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| Position | Name |
| President | Jonathan Corr |
| Vice President |
Roberta Gabriel |
| Vice President | David Messing |
| Vice President | Carlos Munoz |
| Treasurer | Guarav Kapoor |
| Secretary | Boris Kogan |
| Officer of Religious Affairs | Marc Mazer |
| Director of Building | Arie Cohen |
| Director of Education |
Jeff Reitzes |
| Director of Fundraising | Andy Benn |
| Director of Membership | Debbie Roof |
| Director of Social Action/Tikkun Olam | Naomi Ehrlich |
| Director at Large, Administration | Carl Oronsky |
| Director at Large, Chesed |
Kim Thompson |
| Director at Large, Marketing/Communication | Rae Corr |
| Past President | Mary Jo Smith |
| Brotherhood President | Paul Yamshon |
| Sisterhood Co-Presidents |
Audra Saul Sandi Morris |
| Trustees |
Scott Ehrlich Martin Fishman Deborah Wechsler |
Board Bios
JONATHAN CORR, President
MARY JO SMITH, Immediate Past President
Mary Jo is a former paralegal and a current retiree. She is a native of Portland,Oregon, where she routinely braved the (mostly wet and gray) elements in the pursuit of golfing, skiing, hiking and. cycling. She's been a member of Beth Chaim since 2010, after she and her husband, Jeremy, were married by Rabbi Dan. Mary Jo has been been the managing editor of the Beth Chaim Star: once, back in 2013-15 and currently, since May of 2018. She was a committee member of the CCJCC Under-One-Tent Jewish Arts Festival for 2014 and 2015, and past-president of the Beth Chaim Sisterhood. She is currently chair the Hiddur Mitzvah Art Committee. Mary Jo and Jeremy have a blended family of six children, ages 20-34, four grandchildren, and three dogs.
ROBERTA GABRIEL, Vice President
Roberta and her husband Aaron have been members of Beth Chaim since 2011. Prior to her demanding job as managing director of her family, Roberta was a senior manager at a national banking firm. She has been the Membership Director on the board for the last four years and loves working with new and prospective families. Her two children, Joshua and Jacob, attend our Beit Midrash and also love helping mom as junior membership ambassadors.
DAVID MESSING, Vice President
CAROLS MUNOZ, Vice President
GUARAV KAPOOR, Treasurer
BORIS KOGAN, Secretay
MARC MAZER, Officer of Religious Affairs
Marc was raised in a Detroit conservative Jewish community and his family has been members of BCC since 2001 (17 years). Her is one of the principal attorneys at Weill &Mazer, APC, in San Francisco. After serving as a high school math teacher in Detroit, Marc was a Naval Officer, and then attended law school in Michigan. Following a short stint as a criminal legal defense counsel in Detroit, Marc finally moved to San Francisco in 1978. He started his law firm in 1980 focusing on all aspects of commercial property, and other aspects of civil practice. Among many other voluntary positions in the community, Marc has served on the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center board as a member and as Vice President for 10 years, served on various boards with the East Bay Jewish Federation, and previously served on the BCC board as vice president and religious affairs officer, for total of over 5 years. Marc lives with his wife Susan, who is a palliative care nurse.
ARIE COHEN, Director of Building
JEFF RIETZES, Director of Education
Jeff has been a member of Beth Chaim for 18 years. He has two kids, Jordan and Samantha, who have grown up at Beth Chaim. Jeff was a member of the first Beth Chaim adult B'nei Mitzvah class at age 42, has been a Chesed coordinator for years, and sings with the Beth Chaim Chazzanut Group. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Jeff moved to the Bay Area in 1992 and got a job in the Telecom industry, successfully avoiding a career that had anything to do with what he studied in school.
ANDY BENN, Director of Fundraising
DEBBIE ROOF, Director of Membership
Debbie & her husband Rich have been members of Beth Chaim since 2015. Debbie received her Master’s Degree in Psychoeducational Studies in 1980 at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where she met her husband Rich. She retired in June 2017, after working for 37 years as a school psychologist. Before she retired, Debbie was a grant writer and a project coordinator in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District for an early intervention program. which helped over 1000 students per year with social skills, self-confidence, and school adjustment issues. Debbie is currently a board member for Time for Kids, Inc. and the Blackhawk Women’s Tennis Association. Debbie and Rich have two adult children, Katie (33) and Alan (31), who are both living in San Francisco. Debbie, Rich, Katie and Alan have all had Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. In addition to participating in our many Sisterhood events, Debbie is an avid tennis player, golfer, skier and gardener.
NAOMI EHRLICH, Director of Social Action/Tikkun Olam
Naomi and Scott have been members of Beth Chaim for 17 years. A native of New Jersey, Naomi grew up in Marin County and graduated from San Francisco State University (where she met Scott). She worked as a social worker for many years, and currently volunteers for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. She loves her position has Director, Tikkun Olam, and is passionate about helping those less fortunate. She and Scott have three sons, Jordan (26), Matthew (23), and Jacob (18), all of whom had their Bar Mitzvahs at Beth Chaim.
CARL ORONSKY, Director at Large, Administration
KIM THOMPSON, Director at Large, Chesed
RAE CORR, Director at Large, Marketing/Communications
AUDRA SAUL & SANDI MORRIS, Sisterhood Co-Presidents
PAUL YAMSHON, Brotherhood President