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National Administration

Name	Title	Campus
David Ellenson, Rabbi, Ph.D.	President	New York
Gary R. Bockelman, M.B.A.	Chief Operating Officer - Vice President of Administration	Cincinnati
Sandra M. Mills, CPA	Director of Finance and Accounting	Cincinnati
Michael Marmur, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Vice President for Academic Affairs	Jerusalem
Aaron D. Panken, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Vice President for Strategic Initiatives	New York
Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff	Vice President for Special Projects	New York
Sylvia Posner, B.A.	Assistant to the President; Administrative Executive to the Board of Governors	New York
Jean Bloch Rosensaft	Senior National Director for Public Affairs and Institutional Planning	New York
Andrew Grant, Ph.D	Interim Director of Development and National Director for Institutional Giving	New York
David J. Gilner, Ph.D.	Director of Libraries	Cincinnati
Gary P. Zola, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Director, Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives	Cincinnati
David Dirlam, Ph.D.	Coordinator of Institutional Research and Assessment	Cincinnati

Alumni

Name	Title	Campus
Joy Wasserman, M.A.J.E.	National Director of Alumni Affairs	Cincinnati
Ruth Abusch-Magder, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Director of Continuing Alumni Education on Sustaining Rabbinic Education	Cincinnati

Institutional Advancement

Name	Title	Campus
Fredi Rembaum, M.S.W.	Director of Development, Western Region	Los Angeles
Eve Starkman, M.A.	Director of Development, Eastern Region	New York
Janie Roher, M.A.	Associate Director of Development, Eastern Region	New York
Adam M. Greenwald, MBA	Assistant Director of Development and Public Affairs, Western Region	Los Angeles
Allison Glazer, B.A.	Public Affairs Associate	New York
Diane Bongard	Manager, Development Information Services	Cincinnati
Phyllis Volan	Assistant Director of Events and Public Affairs	Cincinnati
Delicia Sauerwald	Development Assistant, Western Region	Los Angeles
Angele Osborne	Development Assistant, Eastern Region	New York

Office of the National Registrar

Name	Title	Campus
J. Thomas Brown	National Registrar	New York
Jaime Surrency	Administrative Assistant to the National Registrar	New York
Carol L. Sofer, B.S.J.	USC Liaison	Los Angeles

eLearning

Name	Title	Campus
Gregg Alpert, M.A.J.E., M.A.J.C.S.	National Director of eLearning	Los Angeles

Information Technology

Name	Title	Campus
John Bruggeman, M.A.	Director of Information Systems	Cincinnati
Justin Sovine	Web Manager	Cincinnati

President's Office

Name	Title	Campus
Nicole Vandestienne, B.A.	Executive Administrator, Office of the President	New York
Zelda Goldsmith	Executive Administrator, Board of Governors	New York

Human Resources

Name	Title	Campus
Colleen Gilday, B.A.	Director of Human Resources	Cincinnati

Campus Administration

Cincinnati

Name	Title	Campus
Kenneth E. Ehrlich, Rabbi, M.A.H.L.	Dean; Director of Homiletics	Cincinnati
Kenneth A. Kanter, Rabbi, M.A.H.L., D.D.	Director, Rabbinical School	Cincinnati
Ronald Regula, M.B.A.	Director of Operations	Cincinnati
Sarah Reiff	Administrative Assistant to the Graduate School Director	Cincinnati
Stacey Frishman Delcau, RJE	Director of Outreach Education and Supervisor of Clinical Learning	Cincinnati
Rabbi Shena Potter Jaffee	Regional Director of Admissions & Recruitment	Cincinnati
Roseanne Ackerly	National Director of Financial Aid	New York

Jerusalem

Name	Title	Campus
Naamah Kelman, Rabbi, M.A., M.A.H.L.	Dean	Jerusalem
Marc Rosenstein, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Director of the Israeli Rabbinical Program	Jerusalem
Josh Zweiback, Rabbi, RJE	Director of the Year-in-Israel Program	Jerusalem
Michal Muszkat-Barkan, Ph.D.	Director, Department of Education and Professional Development	Jerusalem
David Ilan, Ph.D.	Director, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology/Skirball Center for Biblical and Archaeological Research	Jerusalem
David Wilfond, Rabbi, MS, MAHL	Regional Director of Outreach and Admissions	Jerusalem
Tamar Havilio, Cantor, M.S.M.	Acting Director, Cantorial Music Program	Jerusalem
Dan Canaan, B.A.	Administrative Director	Jerusalem
Nancy Lewitt	Head of Student Affairs, Year-in-Israel Program	Jerusalem
Paul (Shaul) R. Feinberg, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Associate Dean Emeritus	Jerusalem

