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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

 

Katie Adams
Associate Development Director 
Kadams@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8643

 

Felicia Navarro

Administrative Assitant 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

 

Elana Vigdor

Grants & Scholarship Coordinator

evigdor@jewishrochester.org

585.241.8642

 

Israel Programming

Efrat Petel

Director, Israel & Global Jewry

epetel@jewishrochester.org

585.241.8651

Jewish Community Relations

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

 

Levine Center To End Hate (LCTEH)

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

Jasmine Burley

Administrative Assistant

jburley@jewishrochester.org

585.241.8632

Marketing & Communications

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

 

Andy Hynes

Marketing & Communications Associate

ahynes@jewishrochester.org

585.241.8633


 

 

PJ Library

Dalit Spindel

Diretor, PJ Library Programming

dspindel@jewishrochester.org

585.241.8658

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

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

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

Victoria Pacheco
Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
vpacheco@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8000

ShinShinim

Michal Spivak
Director of ShinShinim Programming
mspivak@jewishrochester.org
585.241.8611

 

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Every day, we work to provide compassionate, strategic, and comprehensive support, no matter the situation. There is no organization better positioned to do this than the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester.