Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Who We Are
WHO WE ARE
Our LEADERSHIP
The Jewish Board’s leadership ensures that our mission of providing mental health and social services to families and communities across New York City is upheld to the highest standard.
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
YOUNG LEADERS COMMITTEE
Our leaders are people with a wide spectrum of experiences developed both inside and outside of human services. Mirroring the diversity of the city we serve, one of our strengths as an agency is our commitment to leveraging different talents and backgrounds.
EXECUTIVE Leadership
Besa Bauta
Chief Information Officer
Carmela Fridman
Chief of Psychiatry
Ned Gusick
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Natalee Hill
Chief Administrative Officer
Ellen Josem, J.D.
Chief Legal Officer
Elizabeth Joseph
Chief Learning Officer
Lonny Lieberman
Chief Real Estate Officer
Hannah Moore
Chief Development Officer
Dr. Andrew Pearson
Chief Medical Officer
Donna Smith
Chief People Officer
Rebecca Wulf, LCSW
Chief Program Officer
Evan Zuckerman
Chief Financial Officer
Our trustees are key stakeholders and decision-makers at The Jewish Board. They care deeply about delivering the services our fellow New Yorkers deserve and depend on. The duties they perform are crucial to our mission, and include:
- Passing the annual budget
- Understanding and accepting the audit
- Hiring and evaluating the Chief Executive Officer
- Developing agency policies
- Fundraising
- Long-range strategic planning
- Advocacy
Board of Trustees
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
President
Jamie B.W. Stecher*
Chair
David B. Edelson
Presidents Emeriti
Steven L. Fasman*
John Herrmann
Anthony Mann
Alice Tisch
Jean L. Troubh
Fredric W. Yerman
Treasurer
Jeffrey Saber*
Secretary
Emily Steinman*
Assistant Secretary
Andrew M. Levine*
Vice Presidents
Beth E. Anisman
Stephanie Bernheim
Mark Burstein*
Lynn Korda Kroll
Laurie Lindenbaum*
Laurie Sprayregen
TRUSTEES
Julia Arnsten*
Jeb Bent
Seth Bergstein
Ranmali Bopitiya
Susan Sarnoff Bram*
Louisa Chafee
Andrew Ely
Michael A. Epstein*
David F. Everett
Henry Feuerstein
Sheri Gellman
Janet Ginsberg
Alex Gitomer
Michael Glassman
Harriet Gruber
Jennifer L. Goldman
Doug Heitner
Shelley Erlich Holm
Max Jawer
Karen Spar Kasner
Stacy S. Kuhn
Curtis S. Lane
Daniel J. Leffell
Arthur S. Leonard
Emily Levy
Frances W. Levy
Jenny Lyss
Lori Malcolm
Kyle K. Mann
Joshua Oboler
Rodrigo Olivares
Bradford R. Peck
Michele Philip
Kathleen M. Pike*
Raul Rivera
Elaine Rocha
Erica Schwartz*
Jodi J. Schwartz*
Audrey Spiegel
Keith B. Stein
Kate Trentacoste
Adam Usdan
Jill Weiss
Jeffrey Brenner MD, CEO
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Roger Goldman
Harriet Gruber
Art Leonard
Loring G. Pratt
Steve Reiner
Lisa Schiff
Jean Shafiroff
Susan Tofel
* Denotes a member of the Executive Committee
Committees of the Board
Committees of the Board provide their members, both trustees and non-trustees, with opportunities to provide feedback, offer suggestions, and guide decision-making.
