Contact Us

Listed below is the contact information for the staff of the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester. Please keep in mind that some staff members are involved in multiple different projects and departments. We look forward to hearing from you.

Executive Office

Meredith Dragon
CEO
mdragon@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8629

George Hammond
Executive Assistant
ghammond@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8603

Center for Holocaust Awareness & Information (CHAI)

Sapir Soble
Director of CHAI
ssoble@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8628

Development and Fundraising

Debbie Goldberg
Chief Philanthropic Officer
dgoldberg@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8627

Gitana Mirochnik
Director of Philanthropy
gmirochnik@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8643

Felicia Navarro
Administrative Assistant For Chief Philanthropic Officer
fnavarro@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8626

Finance

Jeanine Monachino
Chief Financial & Operating Officer
jmonachino@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8630

Julia Ham
Accounting Manager
jham@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8623

Svetlana Feygin
Bookkeeper
sfeygin@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8631

Zane Leader
Bookkeeper
zleader@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8610

Samantha Reak
Database Manager
sreak@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8641

The Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester

Eric Brandt
Director, Planned Giving & Endowments
ebrandt@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8625

Marissa Barashi
Scholarship & Grants Coordinator
mbarashi@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8642

Israel Programming

Director of Partnership2Gether Programming

585.461.0490

info@jewishrochester.org

Jewish Community Relations

Monica Gebell
Director of Community Relations
mgebell@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8651

Jewish Education & Engagement

Rachel Kest
Director, Jewish Education & Engagement
rkest@jewishrochester.org

585.461.2000 ext. 1011

Biffy Borg
PJ Library Manager & Family Engagement Specialist
bborg@jewishrochester.org
585.461.2000 ext. 1012

Levine Center To End Hate (LCTEH)

Monica Gebell
Executive Director, Levine Center to End Hate
mgebell@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8651

Thomas Cuyler
Youth Engagement Coordinator
tcuyler@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8699

Chaz Goodman
Marketing & Communications Manager
cgoodman@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8648

Sierra Sadowski
Program Planning & Community Education Coordinator
ssadowski@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8646

Marketing & Communications

Karen Bresson
Director, Marketing & Communications
kbresson@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8621

Trent Firster
Marketing & Communications Associate
tfirster@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8633

Planning & Programming

Leah Goldman
Chief Planning & Program Officer
lgoldman@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8635

Leora Rozin

Director of Leadership Development

lrozin@jewishrochester.org

585.241.8658

Dawn Cassarino
Administrative Assistant, Planned Giving & Endowments/Security
dcassarino@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8637

ROCStrong Security Initiative

Mark Henderson
Regional Security Director
mhenderson@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8624