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
Walter L. Harrison
Naomi Kleinman
Neil Kochen
Rachel Rubin
Cyral A. Sheldon
Alan Solinsky
Julie R. Spivak
Tracy Smith
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*
Theodore 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
Hyman L. Moore*
Harold Moskowitz
Louis Nassau*
Daniel M. Neiditz
Moses Neiditz*
Hon. Jon O. Newman
Leigh Newman
Steven Piaker
Lee Pollack
Abraham A. Ribicoff*
Emma Robington*
A. Mark Rosen
David Roth
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
Randy Weinstock
Sidney Ulreich
Robert K. Yass
Henry M. Zachs
Jessica P. Zachs
Judith M. Zachs