About Us
Officers
Stephen Hoffman
Board Chair
Dr. Jehuda Reinharz
President and Chief Executive Officer
Staff
Kelsey Albertino
Grants Coordinator
Mandel Foundation
Andrew Barnwell
Program Associate
Mandel Institute
Jethro Berkman
Program Director
Mandel Institute
Kim Bowman
Administrative Assistant
Mandel Foundation
Liana Brodsky
Associate Director
Mandel Institute
Alexandra Burrage
Grants Processor
Mandel Foundation
Jennifer Ehrhardt Robock
Director of Grant Operations
Mandel Foundation
Julia Ferra
Assistant Program Director
NLDP
Eva Heinstein
Director
Mandel Institute
Sandra Kluk
Program Coordinator
NLDP
Seymour Kopelowitz
Program Director
MTEI
Carol Lindley
MTEI, Program Manager
Mark Madeja
Chief Operating Officer
Mandel Foundation
Sharon Magen
Operations Associate
Mandel Institute
Claire Maurer
Special Projects Manager
NLDP & CDCLP
Yuolanda Murray
Executive Assistant
NLDP & CDCLP
Sarah Murphy Oles
Grant Operations Manager
Mandel Foundation
Melissa Pompili
Grants Coordinator
Mandel Foundation
Nora Rodriguez
Cultural Leadership Program Director
Mandel Institute
Jordan Rush
Grants Coordinator
Mandel Foundation
Neta Shapiro
Program Associate
Mandel Institute
Marcia Shepherd
Graduate Support Manager
NLDP
Karen Spira
Executive Leadership Program Director
Mandel Institute
Jillian Svala
Assistant Program Director
CDCLP
Pam Turos
Communications & Marketing Advisor
Mandel Foundation
Michael White
Senior Policy Advisor & Program Director
Mandel Foundation
Trustees
Steve Hoffman, Chairman
Former CEO, Cleveland Jewish Federation
Dr. Jehuda Reinharz
President & CEO
Amara Ahronoviz
Former CEO and Director General, The Jewish Agency for Israel
Reneé Chelm
Former Owner and President, Omni Sales, LLC; Life Trustee, Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Scott S. Cowen
Chairman, Parkwood LLC; President Emeritus, Tulane University
Mala Garg
Former Partner, Ernst & Young; Former Division Head, Premier Industrial Corporation
Randall J. Korach
President and CEO, Roofing Corp. of America
Adam B. Langsam
Chief Executive Officer, Parkwood LLC
Dan A. Polster
United States District Judge; Board Member, Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Charles H. Ratner
Principle, The Max Collaborative; Former Chairman, Forest City Enterprises
Erika B. Rudin-Luria
President, Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Nachman Shai
Dean, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem Campus; Former Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Government of Israel
Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton
President Emeritus, Cuyahoga Community College
Jeffrey J. Wild
Firm Administrative Partner & Chief Strategy Officer, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Lifetime Trustees
John C. Colman*
Former Executive Vice President, Continental Illinois Corporation; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, U. S. Department of the Treasury
Henry J. Goodman*
Former President, H. Goodman Inc; Former Chairman, Cleveland State University
Dr. Sally H. Wertheim
Emeritus Dean, John Carroll University
* Of Blessed Memory
Founding Trustees
Morton L. Mandel* (1921 – 2019)
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
Joseph C. Mandel* (1913 – 2016)
Founder, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
Jack N. Mandel* (1911 – 2011)
Founder, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
* Of Blessed Memory
