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Addie Goodman

President & CEO – Bio

Anita Denes-Meador

Chief Program Officer – Bio

Patty Fay

Chief Human Resources Officer – Bio

Brad Finkel

Chief Operating Officer – Bio

Karen Goodman Minter

Chief Marketing Officer – Bio

Ruthie Neumeier

Chief Development Officer – Bio

Joshua Slattery

Chief Financial Officer – Bio

Board of Directors

Chair

Stuart joined the North Suburban JCC in 1995. He served and chaired most committees including nominating, fundraising, budget, and programming. He was elected President of the Northern Region JCC in 2004.

He was then invited to join the JCC Chicago Board of Directors. He once again chaired various committees. He was elected President of JCC Chicago in 2011. Most recently, he has served as Chair of the JCC Chicago Endowment Foundation. Stuart is a Director of the JCC Chicago Board, is Chair of the Endowment Task Force, and is on the JCC Chicago Advisory Council.

Stuart is also a past Board Member of Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF). He served on various JUF committees and commissions including the JUF Nominating Committee, Community Building & Jewish Continuity Commission, and Hillels of Illinois Governing Commission.

Stuart was elected to the JCC Association National Board of Directors in 2013. He served on various committees through 2019.

Stuart is currently Vice President of Administration of North Suburban Synagogue Beth El and serves on the Executive Committee. In 2018, he co-chaired the NSS Beth El Vision 70 Endowment Campaign which raised $6 million.

Stuart is President of Prime Publishing LLC, a niche digital media company he founded in 2009. This is his fourth start-up. He serves various industry trade associations including being on the Executive Board of the Craft Yarn Council, the Executive Council of the Association for Creative Industries, and the Advisory Board of Mequoda.

Stuart and his wife, Barbara, reside in Highland Park and have 3 children, 1 son-in-law, and 1 grandchild.

Treasurer

Over his career, Mitchell Kahn has demonstrated a successful track record of business management, strong leadership, and entrepreneurship. Kahn graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Business and received his JD from Northwestern University Law School. After beginning his career as a transactional attorney focused on both real estate and corporate M&A transactions, he served as Senior Vice President at Sportmart, growing the company’s retail footprint from 20 to 70 stores. He then co-founded Hilco, a leading real estate restructuring, disposition valuation, and appraisal firm. Kahn served as President and CEO and grew the business to more than 30 employees and annual revenues in excess of $15,000,000.

In 2010, Kahn co-founded Frontline Real Estate Partners, a real estate investment and advisory company with expertise in the acquisition, development, management, disposition, and leasing of commercial real estate properties throughout the United States. The company has acquired properties valued at more than $125,000,000 and has built a successful brokerage and property management business currently managing more than two million square feet of properties. Kahn actively serves as Chairman of Frontline Real Estate Partners. In 2014, Kahn co-founded Grassroots Cannabis to provide safe and efficacious cannabinoid products to consumers. As CEO of the largest private, vertically integrated, cannabis operation in the United States, he established operations in 11 states, obtained more than 60 licenses, and empowered over 1,100 employees. Today Kahn serves on multiple Boards and is actively involved in numerous charitable and community organizations.

Secretary

Marisa graduated with a major in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has a Master’s in Secondary English Education from National-Louis University. She is currently Chair of the JCC Chicago Board on which she has had numerous roles over the last 10 years.

Marisa is also on the JCC Chicago Women’s Board and has been a member of the Young Women’s Board of JUF for 9 years holding many roles including Vice President of Campaign, Area Development, and Community Outreach and Engagement. She is an active member of Beth Shalom Synagogue in Northbrook. Marisa owns the interior design firm, Horizon Lane, specializing in residential design. She and her husband, Dr. Steven Mandrea, reside in Northbrook. They have 4 children: Max, Josie, Arielle, and Mackenzie.

Vice Chairs

Ed feels as if he spent his entire life at JCCs, and he has from the age of 5 starting at the Milwaukee JCC. He even worked at Camp Chi between semesters in medical school at the University of Washington. Ed is the Immediate Past Chair of the JCC Chicago Board.

Now an anesthesiologist, Ed is one of the developers of the outpatient surgicenter industry in the Chicago area and helped found SameDay Surgery with 8 owned and operated centers. He is also the founder and chair of Nations Healthcare, opening 3 surgicenters in partnership with the NHS in the UK.

