grow
Advance
Build

Leaders and
Financials

inspire
support

2025 Grants and Program Expenses

(Unaudited Cash Distributions)

$51M
HMO*: Grants for Capital Infrastructure, Equipment and Research
$10.6M
HMO*: Gandel Rehabilitation Center
$0.4M
HMO*: Round Building
$3.7M
Israel Crisis Fund
$1.3M
Youth Aliyah
$0.4M
Young Judaea
$27.9M
Hadassah Program Services
*Hadassah Medical Organization

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Hadassah Leadership

2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
NATIONAL OFFICERS
President
Carol Ann Schwartz
Treasurer
Viviane Kovacs
Vice Presidents
Liz Alpert
Fran Feldman
Michelle Hubertus
Dale Marcus
Dana Waxler
Deborah Wiskind
Secretary
Marcia Gabrilove Ladin
Past National Presidents
Bonnie Lipton
Marlene E. Post
Nancy Falchuk
Marcie Natan
Ellen Hershkin
Rhoda Smolow

All officers are members of the National Board and the Executive Committee.
NATIONAL BOARD MEMBERS
Miriam Aron
Nancy Bluth
Stephanie Z Bonder
Aileen Bormel
Sharon Cadoff
Michelle Conwisar
Leslie Deman
Tracey Drayer
Sara Efrat Efron
Peg Elefant
Francine Ephraim
Rachel Freedman
Clara Gillman
Sheila Glass
Susan Glicksberg
Michelle Goldberg
Jill B. Goldstone
Ruth Gursky
Gail Hammerman
Lynda Heyman
Roz Kantor
Shelley Kaplan
Sally Kleinman
Debbie Knight
Geri Lipschitz
Judith Mann
Melissa Nguyen
Cathy Olswing
Bobbi Prager
Tami Rudnick Rabin
Frieda Rosenberg
Carol Rosenthal
Greta Rothschilds
Michele Rubin
Jill Sapperstein
Rhonda Saunders
Roni Schwartz
Merna Shapiro
Rita Shapiro
Susan Musicant Shikora
Barbara Shurberg
Diane Sigel
Sharon Sisselsky
Amy B. Solomon
Cheryl Sperber
Diane Taub
Laurie Werner
REGION PRESIDENT BOARD MEMBERS
1st year
Diane Bisgaier
Karen Bloom
2nd year
Karen Kessler
Marcie Rosen
Paula Zucker
3rd year
Iris Altschuler
Ellen Burke
Leslie Felner
Jody Fredman
NATIONAL PORTFOLIO COUNCIL
Phyllis J. Abramson
Renee Albert
Lynn Altshuler
Haidi Appel
Amy Applebaum
Miriam Aron
Marion Aronheim
Sara Aronson
Dr. Ofelia Averack
Joyce Backman
Rachel Baum
Lois Berkson
Esther Yelen Berman
Laurie Bernstein
Gail Black
Donna Blankinship
Joyce Block
Linda Freedman Block
Nancy Bluth
Stephanie Z. Bonder
Bonnie Boring
Louise Borke
Aileen Bormel
Dr. Laura Brandspiegel
Aliza Bricklin
Pamela Brode
Dorothy Bucksbaum
Carol Charen
Gabby Clayman
Jaclyn B. Cohen
Randi Cohen Coblenz
Susan Cohen Grossman
Ruth G. Cole
Jody Comins
Michelle Conwisar
Lisa Davidson
Lynn Davidson
Leslie Deman
Stacey Dorenfeld
Tracey Drayer (Philanthropy Division Co-Coordinator)
Rochelle Edelman
Sara Efrat Eron
Sandy Einberg
Ann Eisenberg
Marsha Eisenberg
Peg Elefant
Luisa Ellenbogen
Dr. Michelle Elisburg
Francine Ephraim
Joan Chernoff Epstein
Judy Erdheim
Dr. Karen Ezrine
Nancy Falchuk
Carol Fein
Karen Feit
Frances Feldman
Sandye Fertman
Rena Feuerstein
Dana Fine
Barbara Fink
Adrian Fischer
Susan Fishman
Barbara Fleischer
Michele Foster
Rochelle Fox*
Rachel Freedman
Ruth Ann Freedman
Connie Cirillo Freeman
Debbie Friedman
Lynn Furness
Marcia Gabrilove Ladin
Leslie Gaffin
Mandy Garver
Clara Gillman
Sheila Glass
Lynn Gold-Benjamin
Michelle Goldberg (Executive Division Co-Coordinator)
Zandra Goldberg
Judy Goldman
Linda Goldstein
Jill B. Goldstone (Education & Advocacy Division Vice-Coordinator)
