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 | USA
- David Robinson, Vice Chair, Finance | New Zealand
- Phyllis Dorey OAM, Vice Chair | Australia
- Sonja Guentner, Vice Chair | Germany
- Charles Rothschild, Vice Chair | USA
- Martin Jannol, ex officio | USA
- James Cherney, ex officio | USA
- Andrew Keene, ex officio | USA
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)
- Rabbi Nathan Alfred | Singapore
- Deborah Blausten | UK (Youth Representative)
- Ben Fantini | Italy
- Rabbi Jordan Helfman | Canada
- Dan Kirwin | Hong Kong
- Beth Loberant | Israel
- Anne Molloy | USA
- Les Rothschild | Canada
- L. Tadd Schwab | USA
- Jody Steiger | Costa Rica
- Linda Thorn | South Africa
- Professor Mark Urnov | FSU
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
- Rabbi David Gelfand | USA
- Miriam Vasserman | Latin America
EXECUTIVE BOARD – EX-OFFICIO – IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR OF WUPJ
- Michael Grabiner | 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 | USA/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
- Monica Solomon | SAUPJ
- Raul Gottlieb | UJR – AmLat
- Yair Lootsteen | IMPJ
- Rabbi Julia Gris | WUPJ FSU
- Rabbi Lea Muhlstein | ARZENU
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
- Rabbi Richard Hirsch | Honorary Life President | USA
- Steven M. Bauman | USA
- Austin Beutel | Canada
- Nani Beutel | Canada
- Dr. Philip Bliss OAM | Australia
- Stephen Breslauer | USA
- Ruth Cohen | UK/Israel
- Gerry Daniel z”l | USA
- Donald Day z”l | USA
- Betty Golomb z”l | USA
- Betty Roswell | USA
- Dr. Arthur Roswell | USA
- Jerry Tanenbaum | USA
- Dolores Wilkenfeld | USA