Friends of the Arava Institute
2041 Herr Street, Suite 18 Harrisburg, PA 17103
Tel. 1.866.31.ARAVA
www.friendsofarava.org
FRIENDS OF ARAVA

The Friends of the Arava Institute Board of Trustees

2009-2010

Officers:

Seth Morrison
Chair

Glenda Minkin
Vice-Chair

Dan Mogulof
Vice-Chair

Frank Chudnow
Treasurer

Jonathan Leo
Secretary

Staff:

David Weisberg
Executive Director

Rabbi Michael Cohen
Director of Special Projects

Jessica Reed
Administrative Coordinator

Board of Trustees
2009-2010

Mehnaz Afridi
Antioch University
Long Beach, CA

Mohammad Atwa
State Street Bank
Kansas City, MO

Miriam Sharton
Kibbutz Ketura

Sharon Benheim
Kibbutz Ketura

Dr. Tom Benson
World Education Institute
Oxford, United Kingdom

Eric Berzon
Kaiser Foundation
Oakland, CA

Michael Beyth
Geological Survey of Israel
Moshav Matt, Israel

Colleen Camp
Actress
Los Angeles, CA

Mohamad Chakaki
Cambridge, MA

Dr. Kutaiba Chaleby
KidsPeace
Orefield, PA

Frank Chudnow
SofterWare, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

Bruce Cohen
CSL Services, Inc.
Cherry Hill, NJ

Sonia Simon Cummings
Artist
Los Angeles, CA

Brock Evans
Environmental Strategist and Consultant
Washington, D.C.

Barry R. Fierst
Fierst and Fink, P.C.
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
Agoura Hills, CA

Audrey Galex
Roots and Wings Life Stories
Atlanta, GA

Robert Gold
Bob Gold & Associates
Torrance, CA

Steve Greenberg
S-Curve Records
New York, NY

Hasan Hakeem
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Zion, IL

Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz
Temple Beth El
Springfield, MA

Reverend George Kell
Greater Harrisburg Youth for Christ
Harrisburg, PA

David Lehrer
Director, Arava Institute
Kibbutz Ketura

Jonathan Leo
Science Applications International Corporation
Orange County, CA

Ron Lubin
Crystal Capital
Boston, MA

Michael Marcus
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Denver, CO

Stuart J. Meyers, MD
Atlanta, GA

Paul Miller
Livingston, NJ

Glenda Blum Minkin
Consultant
Atlanta, GA

Dan Mogulof
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

Seth Morrison
CTAM: The Cable & Telecommunications
Association for Marketing
Arlington, VA

Caren Neile
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL

Uri Nusinow
Kibbutz Ketura

Gail Osman
Kibbutz Ketura

Lisa Paige
Harrisburg City School District
Harrisburg, PA

Eric Pallant
Professor of Environmental Science
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA

Mandy Patinkin
Actor/Singer
New York, NY

Alison Pepper
National Assocation for the Education of Young Children
Washington D.C.

Jack Platt
Gelest Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

Howie Rodenstein
Adheris, Inc.
Boston, MA

Jennifer Rudin
Casting Agent
New York, NY

Hillel Salomon
American Leak Detection
Berkeley, CA

Nigel Savage
Hazon
New York, NY

Karen Schapiro
Midwest Environmental Advocates
Madison, WI

Stuart Schoenfeld
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jonathan Schorsch
Assistant Professor of Religion
Columbia University
New York, NY

Ori Sivan
Green Entrepreneur/Sustainability Consultant
Chicago, IL

Bruce Stanger
Stanger and Arnold
West Hartford, CT

Chet Stein, DDS
Periodontist
Washington DC

Robert Turano
Lawrenceville, NJ

Butch Weaver
The Oreg Foundation
Boulder, CO

Tara Wolfson
Political Consultant
Wolfson & Grange, LLC
Boise, ID