Founding Partner Name	Position	Organization
Jay Abarbanel, PhD	Staff Consultant; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Kalsman Institute
Jean Abarbanel, BA	Past Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Kalsman Institute
Marla Abraham, MAJCS, MSW	Senior Vice-president for Endowment Planning and Premier Philanthropy; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Naomi Ackerman	Theater Artist
Richard F. Address, Rabbi, DMin	Senior Rabbi; Consultant; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Mkor Shalom Jewish Sacred Aging (Founder)
Ruth Alpers, Rabbi	Staff Chaplain and ACPE Supervisor	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Dept. of Pastoral Care
Gregg Alpert, MAJCS	National Director	HUC-JIR, eLearning Department
Yehoyada Amir, Rabbi, PhD	Director, Israel Rabbinic Program	HUC-JIR, Jerusalem
Ronald Andiman, MD	Neurologist	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Camille Shira Angel, Rabbi	Rabbi	Congregation Sha'ar Zahav
Bill Aron	Photographer; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Bill Aron Photography
Adrienne Asch, PhD, MS	Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics	Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Judy Axonovitz, LCSW	Director, Skirball Cultural Center Program	USC School of Social Work
Michael Barenbaum, Rabbi	Rabbi Emeritus	Congregation Rodef Shalom
Pearl Barlev, Rabbi, MAHL	Rabbi, Jewish Chaplain; Rabbi; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	UCLA Health System Santa Ynez Valley Jewish Community
David Behrman	Publisher	Behrman House Publishing
Alan Berg, Rabbi	Rabbi
Bill Berk, Rabbi	Rabbi
Aliza Berk, Rabbi	Director, Jewish Healing Center at Jewish Family Service in San Diego	Jewish Family Services
Jeff Bernhardt, MAJCS, MSW	Community of Caring Director	Temple Aliyah
Seth L. Bernstein, Rabbi	Rabbi Emeritus	Temple Sinai of Worcester
Herman J. Blumberg, Rabbi	Rabbi Emeritus	Temple Shir Tikva
Wendy Bocarsky, RN	RN	Congregation Kol Haneshama
Rosalie Will Boxt, Cantor	Cantor	Temple Emanuel of Maryland
Peter Braun	Consultant, Former President/CEO	Alzheimer's Association
Barbara Breitman, MSW, LCSW	Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care; Psychotherapist and Spiritual Director	Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Lev Shomea
Anne Brener, Rabbi, LCSW, MA, MJCS, MSW	Director of Spiritual Development; Bereavement Counselor, Psychotherapist and Spiritual Director; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Academy for Jewish Religion, CA
Lisa Honig Buksbaum
Marcia Burnam
Nina Beth Cardin, Rabbi	Rabbi	JCC of Greater Baltimore
Susan Caro, Cantor	President; Cantor; Chaplain; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	American Conference of Cantors Wilshire Boulevard Temple Kaiser Permanente Hospice and Palliative Care
Fran Chalin, MSW, MAJCS	Cantor Soloist Emerita	Beth Chayim Chadashim
Kenneth M. Chasen, Rabbi	Rabbi; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Leo Baeck Temple
Mari Chernow, Rabbi	Rabbi	Temple Chai
Paul J. Citrin, Rabbi
Thomas Cole, PhD	Professor and Director of the McGovern Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit	University of Texas Health Science Center
Rachel Cowan, Rabbi	Senior Fellow	Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Philip Cushman, PhD	Psychologist
Georgianne Cutter, LCSW	Private Counselor and Consultant with Middle and High School Students
Na'ama Dafni-Kellen	Rabbinical Trainee	Kamatz
Mark Diamond, Rabbi	Executive Vice President	Board of Rabbis of Southern California
Stephanie Dickstein, Rabbi, LMSW	Spiritual Care Coordinator	Shira Ruskay Center/ JBFCS