Los Angeles

Name	Title	Campus
Steven F. Windmueller, Ph.D.	Dean, Los Angeles Campus;	Los Angeles
Richard N. Levy, Rabbi, M.A.H.L., D.D.	Rabbi of Campus Synagogue and Director of Spiritual Growth	Los Angeles
Mary Rousson	Executive Assistant, Office of the Dean	Los Angeles
Madelyn M Katz, Ed.D.	Director of Student Life	Los Angeles
Joan Spearman	Director of Operations	Los Angeles
Joy Merriman	Administrative Assistant for the Rhea Hirsch School of Education	Los Angeles
Deborah Abelson, M.A.J.C.S., M.P.A	Regional Director of Admissions and Recruitment	Los Angeles
Carol L. Sofer, B.S.J.	USC Liaison	Los Angeles

New York

Name	Title	Campus
Shirley Idelson, Rabbi, M.S.	Dean; Director of Graduate Studies	New York
Renni Altman, Rabbi, M.A.H.L	Director, School of Rabbinical Studies	New York
Faith Joy Dantowitz, Rabbi, M.A.H.L	Regional Director of Admissions and Recruitment	New York
Paula Dwoskin-Sitzer, B.A.	Director of Operations	New York

Academic Programs

Rabbinical Studies

Name	Title	Campus
Kenneth A. Kanter, Rabbi, M.A.H.L.	Director, School of Rabbinical Studies	Cincinnati
Dvora Weisberg, Ph.D.	Director, School of Rabbinical Studies	Los Angeles
Renni Altman, Rabbi, M.A.H.L	Director, School of Rabbinical Studies	New York
Marc Rosenstein, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Director of the Israeli Rabbinical Program	Jerusalem
Josh Zweiback, Rabbi, RJE	Director of the Year-in-Israel Program	Jerusalem
Ruth Alpers, Rabbi, M.A.H.L.	Stein Director of Human Relations and Pastoral Counseling	Cincinnati
Nancy H. Wiener, Rabbi, D.Min.	Fieldwork Coordinator; Clinical Director, The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling	New York

Cantorial Studies

Name	Title	Campus
Bruce Ruben, Cantor, Ph.D.	Director of the School of Sacred Music	New York
Tamar Havilio, Cantor, M.S.M.	Acting Director, Cantorial Music Program	Jerusalem
Evan Kent, Cantor, M.S.M., M.P.A.	Director, Cantorial Music Program	Los Angeles
Yvon F. Shore, Cantor, M.S.M.	Director of Liturgical Arts	Cincinnati
Josée Wolff, Cantor, M.S.M.	Director of Student Placement, School of Sacred Music	New York

Graduate Studies

Name	Title	Campus
Samuel Greengus, Ph.D.	Director of the School of Graduate Studies; Julian Morgenstern Professor of Bible and Near Eastern Literature and Professor of Semitic Languages	Cincinnati
Shirley Idelson, Rabbi, M.S.	Director of Graduate Studies	New York
Dr. Sharon Gillerman	Associate Professor of Jewish History	Los Angeles

Communal Service

Name	Title	Campus
Richard A. Siegel	Director, School of Jewish Communal Service	Los Angeles
Lori Klein	Assistant Director, School of Jewish Communal Service	Los Angeles
Hattie Pearson	Administrative Assistant, School of Jewish Communal Service	Los Angeles

Education

Name	Title	Campus
Jo Kay, M.A.	Director, School of Education	New York
Michael Zeldin, Ph.D.	Director of the Rhea Hirsch School of Education; Professor of Jewish Education; Director, DeLeT – Day School Leadership through Teaching	Los Angeles

Judaic Studies

Name	Title	Campus
Joshua Holo	Director, Louchheim School of Judaic Studies; Associate Professor of Jewish History	Los Angeles

Year-in-Israel Program

Name	Title	Campus
Josh Zweiback, Rabbi, RJE	Director, Year-in-Israel Program	Jerusalem
Tamar Havilio, Cantor, M.S.W.	Acting Director of Cantorial Studies	Jerusalem
Sima Haruv, M.A.	Coordinator of Hebrew Studies	Jerusalem
Nancy Lewitt, B.A.	Head of Student Affairs, Year-in-Israel Program	Jerusalem

Israeli Rabbinical Program

Name	Title	Campus
Marc Rosenstein, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Director, Israel Rabbinical Program	Jerusalem

Museums

Skirball Museum, Cincinnati

Name	Title	Campus
Stacey Frishman Delcau, RJE	Director of the Skirball Museum	Cincinnati
Judy Lucas, M.A.	Curator Emeritus	Cincinnati

Skirball Museum of Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem

Name	Title	Campus
Dalia Packman, B.A.	Curator	Jerusalem

HUC-Skirball Museum, Los Angeles

Name	Title	Campus
Nancy Berman, M.A.	Director Emeritus and Curator-at-Large	Los Angeles
Adele Lander Burke, M.A.J.E.	Director of Museum and Education	Los Angeles
Barbara Gilbert, Ph.D.	Curator of Fine Arts	Los Angeles
Grace Cohen Grossman, Ph.D.	Curator of Judaica and Americana	Los Angeles

