Jewish Federation of St. Louis Board of Directors
The Board of Directors has moral and legal responsibility for the direction, management, and control of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.
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2025 Board of Directors

Board Chair
Todd Siwak
A native Missourian, Todd Siwak earned his law degree from St. Louis University School of Law and his bachelor of science in economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He co-chaired the Federation’s most recent strategic plan and will serve as the board chair through December 31, 2026.
Board Officers

Vice Chair At-Large
Craig Rosenthal

Vice Chair of Communications
Patty Bloom

Vice Chair of Community Impact
Dalia Oppenheimer

Vice Chair Community Leadership and Engagement
Abby Goldstein

Vice Chair of Development
Toby Warticovschi

Vice Chair of Finance
Felicia Malter

Vice Chair of Governance & Board Engagement
John Greenberg

Immediate Past Chair
Bob Newmark
At-Large Directors

Amy Bender-Levy

Ben Cherry

Jim Deutsch

Rabbi Amy Feder

Daniel Friedman

Burt Garland

Cathy Goldsticker

Elliott Kleiman

Michael Laycob

Mont Levy

Galia Movitz

Joe Pereles

Aviva Raskas

Dafna Revah

Janie Roodman Weiss

Sue Schlichter

Sherry Shuman

Tim Shern

Rachel Thimangu

Rob Wasserman

Leslie Yoffie
Council of Life
The Council of Life includes all past Board Chairs and other specially elected long-term, distinguished community leaders.
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- Ilse Altman (Of Blessed Memory)
- Terry Bloomberg
- Lee Bohm (Of Blessed Memory)
- Paul Cahn
- Patricia F. Croughan*
- Julian Edison (Of Blessed Memory)
- Alyn Essman* (Of Blessed Memory)
- Marilyn Essman (Of Blessed Memory)
- Marilyn Fox * (Of Blessed Memory)
- Ambassador Sam Fox (Of Blessed Memory)
- Harris Frank* (Of Blessed Memory)
- Henrietta Freedman (Of Blessed Memory)
- Thomas Green* (Of Blessed Memory)
- Sheila Greenbaum*
- Gerald P. Greiman*
- Siegmund Halpern* (Of Blessed Memory)
- Harvey Harris*
- Harvey and Terry Hieken (Of Blessed Memory)
- Bill Kahn (Of Blessed Memory)
- Ken Kranzberg
- Mont Levy*
- Leslie Litwack
- Michael Litwack*
- Lynn Lyss
- Robert Millstone*
- Sanford Neuman* (Of Blessed Memory)
- Michael Newmark*
- Heschel Raskas*
- Barry Rosenberg
- Pam and Ron Rubin
- Jay Sarver*
- Alvin Siteman
- Nancy Siwak*
- Michael Staenberg
- Richard Stein
- Morris Sterneck* (Of Blessed Memory)
- Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman
- Harvey N. Wallace*
- Greg Yawitz*
*Past Board Chair