Ed has devoted most of his philanthropic time to Camp Chi and JCC Chicago for which he has been a passionate volunteer and supporter for over 35 years. He and his wife, Cathy, reside in Glencoe. They have 2 children and 4 grandchildren.

Mike has been involved with the JCC and Jewish camps his entire life. He started as a camper and then a counselor, a lifeguard, a supervisor, and, eventually, a director. Those experiences shaped who he is and provide a strong foundation for his Jewish identity. Given time to reflect on those amazing experiences, joining the JCC Chicago Board as a Director seemed like the natural next step.

Mike grew up in the suburbs of Detroit and started going to Jewish sleepaway camp at a very young age. He continued those experiences into his professional life upon graduation from Michigan State University when he moved to New York to take on a full-time role at the Samuel Field Y helping lead its overnight camp, Poyntelle. He spent 5 summers creating lasting memories and positively impacting hundreds of campers and staff. The experiences and friendships he made stick with him to this day.

Mike moved to Chicago almost 15 years ago and made a pivot in his professional career. In addition to graduating with his Master’s Degree from Northwestern University, he has held a number of Talent and Human Resources leadership roles at companies like Ernst & Young and Deloitte. Mike currently drives strategic priorities across several talent channels at Deloitte including leading campus operations for the consulting business. He brings that talent focused perspective to his support of the JCC and the Board of Directors.

Mike and his wife, Alissa, reside in Glenview and attend Temple Jeremiah. They have 2 daughters and a dog. His daughters have attended both Camp Apachi and Camp Chi. In his free time, he loves to travel, cook, and play golf.

Laurie has been involved with the JCC since childhood when her mother, Elaine Frank, started on the JCC Chicago Women’s Auxiliary (now the JCC Chicago Women’s Board) following in her mother’s (Irene Spiesberger) footsteps. Laurie is a Vice Chair of the JCC Chicago Board, has served as its Chair, and is on the JCC Chicago Advisory Council. Laurie is also a Director and Past President of the JCC Chicago Women’s Board and has also served on the boards of the Jewish Community Centers of America (JCCA), North Shore Congregation Israel, and Hebrew Union College.

Laurie loves the hands-on feeling she receives when working with the J which allows her to see the fruition of the decisions made by the 2 boards on which she serves. Laurie also received the JCC Hall of Fame Award, again following in the footsteps of her mother and father.

Professionally, she has a degree in Interior Design and is still working as a designer. Laurie is also an artist now working in glass and previously in wood and stone.  She was also trained in 1959 to be a computer programmer and worked for several years utilizing those skills.

Laurie resides in Highland Park. She is blessed with 4 children, 3 wonderful sons-in-law and an amazing daughter-in-law, which, to her, are like her own children, and 12 grandchildren, some of whom live in the area and some out East.

Development Chair

Doug and his wife, Carol, have a lifelong commitment to supporting the Chicago and worldwide Jewish community, and are most fortunate to continue this tradition having their 2 sons and 6 grandchildren all living near them in the Chicago area.

Recognizing Doug’s humanitarian and philanthropic initiatives, he has received the Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee and the Spirit of Life Award from the City of Hope.  He has also served as Campaign Chairman for the Chicago Jewish United Fund in 2009.

His commitment to JCC enabling young people to further their understanding of Jewish values and promote living their lives Jewishly is exemplified by his efforts to promote JCC within our community.

Doug’s involvement with JCC goes back many years, including financial support.  He currently serves on the JCC Chicago Board as a Vice Chair and is Chair of the Development Committee to raise funds to support JCC programs.

Doug volunteered for service in the United States Army serving as a First Lieutenant 1965 – 1967 and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal and Army Commendation Medal.

Doug helped build his family’s furniture manufacturing business with facilities in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Mexico.  After the successful sale of the business, Doug devoted more time and resources to philanthropy and helping others who may not have had the ability to help themselves.

Doug and his wife, Carol, reside in Highland Park.  Doug still enjoys running and workouts having completed several triathlons and 9 marathons.

