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Board of Directors

If you are interested in joining our Board of Directors or a Committee, please see information and forms below.

Executive Committee

Sarah Barnett – Board Chair (Newport News, VA)
Allen Mattison – Vice Chair (Bethesda, MD)
Glenn Merberg – Development & Retreat Chair (Rockville, MD)
Drew Fidler– Treasurer (Washington, D.C.)
Josh Kahn – Member at Large (Baltimore, MD)
Simon Nadler – Member at Large (Potomac, MD)

Members

Rita Brickman (Washington, DC)
Alexa Brown (Washington, DC)
Keith Cooperman (Ashburn, VA)
Toula Dreifuss (Fairfax, VA)
Brenda Fishbein (Clarksville, MD)
Carly Frank (Baltimore, MD)
Brian Gaines (Bethesda, MD)
Rebecca Geller (Fairfax Station, VA)
Ben Green (Potomac, MD)
Robert Litman (Bethesda, MD)
Amy Melnick-Scharf (Richmond, VA)
Will Minkin (Owings Mills, MD)
Ben Rosenbaum (Washington, D.C.)
Phil Schiff (Washington, D.C.)
Jamie Schiffman (Annandale, VA)
Ed Shnekendorf (Vienna, VA)
Barry Solomon (Baltimore, MD)
Edina Stoller (Baltimore, MD)

Lifetime Members

Robert Cohen (Potomac, MD)
Keith Solit (Potomac, MD)
Joan Winer (Bethesda, MD)

Past Chairs

Bernard White z”l (1987-1990)
Julius Levine (1990-2000)
Kenneth Goldblatt (2000-2003)
Robert Burman (2003-2006)
Josh Fidler (2006-2009)
Kay Klass (2009-2011)
David Max (2011-2013)
Sam Boxerman (2013-2015)
Fred Heyman (2015-2017)
Miriam Smolen (2017-2019)
Riva Mirvis (2019-2021)
Brad Stillman (2021-2023)

If you are interested in joining our Board of Directors, please review the Board Member Expectations.

Responsibilities of Individual Board Members & Objectives for Service

If you are interested in join our Board of Directors, please click here to fill out the Board Interest Form. 

A significant amount of volunteer work/discussion occurs within our committees, and we are always looking for dedicated individuals to participate.  To learn more about our agency’s committees and/or to get involved please click on this link to fill out the form.