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.

    • 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