Governance Chair

Mark is the Chairman of Midwest Investment Banking and Global Head of Automotive and Equipment for J.P. Morgan. Mark has worked at J.P Morgan for 21 years. He has participated in the execution of numerous M&A assignments, equity and equity-linked transactions, fixed income transactions (both investment grade and high yield), and bank financings. M&A assignments include both buy-side and sell-side engagements for large public and private companies as well as cross-border transactions and business valuations.

Mark received an M.B.A. with honors in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago and a B.A. with high honors in Finance from Indiana University.

Mark is a member of the Board of WTTW (Chicago PBS) and the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.

Mark and his wife, Lisa, reside in Deerfield and have 3 daughters: Emma, Becca, and Jane. Mark’s family has been involved with the JCC for multiple generations. His mom, Sue Pinsky-Gardner, worked at various Chicago JCCs for over 40 years and all of his children attended both Apachi and Camp Chi.

Directors

Hillary M. Hecktman Behar is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Pediatric Oncology Nurse Practitioner Program. Her bachelor of science in nursing degree was earned at the University of Miami. She previously worked as a Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Nurse Practitioner at the University of Chicago and Comer Children’s Hospital, and as a Stem Cell Transplant Staff Nurse at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.

Hillary is the Executive Director of the Hecktman Family Foundation and works for her family business, Hilco Global. Her non-profit interests include pediatric healthcare advances, genocide prevention, combating antisemitism, improving after school programming in Chicago for at-risk youth, and gun violence prevention. Her pediatric oncology passion has been most recently fulfilled by building Sunrise Day Camp Chicago with the JCC. She has dedicated time to working at Sunrise Day Camp as a pediatric oncology nurse.

She is married to Dr. Alex Behar and together they have three young children: Oliver, Pearl, and Ezra. The couple live in Highland Park and are jointly involved in various non-profit organizations including serving on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Next Generation Board.

“JCC has been a part of my life for almost all of my life, starting with nursery school, swimming lessons, and after school programs for me and continuing with early childhood, after school programs, day camp, and Camp Chi for my son. The JCC has been there when I wanted it and needed it. I am involved with JCC Chicago because I want to ensure that the JCC is there for future generations the same way it has been there for me.”

Lisa’s volunteer involvement with JCC Chicago began when she joined the early childhood parent committee at the Florence G. Heller JCC in Lakeview. From there, she joined the local Heller JCC Board and became Co-President of the region that encompassed the Heller JCC. Lisa’s connection continued with joining the JCC Chicago Board of which she is Secretary and Chair of the Governance Committee.

Professionally, Lisa designed and developed information systems working in private industry. She is able to use the system analysis skills from her professional career in her JCC Board and Committee work. Lisa is currently retired.

Lisa and her husband, Lee, reside in Wilmette and are active members of Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah. Both Lisa and Lee feel strongly about giving back to the community and volunteer for a number of different nonprofit organizations.

Erika is a Director of the JCC Chicago Board. She is the founder of Stepping Stones Together to give parents the skills to help their children become excited about reading. She also co-founded Orion’s Mind, a national educational solutions provider. Erika earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with a minor in research and supervision from Loyola University. She is an adjunct professor at National Louis University focusing on courses in educational research.

Erika has been very active with Am Yisrael, the Israel Cancer Research Fund, and the Young Women’s Board of JUF. She and her husband, Justin, reside in Glencoe. They have 3 children: Alexis, Mia, and Luca.

Being part of, supporting, and volunteering for our Jewish Community is simply part of Chuck’s being. He doesn’t know any differently. He values being Jewish and holds dear the way of life and principles in which we believe. Family is core to his life. He sincerely adheres to the conviction that it’s JCC Chicago that binds and perpetuates the Jewish Community of Chicago.

Involvement with JCC dates back to the early part of the last century with Chuck’s grandma, Irene Spiesberger, Chuck’s mom’s mother. Chuck’s mom, Elaine Frank, and sister, Laurie Lieberman, have also been lifelong JCC volunteers and were the first 2 female Presidents of JCC Chicago. His uncle, Armund Schoen, was a Life Board Member. When Chuck graduated from business school, his uncle sent him over to the local J (at that time, the Henry Hart JCC on Peterson) near their business and told him he was joining the Board. He was 23 at the time. He has been on a JCC Board since then, and, with his wife, Debbie, and kids, has participated in many JCC activities over the years. Chuck is a Vice Chair of the JCC Chicago Board, is Chair of the Programming Committee, and is on the JCC Chicago Advisory Council.

