Board of Directors 2024-2025

Ron Milstein

Chair

 

David Delman

Vice Chair

 

Sam Cone

Immediate Past Chair

 

Steven Woolf
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 

Jenny Kaiser
President, Greensboro Jewish Federation 

 

Susan R. Gutterman, JD
Endowment Director 

 

Glenda Bernhardt
CEO, Greensboro Jewish Federation  

 

Leonard Kaplan, z”l
Founding Chair 

 
Harvey Colchamiro
Investment Committee Founding Chair  
 
 

Phyllis Shavitz
LOJE Chair, Ex-Officio

 

At Large Members:

Frank Brenner 

Janis Fields

Joshua Gould

Randall Kaplan 

Howie Mezer

Keith Rosen 

Brian Ross

Todd Schwarz

Erica Weissburg

 

 

Not pictured: Sarah Nudelman Schiavone, Howie Mezer, Sam Cone, Joshua Gould, and Keith Rosen

Meet Our Staff

SUSAN GUTTERMAN, JD
Endowment Director

(336) 852-0099
sgutterman@jewishfoundationnc.org

SHIRLEY LUCKY, MBA
Director of Finance and Operations

(336) 852-5433 ext. 289
slucky@jewishfoundationnc.org

MARYANN KINGSMILL
Manager of Donor Services

(336) 294-0846
mkingsmill@jewishfoundationnc.org

EMPY PEREZ
Financial Assistant

(336) 852-5433 ext. 290
eperez@jewishfoundationnc.org

BRI NICHOLS
Program and Communications Coordinator

(336) 852-5433 ext. 288
bnichols@jewishfoundationnc.org

Past Board Chairs

Sam Cone
2022-2024

 

Howie Mezer
2020-2022

 

Freddy Robinson
2018-2020

 

Joyce R. Shuman
2016-2018

 

 

 

Cathy Levinson

2014-2016

 

Tom Cone

2012-2014

 

Gail LeBauer

2010-2012

 

Sara Lee Saperstein

2008-2010

Jerry Pinsker

2006-2008

 

Randall Kaplan

2003-2006

 

Mike Berkelhammer z"l

1998-2003

 

Leonard Kaplan z"l

1996-1998

Investment Committee Members

Tom Sloan – Chair

 

Andy Aronson

 

Frank Brenner

 

Sam Cone

 

Jeri D’Lugin

Glenn Engel

 

Randall Kaplan

 

Michael Lewis

 

Howie Mezer

 

Jerry Pinsker

Richard Rados

 

Arthur Samet

 

Martin Weissburg

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, Cindy Chroman

 

B’nai Shalom Day School, Greensboro, Yael Dinur

 

Carolina Foundation for Jewish Seniors, Rachel Wolf

 

Chabad Jewish Center, Greensboro, Rabbi Yosef Plotkin

 

Congregation Ahavath Sholom, Bluefield, WV, Ivan Platnick

Congregation Bayt Shalom, Greenville, NC, Karen Barondes

 

Congregation Sha'arei Israel, Raleigh, Norman Herman

 

First Baptist Church, Greensboro, Sara Manchester

 

Greensboro Jewish Federation, John Cohen

 

Hillel Pre-School, Raleigh, Yakov Aigorn

 

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Raleigh, Michael Lewis

 

Judea Reform Congregation, Durham, Emily Young

 

Jewish Family Services, Greensboro, Alicia Kaplan

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, Barry Frank

 

Temple Emanuel, Winston-Salem, Paul Rovinsky

 

Temple of Israel, Wilmington, Matthew Weissman