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Executive Management


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Rob Goldberg

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Chief Executive Officer
716-463-5059
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Miriam Abramovich

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Chief Operating Officer
716-463-5060
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Deborah Pivarsi

(she/her/hers)

Chief Financial Officer
716-463-5055
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Jill Komm

(she/her/hers)

Chief Creative Officer
716-463-5066
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Senior Directors


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Stacey Block

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Senior Director of Operations & Donor Experience
716-463-5053
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Mara Koven-Gelman

(she/her/hers)

Senior Director of Community Relations
716-463-5058
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Mike Steklof, Ed.D.

(he/him/his)

Senior Director of LiNK Jewish Buffalo
716-463-5061
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OUR TEAM


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Rachel Beerman

(she/her/hers)

JCRC Manager
716-463-5071
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Lauren Bloomberg

(she/her/hers)

Director of Holocaust Education Resource Organization
716-463-5072
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Erin Casper

(she/her/hers)

Manager of Governance & Development
(716) 463-5054
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Susan DeMari

(she/her/hers)

Director of Community Security
716-463-5056
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Zahava Fried

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Manager of Young Family Engagement
716-463-5069
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Robin Kurss

(she/her/hers)

Director of Jewish Experience
716-463-5064
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Joan Kwiatkowski

(she/her/hers)

Operations Assistant
716-463-5063
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Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein

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JCRC Rabbinic Advisor
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Regina Misercola

(she/her/hers)

Manager of Jewish Experience
(716) 463-5070
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Randi Morkisz

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Major Gifts Officer
716-463-5051
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Rabbi Sara Rich

(she/her/hers)

Senior Jewish Educator
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Susan Schwartz

(she/her/hers)

LiNK Jewish Educator
716-463-5062
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Marcy Sikorski

(she/her/hers)

Finance Assistant & Donor Specialist
716-463-5057
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Mandy Weiss

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Assistant Director of Operations
716-463-5065
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Jessica Wittman

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Assistant Director of Creative
716-463-5067
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