Board & Staff

Emunah Staff

Mel Zachter, Chief Financial Officer- mel@emunah.org

Melanie Oelbaum, Senior Fundraiser- melanie@emunah.org

Ronnie Faber, Director of Philanthropy- ronnie@emunah.org

Eli Gartenberg, Director of Communications- eli@emunah.org

 Bookkeeper- bk@emunah.org

With decades of philanthropic and professional experience the Emunah of America Board is comprised of like-minded women who lead and actively promote social action impacting and affecting the lives of thousands Israeli citizens. The Board and volunteers work together to raise the necessary funds to support educational and therapeutic programs, capital improvements, and capital campaigns in Israel.  Emunah of America provides an organization for meaningful engagement and support of women in nonprofit leadership roles— mentoring and promoting younger women on the Young Leadership Board. We are grateful for the Boards generosity of time and support and look forward to continued success.

Executive Board

Rhonda Avner Debbie Bienenfeld Shaindy Brothman Charlotte Dachs Bonnie Eizikovitz Sondra Fisch Marcia Genuth Amy Gibber Elizabeth Gindea Anne Gontownik Chanie Greif Sora Grunstein Johanna Guttmann Herskowitz Fran Hirmes Shaynee Kessler

Heddy Klein Esther Lerer Lynn Mael Sue Nadritch Careena Parker Lisa Reich Michelle Salig Harriet Saperstein Lisa Schechter Sylvia Schonfeld Karen Spitalnick Mindy Stein Susan Weinstock Mryna Zisman

Past National Presidents

Eva Adelman* Gladys Baruch* Dorothy Bernstein* Lila Bernstein* Shirley Billet* Chana Cohen Ruth Chernofsky* Charlotte Dachs Miriam Federbush* Sylvia Fein* Sondra Fisch Marcia Genuth Blanche Gershbaum*

Johanna Guttmann Herskowitz Fran Hirmes Heddy Klein Melanie Oelbaum Rosalie Reich Betty Roseman* Sylvia Schonfeld Beverly Segal Shirley Singer* Karen Spitalnick Mindy Stein Jean Teichman Renee Weiss* Toby Willig**deceased

National Board

Cheryl Borenstein Raina Butler Chani Chesner Shelli Dachs Seri Diamond-Zamir Bari Erber Surella Feit Cookie Fishel Bernice Gelman Beth Goldman Helena Goldstein Abby Herschmann Greta Hirmes Doris Hirsch Malka Husarsky Malkie Klein Shelli Kuflik Evie Leifer Chani Lichtiger Cecelia Margules

Janine Nathan Odit OlinerMindy Orlinsky Elana Oved Naava Parker Tali Pines Melodie Scharf Tamar Scharf Barbara Schreck Dalia Schwalb Michelle Schwartz Shari Shapiro Nadine Shatzkes Carol Schloss Arlene Silverstein Rena Steigman Ruth Stillman Lynn Sugarman Marla Turk Estelle Wiener Charlotte Liechtung Zaslowsky

Young Leadership Council

Abby Alon-Kellner Sophia Alpert Rachel Gindi Best Samantha Bryk Maya Golan Esti Goldblatt Lily Katz Gontownik Miriam Rosen Avital Rosen-Hod Dalia Scheiner Horowitz Yishai Schwartz Shira Ben-David Shaffer Ben Zeitz