He is also an honorary life member of the JCC Chicago Board and was inducted into the JCC Chicago Hall of Fame. He’s served on and chaired numerous committees, boards, projects, etc. He was Chair of JUF’s Automotive Division for years. He worked for the family’s business (and still does to a small extent) starting his own affiliated business in 1980 at the age of 27 and becoming a car dealer at 29. The family business is principally known as Z. Frank Chevrolet although he has owned 8 franchises over 33 years. He has invested in and managed commercial real estate for 30 years and is now involved with several partners in 7 Mathnasium Learning Centers around Chicagoland along with some other business investments. Chuck has been an active and committed environmental activist mostly with Sierra Club and served 12 years on the Sierra Club Foundation Board and 5 years on the Sierra Club Board. He has also been a member of the YMCA of Metro Chicago Board since 1995.

Chuck and Debbie live in Highland Park and have 4 children, 2 sons-in-law, and 2 grandsons. They’re members of North Shore Congregation Israel. All of the children and grandchildren live in the area. They all believe that no one is better off unless we’re ALL better off. He also keeps very busy, and, among other things, works out daily, bikes, kayaks, swims, reads a great deal, and writes an environmental blog, www.franklytalking.com.

Bio coming soon!

Melissa and her family have been active members of the JCC for decades. Her journey began in the Early Childhood program in Buffalo Grove where she first discovered the joys of community. She then spent a transformative decade at Camp Chi with her siblings enjoying roles as a camper, counselor, S.I.T. counselor, and unit head. Many of her closest friendships were forged during those memorable summers.

Melissa earned her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her M.D. from Northwestern University. She currently practices as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist at the Midwest Center for Women’s Healthcare in Glenview and Evanston. Passionate about supporting women throughout their life stages, she is dedicated to serving her community with compassion and expertise.

Residing in Highland Park with her husband, Adam, and three children, Melissa places a strong emphasis on her Jewish identity. Her two older children attend Solomon Schechter and enjoy their summers at “Z” Frank Apachi Day Camp. The youngest is currently thriving in the Bernard Weinger JCC Early Childhood program where Melissa’s mother, Stephanie, is a cherished teacher in the infant room. All of her children have had wonderful experiences during their formative years in the JCC’s Early Childhood programs.

Melissa is eager to give back to the JCC community that has enriched her family’s life for so long. Melissa has served on the agency’s Medical Task Force developed during Covid which is ongoing. With her extensive personal experience in both Early Childhood and camping programs, she looks forward to contributing to the continued evolution of JCC’s offerings.

Laurie Greiman has recently retired from the Gelber Group, a Chicago-based global proprietary trading company. Laurie is a Camp Chi alumna and met her husband, Peter Walton, at camp in the 1970’s. As a couple, they have remained very involved in Camp Chi over the decades and their children and grandchildren have attended Camp Chi, Apachi Day Camps, and JCC Chicago Early Childhood programs. Laurie and Peter live in Wilmette and will be working in the Art Center this summer at Camp Chi!

Most recently, Laurie led the alumni campaign to support the newly-dedicated Lecker Family Outpost Village where she named a yurt with her camp friends and the pavilion with her family. Laurie was also instrumental in fundraising and alumni engagement for the “Double Chai for Chi” event and has served on the Camp Chi Committee in the past.

Alison is the President and CEO of Jelmar, the over 50 year-old family-owned cleaning products manufacturer of CLR Brands® and Tarn-X®. As the third-generation family owner, Alison has brought the company unprecedented success with her modern approach and leadership techniques.

Alison began her career at Jelmar in 1993 in an unusual way — she didn’t have a desk or a job title. Having earned a Bachelor of Science in speech communication from Syracuse University, Alison worked her way through various jobs including customer service representative, vice president of sales, and COO. She later received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University in 2002. In 2007, her father, Arthur, passed the reins of the family business down to Alison. Since then, she has refreshed the household brand with innovative new products and bold designs.

