Agency Leadership
Our Board of Directors and staff are comprised of committed members of our community who are dedicated to the mission of Jewish Family Service and committed to making a difference.
2019-2020 OFFICERS and EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Julie Teicher – Chair
Michael Berke – Vice Chair
Todd Schafer – Treasurer
Gail Danto -Secretary
Suzan Curhan – Immediate Past Chair
Marc Bakst – Member at Large
Dorothy Barak – Member at Large
Helen Katz – Member at Large
Mara Moss – Member at Large
Shelly Rubenfire – Member at Large
Amy Singer – Member at Large
Perry Ohren– Chief Executive Officer
BOARD
- Michael Baum
- Rhonda Brown
- Beth Davidson
- Danielle DePriest
- Rabbi Levi Dubov
- Michael Eizelman
- Michelle Freeman
- Jerry Frohlich
- Bill Goldstein
- Micki Grossman
- Rabbi Marla Hornsten
- Melissa Orley Lax
- Randy Orley
- Jason Page
- Mark Picklo
- Julie Rothstein
- Avi Rubin
- Sandy Schwartz
- Nancy Solway
- Erin Stiebel
- Ellen Tabak
- Renee Unger
- Sara Voight
- David Witten
- Andi Wolfe
- Margie Yaker
PAST PRESIDENTS
- Mina Bargman z”l
- Susan Citrin
- Marvin C. Daitch
- Arnold Faudman z”l
- Janice B. Friedlander
- Edward D. Gold
- Merle Harris z”l
- Edythe Jackier z”l
- Sylvia Jaffe z”l
- Terran Leemis
- Judge Theodore R. Levin z”l
- Mark Milgrom
- Prof Lawrence Seltzer z”l
- Helen Shevin z”l
- Gilbert B. Silverman z”l
- Bernard Stollman
- George M. Stutz z”l
- Belle Welt z”l
- Stewart Weiner
- Jerry Bielfield z”l
- Albert M. Colman z”l
- Sandy Muskovitz Danto
- Marcy Feldman
- Joseph Garson z”l
- Amy Hoffman Haimann
- John E. Jacobs
- Benjamin E. Jaffe z”l
- Mary Lakoff z”l
- Prof Samuel L. Levin z”l
- John D. Marx
- Milford R. Pregerson z”l
- Max M. Shaye z”l
- Herbert P. Sillman z”l
- Abraham Srere z”l
- Sheldon Stone
- Brent S. Triest
- Melville S. Welt z”l
- Kathleen Wilson-Fink
- Betsy G. Winkelman
STAFF LEADERSHIP
Perry Ohren, Chief Executive Officer
248.592.2302 • pohren@jfsdetroit.org
Ben Falik, Chief Program Officer, Family Life Center and Engagement
248.406.0076 • bfalik@jfsdetroit.org
Yuliya Gaydayenko, Chief Program Officer, Older Adult Services
248.592.3962 • ygaydayenko@jfsdetroit.org
Jeff Lev, Chief Operating Officer
248.592.2329 • jlev@jfsdetroit.org
Amy Newman, Chief Development Officer
248.592.2327 • anewman@jfsdetroit.org