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 Z”L | 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
- 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 | Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) | North America
- David Knoll AM/Brian Samuel OAM | Union for Progressive Judaism (UPJ) | Australia, Asia, and New Zealand
- Sonja Geuntner | European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ) | Europe
- Greg Flash | South African Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ) | South Africa
- Daniel Weiss | Union for Reform Judaism for Latin America (UJR AmLat) | Latin America
- Yair Lootsteen | Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ) | Israel
- Rabbi Julia Gris | WUPJ FSU | Belarus, Russia and Ukraine
- 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