Leadership
Administration
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D. | President and CEO |
Rabbi Amber Powers | Executive Vice President |
Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi, Ph.D. | Vice President for Academic Affairs |
Cyd Weissman | Vice President for Engagement and Innovation |
Tresa Grauer, Ph.D. | Vice President for Thriving Communities |
Board of Governors
Officers
Seth Rosen | Chair | Larchmont, N.Y. |
Susan Beckerman | Vice Chair | New York City |
Susan Levine | Vice Chair | Sonoma, Calif. |
Carmen Corrales | Secretary | Maplewood, N.J. |
Mark Pinsky | Treasurer | Philadelphia, Pa. |
David Roberts | Chair Emeritus | St. Louis |
Don Shapiro | Chair Emeritus | Naples, Fla. |
Ex Officio
Fred Andes | Chicago, Ill. | Lay Chair, Joint Israel Commission |
Edwin Baum | New York City | Chair of the Plenum |
Micah Fenner | San Francisco, Calif. | Representative, Jewish Reconstructing Camping Corporation |
Tresa Grauer, Ph.D. | Wyncote, Pa. | Vice President for Thriving Communities |
Rabbi James Greene | Stafford Springs, Conn. | President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association |
Chayim Herzig-Marx | Newton, Mass. | Lay Chair, Rabbinic Placement Commission |
Rabbi Vivie Mayer | Elkins Park, Pa. | Faculty Representative |
Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi, Ph.D. | Philadelphia | Vice President for Academic Affairs |
Shahanna McKinney-Baldon | Madison, Wisc. | Lay Chair, Tikkun Olam Commission |
Josh Nelson | Philadelphia | Student Representative |
Marc Overbeck | Salem, Ore. | Plenum Steering Committee Representative |
Rabbi Amber Powers | Abington, Pa. | Executive Vice President |
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein | Lay Chair, Jews of Color and Allies Advisory Group | |
Rabbi Isaac Saposnik | Philadelphia | Executive Director, Havaya Summer Programs |
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman | Abington, Pa. | Executive Director, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association |
Cyd Weissman | Wyncote, Pa. | Vice President for Engagement and Innovation |
Members of the Board of Governors
Rabbi Fredi Cooper | Wyndmoor, Pa. |
Barbara Dolgin | New York City |
Richard Farber | Pacific Palisades, Calif. |
William Halpern | Darnestown, Md. |
Daniel Kaufman | West Palm Beach, Fla. and Fredonia, N.Y. |
Karen Kolodny | New York City |
Rabbi David Kominsky | Plattsburgh, N.Y. |
Rabbi Jessica Lott | Chicago |
Michael Lurey | Pacific Palisades, Calif. |
Jonathan Markowitz | Evanston, Ill. |
Carol Baer Mott | Potomac, Md. |
Beth Nash | Scarsdale, N.Y. |
Mark Nussbaum | La Jolla, Calif. |
David Piver | Newtown Square. Pa. |
John Riehl | Laurel, Md. |
Miriam Roland | Montreal |
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 | Lynbrook, N.Y. |
Honorary Governors
William H. Fern, Ph.D. | Westport, Conn. |
Daniel Levin | Chicago |
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 |