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.
Board of Directors
Officers
Julie Liberman, President
Eric Goldberg, President-Elect
Julie Gothard, Vice President
Robert Gross, MD, Vice President
Weezie Margolis, Vice President
Steven Berger, Treasurer
Lindsay Stengle, Secretary
Members
Rachel Biblo-Block
Brenda Bliss
Johnathan Blum
Rebecca Buell
Dabney Carlson
Sandy Donsky
Madelyn Chorek Eisenberg
Allison Elko
Cory Feldman
Mike Friedman
Beverly Goldman
David M. Jacobs
Gary Kahn
Andrew Kaufman
Kathryn Koshkin
Michelle Kravitz, MD
Diane Laner
Seth Margolies
Nicole Post
Staci Rubin
Betty Spomer
Lydia Varela
Richard Wasserman, MD, PhD
Laura Weinstein
Lisa Zale
Lifetime Trustees
Linda Garner
Ethel Zale
Immediate Past Presidents
Michael Kaufman
Randy Colen
Cheryl Halpern
Administration
Cathy Barker, Chief Executive Officer
Steven Brown, Chief Financial Officer
Deizel Sarte, Chief Operations Officer
Ellyn Golub, Office Manager
Song Han, Controller
Marlene Mickish, Human Resources Generalist
Programs & Services
Ariela Goldstein, LCSW, Senior Director of Clinical Services
Robin Raxlin Gormley, Senior Director of Hunger Relief & Emergency Assistance
Allison Harding, Senior Director of Career & Financial Services
Debi Weiner, ACSW, LCSW, Senior Director of Older Adult Services & Special Programs
Jeff Courtman, LPC, Director of Adult Mental Health Services
Lorraine Friedman, Director of Special Needs Partnership and Programs
Janelle Gibson, LCSW, Director of Family Violence Intervention Services
Ruth Josenhans, LPC, Director of PLAN of North Texas
Rabbi Howard Wolk, Community Chaplain
Philanthropy & Community Relations
Leah Guskin, Senior Director of Philanthropy & Community Relations
Jake Cook, Development Coordinator
Jamie Denison, Marketing Manager
Kristen Jackson, Community Engagement Manager
Cheryl Scaglione, Development Manager
Judy Berg Schecter, Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving
Lyz Worlein, Kosher Home Delivered Meals & Volunteer Coordinator