College Leadership
Administration
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D. | President |
Rabbi Amber Powers | Executive Vice President |
Elsie R. Stern, Ph.D. | Vice President for Academic Affairs |
Cyd Weissman | Vice President for Innovation and Impact |
Tresa Grauer, Ph.D. | Vice President for Thriving Communities |
Board of Governors
Officers
Seth Rosen | Chair | Larchmont, N.Y. |
Susan Beckerman | Vice Chair | New York City |
Susan Levine | Vice Chair | Sonoma, Calif. |
Howard Kerbel | Secretary | Upper Montclair, N.J. |
Eric Rosenbaum | Treasurer | New York City |
David Roberts | Chair Emeritus | St. Louis |
Don Shapiro | Chair Emeritus | Naples, Fla. |
Ex Officio
Fred Andes | Lay Chair, Joint Israel Commission | Chicago, Ill. |
Edwin Baum | Chair of the Plenum | New York City |
Carmen Corrales | Lay Chair, Jews of Color and Allies Advisory Committee | Maplewood, N.J. |
Tresa Grauer, Ph.D. | Vice President for Thriving Communities | Wyncote. Pa. |
Rabbi Vivie Mayer | Faculty Representative | Elkins Park, Pa. |
Shahanna McKinney-Baldon | Lay Chair, Tikkun Olam Commission | Madison, Wisc. |
Michael Mitchell | Chair, Movement Growth and Financial Health Commission | Toronto |
Marc Overbeck | Plenum Steering Committee Representative | Salem, Ore. |
Mark Pinsky | Plenum Steering Committee Representative | Philadelphia |
Rabbi Amber Powers | Executive Vice President | Abington, Pa. |
Rabbi Isaac Saposnik | Executive Director, Havaya Summer Programs | Philadelphia |
Judith Spatz | Representative, Jewish Reconstructionist Camping Corporation | Davie, Fla. |
Elsie Stern, Ph.D. | Vice President for Academic Affairs | Philadelphia |
Rabbi Elliott Tepperman | President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association | Montclair, N.J. |
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D. | President | Elkins Park, Pa. |
Lonnie Kleinman | Student Representative | Philadelphia |
Rabbi Elyse Wechterman | Executive Director, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association | Abington, Pa. |
Cyd Weissman | Vice President for Innovation and Impact | Wyncote, Pa. |
Members of the Board of Governors
Rabbi Fredi Cooper | Wyndmoor, Pa. |
Barbara Dolgin | New York City |
William Halpern | Darnestown, Md. |
Daniel Kaufman | West Palm Beach, Fla. and Fredonia, N.Y. |
Karen Kolodny | New York City |
Rabbi David Kominsky | Plattsburgh, N.Y. |
Herbert Krasnow | White Plains, N.Y. |
Rabbi Jessica Lott | Chicago |
Michael Lurey | Pacific Palisades, Calif. |
Jonathan Markowitz | Evanston, Ill. |
Mark Nussbaum | La Jolla, Calif. |
David Piver | Newtown Square. Pa. |
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D. | Pacific Palisades, Calif. |
John Riehl | Laurel, Md. |
Miriam Roland | Montreal |
Arkady Serebryannik | Irvine, Calif. |
David Sigman | New York City |
Rabbi Avi Winokur | Haddonfield, N.J. |
Rabbi Lina Zerbarini | Lynbrook, N.Y. |
Honorary Governors
William H. Fern, Ph.D. | Westport, Conn. |
Daniel Levin | Chicago |
Myrna Sigman | Edwards, Colo. |
Aaron Ziegelman | New York City |
Past Presidents
Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, ‘89 | President, 2002-2013 |
Rabbi David A. Teutsch, Ph.D. | President, 1993-2002 |
Rabbi Arthur Green, Ph.D. | President, 1987-1993 |
Rabbi Ira Silverman, z”l | President, 1981-1986 |
Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, Ph.D., z”l | College Founder and President, 1968-1981 |