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FRIENDS OF ARAVA

The Friends of the Arava Institute Board of Trustees

2008-2009

Officers:

Seth Morrison
Chair

Bruce Cohen
Vice-Chair

Glenda Minkin
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
2007-2008

Ziad J. Asali
American Task Force on Palestine
Washington, D.C.

Mohammad Atwa
US Bank
Kansas City, MO

Miriam Ben Yosef
Kibbutz Ketura

Sharón Benheim
Kibbutz Ketura

Dr. Tom Benson
World Education Institute
Oxford, United Kingdom

Steve Berman
OA Development
Atlanta, GA

Eric Berzon
Kaiser Foundation
Oakland, CA

Michael Beyth
Geological Survey of Israel
Moshav Matt, Israel

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

Beth Reingold Gluck
Points of Light Institute
Atlanta, GA

Robert Gold
Bob Gold & Associates
Torrance, CA

Steve Greenberg
S-Curve Records
New York, NY

Bruce M. Kahn, Ph.D.
Responsible Investment Financial
Advisor and Ecologist
New York, NY

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

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

Sam Musnikow
Investments
New York, NY

Caren Neile
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL

Uri Nusinow
Kibbutz Ketura

Gail Osman
Kibbutz Ketura

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
The Walt Disney Company
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

Bruce Stanger
Stanger and Arnold
West Hartford, CT

Chet Stein, DDS
Periodontist
Washington DC

Alon Tal
Board Member of Emeritus
Ben Gurion University

Robert Turano
Educational Testing Service
Lawrenceville, NJ

Butch Weaver
The Oreg Foundation
Boulder, CO

Melinda Wolf
Physician
Washington, DC

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