Leadership
MEET THE TEAM
Our Leadership
Jewish Family Service’s Board of Directors is comprised of business, civic, 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.
Our expert staff includes licensed clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, licensed professional counselors, school mental health counselors, school and family liaisons, diagnosticians, speech-language pathologists, play therapists and care managers. All of our professional staff continue their own education and training as appropriate to their licensure.
Pictured: Chief Financial Officer Steve Brown, Chief Executive Officer Cathy Barker, and Chief Operations Officer Deizel Sarte
Board of Directors
Officers
Julie Gothard, Chair
Weezie Margolis, Chair-Elect
Andrew Kaufman, Vice Chair
Seth Margolies, Vice Chair
Steve Berger, Vice Chair
Rebecca Buell, Treasurer
Rachel Biblo Block, Secretary
Members
Karen Anderson
Don Brooks
Lindsay Stengle Chang
Gabriela Dalfen
Carole Gilmore, PhD
Shelley Glazer
Jeff Haggard, MD
Jonathan Herskovitz
Michael Landgarten, MD
Monita Moore
David Olesky
Michael Saks
Andrew Silver
Eduardo Tanur, DDS
Bob Weinfeld
Simma Weiss, MD
Honorary Members
Linda Garner
Ethel Zale
Immediate Past Chair
Eric Goldberg
Administrative and Leadership Staff
Administration
Cathy Barker, Chief Executive Officer
Steven Brown, Chief Financial Officer
Deizel Sarte, Chief Operations Officer
Dr. Heather Esquivel, Chief Medical Officer
Marlene Schaub, Human Resources Generalist
Programs & Services
Sally Gleason, LCSW-S, Clinical Administrator
Ariela Goldstein, LCSW, Senior Director of Clinical Services Emerita
Robin Raxlin Gormley, Senior Director of Special Programs & Hunger Relief
Jill Tokumoto, Ph.D. , Senior Director of Career & Financial Services
Deborah Leibensberger, LCSW-S, ACSW, Director of Older Adult Services
Ruth Josenhans, LPC, Senior Director of PLAN
Carey Nottingham, MS, LPC, Director of Client Navigation Services
Yaffa Podbilewicz-Weinberg, Ph.D., Director of Holocaust Survivor Care
Rabbi Howard Wolk, Community Chaplain
Lyz Latson, Kosher Home Delivered Meals Manager
Beth Coles, Director of Children’s Services
Philanthropy & Community Relations
Leah Guskin, Senior Director of Philanthropy & Community Relations
Jake Cook, Grants Manager
Maya Lefkovits, Events Manager
Cheryl Scaglione, Contributions Manager
Michelle Cannon, Volunteer Engagement Manager
Chris Walters, Director of Development
Basha Rubinstein, Marketing Coordinator