Elliot Dorff, Rabbi	Rector, Sol & Anne Dorff Distinguished Service Prof. In Philosophy, Co-Chair Bioethics Dept.	Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University
Leslie M. Eber, MD	Clinical Professor of Medicine	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Lisa Ann Edwards, Rabbi	Rabbi	Beth Chayim Chadashim
Amy Eilberg, Rabbi	Rabbi, Educator, Spiritual Director
Arnold M. Eisen, PhD	Chancellor and President	Jewish Theological Seminary
Barbie Engelman, MFT	Mentoring Specialist	Jewish Big Brothers and Sisters
Rachel Ettun	Therapist	HUC-JIR, Jerusalem
Ed Feinstein, Rabbi	Senior Rabbi	Valley Beth Shalom
Barney Feinstein, MD	Physician
Elizabeth Feldman, MD	Medical Coordinator, Sheriff's Alternative Programs	Cermak Health Services of Cook County
Bruce Feldstein, MD	Chaplain, Director and Founder	The Jewish Chaplaincy at Stanford University Medical Center
Natan Fenner, Rabbi		Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
Nancy Flam, Rabbi	Co-Director of Programs	Institute for Jewish Spirituality
Karen L. Fox, Rabbi, MFT, DDiv	Rabbi	Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Karen Frank, RN	Project SHIN Nurse	MetroWest Jewish Health & Healing Center
Anne Freedman	Associate Director	Jewish Family Service
David L. Freeman, MD	Physician and Author
Dayle Friedman, Rabbi, MAJCS, MSW	Founder	Growing Older: Spiritual Resources for Individuals, Professionals, and Communities
Debbie Friedman, z"l	American Jewish Composer, Singer, and Recording Artist	DebbieFriedman.com
Victor Fuchs, MA, PhD	Henry J. Kaiser, Jr., Professor of Economics and of Health Research and Policy, Emeritus; FSI Senior Fellow; CHP/PCOR Core Faculty Member	Stanford School of Medicine
Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Rabbi, PhD	Rabbi, Director, Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives; Associate Professor of Religious Studies	Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Beryl Geber, PhD	Associate Executive Vice President, Policy Development	Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Gail Gaisin Glicksman, Rabbi, PhD	Rabbi	Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
H. Rafael Goldstein, Rabbi, BCC	Director of Pastoral Care	Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York Dynamics of Hope Consulting
Michael Goldstein, PhD	Faculty Associate, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; UCLA Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate Division; Professor, Community Health Sciences and Sociology	UCLA Department of Sociology and School of Public Health - Department of Community Health Sciences
Donald Goor, Rabbi
Harvey Gordon, MD	Clinical Professor of Urology and Medical Ethics	Baylor College of Medicine
Michael Gotlieb, Rabbi	Rabbi	Kehillat Ma'arav
Dagmar Grefe, Rev., PhD	Manager, Spiritual Care Services and ACPE Supervisor	Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Carol Hausman, PhD	Coordinator	Washington Jewish Healing Network
Alan Henkin, Rabbi, PhD	Rabbi, Placement Director, Kalsman Steering Committee Member	CCAR
Jaclyn M. Herzlinger, RN	Congregational Nurse	Temple Sha-arey Shalom
Lawrence Hoffman, Rabbi	Professor of Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual	HUC-JIR, New York
Jim Hornstein, MD	Family Medicine
Carla Howard, Rabbi	Founder and Executive Director	Jewish Healing and Hospice Center of Los Angeles
Sally Kaplan	Planning Executive for End of Life Care	UJA Federation, New York
Samuel Karff, Rabbi	Rabbi Emeritus	Congregation Beth Israel
Stuart Kelman, Rabbi	Dean	Gamliel Institute
Evan Kent, Cantor
Susie Kessler	Makom Meditation and Adult Support Program Director	Jewish Community Center in Manhattan
Paul Kipnes , Rabbi	Rabbi	Congregation Or Ami
Jeffrey Klepper, Cantor	Cantor	Jeff Klepper's Website & Blog Temple Sinai of Sharon MA