Leslie Gonzalez
Sharon Goretsky
Dianne Gottlieb
Darcy Grabenstein
Rae Gurewitsch
Ruth Gursky
Haren A. Haber
Linda Hakerem
Gail Hammerman
Janet Hand Deixler
Kathy Hershfield
Ellen Hershkin
Lynda Heyman
Michelle Hubertus
Diane Issenberg (Philanthropy Division Co-Coordinator)
Jane Jacobson
Dorrie Kahn
Geri Kahn
Marla Kameny
Roz Kantor
Laurie Kaplan
Marlene Kaplan
Shelley Kaplan
Rhonda Kaplan Katz
Carol Goodman Kaufman
Sherryl Kaufman
Dr. Stacey Keen
Sharon Kelson
Kathy Kerstein
Debbie Kessler
Sally Kleinman
Debbie Knight (Engagement Division Co-Coordinator)
Viviane Kovacs
Gloria Kramer
Rebecca Krasnegor
Michelle Krasner
Sharon Krischer
Joyce Laiter (Education & Advocacy Division Coordinator)
Dorothy Lasensky
Rickie Leiter
Patricia Levinson
Judith Levitsky
Judy Levy
Geri Lipschultz
Alan Lipschultz (National Associates President)
Dina Lipschultz
Bonnie Lipton
Malia Litman
Anne Lowe
Sheila Macks
Dr. Judith Mann
Paula Mann
Dale Marcus
Marlene Markowitz
Dr. Stacey Maslow
Ellen Masters
Debra Mazon
Gail Moskowitz
Peggy Moss
Susan Moye
Miffie Nagorsky
Luisa Narins (Engagement Division Co-Coordinator)
Melanie Nasberg
Heidi Natan
Marcie Natan
Soraya Nazarian
Jane Nyce
Cathy Olswing
Eileen Packer
Rochelle Parker
Carolyn Plessner
Sue Polansky
Hanna Pollack (Executive
Division Co-Coordinator)
Marlene Post
Bobbi Prager
Joyce Rabin
Tami Rabin
Ada Rabinowitz
Naomi Rabinowitz
Edria Ragosin
Lonye Rasch
Beatrice Roitman Johnson
Rachel Rosen
Frieda Rosenberg
Carol Rosenthal
Carol Rotenberg
Greta Rothchild
Michele Rubin
Sarah Ruden
Alecia Sachs
Tamar Sadeh
Iris Sandberg
Jill Sapperstein
Rhonda Saunders
Ilene Schneider
Dr. Rachel Schonberger (MarCom Division Co-Coordinator)
Kimi Schulman
Maureen Schulman
Kay Schuster
Roni Schwartz
Pennie Sessler Branden
JoAnne Shapiro
Merna Shapiro
Rita Shapiro
Briann Shear
Judy Shereck
Shelley Sherman
Susan Musicant Shikora
Robin Shuman
Barbara Shurberg
Renee Sidman
Sandy Sidorsky
Diane Sigel
Elaine Silver
Natalie Silverman
Belle Simon
Sharon Sisselsky
Ellen Sizemore
Sandra Smith
Susan Smolinsky
Rhoda Smolow
Dr. Sharon Sobel
Amy B. Solomon
(Organization Division Coordinator)
Barbara Spack
Cheryl Sperber
Kacy Spivack
Ellen Steinberg (Hadassah Foundation Chair)
Tema Sternberg
Jane Strom
Fern Tannenbaum
Diane Taub (Organization Division Vice-Coordinator)
Iris Tishkoff
Rosalyn Tuton
Karen Rosenson Ulm (MarCom Division Co-Coordinator)
Roselle Ungar
Nancy Wagner
Ruthanne Warnick
Judy Waxman
Michele Weiner-Merbaum
Andrea Weisberg
Sheryl Weitman
Jean Weitz
Laurie Werner
Marsha Werner
Nancy Wiadro
Toby Winter
REGION PRESIDENTS & COORDINATORS
Hadassah Boston
Stephanie Weitzman
Hadassah Brooklyn
TBD
Hadassah Central Pacific Coast
Karen Bloom
Hadassah Chicago-North Shore
Ellen Kroot
Hadassah Connecticut
Deborah Schatz Rosenfeld
Hadassah Desert-Mountain
Ellen Burke
Hadassah Florida Atlantic
Susan Wakshul
Hadassah Florida Broward
Cheryl Cotler
Hadassah Florida Central Coordinator
Lin Pomerantz
Hadassah Great Plains
Sharon Star
Hadassah Greater Baltimore
Nancy Braverman
Barbara Deitch
Hadassah Greater Detroit
Marcie Rosen
Hadassah Greater Miami
TBD
Hadassah Greater Philadelphia Coordinator
Randi Freeman
Hadassah Greater Southwest
