Leadership

JSS is governed by a Board of Directors which meets approximately eight times throughout the year. Directors are elected at our Annual Meeting every Fall. JSS openly welcomes nominations from people with a wide array of professional backgrounds. If you would like to contact the Board of Directors, you can send a message to jssboard@jssmadison.org.

If you would like to become a member of the JSS Board of Directors, please contact us at info@jssmadison.org. The updated bylaws for our board can be read below:

Past Presidents

Lawrence Bensky, Liesl Blockstein z”l, Maria Cancian, Barry Gidal, Howard Goldman, Les Goldsmith, Diane Gutmann, Roberta Lazarz, Joan Lerman, Daniel Levin, Harvey Malofsky z”l, Kris Rasmussen, Linda Reivitz, Kenneth Robbins, Stefanie Rose, Judy Sidran, Cheryl Rosen Weston, James Youngerman, Nan Youngerman, Brad Goldstein, Carousel Bayrd, Nancy Leff

Meet the 2025-2026 Board of Directors

Don Miner, Interim Board President
Retired Chief Business Officer, UW-Madison

Nancy Leff, Immediate Past President
Psychotherapist

Dale Kunin, Treasurer
CPA

Chontel Syfox, Secretary
UW-Madison Professor

Ron Diamond
Psychiatrist, Retired Director of Journey Mental Health

Fred Edelman
Neurologist

Faye Zemel
Director of Services at DAIS

Jonathan Pollack
Honorary Fellow at UW-Madison’s Center for Jewish Studies