Peter S. Knobel, Rabbi	Rabbi	Beth Emet, The Free Synagogue
Lisa Kodmur, MPH	Program Manager	LA Care Health Plan
Carol Koransky	Executive Vice President and Executive Director Valley Alliance	The Jewish Federation - Valley Alliance
Jonathan Kupetz, Rabbi	Rabbi	Temple Beth Israel
David Lazar, Rabbi	Rabbi	RIKMA
Barbara Lehman	Graphic Designer
Maya Leibovich, Rabbi	Rabbi	Kehilat Mevasseret Zion
Adriane Leveen, MSW, PhD	Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible Studies	HUC-JIR, New York
Daniel E. Levin, Rabbi	Rabbi	Temple Beth El of Boca Raton
Jeff Levin, PhD, MPH	University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health	Baylor University
Alexandra Levine, MD	Chief Medical Officer	City of Hope National Medical Center
John Levy	Managing Partner	Shalom Equity Fund
Carol Levy	Senior Vice President, Sylvia Weisz Women's Campaign	The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Richard Litvak, Rabbi	Rabbi	Temple Beth El
Sheldon Marder, Rabbi	Chaplain	Jewish Home
Judith Margolis	Artist/Writer; Art Editor	www.judithmargolis.com www.brightideabooks.com Nashim: Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues
Stuart M. Matlins	Publisher and Founder	Jewish Lights Publishing
Nan Brostoff McCullough	Volunteer Coordinator	Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Edythe Mencher, Rabbi, LCSW	Rabbi, Specialist: Caring Community/Family Concerns	URJ
Sander Mendelson, MD	Physician	Washington Hospital Center
Rita Menitoff, MS
Dale Mintz, MPA, CHES	Director, National Dept. Women's Health	Hadassah
James Mirel, Rabbi	Rabbi	Temple B'nai Torah
Doug Mishkin, JD	Partner	Patton Boggs
Steven Moskowitz, Rabbi	Rabbi	Temple Israel of Long Beach
Janet I. Offel, Rabbi	Rabbinic Director - West; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Congregation Network, Union for Reform Judaism
Kerry Olitzky, PhD	Executive Director	Jewish Outreach Institute
Joseph Ozarowski, Rabbi, DMin, BCC	Rabbi, Chaplain	Jewish Healing Network of Chicago
Stephen S. Pearce, Rabbi, PhD	Senior Rabbi	Congregation Emanu-El of San Francisco
Cheryl Peretz, Rabbi	Rabbi, Associate Dean	Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University
Chris Ponnet, Father	TCUC Executive Director	LAC USC Medical Center Department of Spiritual Care
Michele F. Prince, LCSW, MAJCS	Executive Director; Founder	Our House Grief Support Center The Jewish Bereavement Project
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD	Physician and Author	UCSF School of Medicine Commonweal Cancer Help Program
Gil Rosen	Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Kalsman Institute
Harriet Rosen	Kalsman Steering Committee Member	Kalsman Institute
Susan J. Rosenthal, LCSW	Manhattan Coordinator, Connect To Care	National Center for Jewish Healing, JBFCS
Selma Schimmel	CEO, Founder	Vital Options International
Judy Schindler, Rabbi	Rabbi	Temple Beth El
Karen Schnell, Reverend	ACPE Supervisor and Chaplain and Director of Spiritual Care	UCLA Health System, Dept. of Spiritual Care
David I. Schulman, JD	Supervising Attorney; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	City Attorney's Office/ AIDS/HIV Discrimination Unit
Rami Shapiro, Rabbi	Rabbi and Author
Len Sharzer, Rabbi, MD	Rabbi, Fellow of the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies	Jewish Theological Seminary
Gila Silverman, MPH	Doctoral Candidate	School of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Sharona Silverman	Director	Deutsch Family Shalom Center, Temple Chai
Howard Silverman, MD, MS	Clinical Professor, Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Basic Medical Services; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Rebecca Sirbu, Rabbi	Rabbi	Rabbis Without Borders
