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National Administration

Name	Title	Campus
David Ellenson, Rabbi, Ph.D.	President	New York
Alfred Gottschalk, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Chancellor Emeritus	New York
Norman J. Cohen, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Provost	New York
Erica S. Frederick, M.P.A.	Vice President for Development	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
Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff	Vice President for Special Projects	New York
Aaron D. Panken, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Vice President for Strategic Initiatives	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	National Director of 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
Richard J. Scheuer, Jr., M.A.	Special Assistant to the President for Israel Projects	New York

Alumni

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

Institutional Advancement

Name	Title	Campus
Sheri Sable	Director of Development, Midwest Region	Cincinnati
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	Assistant Director of Development and Public Affairs, Western Region	Los Angeles
Elizabeth McNamara Mueller, M.A.	Assistant Director of National Public Affairs	New York
Katie Moscowitz	B.A. Public Affairs Associate	New York
Diane Bongard	Manager, Development Information Services	Cincinnati
Phyllis Volan	Development Assistant, Midwest Region	Cincinnati
Elizabeth Towns	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

Distance Education

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

Information Technology

Name	Title	Campus
John Bruggeman, M.A.	Director of Information Systems	Cincinnati
Brendan Rice	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
Sheba Abrahaim	Executive Assistant, Office of the President	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
Lisa Jo Duffy, B.S.	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
Sarah Reiff	National Director of Financial Aid	Cincinnati

Jerusalem

Name	Title	Campus
Michael Marmur, Rabbi, Ph.D.	Dean	Jerusalem
Naamah Kelman, Rabbi, M.A., M.A.H.L.	Associate Dean	Jerusalem
Dan Canaan, B.A.	Administrative Director	Jerusalem
Nancy Lewitt	Head of Student Affairs, Year-in-Israel Program	Jerusalem
David Wilfond, Rabbi, MS, MAHL	Regional Director of Outreach and Admissions	Jerusalem
Michal Muszkat-Barkan, Ph.D.	Director, Department of Education and Professional Development	Jerusalem
David Ilan, Ph.D.	Acting Director, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaelogy/Skirball Center for Biblical and Archaeological Research	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; Adjunct Professor of Jewish Communal Studies	Los Angeles
Mary Rousson	Executive Assistant, Office of the Dean	Los Angeles
Madelyn Mishkin Katz, M.A.J.E.	Director of Student Services	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, Rabbinical School	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
Richard N. Levy, Rabbi, D.D.	Director, School of Rabbinical Studies	Los Angeles
Shirley Idelson, Rabbi, M.S.	Dean; Director, Rabbinical School	New York
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
Eliyahu Schleifer, Cantor, Ph.D.	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
Dr. Sharon Gillerman	Associate Professor of Jewish History	Los Angeles
Carol Ochs, Ph.D.	Director of Graduate Studies	New York

Communal Service

Name	Title	Campus
Steven F. Windmueller, Ph.D.	Dean, Los Angeles Campus; Adjunct Professor of Jewish Communal Studies	Los Angeles
Richard A. Siegel	Interim Director, School of Jewish Communal Service	Los Angeles
Hattie Pearson	Administrative Assistant, School of Jewish Communal Service	Los Angeles
Lori Klein	Assistant Director, 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
Naamah Kelman-Ezrachi, Rabbi, M.A., M.A.H.L.	Director, Year-in-Israel Program	Jerusalem
Eliyahu Schleifer, Ph.D.	Director of Cantorial Studies	Jerusalem
Hannah Shafir, 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
Yehoyada Amir, 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
Avraham Biran, Ph.D.	Director	Jerusalem
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
Elizabeth McNamara Mueller, M.A	Assistant Director of National Public Affairs; Museum Coordinator	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.	Deputy Librarian	Cincinnati
Sarah Barnard, B.L.S.	Senior Associate Librarian	Cincinnati
Ellen S. Kovacic, M.L.S.	Senior Associate Librarian for Technical Services	Cincinnati
Bernard Rabenstein, M.S.L.S.	Senior Associate Librarian	Cincinnati
Daniel Rettberg, Ph.D., M.S.	Senior Associate Librarian	Cincinnati
Arnona Rudavsky, M.S.L.S.	Senior Associate Librarian for Public Services	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
Sarah Friedman, M.A.	Associate Librarian	Jerusalem
Jackiesue Singer, M.A.	Senior Assistant Librarian	Jerusalem
Ilana Oz, M.A.	Archivist	Jerusalem

Frances-Henry Library, Los Angeles

Name	Title	Campus
Yaffa Weisman, Ph.D., M.L.I.S.	Library Director, the Frances-Henry Library; 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.	Assistant 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
K.C. Clarke	Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director	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

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
Julie Pelc, Rabbi, M.A.Ed.	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.	Acting Director, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaelogy/Skirball Center for Biblical and Archaeological Research	Jerusalem
Avraham Biran, Ph.D.	Director Emeritus	Jerusalem
Rachel Ben-Dov, M.A.	Archaeologist	Jerusalem
Nili Cohen, Art Teacher's Certificate	Pottery Restorer	Jerusalem
Gila Cook, B.Sc.	Surveyor	Jerusalem
Malka Hershkovitz, M.A.	Archaeologist, Keeper of Antiquities	Jerusalem

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