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.

2021-2022 OFFICERS and EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Julie Teicher - Chair
Marc Bakst - Chairperson-Elect and Treasurer
Shelly Rubenfire - Secretary
Suzan Curhan - Immediate Past Chair
Dorothy Barak
Danielle DePriest
Karen Goldberg Driggs
Helen Katz
Jason Page
Amy Singer

Perry Ohren- Chief Executive Officer

BOARD

PAST PRESIDENTS

Mina Bargman*
Jerry Bielfield*
Susan Citrin
Albert M. Colman*
Marvin C. Daitch
Sandy Muskovitz Danto
Arnold Faudman*
Marcy Feldman
Janice B. Friedlander
Joseph Garson*
Edward D. Gold
Amy Hoffman Haimann
Merle Harris*
Edythe Jackier*

John E. Jacobs*
Benjamin E. Jaffe*
Sylvia Jaffe*
Mary Lakoff*
Terran Leemis
Samuel L. Levin*
Theodore R. Levin*
John D. Marx
Mark Milgrom
Milford R. Pregerson*
Donald Rochlen
Lawrence H. Seltzer*
Max M. Shaye*
Helen Shevin*

Herbert P. Sillman*
Gilbert B. Silverman*
Abraham Srere*
Bernard Stollman
Sheldon Stone
George M. Stutz*
Brent S. Triest
Stewart Weiner
Belle Welt*
Melville S. Welt*
Kathleen Wilson-Fink
Betsy G. Winkelman

*Of Blessed Memory

STAFF LEADERSHIP

Perry Ohren, Chief Executive Officer

248.592.2302 • pohren@jfsdetroit.org

Yuliya Gaydayenko, Chief Program Officer, Behavioral Health & Older Adult Services

248.592.3962 • ygaydayenko@jfsdetroit.org

Jim Janetzke, Chief Operating Officer

248.592.2329 • jjanetzke@jfsdetroit.org

Amy Newman, Chief Development Officer

248.592.2327 • anewman@jfsdetroit.org

Dini Peterson, Chief Program Officer, Family and Community Services

248.592.2332 • dpeterson@jfsdetroit.org