Lay Leadership

The Board of Directors is responsible for the general management and supervision of the affairs of the congregation at Temple Rodef Shalom. The Board is comprised of officers, trustees, two at-large members elected by the congregation, the past-presidents for the previous five years, the presidents or designated representative of the Men of TRS and Women of TRS, and chairpersons of standing committees appointed by the congregation’s president.

Officers
The congregation elects the officers at the Spring membership meeting every second year. Officers serve a two-year term. The elected officers include the president, president-elect, vice presidents for administration, education, membership, and programming, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary, and assistant secretary. Officers, except for the president-elect, serve for two-year terms. The officers for the period July 2011–June 2012 are listed. To contact a member of the board, please search the online TRS member database, the corresponding committee page for an email address, or for the Executive Board email addresses, click the name in the chart below.

President	Barry Holt
President Elect	Andy Joskow
Past Presidents	Robin Strongin, Hannah Moore & David Lawrence
Vice President, Programs	Mindy Facenda
Vice President, Membership	Phyllis Villani
Vice President, Education	Ellice Halpern
Vice President, Administration	Andy Joskow
Treasurer	James Mendelsohn
Assistant Treasurer	Marla Schnall
Secretary	Marla Rosen
Assistant Secretary	Lynn Starr

 

 

 

 

 

Trustees
Trustees of the Temple are elected for three-year terms. Trustees are responsible for the books, papers, securities, buildings, land and other property of the congregation. The trustees also review the constitution and by-laws every three years and recommend changes to the Board and to the congregation. The trustees and their terms are as follows:

Trustees

Peter Elinsky, Lynn Fletcher & Judy Seiff

 

Committees
All standing committees are led by a chairperson or co-chairpersons appointed by the President. Each committee is responsible for a specific aspect of congregational life – administration, education, operations or programming. Congregants with specific concerns in the areas covered by a committee are encouraged to contact that committee chair/co-chair with questions or suggestions. Underlined committee titles link to the page on this website with information regarding the committee. The chairs/co-chairs of the standing committees are:

Administrative	Todd Mayman
Adult Education	Jim Talens
Archives/Library	Armand Weiss
Camp	Tina Rafalovich & Debbie Feinberg
Caring	Melissa Sporn & Stephanie Herman
Conversation Israel	Vacant
Cultural	Dennis Rabinovitz & Michael Rubin
Development	Marla Schnall & Hannah Moore
Fine Arts	Barbara Moss
Long Range Planning	Cory Amron
Membership	Jenn Rafael
Men of TRS	Mark Weiner
Nursery School	Miriam Baskies & Amy Kales
Outreach	George Gazarek
Religious Practices	Ken Marty
Religious School	Marcy Magid & Gayle Greene
Social Action	Karen Menichelli & Nikki Koch
TRSTY President	Gabrielle Cohn
Women of TRS	Nancy Bleeker & Florence Kittiver
Youth	Amy Beckman & Hope Slonim
At Large Directors	Mike Rankin, Donna Schwartz, Stephan Kline & Marion Jacknow