Leadership
Administration
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D. | President and CEO |
Rabbi Amber Powers | Executive Vice President |
Ashley Husley | Interim Vice President for Development |
Justin Rosen Smolen | Vice President for Thriving Communities and Partnerships |
Rabbi Mira Wasserman, Ph.D. | Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of the Center for Jewish Ethics |
Cyd Weissman | Vice President for Engagement and Innovation |
Board of Governors
Officers
Seth Rosen | Chair | Larchmont, N.Y. |
Edwin Baum | Vice Chair | New York City |
Beth Nash | Vice Chair | Scarsdale, N.Y. |
Carmen Corrales | Secretary | Maplewood, N.J. |
Mark Pinsky | Treasurer | Philadelphia |
David Roberts | Chair Emeritus | St. Louis |
Don Shapiro | Chair Emeritus | Naples, Fla. |
Ex Officio
Fred Andes | Chicago | Lay Chair, Joint Israel Commission |
Edwin Baum | New York City | Chair of the Plenum |
Micah Fenner | Amsterdam | Representative, Jewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation |
Rabbi Renee Bauer | Madison, Wisc. | President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association |
Chayim Herzig-Marx | Newton, Mass. | Lay Chair, Joint Placement Commission |
Shahanna McKinney-Baldon | Madison, Wisc. | Lay Chair, Jews of Color and Allies Advisory Group |
Marc Overbeck | Salem, Ore. | Plenum Steering Committee Representative |
Jodi Rosenfeld | Philadelphia | Student Representative |
Rabbi Isaac Saposnik | Philadelphia | Executive Director, Havaya Summer Programs |
Tamar Kamionkowski, Ph.D. | Penn Valley, Pa. | Faculty Representative |
Rabbi Barbara Penzner | Boston, Ma. | Executive Director, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association |
Members of the Board of Governors
Susan Beckerman | New York City |
Rabbi Fredi Cooper | Wyndmoor, Pa. |
Rabbi Isabel de Koninck | Philadelphia |
Barbara Dolgin | New York City |
William Halpern | Darnestown, Md. |
Daniel Kaufman | West Palm Beach, Fla. and Fredonia, N.Y. |
Rabbi David Kominsky | Plattsburgh, N.Y. |
Susan Levine | Sonoma, Calif. |
Jonathan Markowitz | Evanston, Ill. |
Carol Baer Mott | Potomac, Md. |
Mark Nussbaum | La Jolla, Calif. |
David Piver | Newtown Square. Pa. |
John Riehl | Laurel, Md. |
Eric Rosenbaum | New York City |
Arkady Serebryannik | Irvine, Calif. |
David Sigman | New York City |
Judith Spatz | Davie, Fla. |
Marsha Timmerman | Emmaus, Pa. |
Rabbi Avi Winokur | Haddonfield, N.J. |
Rabbi Lina Zerbarini | Huntington Station, N.Y. |
Honorary Governors
William H. Fern, Ph.D. | Westport, Conn. |
Daniel Levin | Chicago |
Miriam Roland | Montreal |
Don Shapiro | Naples, Fla. |
Aaron Ziegelman | New York City |
Past Presidents
Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, ‘89 | President, 2002-2013 |
Rabbi David A. Teutsch, Ph.D. | President, 1993-2002 |
Rabbi Arthur Green, Ph.D. | President, 1987-1993 |
Rabbi Ira Silverman, z”l | President, 1981-1986 |
Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, Ph.D., z”l | College Founder and President, 1968-1981 |