Alison has led the charge in reformulating some of Jelmar’s CLR® products to be more environmentally friendly — and was one of the first branded CPG companies to do so — by partnering with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Safer Choice Program. Jelmar has since been named “Safer Choice Partner of the Year” by the EPA for six consecutive years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

As a result of her community leadership, contributions, and achievements, Alison has been honored with a number of noteworthy awards and recognitions including the 2017 “EY Entrepreneur of the Year® in the Midwest” in the family business category, and has been featured in publications such as Forbes, SUCCESS, Thrive Global, and Chief Executive.

Alison has realized that some of her business acumen can help others in need. She is a board member of Gift of Adoption, an organization which provides grants to those who want to build their families through adoption. She was named the “Woman of Valor” by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is a global Jewish human rights activist organization that confronts anti-Semitism and hate, stands with Israel, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations.

She began her work with the JCC when she (through her company Jelmar), sponsored the JCC Chicago Film Festival. Following in her relatives’ footsteps, she has since strengthened her involvement by sponsoring the Violins of Hope. She is the mother of two daughters and lives in Evanston.

JCC has been a part of Mark’s life as far as he can remember. He became involved to ensure that more people can enjoy the services that JCC provides for our communities.

JCC began a project to help renovate Mark’s local JCC and he was given the opportunity to help develop that project. Mark is a Director of the JCC Board.

Mark and his wife , Penina, reside in Lincolnwood and have 5 sons. He earned his MBA and MSISM from Loyola University. Mark is the Chief Brand Officer of Symphony Care Network. He is on the Executive Board of his alma matter, Arie Crown Hebrew Day School.

Judy Jury is the Volunteer and Education Coordinator for The Ark. Judy is co-creator and co-leader of the 6-week forum, “Moving Towards Better,” as well as the website, WidowhoodRecovery.org, both of which help widows and widowers recreate their lives after loss. Prior to working at The Ark, Judy served as an education director at Chicago area synagogues for decades and created an online Hebrew School, eJewcate Me. Judy was the Assistant Director for several years at the Conservative Movement’s Ramah Day Camp and worked for several years as the Director of Special Projects for Interfaith Family Chicago. For more than 20 years, Judy has been on the Board of Directors of the Board of Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago and is a past President of the Board.

Judy belongs to Anshe Tikvah in Northbrook where her son, Rabbi Dr. Rob Jury, is the Rabbi. When not working or volunteering, Judy enjoys time with her significant other, her three children, their spouses, and her eight grandchildren.

The JCC and Camp Chi are near and dear to Alix and made possible a significant and positive experience for 7 summers in the ‘80s. Alix was a Russian immigrant who came over in 1976. To find a place where Russian Jews were accepted and made to feel normal was an incredible experience and gave Alix the confidence to go on and become a successful entrepreneur, husband, and father.

Alix has had a successful career as a builder, investor, and developer. Alix started his career in Colorado and ran a successful construction, development. and investment firm for 20 years before having a successful exit in 2019. Alix currently runs an investment firm which invests in multifamily and student housing nationally.

Alix is married to Ann-Marie and they have an active 8 year old who will hopefully be going to Camp Chi soon! Alix and his family reside in Wilmette and spend a lot of time at their lake house in Green Lake, Wisconsin.

Woman’s Board President and Representative
Bio coming soon

Sid became a Director of the JCC Chicago Board because “As a founding member of the Northwest Suburban JCC and past president of the Northwest Suburban Center and a former JCC Chicago Board member, I have always maintained an interest in serving the JCC Community.”

Sid is a former Illinois State Representative and is an attorney. He earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Roosevelt University and his J.D. from DePaul University.

Sid has served on the JUF Board of Directors and has been on the Scholarship and Government Affairs Committees and on the Health and Human Services Commission. He is the Immediate Past President and a Board Member of Congregation Beth Judea and is a docent at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.

Sid and his wife, Rita, reside in Highland Park. They have 2 sons.

Zach Patzik is a founding member and Managing Director of Burling Wealth Partners, an independent wealth advisory firm in Chicago. He brings over a decade of investment and advisory experience to the firm, aiming to build long-term relationships with individuals and families.

In addition to his deep commitment to helping clients achieve their goals, Zach strives to make a positive impact on the community and dedicates time to organizations and causes dear to his heart. Zach currently serves on the JCC Chicago Board of Directors and was a long-time camper at ‘Z’ Frank Apachi Day Camp and Camp Chi. He also serves on the ADL Midwest Associate Board.

