Our Staff
The Leaders Inspiring Our Future
Get to know the passionate individuals who bring NCSY’s vision to life.
Their expertise and dedication are shaping the Jewish world, one teen at a time.
Rabbi Glenn Black
Chief Executive Officer
Rabbi Shlomo Mandel
COO & Regional Director
Sonya Budd
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Heather Melamed
Chief Financial Officer
Peter Altbaum
Database Specialist & Donor Services
Perlita Azulay
Sparks4G, Program Coordinator
Atara Black
Sparks4G, Program Coordinator
Hennie Black
Director of Family Programming
Yehudis Cagen
Principal, Torah High & GTA City Director
Okcana Dubov
Financial Administrator
Yehoshua Eichenbaum
Associate City Director, NCSY Ottawa
Rabbi Reouven Fhima
Director of Education & RootOne Educator
Mara Finkelstein
Logistics Coordinator
Moshe Froom
NCSY Program Coordinator
Liz Gilbert
Marketing and Communications Manager
Brian Indig
Director, Operations & Events
Amir Klein
Development Associate
Rabbi Aaron Krongold
Director of Alumni Outreach
Rochelli Krongold
Director of Impact & Olami Launch
Micha Lebowitz
Marketing and Social Media Associate
Hagit Mikanovsky
Recruitment Associate
Gitty Nussbaum
Live 2 Give Coordinator
Walter Piovesan
Principal, Torah High, Ottawa
Rabbi Jason (JR) Renard
Senior Program Specialist
Howie T. Rosenberg
Director of Junior Programming
Rabbi David Rotenberg
Managing Director, Small & Mid-Sized Communities
Robin Rudman
Fundraising
Avi Sadiv
Bookkeeper
Avraham Oziel
NCSY Program Coordinator
Ezra Oksemberg
NCSY Program Coordinator
Felicia Usher
NCSY Program Coordinator
Sharona Safran
Torah High Administrator
Sarit Saffer-Allal
Director of Fundraising Operations
Shoshana Saffer-Spiro
Program Coordinator
Abi Samole
Events Specialist
Leah Schlam
Director of Programming
Puli Shulman
NCSY Program Coordinator
Jamie Wisener
Operations & Logistics Project Manager
Yosef Zeldman
JSU Board Director & Program Coordinator
Dahlia Zephrani
HR consultant
