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2020...continued from page 1A Board of Directors...continued from page 1A Building for a better tomorrow
‹ Providing formal exhibit space for Holocaust Remember Me Orchard Development; Stacy Hanan, Vice- moved to the Sarasota area in 2013 and
local artists and traveling exhibi- • A Holocaust Memorial Reflection President Capital Campaign; Bob Is- now reside on Longboat Key. hen the middle school stu-
tions Pond raeloff, Treasurer; David Millstone, Larry Zaslavsky and his wife dents of the Hershorin
‹ Showcasing the best of Israel and • A Jewish Day Camp Secretary and Governance Officer; and Sheree are originally from Chicago. WSchiff Community Day
its people in Sarasota-Manatee Want to get involved? at-large officers: Tom Bernstein, Roz The couple moved first to Savannah School walk into their new school
through providing space for Israeli ‹ The next steps include a formal Goldberg, Anne Spindel, Peter Wells and then Sarasota three years ago. building on The Larry & Mary Green-
businesses, technology, the arts, strategic planning process, pro- and Patti Wertheimer. Zaslavsky is a CPA and an attorney spon Family Campus for Jewish Life
food and more gram development and more. New board members include Joel who spent his career purchasing and in August 2021, they’ll be entering the
Environmental ‹ Committees will utilize the Jewish Morganroth, Mark Smotkin and Larry running many small to medium-sized Blumenthal Building, with the lead
‹ Establishing a sustainable food community study as their baseline Zaslavsky. companies. In Savannah, he was a real gift provided by Sarasota’s Blumen-
garden for data-driven decision-making Dr. Morganroth has lived on Siesta estate developer. Sheree owned a con- thal family. And, as Colleen Blumen-
‹ Maximizing efficiencies through to inform our priorities, program- Key with his wife Gail for 10 years. He fectionary brokerage company. It was thal said, “This isn’t going to be your
solar energy ming and future plans for the Fed- serves as a Trustee of Ringling Col- while in Savannah that he became in- grandfather’s Jewish day school.”
Keeping our community safe and eration and its campus. lege of Art + Design, Sarasota Memo- volved and passionate about the Jewish Colleen is a former president of
secure is a goal and a priority for our Contact one of us and we will rial Healthcare Foundation and Marie Federation. the school’s Board of Trustees; Mitch
Federation. After the shootings at be happy to help you find the place Selby Botanical Gardens. Hailing from Other directors include Sepi Ack- Blumenthal is a current co-chair of
synagogues in Pittsburgh, San Diego that’s right for you. (Randon Carvel Philadelphia, he is an academic cardi- erman, Marsha Eisenberg, Linda Lip- the board. Their sons Sam and Noah –
and Germany, the safety of every indi- – rcarvel@jfedsrq.org; Kim Mullins ologist. He currently serves as Chief son, Bunny Skirboll, Len Drexler, as well as a cousin – graduated from
vidual visiting all Jewish campuses is – kmullins@jfedsrq.org; Howard Tev- Cardiac Consultant for ERT, a global Lauren Fineman, Mary Gratehouse, the school, formerly known as Gold-
paramount. In order to achieve this, a lowitz – htevlowitz@jfedsrq.org) clinical research organization that de- Wayne Ruben, Alan Silverglat, Mel ie Feldman Academy (GFA), in the
new Community Security Director will If you’re interested in learning termines the cardiac and pulmonary Taub and Michelle Mitchell. Lifetime 2000s.
be hired by Federation in the coming more about the campus renovation safety of new drugs. members of the Board of Directors in- Colleen and Mitch moved to Sara-
months to oversee the implementa- project or the Jewish community study, Mark Smotkin is from York, Penn- clude Barbara Ackerman, Alan Ades, sota in 1990 and immediately became
tion of a 21 century security plan on join us for a Town Hall presentation sylvania, and was a partner with Ernst Tom Bernstein, David Chaifetz, Roz involved with the Jewish community.
st
the campus. The Community Security on Friday, January 17 at 10:00 a.m. or and Young, specializing in transac- Goldberg, Lewis Hanan, Lois Stulberg
Director will work with our area con- Monday, February 24 at 6:00 p.m. on tional tax law, primarily serving the and Patti Wertheimer.
gregations and Jewish institutions to the Federation campus. Visit jfedsrq. private equity industry. He served Cycling off the board this year
assess their security needs, provide org/events for details or to register. on various boards in Washington and are Al Ernst, Simone Knego, Iris Na-
training for staff and lay leadership, We are united in our feelings of was involved with Jewish Social Ser- hemow, Nancy Roucher and Adrea
and assist with implementation of se- pride and excitement about what the vices. He and his wife Danielle have Sukin.
curity plans. next two years of Randon Carvel’s two children, Eddie and Natalie. They
Future plans for the back 16 acres presidency will hold. We are at the
include: threshold of major change. We hope
• The Larry & Mary Greenspon that the community will join us and
Sports Complex embrace what our collective future UROLOGY TREATMENT CENTER
• The Marie Cohen Hadida Zachor holds. • BARZELL • GREEN • CURTIS • AKARY •

ADULTS
CULTURE WINSTON E. BARZELL, MD, FACS, FRCS As they reported, in those days, as soon
CHARITY
CHA RI T Y Diplomate of the American Board of Urology as a Jewish couple became pregnant it
JOSHUA T. GREEN, MD, FACS
KIDS S Diplomate of the American Board of Urology was time to get on the list for GFA.
K
ID
JEWISH “The school kept us Jewish, kept
GERARD A. CURTIS, MD
CALENDAR Your Hub Diplomate of the American Board of Urology us tied to the Jewish community, and
OF EVENTS EIHAB AKARY, MD
IN SARASOTA for Jewish Events Board Eligible gave our kids a phenomenal educa-
AND MANATEE CASIE WODZIEN, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC tion,” Mitch said.
Sam started at the school in 1998
3325 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 200 6310 Health Parkway, Suite 210 and Colleen was engaged immediately
JFEDSRQ.org/JewishEvents Sarasota, FL 34239 Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 as a volunteer. One year later, she be-
LEARN
FAMILY PHONE: 941.917.8488 Urologytreatmentcenter.com came the chair of the preschool board;
FAX: 941.917.8475
a Division of 21 Century Oncology
her involvement continued through

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