Board of Directors 2023-2024

Sam Cone

Chair

 

Ron Milstein

Vice Chair

 

Howie Mezer

Immediate Past Chair

 

Raffi Simel
Secretary 

 

Tom Sloan
Investment Committee Chair 

 

Gary Simmons
Budget, Finance & Administrative Chair 

Freddy Robinson
Donor & Affiliate Relations Chair 

 

David Delman
Development Chair 

 

Jeri D’Lugin
Marketing Chair 

 

Joyce Shuman
Stewardship Chair 

 

Sarah Nudelman Schiavone
Governance Chair 

 

Cathy Levinson
CAJL Chair 

John Cohen
President, Greensboro Jewish Federation 

 

Susan R. Gutterman, JD
Endowment Director 

 

Glenda Bernhardt
Greensboro Jewish Federation, CEO  

 

Leonard Kaplan, z”l
Founding Chair 

 
Harvey Colchamiro
Investment Committee Founding Chair  
 
 

At Large Members:

 

Frank Brenner 

 

Randall Kaplan 

 

Keith Rosen 

 

Erica Weissburg

 

Phyllis Shavitz, LOJE Chair, Ex-Officio

Meet Our Staff

  • Susan Gutterman, JD

    Endowment Director

    Contact Information:
    Phone: (336) 852-0099
    Email: sgutterman@jewishfoundationnc.org

  • Maryann Kingsmill

    Manager of Donor Services

    Contact Information:
    Phone: (336) 294-0846
    Email: MKingsmill@jewishfoundationnc.org

  • Frandee Woolf

    Assistant Endowment Director

    Contact Information:
    Phone: (336) 852-1123
    Email: fwoolf@jewishfoundationnc.org

  • Empy Perez

    Financial Assistant

    Contact Information:
    Phone: (336) 852-5433 ext. 290
    Email: Eperez@shalomgreensboro.org

  • Shirley Lucky

    Director of Finance and Operations

    Contact Information:
    Phone: (336) 852-5433 ext. 289
    Email: slucky@jewishfoundationnc.org

Past Board Chairs

Leonard Kaplan z"l

1996-1998

 

Mike Berkelhammer z"l

1998-2003

 

Randall Kaplan

2003-2006

Jerry Pinsker

2006-2008

 

Sara Lee Saperstein

2008-2010

 

Gail LeBauer

2010-2012

 

Tom Cone

2012-2014

Cathy Levinson

2014-2016

 

Joyce R. Shuman

2016-2018

 

Freddy Robinson

2018-2020

 

Howie Mezer

2020-2022

Investment Committee

Tom Sloan, Chair

 

Jerry Pinsker, Vice Chair

 

Andy Aronson

Sam Cone

 

Glenn Engel

 

Jeri D'Lugin

 

Frank Brenner

Amit Hampel

 

Randall Kaplan

 

Howie Mezer

 

Arthur Samet

Affiliate Representatives

Asheville Jewish Community, Robert J. Deutsch

 

Beth David Synagogue, Greensboro, Dan Wolf 

 

Beth Meyer Synagogue, Raleigh, Karl Mundt

 

B’nai Israel Synagogue, Wilmington, Pam Sender 

 

B’nai Shalom Day School, Greensboro, Eva Turner

 

Carolina Foundation for Jewish Seniors, Rachel Wolf

 

Chabad Jewish Center, Greensboro, Rabbi Yosef Plotkin

 

Congregation Ahavath Sholom, Bluefield, WV, Ivan Platnick

Congregation Sha'arei Israel, Raleigh, Norman Herman

 

First Baptist Church, Greensboro, Sarah Manchester

 

Greensboro Jewish Federation, Tom Cone 

 

Hillel Pre-School, Raleigh, Yakov Aigorn

 

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Raleigh, Michael Lewis

 

Judea Reform Congregation, Durham, Emily Young

Mt. Sinai Synagogue, Cheyenne, WY, Steve Borin

 

North Carolina Hillel, Chapel Hill Hannah Spinrad

 

Ohev Zion Synagogue, VA, Dicky Globman

 

Ramah Darom Foundation, Inc., GA, Asher Schlusselberg

 

Roanoke Jewish Federation, VA, Richard Kurshan

 

Temple Emanuel, Greensboro, David Delman

 

Temple Emanuel, Winston-Salem, Rob Hiersteiner