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 (2017-2019)
- Carole Sterling, Chair – Canada
- Stephane Beder, Senior Vice Chair – France
- Charlie Rothschild, Secretary – USA
- David Robinson, Vice Chair, Finance – New Zealand
- Phyllis Dorey, Vice Chair – Australia
- Yaron Shavit, Vice Chair – Israel
- Sonja Guentner, Vice Chair – Germany
- Lynn Magid Lazar, Vice Chair – USA
- James Cherney, ex officio – USA
- Martin Jannol, ex officio – USA
EXECUTIVE BOARD (2017-2019)
- Jane Taves, Regional Representative North America – USA
- Dora Lucia Brenner, Regional Representative Latin America – Brazil
- Steve Lurie, Regional Representative South Africa – South Africa
- Paula Edelstein, Regional Representative Israel – Israel
- Graham Carpenter, Regional Representative UK – UK
- Professor Faud Aleskerov, Regional Representative FSU – Russia
- Gilbert Lederman, Regional Representative Europe – Belgium
- Sharene Hambur, Regional Representative Australia, New Zealand, Asia – Australia
- Rabbi Jordan Helfman – Canada
- Andrew Keene – USA
- Yair Lootsteen – Israel
- Anne Molloy – USA
- Les Rothschild – Canada
- L. Tadd Schwab – USA
- Alexander Dembitz – Switzerland
- Igor Zinkov – Russia/ UK
- Linda Thorn – South Africa
- Enrique Jurkowski – Argentina
- Rabbi Nathan Alfred – Singapore
EX-OFFICIO | PRESIDENTS OF SEMINARIES & AFFILIATES | REGIONAL PRESIDENTS & CHAIRS
- Ex-Officio: Michael Grabiner, Immediate Past Chair, WUPJ – UK
- Rabbi Dr. Deborah Kahn-Harris, Leo Baeck College
- Rabbi Professor Walter Homolka, Abraham Geiger Kolleg
- Rabbi Lea Muhlstein, Chair, ARZENU
- Sonja Geuntner, Chair EUPJ
- Gordon Smith, President EUPJ
- Monica Solomon, Chair, SAUPJ
- Raul Gottlieb, President, Union del Judaísmo Reformista (UJR–AmLat) (formerly WUPJ-LA)
- Roger Mendelson, President, UPJ
- Daryl Messinger, Chair, URJ
- Reuven Marko, Chair, IMPJ
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
- Rabbi Richard Hirsch, Honorary Life President – Israel
- Steven M. Bauman – USA
- Austin Beutel – Canada
- Nani Beutel – Canada
- Dr. Philip Bliss – Australia
- Stephen Breslauer – USA
- Ruth Cohen – Israel
- Betty Golomb z”l – USA
- Arthur Roswell – USA
- Betty Roswell – USA
- Jerry Tanenbaum – USA
- Dolores Wilkenfeld – USA