Meet our Board of Directors

Get to know the leaders who make our work possible.

Executive Committee

Rachel Weinstein
Board President

Stephanie Garry
Vice President

Rebecca (Becca) Youngerman
Vice President

Madelyn (Maddie) Bucksbaum Adamson
Secretary

Dana Levinson Steiner
Treasurer

Debbie Cosgrove
Immediate Past President and Governance Committee Chair

Board of Directors

Stephanie Ambroise
Board Member

Loren Averick
Board Member

Frances Brandt
Honorary Board Member & Founder

Madeline Caslow
Honorary Board Member

Miriam Caslow
Honorary Board Member

Prosper de Passe
Board Member

Roberta Elliott
Board Member

Marilyn Gottlieb
Board Member

Madeleine R. Grant
Honorary Board Member

Haftam Yizhak Heathwood
Board Member

Emily Hirsch Katz
Board Member

Fern Hurst
Honorary Board Member

Betsy Miller Landis
Honorary Board Member

Shelly Mitchell
Board Member

Aela B. Morgan
Board Member

Barbara Pollard
Board Member

Micki Kaplan Reiss
Board Member

Rabbi Mira Rivera
Board Member

Elise Hahn Rubin
Board Member

Nikki Silver
Board Member

Klara Silverstein
Honorary Board Member & Founder

Julie Sissman
Board Member

Marilyn Thypin
Board Member

Lynn Tobias
Honorary Board Member

Stephanie Weiss
Board Member

Barbara Zuckerberg
Board Member

Of Blessed Memory

Nancy Schwartz Sternoff z”l
elluminate Board Member

Peggy Tishman z”l
elluminate Founder

Arlene Wittels z”l
elluminate Founder

Rachel Weinstein, Board President, begins her second term as JWFNY President. She is a Tony Award-winning producer with Broadway credits including The Ferryman, Jagged Little Pill, The Lehman Trilogy, An American in Paris, and Dear Evan Hansen. She has over 25 years of experience in executive arts management working with theatre companies in New York, London and Chicago, and currently consults with Broadway productions on educational initiatives.

Stephanie Garry, Vice President. Garry is Executive Vice President of Communal Partnerships at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel in New York, a non-profit institution founded by Jewish philanthropists and organizations. She is on the board of The Hadassah Foundation, and the lay advisory board of The New York Board of Rabbis.

Rebecca (Becca) Youngerman, Vice President. Youngerman partners with clients in the areas of meeting design, facilitation and strategic planning. Through her business, RGY Consulting, she works with a range of nonprofits, foundations and businesses seeking bold change. She is based in New York and Madison, WI.

Madelyn (Maddie) Bucksbaum Adamson, Secretary. A former marketing and investment professional, Adamson is a philanthropist who supports organizations committed to furthering gender equity, such as the Women’s Refugee Commission, Moving Traditions, and The Hadassah Foundation.

Dana Levinson Steiner, Treasurer. Steiner is the Director of ACCESS Global for the American Jewish Committee and the founder and CEO of Chutzpanit Consulting. With a deep passion for advancing women in Jewish organizational life, Dana is committed to seeking meaningful, impactful, and dynamic pathways to lifelong Jewish leadership and learning.

Debbie Cosgrove, Immediate Past President and Governance Committee Chair. Cosgrove is a Jewish educator, community volunteer, and mikveh guide, and teaches fifth grade at the Abraham Joshua Heschel School in New York. JWFNY, she says, merges her love of Judaism and her belief that women will change the world.