Eleanor Smith, Rabbi	Rabbi	Northshore University Healthsystems
Marjorie Sokoll, BSW, MEd	Director	Jewish Healing Connections, Jewish Family & Children's Service
Barbara Speyer, Rabbi	Rabbi, Chaplain	VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Marcia Cohn Spiegel, MAJCS	Author and Jewish Communal Professional	Spiegel Seminar on Family Values, HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
Donna Spruijt-Metz, PhD	Associate Professor of Research	USC Institute of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Regina Stein	Director of Jewish Education	Hadassah
Ellie Steinman, Rabbi, MAJE	Executive Director	California Faith for Equality
Shira Stern, Rabbi	Rabbi, Founding Director	The Center for Pastoral Care and Counseling
Ronald Sunderland, Reverend, EdD	Executive Director	Interfaith Care Partner
Liliana S. Tal	Directora de Limud, Nucleo de Healing e Bikur Cholim	Comunidade Shalom
David Teutsch, Rabbi, PhD	Director, Levin-Lieber Program in Jewish Ethics and the Center for Jewish Ethics	Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Linda Thal, EdD	Co-Director	Yedidyah Center for Jewish Spiritual Direction
Allan J. Tobin, PhD	Senior Scientific Advisor; Kalsman Steering Committee Member	CHDI Foundation
Lawrence Troster, Rabbi	Director	GreenFaith Fellowship Program
Susan Warshaw, Rabbi	Rabbi	Temple Bat Yam
Pamela Wax, Rabbi	Spiritual Care Coordinator	New York-Westchester Jewish Communal Services
Sally Weber, LCSW	Consultant, Visiting HUC/LA Professor; Kalsman Steering Committee Member
Robert Weinberg, PhD	Director, Experiment in Congregational Education	Rhea Hirsch School of Education, HUC-JIR
Simkha Y. Weintraub, Rabbi, LCSW	Rabbinic Director	National Center for Jewish Healing, JBFCS
Mimi Weisel, Rabbi	Chaplain and Community Rabbi, San Francisco Bay Area	California Pacific Medical Center
Kenneth Weiss, Rabbi	Rabbi Emeritus	Temple Mount Sinai
Eric Weiss, Rabbi	Executive Director	Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
Ruchama Weiss, PhD	Director, Blaustein Center, and Teacher at Mezorim, Sugiyot Chaim, and Israel Rabbinical Program	Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem
Nancy Wiener, Rabbi, DMin	Clinical Director of the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling; Dr. Paul and Trudy Steinberg Distinguished Professor of Human Relations	Hebrew Union College, New York
Betty Wilson	Director of Community Services	City of Los Angeles Department on Disability
Steven Windmueller, PhD	Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Chair in Jewish Communal Service	Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles
Albert J. Winn, MFA	Photographer	Albert J. Winn Photography
Michelle Wolf, MAJCS, MPA	Director, Foundation & Government Relations	American Diabeties Association
Paul Root Wolpe, PhD	Director and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics	Emory University Center for Ethics
Sandee Yarlott, Reverend	Former Director of the Spiritual Care Department	UCLA Medical Center
Herbert A. Yoskowitz, Rabbi	Rabbi	Adat Shalom Synagogue
Rachel Yoskowitz, BSN, MPH	Director, Health & Healing Initiatives	Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit
Elaine Zecher, Rabbi	Rabbi	Temple Israel
Les J. Zendle, MD	Volunteer Physician and Medical Director	Coachella Valley Volunteers in Medicine, Indio California
David Zinner	Executive Director	Kavod v'Nichum
Marshall S. Zolla, Esq.	Certified Family Law Specialist	Law Offices of Marshall Zolla
Laurie Zoloth, PhD	Professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities, Feinberg School of Medicine and Bio Ethics	Northwestern University Program in Medical Ethics and Humanities