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Audit And Risk Management
- Oversees financial reporting and internal audit systems for compliance with financial, legal, and regulatory requirements
- Officially retains the independent accountants, annually
- Engages, reviews, and appraises the performance of independent auditors
- Provides an avenue of communication among independent auditors, management, the Internal Audit department, and the Board of Trustees
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Budget And Finance
- Reviews monthly operating reports
- Reviews and approves annual operating and capital budgets
- Maintains oversight of the Investment Committee
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Corporate Compliance
- Reviews the agency’s ongoing efforts to comply with Medicaid rules regarding services provided and billed
- Reports Corporate Compliance Program updates to the Board
- Provides Corporate Compliance training to the Board
- Reviews areas of Medicaid-related risk
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Ethics, Law, and Reputation
- Considers agency-wide challenges, weighing legal, ethical, and reputational implications.
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Executive
- Addresses high-impact agency issues
- Meets during months when the Board does not meet
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Executive Compensation
- Approves changes to compensation provided to Senior Executives in accordance with the federal intermediate sanctions regulations
- Meets annually
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Governance and Nominating
- Focuses on trustee recruitment and appointments to Board
- Provides governance oversight
- Evaluates the Board’s self-assessment
Committees of the Corporation
Committees of the Corporation provide their members, both trustees and non-trustees, with opportunities to provide feedback, offer suggestions, and guide decision-making.
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Development
- Reviews fundraising progress towards goals
- Reviews and identifies donor prospects and honorees
- Advises on status of Grants and Foundations
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Government Relations/Public Policy
This Committee helps advocate on behalf of the Jewish Board through communications and meetings with elected officials. The committee seeks to build upon work done in partnership with UJA and others in the human services field to promote reforms in funding and policy areas that impact our work.
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Human Capital and Talent
This Committee focuses on the agency’s people and culture, including:
- HR policies
- staffing issues
- training and professional development
- internship and residency programs
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Investment
- Reviews the agency investment portfolio with independent investment advisors
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Marketing
- Reviews marketing communications with external constituencies that advance agency awareness
- Advise on public relations initiatives
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Real Estate
- Deliberates real estate planning concerns
- Reviews construction strategies that include renovations, property management, and site construction operations
Program Committees
Program committees provide their members, both trustees and non-trustees, with a deeper understanding of and connection to The Jewish Board’s services, staff, and clients. Each program committee focuses on a specific division or cross-section of the agency’s work. Committee members gain an in-depth understanding of a segment of services, including regulatory structures and compliance, strategic challenges and opportunities, and funding mechanisms for those services, and will be poised to provide feedback, offer suggestions, and guide decision-making.
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Adult and Family Residential
- Supportive housing for adults
- Domestic violence residences
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Clinical Care, Innovation, and Quality
Focuses on how and what kind of care we provide throughout the organization, including evidence-based models, and innovation and service expansion and integrations. The Clinical Care Committee may play a role in things like discussing and understanding performance improvement efforts, and how client choice and voice inform the agency’s work.
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Community Cares
- Clinics
- PROS (community-based day treatment programming for adults)
- ACT (Assertive Community Treatment)
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Jewish Services
- Mishkon
- Jewish Community Services/Jewish Connections
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Youth and Family Services
- Early childhood services
- School-based mental health programming
- Preventive services
- Child welfare residential programs (Kaplan, Geller, and Cedar Knolls)
- Behavioral health residences (4 Community Residences), and Youth ACT.
Our Young Leaders Committee is part of a 150-year legacy of philanthropic community care, with many of our Trustees first beginning their relationship with philanthropy as members of our Young Leaders Committee. Our Young Leaders continue this tradition today, supporting initiatives throughout our agency that enhance the lives of New Yorkers.
Young Leaders Committee
OFFICERS OF THE YOUNG LEADERS COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs
Emily Levy
Max Jawer
MEMBERS
Ben Bacharach
Alison Bloch
Kate Blumenthal
Jamie Boris
Jeffrey Cherkin
Giovanni Classen
Jake Cohen
Jamie Doochin
Liza Gendler
Marina Iskhakova
Shawnasia Johnson
Kacey Kelley
Isabelle Mann
Michael Mintz
Zoe Moskowitz
Zack Perelman
Michael Rubel
Simon Spector
Dale Sprayregen
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