The Executive Board carries the legal fiduciary responsibility for the operations of the organization and is the decision-making body, ensuring that the policies of the World Union, as directed by the International Assembly, are put into action.
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: OFFICERS
(Nominated by the Committee)
- Carole Sterling, Chair | Canada
- Stephane Beder, Senior Vice Chair | France
- Lynn Magid Lazar, Secretary | US
- David Robinson, Vice Chair, Finance | New Zealand
- Phyllis Dorey OAM, Vice Chair | Australia
- Sonja Guentner, Vice Chair | Germany
- Charles Rothschild, Vice Chair | US
- Michal Sabel Darel, Vice Chair| Israel
- Martin Jannol, Ex officio | US
- James Cherney, Ex officio | US
- Andrew Keene, Ex officio | US
GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATIVES TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
(Nominated by the Regions)
- Jane Taves | Regional Representative North America
- Eric Beswick | Regional Representative South Africa
- Flavio Levi-Moreira | Regional Representative Latin America
- Professor Fuad Aleskerov | Regional Representative FSU
- Lesley Sachs | Regional Representative Israel
- Graham Carpenter | Regional Representative UK
- Gilbert Lederman | Regional Representative Europe
- Sharene Hambur | Regional Representative Australia, New Zealand, Asia
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS AS “AT LARGE” MEMBERS
(Nominated by the Committee)
- Deborah Blausten | UK (Youth Representative)
- Ben Fantini | Italy
- Rabbi Jordan Helfman | Canada
- Dan Kirwin | Hong Kong
- Beth Loberant | Israel
- Anne Molloy | US
- Les Rothschild | Canada
- L. Tadd Schwab | US
- Jody Steiger | Costa Rica
- Linda Thorn | South Africa
- Professor Mark Urnov | FSU
EXECUTIVE BOARD – EX-OFFICIO – IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR OF WUPJ
- Michael Grabiner Z”L | UK
EXECUTIVE BOARD – EX-OFFICIO – PRESIDENTS OF SEMINARIES
- Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris | Leo Baeck College | UK
- Rabbi Professor Walter Homolka | Abraham Geiger College | Germany
- Dr. Andrew Rehfeld | HUC/JIR | US/Israel
- Enrique Jurkowski | Iberoamerican Institute for Reform Rabbinical Education | Argentina
- Rabbi Menno ten Brink | Levisson Institute | The Netherlands
EXECUTIVE BOARD – EX-OFFICIO – WUPJ REGIONAL PRESIDENTS/CHAIRS/AFFILIATES
- Jennifer Kaufman | URJ
- David Knoll AM/Brian Samuel OAM | UPJ
- Sonja Geuntner | EUPJ
- Greg Flash | SAUPJ
- Daniel Weiss | UJR – AmLat
- Yair Lootsteen | IMPJ
- Rabbi Julia Gris | WUPJ FSU
- Rabbi Lea Muhlstein | ARZENU
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
- Rabbi Richard Hirsch Z”L | Honorary Life President | US
- Steven M. Bauman | US
- Austin Beutel | Canada
- Nani Beutel | Canada
- Dr. Philip Bliss OAM | Australia
- Stephen Breslauer | US
- Ruth Cohen | UK/Israel
- Gerry Daniel z”l | US
- Donald Day z”l | US
- Rabbi David Gelfand | US
- Betty Golomb z”l | US
- Betty Roswell z”l | US
- Dr. Arthur Roswell | US
- Jerry Tanenbaum z”l | US
- Miriam Vasserman | Latin America
- Dolores Wilkenfeld | US