Karen Kessler
Hadassah Greater Washington
Shelley Severe
Hadassah Lower New York State
Abby Siegel
Hadassah Nassau
Lynne Gordon
Hadassah New York
Louise Sherby
Hadassah Northern New England
Kimberly Mager
Hadassah Northern New Jersey
Leslie Felner
Hadassah Pacific Northwest Coordinator
Susan Glicksberg
Nancy Lichter
Hadassah Southeastern
Paula Zucker
Hadassah Southern
Jill Weinstein
Hadassah Southern California
TBD
Hadassah Southern New England
Jody Fredman
Hadassah Southern New Jersey
Iris Altschuler
Hadassah Southern Seaboard
Rebecca Young
Diane Bisgaier
Hadassah Suffolk
Vickie Moskowitz
Hadassah Westchester Coordinator
Barbara Panken
Beth Yelsey
Chris Adler
Renee Albert
Sandra Alfonsi
Liz Alpert
Sherry Altura
Haidi Appel
Gerry Sue Arnold
Miriam Aron
Sara Aronson
Wendy Backelman
Claire Baer*
Phyllis Berlas
Bettye Berlin†
Phyllis Berlow
Esther Yelen Berman
Rhoda Bernstein
Aileen Bormel
Pennie Sessler Branden
Freda Brode
Dorothy Bucksbaum
Sharon Cadoff
Judith R. Clements
Gail Cohen
Ruth Cole
Karen Dannin
Lisa Davidson
Sheila Derman
Roberta M. Ebert
Rochelle Edelman
Sandy Einberg
Marsha Eisenberg
Barbara Extein
Nancy Falchuk
Sherri Ades Falchuk
Carol Fein
Karen Feit
Frances Feldman
Rena Feuerstein
Barbara Fleischer
Linda Elfmon Fleishman
Elizabeth Fox
Arlene Freedman*
Debbie Friedman
Marcia Gabrilove Ladin
Leslie Gaffin
Dorothy Ganz
Clara Gillman
Norma Gindes
Lynn Gold-Benjamin
Michelle Goldberg
Sandra Goldstein
Jill B. Goldstone
Dianne Gottlieb
Rita Gottlieb†
Anna E. Greenberg
Doris Greenberg
Adele Greenblatt*
Janice Greenwald
Ruth Grossberg
Haren A. Haber
Linda Hakerem
Gail Hammerman
Ruth Hendelman
Jill Hershbein
Kathy Hershfield
Ellen Hershkin
Lynda Heyman
Marjorie G. Housen†
Ruth B Hurwitz
Diane Issenberg
Sharon Jacobson
Paula Jarnicki
Leah-Dee Kahn
Roz Kantor
Marlene Kaplan
Shelley Kaplan
Helene Karpa†
Carol Goodman Kaufman
Eddyse Kessler
Sandra King
Joyce C. Kitey
Josie Kivort
Bobbee Slotsky Kramer
Rebecca Krasnegor
Sharon Krischer
Sheila Lebowitz
Rickie Leiter
Barbara Levin
Patricia Levinson
Gail Lieb
Bobbie Limor
Bonnie Lipton
Seema Liston
Valerie Lowenstein
Karen Lustig
Ellyn Lyons
Sheila Macks
Dale Marcus
Susan Mark
Ellen K. Masters
Debra Mazon
Dovie Melnick
Linda Minkes
Deborah Minkoff
Linda Glesser Morris
Susan Moye
Miffie Nagorsky
Melanie Nasberg
Marcie Natan
Soraya Nazarian
Jane Nyce
Helaine Ohayon
Barbara Pailet
Judy Palkovitz
Stacie Podos
Hanna Pollack
Joy E. Pollock, Esq
Marlene Post
Joyce Rabin
Ada Sutker Rabinowitz
Sonia Raizes
Lonye Rasch
Leah Stern Reicin
Renee Resnik
Roz Rosen
Frieda Rosenberg
Carol Rosenthal
Benita Ross
Barbara Sabin
Alecia Sachs
Judy Saxe
Sharon Schneider
Dr. Rachel Schonberger
Maureen Schulman
Sima Schuster
Carol Ann Schwartz
Roni Schwartz
Elaine M. Senter
Betty Shapiro
Deborah Shendelman
Judy Shereck
Shelley Sherman
Nancy Shuman
Diane Sigel
Natalie Silverman
Belle Simon
Sharon Sisselsky
Rhoda Smolow
Annette Sondock
Barbara Spack
Kacy Spivack
Cecile Stern
Jane Strom
Judith Swartz
Fern Tannenbaum
Diane Taub
Roselle Ungar
Karen Venezky
Dana Waxler
Susan Weinberg
Helen Weisberg
Jean Weitz
Laurie Weitz
Laurie Werner
Nancy Wiadro
Elaine Winograd
Susan Yorke
Ruth Zimbler*
Susan Zimmerman
Jane Zolot
Theda Zuckerman


