland
DIRECTORS
Michelle Bearak, Wellesley
Jodi Bring, Natick
Ann Budner, Acton
Rabbi Danny Burkeman, Natick
Cheryl Carner, Natick
Chase Carpenter, Cambridge
Fernando Castro, Ashland
Douglas Dolgov, Bradenton, FL
Tom Dretler, Wayland
Stephanie Elkind, Newton
Shirley Nigri Farber, Stoughton
Ari Freisinger, San Francisco, CA
Deborah Gotbetter, Hampton, NH
Jake Grossman, Dover
Jacki Hart, Dover
Sophie Hearne, West Roxbury
John Herrera, Westport, CT
Dena Kowaloff, Framingham
Anita Lavakumar, Framingham
Elana Margolis, Sharon
David Podell, Natick
Denise Rosenblum, Natick
Neil Ross, Wayland
Cesar Stewart-Morales, Framingham
Philip Strauss, Southborough
Andrew Troop, Sudbury
Antonio Massa Viana, Sudbury
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Josef Volman, Boston
YOUTH DIRECTORS
Ben Gelber, Newton
Ben Myers, Weston
ACTIVE PAST PRESIDENTS
Aron Ain, West Newton
Robert Band, Holden
Alan Bernstein, Waltham
Judith Bernstein, Waltham
Carol Chudnofsky, Chestnut Hill
Kathy Anbinder Covarrubias, Framingham
James Gordon, Framingham
Louis Kates, Framingham
David Milowe, Newton
Judi Raphael, Hopkinton
Marcia Rosenberg, Needham and Sarasota, FL
Lester Schindel, Framingham
Reva Tankle, Gilford, NH
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