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Friends of the Arava Institute - Board of Trustees 2007-2008

Friends of the Arava Institute

Board of Trustees

2006-2007

Officers:

Staff:

Eric Berzon
Chair
David Weisberg
Executive Director
Barry Fierst
Vice-Chair
Rabbi Michael Cohen
Director of Special Projects
Sharón Benheim
Secretary

Associate Director
Jack Platt
Treasurer
Jessica Reed
Administrative Coordinator

Mehnaz Afridi

California State University
Long Beach, CA

 
Ziad J. Asali
American Task Force on Palestine
Washington, D.C.
Sharón Benheim
Arava Institute
Kibbutz Ketura
Dr. Tom Benson
World Education Corps
New York, NY
Steve Berman
OA Development
Atlanta, GA
Eric Berzon
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Oakland, CA
Andrew Blau
Life Magazine
New York, NY
Cliff Boro
CVT Ventures
New York, NY
Sonia Simon Cummings
Artist
Los Angeles, CA
Brock Evans
Environmental Strategist and Consultant
Washington, D.C.
Barry Fierst
Fierst and Fink
Silver Spring, MD
Karen Fierst
KerenOr Consulting
Silver Spring, MD
Aaron Frank
University of San Francisco
San Franciso, CA
Lisa Friedman
Lisa and Maury Friedman Foundation
Audrey Galex
Roots and Wings Life Stories
Atlanta, GA
Steve Greenberg
Curve Records
New York, NY
Ed Hofland
Kibbutz Ketura
Bruce Kahn
Smith Barney
New York, NY
David Lehrer
Director, Arava Institute
Kibbutz Ketura
Jonathan Leo
Environmental Lawyer and Consultant
Los Angeles, CA
Michael Marcus
Coldwell Banker Residential Realty
Denver, CO
Paul Miller
President, American Jewish Congress
Livingston, NJ
Glenda Minkin
Consultant
Atlanta, GA
Seth Morrison
Cable Television
Arlington, VA
Sam Musnikow
Investments
New York, NY
Eric Pallant
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
Mandy Patinkin
Actor
New York, NY
Jack Platt
Gelest Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
Howie Rodenstein
Adheris, Inc.
Boston, MA
Hillel Salomon
American Leak Detection
Berkeley, CA
Nigel Savage
Hazon
New York, NY
 
Stuart Schoenfeld
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Toronto, Canada
Jonathan Schorsch, Ph.D
Columbia University
New York, NY
Daphna Shimson-Musnikow
Kibbutz Ketura
Chet Stein, DDS
Periodontist
Baltimore, MD
Alon Tal
Ben Gurion University
Robert Turano
DeSio Associates
Lawrenceville, NJ
Bruce Weaver
Nextwave
Boulder, CO
Melinda Wolf
Physician
Washington, DC
Tara Wolfson
Campaign Manager
San Francisco, CA

Honorary Advisory Board:

Susan Sarandon
Actress & Activist