*Deceased, 2024
†Deceased, early 2025
EXECUTIVE TEAM
UNITED STATES
ELLEN FINKELSTEIN
CEO and Executive Director
efinkelstein@hadassah.org
RON ALONI
Chief Financial and Operating Officer
raloni@hadassah.org
STEVEN MARK
Chief Development Officer
sjmark@hadassah.org
BART R. MINSKY
Chief Human Resources Officer
bminsky@hadassah.org
SHERYL ZELIGSON
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
szeligson@hadassah.org
PHILANTHROPY LEADERSHIP
BRIANNA NADELBERG
Deputy Chief Development Officer
bnadelberg@hadassah.org
JULIE PARELES
National Director of Development
jpareles@hadassah.org
LISA SMITH
Chief Planned Giving & Estates Officer
lsmith@hadassah.org
INDIVIDUAL GIVING TEAM
LAUREN BERGER
Director of Development, Philanthropy Initiatives lberger@hadassah.org
JENNIFER COHEN
Director of DevelopmentSouth FL (Broward & Palm Beach),
NC & SC
jcohen@hadassah.org
POLLY EDELSTEIN
Associate Director of DevelopmentNortheast &
Mid-Atlantic
pedelstein@hadassah.org
GAIL FISHER
Director of DevelopmentD.C., MA, MD, ME, NY, PA, RI, Northern VA & VT
gfisher@hadassah.org
MICHELLE SHAHON
Director of DevelopmentAL, AR, OC/Long Beach, CA, LA, MS, OK & TX
mshahon@hadassah.org
YAEL SHMOOKLER
Regional Director of DevelopmentNorth & Central FL, Greater Miami, GA & TN
yshmookler@hadassah.org
BETSY SILVERFINE
Associate Director of DevelopmentSuper South & Florida
bsilverfine@hadassah.org
CHLOE WEBSTER
Associate Director of DevelopmentMetro NY & Midwest
cwebster@hadassah.org
ANNIE WINKLER
Director of DevelopmentIA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD & WI
awinkler@hadassah.org
ADAM WOLFTHAL
Director of DevelopmentNew York Metro & CT
awolfthal@hadassah.org
HARRIETT ZEITLIN
Regional Director of DevelopmentAK, AZ, CA (except OC & Long Beach), CO, HI, ID,MT, OR, NM, NV, UT, WA & WY
hzeitlin@hadassah.org

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