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2025 - 2026 Volunteers
Without these dedicated community members, the work of the Alliance would not be possible. We thank our volunteer leadership for their commitment of time and expertise.
Alliance Board of Directors
Chair
Marisa Garber
Vice Chairs
Reza Breakstone, Philanthropy Co-chair
William Krieger, Jewish Life & Learning Co-chair
Sara E. Miller, Community Development
Mara Ostro, Governance
Avi Rosenstein, Communications
Katie Ziegler, Philanthropy Co-chair
Treasurer
Harris Chorney, Interim (7/1/25 - 1/31/26)
Jeffrey Buckler (2/1/26 - 6/30/26)
Secretary
Mara Ostro
Board of Directors
Hadley Bazarsky
Jeffrey Buckler, Chair Appointee
Lauren Charness, Jewish Life & Learning Co-chair
Harris Chorney, Immediate Past Chair
Richard Glucksman
Janet Goldman
Robert Landau, Community Relations Council
Jeremy Licht
Rashmi Licht
Sara Meirowitz
Cara Mitnick
Rabbi Preston Neimeiser, Rabbinical Representative
Sally Rotenberg
Eric Rotkow
Eric Shorr
Neil Steinberg (7/1/25 - 1/31/26)
Bethany Sutton
Honorary Directors
Melvin G. Alperin
Alan G. Hassenfeld z”l
President and CEO
Adam Greenman
Harris Chorney, Interim
Governance Committee
Mara Ostro, Chair
Andrew Bramson
Harris Chorney
Ryan Forman
Sharon Gaines
Marisa Garber, ex-officio
Jeremy Licht
Rochelle Rosen
Alliance Realty, Inc. Board
Robert Stolzman, Chair
Sharon Gaines, Vice Chair
Marc Gertsacov, Secretary/Treasurer
Audit Committee
Robert Landau, Chair
Reza Breakstone
Sara E. Miller
Jay Rosenstein
Sally Rotenberg
Finance Committee
Jeffrey Buckler, Chair (2/1/26 - 6/30/26)
Harris Chorney, Interim Chair (7/1/25 - 1/31/26)
Jason Bazarsky
Susan Leach DeBlasio
Marisa Garber, ex-officio
Jay Rosenstein
Andrew Silver
Jewish Federation Foundation of Greater Rhode Island Board
Harris Chorney, Chair (7/1/25-1/31/26)
Richard Licht, Interim Chair (2/1/26-6/30/26)
Jerrold N. Dorfman
Robin Engle
Mark R. Feinstein
Harold Foster
Susan Froehlich
Sharon Gaines
Marisa Garber, ex-officio
Marilyn Kaplan, Treasurer
Michael Nulman
Ralph Posner
Jay Rosenstein
Sally Rotenberg
Robert Schloss
Robert Sherwin, Vice Chair
Herbert Stern
Robert Stolzman
Cheryl Greenfeld Teverow, Secretary
Facilities Committee
Harold Foster, Chair
Seth Baum
Jonah Israelit
James Pious
Peter Ziegler
Community Relations Council
Robert Landau, Chair
Adam Cable
Janet Goldman
Joelle Crane Kanter
Ryan Forman
Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser
Rabbi Preston Neimeiser
Development & Philanthropy Committee
Reza Breakstone, Co-chair
Katie Ziegler, Co-chair
Susan Froehlich
Marisa Garber
Richard Glucksman
Sally Rotenberg
Community Development Committee
Sara Miller, Chair
Abigail Anthony
Adina Davies
Rabbi Michael Fel
Jodi Greenberg
Jeffrey Isaacs
Hanina Rosenstein
Eric Rotkow
Community Microgrants Committee
Ryan Forman
Rachel Furman
Brooke Odessa
Samuel Zurier
Women's Alliance Endowment Fund
Susan Leach DeBlasio, Co-chair
Amy DeBlasio, Co-chair
Annual Campaign Solicitors
Reza Breakstone
Alan Buff
Lauren Charness
Harris Chorney
Beverly Ehrich
Mark Feinstein
Barbara Feldstein
Edward Feldstein
Harold Foster
Susan Froehlich
Marisa Garber
Richard Glucksman
George Goodwin
David Hirsch
Hope Hirsch
Marilyn Kaplan
William Kreiger
Robert Landau
Rashmi Licht
Alan Litwin
David London
Sara Miller
Cara Mitnick
Mara Ostro
James Pious
Ralph Posner
Avi Rosenstein
Sally Rotenberg
Edward Rotmer
Steven Schechter
Barbara Sokoloff
Herbert Stern
Joel Westerman
Dee Dee Witman
Katie Ziegler
Jewish Life & Learning Committee
Lauren Charness, Co-chair
William Krieger, Co-chair
Abigail Anthony
Jacob Brier
Brooke Odessa
Bethany Sutton
Branding/Communications Committee
Avi Rosenstein, Chair
Adam Baum
Hadley Bazarsky
Max Charness
Ryan Forman
Jodi Greenberg
Sara Miller
Membership Experience Committee
Reza Breakstone, Chair
Jessica Schuster
Hamed Lahijani
Early Childhood Center Parent Committee
Amy DeBlasio, Co-chair
Ruthie Furman-Ingard, Co-chair
Long-Term Fiscal Health Task Force
Marisa Garber, Chair
Abigail Anthony
Jeffrey Buckler
Harris Chorney
Sharon Gaines
Cara Mitnick
Jeffrey Vogel
Laugh with Liz-Comedy Night Committee
Amy DeBlasio, Co-chair
Katie Ziegler, Co-chair
Hadley Bazarsky
Violaine Cola
Susan Leach DeBlasio
Jessica Litner
May-Tal Sauerbrun-Cutler
Mel Stupell
40th Annual Richard Bornstein Memorial Dwares JCC Golf Classic
Honorary Host Committee
Jeffrey Brier
Robin and Jim Engle
Alan Litwin
Richard S. Mittleman
David Odessa
Jamie Pious
Samuel Suls
Jeffrey Vogel
Planning Committee
Ruthie Furman-Ingard, Co-chair
Ben Ingard, Co-chair
Jessica Rosenthal and John O’Bell
Lauren and Max Charness
Lynne Klasko Foster
Shelly & Andrew Sigal
Bethany and Rich Sutton