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Boards of Directors

General Board of Directors (Va’ad Minahel)

TRUSTEES
Dr. Aryeh Bliar, Board Director
Yisrael Segev, Adv.
Ehud Ben Naftali, Adv.
Assaf Nevenzal, Adv.

Members of Shalva’s General Board of Directors are voluntary.

Canadian Friends Board of Directors

BOARD PRESIDENT
Aleta Shiff

BOARD TREASURER 
Mark Ross

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gordon R. Diamond
Trevor Hunt
Renee Lieberman
Ronnie Strasser

LIFETIME MEMBERS 
Esty Edell 
Lenny Rothschild 

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sharon Kaminsky 

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR 
Melissa Sobel 

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Silvia Schwarz 

American Friends of Shalva Board of Directors

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Norman Alpert

CO-PRESIDENTS
Jane Gol
David Zwillinger

TREASURER
Yoni Leifer

SECRETARY
Jacques Semmelman

CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD EMERITI
Nathan Low
Leon Wagner
Hillel Weinberger

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Joshua Geller
Uri Kaufthal
Michael Kleinberg
Drew Parker
Loren Weiss

BOARD OF ADVISORS 
Nicole Agus
Jane Alpert
Ishaia Gol
Nathan Kahn
Sandy Kahn
Lisa Low
Andrew Lowinger
Basya Lowinger
Lauren Presser
Gabrielle Propp
Tommy Rosenthal
Debbie Schwartz
Michael Slade
Ruth Slade
James Tisch

FOUNDER
Kalman Samuels

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Leo Klein

SENIOR DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
Alexis Schwartz

SOUTHEAST REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Naomi Ebehsera

*Executive Committee

British Friends Board of Directors

CEO 
Lewis Bloch 

PRESIDENT 
Deborah Fisher

TRUSTEES
John Corre
Laraine Harris
Ronen Kannor
Andrew Raphaely
Michelle Shemtob