Leadership
MEET THE TEAM
Our Leadership
Jewish Family Service’s Board of Directors is comprised of business, civic, and social-service leaders. The Board provides strategic leadership focused on agency effectiveness, financial stability, and policy-making. Meeting on a monthly basis, the Board ensures integrity, efficiency, and accountability in the delivery of the agency’s life-changing services.
Our expert staff includes licensed clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, licensed professional counselors, school mental health counselors, school and family liaisons, diagnosticians, speech-language pathologists, play therapists and care managers. All of our professional staff continue their own education and training as appropriate to their licensure.
Pictured: Chief Executive Officer Cathy Barker
Board of Directors
Officers
Julie Gothard, Chair
Weezie Margolis, Chair-Elect
Andrew Kaufman, Vice Chair
Jonathan Herskovitz, Vice Chair
Steve Berger, Vice Chair
Rebecca Buell, Treasurer
Rachel Biblo Block, Secretary
Members
Don Brooks
Marissa Castro Mikoy
Ben Daitch
Teniqua Davenport
Sandra Dickter
Gabriela Dalfen
Shelley Glazer
Jeff Haggard, MD
Gary Hall
Trent Hughes
Seth Margolies
David Olesky
Mike Saks
Michael Selz
Eduardo Tanur, DDS
Simma Weiss, MD
Alice Platt
Honorary Members
Linda Garner
Ethel Zale
Bob Weinfeld
Immediate Past Chair
Eric Goldberg
Administrative and Leadership Staff
Administration
Cathy Barker, President & Chief Executive Officer
Brenda Colon, Chief Financial Officer
Deizel Sarte, Chief Operations Officer
Dr. Heather Esquivel, Chief Medical Officer
Leah Guskin, Chief Advancement Officer
Ashley Leonard, Human Resources Director
Programs & Services
Sally Gleason, LCSW-S, Clinical Administrator
Ariela Goldstein, LCSW, Senior Director of Clinical Services Emerita
Jill Tokumoto, Ph.D. , Senior Director of Career & Financial Services
Deborah Leibensberger, LCSW-S, ACSW, Director of Older Adult Services
Carey Nottingham, MS, LPC, Director of Client Navigation Services
Yaffa Podbilewicz-Weinberg, Ph.D., Director of Holocaust Survivor Care
Rabbi Howard Wolk, Community Chaplain
Lyz Latson, Older Adults Volunteer Programs Manager
Beth Coles, Director of Children’s Services
Philanthropy & Community Relations
Chris Walters, Director of Development
Michelle Cannon, Director of Community Engagement
Jake Cook, Grants Manager
Maya Lefkovits, Communications Manager
Cheryl Scaglione, Contributions Manager
Basha Rubinstein, Marketing Manager
Rebecca Deutsch, Digital Marketing Coordinator
Veronica Guajardo, Volunteer Coordinator