About

Leadership

Our team of dedicated professionals and lay leaders works hard to ensure that Jewish Family Service of Dallas continues to provide high-quality, comprehensive health services and evolves to meet the growing needs of our community.

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Board of Directors

Jewish Family Service of Dallas’s Board of Directors is comprised of business, civic, medical, and social-service leaders. The Board provides strategic leadership focused on agency effectiveness, financial stability, and policy-making. Meeting on a monthly basis, the Board ensures integrity, efficiency, and accountability in the delivery of the agency’s life-changing services.

WHO WE ARE

Board of Directors

  • Officers

    Julie Gothard, Chair

    Weezie Margolis, Chair-Elect

    Steve Berger, Vice Chair

    Jonathan Herskovitz, Vice Chair

    Andrew Kaufman, Vice Chair

    Rebecca Buell, Treasurer

    Rachel Biblo Block, Secretary 

    Eric Goldberg, Immediate Past Chair

  • Honorary Members

    Linda Garner

    Bob Weinfeld

    Ethel Zale

  • Members

    Don Brooks

    Marissa Castro Mikoy

    Teniqua Davenport

    Sandra Dickter

    Gabriela Dalfen

    Shelley Glazer

    Jeff Haggard, MD

    Gary Hall

    Trent Hughes

    Seth Margolies

    David Olesky

    Alice Platt

    Mike Saks

    Michael Selz

    Eduardo Tanur, DDSSimma Weiss, MD

  • Past Board Chairs

    Orien Woolf*

    Edwin Tobolowsky*

    Fannie Schaenen

    Henry D. Schlinger*

    Carolyn Tobian Clark*

    Julius Raden*

    Leon D. Rosenberg, Ph.D*

    Harold Hoffman*

    Perry Gross, M.D.*

    Sig Badt*

    Morton Sanger*

    J. A. Rosenfeld

    Mitchell Rasansky

    Henry Jacobus, Jr.*

    Bud Silverberg

    Hanna Lambert*

    Shirley Rovinsky

    Howard Herskowitz*

    Rena Silverberg

    Martin Litwin*

    Stanley Rabin

    Sol Lurie, M.D.*

    Lynda Newman, Ph.D.

    Les Weisbrod

    Beverly Tobian

    Scott Miller

    Kyra Effren

    Harlan Pollock, M.D.*

    Gail Gilbert

    Joel Litman

    William Roth

    Robin Sachs

    Todd Chanon

    Cara Mendelsohn

    Cheryl Halpern

    Randy Cohen

    Michael Kaufman

    Julie Liberman

    Eric Goldberg
     

    * of blessed memory

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Our Staff

Our expert staff includes licensed clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, school mental health counselors, school and family liaisons, diagnosticians, speech-language pathologists, play therapists, and care managers. All of our experienced staff continue their own education and training as appropriate to their licensure.