Zach grew up in Chicago’s northern suburbs and lives in the city’s Lakeview neighborhood with his wife, Rachel, son, Bruce, and their Retriever Mix, Loulou. Zach graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Finance. Zach is both a CFA® Charterholder and a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional.

Rickey is a Director of the JCC Chicago Board. He has been a staunch supporter of JCC Chicago and myriad other Jewish and humanitarian causes in the greater Chicago area.

Rickey is the owner of Hunter Management. He resides in Chicago.

Bio coming soon!

Judd grew up in Northbrook where he attended Glenbrook North High School. He graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Recreational Management. During his time in Utah, Judd worked in the ski and snowboard industry for Smith Sport Optics and Boeri USA.

In early 2000, Judd moved back to Chicago to work at Midland Industries Inc. of which he is currently President. He is also a Trustee and Board Member of the Weinger Spector Foundation.

Following the example of his parents and grandparents, Judd supports JCC Chicago in its myriad endeavors and greatly looks forward to becoming even more involved by serving on the Board.

Judd lives in Deerfield with his wife, Jillian, and his two sons, Ryder and Cooper.

Phyllis is a Director of the JCC Chicago Board and “is excited to be a part of the ‘new’ JCC Chicago.” She is an investment advisor for JPMorgan Chase. Phyllis earned her Bachelor’s from Northwestern University.

Phyllis has been very active on the JUF Board of Directors, the JUF Investment Committee, Hillels of Illinois, Northwestern University Hillel, and the JCC Association Board. She also supports JCYS (2018 Honoree), BBYO, Executive Service Corps, and Northwestern University Alumni Association. Phyllis resides in Chicago.

Bruce became a Director of the JCC Chicago Board because he believes “It is important to support an organization that is so valuable an asset to our Jewish community, is an important link for many young families to that community, and provides valuable services and programs for families and individuals of all backgrounds.” All three of his children attended Apachi Day Camp.

Bruce spent his 40-year professional career at Cole Taylor Bank and served in various positions including President, Chairman, and CEO. Since leaving his full-time role at the bank in 2014, he founded Taylor Investment Partners investing with his family in venture and private equity transactions.

Bruce co-founded the NextLevel Exchange, an entrepreneur support program that partners with several organizations serving diverse minority communities in the Chicago area. He currently serves as Chairman of 18Doors (formerly Interfaith Family), Treasurer of the Board of Governors of The Metropolitan Planning Council of Chicago, Director of the Jewish Federation of Chicago, and Midwest Trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He is also on the Advisory Board of MTL Insurance Company and is a past Chairman of the Illinois Bankers Association.

Bruce earned his B.S. from Babson College and his MBA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He and his wife, Barbie, reside in Northbrook and have 3 children and 5 grandchildren.

Jerry has a long history of serving the JCC in multiple roles on the JCC Chicago Board. He is a Vice Chair and is Chair of the Audit Committee. He has also been on the Kaplan Task Force.

Jerry is an attorney and practices in Chicago. He is also a CPA. He earned his Bachelor’s in Accounting and his J.D. from the University of Illinois.

He is active in JUF, Big Brothers, and B’Nai Tikvah.

Jerry and his wife, Vicki, reside in Deerfield and have 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren.

Bonnie comes from a family that has taught duty to community since she was a child. She began her adventure in philanthropy in 2000 when her family formed a foundation. The Topfer Family Foundation is committed to helping people connect to the tools and resources needed to build self-sufficient and fulfilling lives. In 2001, she left a 17-year career in sales, marketing and program management at Motorola, Inc. to shift her focus to community full time.

Bonnie believes in the importance of building community and creating opportunities for others where they don’t currently exist.

JCC Chicago Advisory Council
Chair

Melvin L. Hecktman

Edward M. Atkins, M.D.
Norman Cutler
Charles E. Frank
Kyle Freimuth
Stuart B. Hochwert
Jordon R. Katz
Laurie F. Lieberman
Hamilton M. Loeb, Jr.
Marisa H. Mandrea
Richard D. Nelson
Mark J. Putterman
Rick Rein
Barbara M. Schrayer
Alan P. Solow