HUC-JIR Museum, New York

Name	Title	Campus
Laura Kruger, B.A.	Curator	New York
Jean Bloch Rosensaft, B.A.	Director	New York

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Libraries

Name	Title	Campus
David J. Gilner, Ph.D.	Director of Libraries	Cincinnati

Klau Library, Cincinnati

Name	Title	Campus
David J. Gilner, Ph.D.	Director of Libraries	Cincinnati
Laurel S. Wolfson, M.S.L.S.	Administrative Librarian	Cincinnati
Ellen S. Kovacic, M.L.S.	Senior Associate Librarian for Technical Services	Cincinnati
Arnona Rudavsky, M.S.L.S.	Senior Associate Librarian for Public Services	Cincinnati
Sarah Barnard, B.L.S.	Senior Associate Librarian	Cincinnati
Daniel Rettberg, Ph.D., M.S.	Senior Associate Librarian	Cincinnati
Allan J. Satin, M.Phil., M.S.	Senior Associate Librarian	Cincinnati

S. Zalman and Ayala Abramov Library, Jerusalem

Name	Title	Campus
Batya Kaplan, M.L.S.	Librarian	Jerusalem
Adina Feldstern, M.S.L.S.	Associate Librarian	Jerusalem
Arlene Keehn, M.L.S.	Associate Librarian	Jerusalem
Asia Libman, M.L.S.	Associate Librarian	Jerusalem

Frances-Henry Library, Los Angeles

Name	Title	Campus
Yaffa Weisman, Ph.D., M.L.I.S.	Librarian, Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish Studies	Los Angeles
Sheryl F. Stahl, M.S.L.S.	Senior Associate Librarian	Los Angeles

Klau Library, New York

Name	Title	Campus
Philip E. Miller, Ph.D., A.M.L.S.	Librarian	New York
Tina Weiss, M.L.S.	Associate Librarian	New York

Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati

Name	Title	Campus
Gary P. Zola, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Director	Cincinnati
Kevin Profitt, M.A., M.L.S, C.A.	Senior Archivist for Research and Collections	Cincinnati
Lisa Frankel, B.A.	Director of Programs and Administration	Cincinnati
Dorothy Smith, M.A., CA	Coordinator of Archival Activities and Technology	Cincinnati
Vicki Lipsky, M.L.S.	Special Projects Archivist	Cincinnati
Stacey Roper	Admin Asst to Gary Zola, replacing KC Clarke	Cincinnati

The Archeology Center, Cincinnati

Name	Title	Campus
Nili Fox, Ph.D.	Director	Cincinnati

Berit Mila Program for Reform Judaism

Name	Title	Campus
Julie Pelc, Rabbi, M.A.Ed.	Director, Berit Milah program	Los Angeles

The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling

Name	Title	Campus
Nancy H. Wiener, Rabbi, D.Min.	Clinical Director	New York
Naamah Kelman-Ezrachi, Rabbi	Director	Jerusalem

The Simha and Sara Lainer Beit Midrash

Name	Title	Campus
Ruth H. Sohn, Rabbi, M.A.H.L.	Rabbi of the Lainer Beit Midrash	Los Angeles

The Leona Aronoff Rabbinic Mentoring Program

Name	Title	Campus
Ruth H. Sohn, Rabbi, M.A.H.L.	Program Coordinator	Los Angeles

Creating Teaching Excellence in Congregational Education (EduCaTE)

Name	Title	Campus
Nancy Prager Levin	Project Coordinator	Los Angeles

HUC-UC Center for the Study of Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems

Name	Title	Campus
Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D., L.L.B.	Director, HUC-UC Ethics Center; Director, The Starkoff Institute of Ethics; Associate Professor of Talmud and Halachic Literature	Cincinnati

Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation (IJSO), Jeff Herman Virtual Resource Center for Sexual Orientation Issues in the Jewish Community, Los Angeles

Name	Title	Campus
Joel L. Kushner, Psy.D.	Director	Los Angeles

Institute for Teaching Jewish Adults, Los Angeles

Name	Title	Campus
Dr. Diane Tickton Schuster	Director	Los Angeles

The Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health, Los Angeles

Name	Title	Campus
Michele F. Prince, M.S.W., M.A.J.C.S.	Director	Los Angeles
Adina Bodenstein	Assistant Director	Los Angeles
William Cutter, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Steinberg Emeritus Professor of Human Relations	Los Angeles
Jay Abarbanel, Ph.D.	Staff Consultant	Los Angeles

Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology/ Skirball Center for Biblical and Archaeological Research, Jerusalem

Name	Title	Campus
David Ilan, Ph.D.	Director, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology/Skirball Center for Biblical and Archaeological Research	Jerusalem
Rachel Ben-Dov, M.A.	Archaeologist	Jerusalem

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