Meet Our Board of Trustees
Our Trustees believe that philanthropy can change lives. They are passionate community leaders committed to strengthening Greater Hartford’s Jewish community and the community at large. They lead the Foundation through their expertise and knowledge, overseeing operations, setting strategic direction and policies, and making final decisions on all grant awards.
Current Board + Trustees
Gayle W. Temkin
Chair
Merrill Mandell
Vice Chair
Gerald B. Goldberg
Secretary
Elysa L. Graber-Lipperman
Treasurer
Jessica L. Fish
Ethan Goldman
Joshua B. Gottfried
Walter L. Harrison
Naomi Kleinman
Rachel Rubin
Cyral A. Sheldon
Alan Solinsky
Julie R. Spivak
Sidney Ulreich
Robert K. Yass
Dana Keller
ex officio
LIFE TRUSTEES
*Of Blessed Memory
Thomas M. Divine
Philip D. Feltman*
Hinda N. Fisher*
Blanche S. Goldenberg
Robert B. Goldfarb
David R. Miller
Michael Suisman*
PAST TRUSTEES
*Of Blessed Memory
Eleanor N. Caplan
Jerome E. Caplan*
I. Martin Fierberg*
Brian Fierston
David H. Fierston
Bruce A. Fischman
Stanley D. Fisher*
Lisa Fishman
Evelyn S. Gilman*
William H. Goldfarb
Arnold C. Greenberg
Morton Handel
Joseph D. Hurwitz*
Jill Hutensky
Bernard Kaplan*
Steven C. Kleinman
Bernhard L. Kohn*
Simon Konover*
Georgette Koopman*
Richard Koopman
Michele G. Kostin
Katharine I. Lavitt*
Hartzel Z. Lebed*
Sheri Lublin
Joyce D. Mandell
Alan M. Mendelson
David R. Miller
Hyman L. Moore*
Harold Moskowitz
Louis Nassau*
Daniel M. Neiditz
Moses Neiditz*
Hon. Jon O. Newman
Abraham A. Ribicoff*
Emma Robington*
A. Mark Rosen
Gideon Rutenberg
Abraham I. Savin*
Peter M. Savin*
Andrew M. Schatz
Ralph M. Shulansky*
Howard J. Siegal*
Donald Silpe
Rabbi Harold Silver
Melvin A. Simon
Robert S. Siskin*
Edward A. Suisman*
Elliott D. Tertes
Melvin W. Title*
Leonard M. Troub*
Marjorie M. Walton*
Gail S. Weinstein
Robert K. Yass
Henry M. Zachs
Jessica P. Zachs
Judith M. Zachs