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A Rainbow of Hope for Children and Adults with Special Needs
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Keshet Boards, Staff and Ambassadors

Board of Directors

Bill Auerbach
     Chairman
Margaret Berger
     Vice-Chairman
Leah Richman, J.D. LL.M
     Secretary
Richard Gershon, Ph.D.
     Treasurer

Board Members

Stuart Charney RPh,JD
David Hartman
Tamar Heller, Ph.D.
Rabbi Moshe Katz
Renee Klass
Carl LaMell
Gail Metrick, C.P.A.
Karen Meyers
Michael Pinsel
David Shorr

Board of Trustees

Board Co-Chairs

Charles Besser
Avi Goldfeder

Executive Committee

Chad Coe
Mark Coe
Michael Frazin
Sid Glenner
Phil Goldstick
Robert Hartman
David Hokin
Peter Kanaris
Elliott Robinson
Scott Rudin

Board Members

Seymour Abrams
Jeff Aeder
William Alter
Gita Berk
George Bornstein
Larry Dorf
David Friedman
Harold Geiser
Howard Hoffmann
Bernard Hollander
Norm Jacobson
Albert Milstein
Kerry Peck
Jack Rajchenbach
Ira Rosenmertz
Ira Shyman
Abraham Stern
Larry Spatz
Milt Wakschlag

Young Leadership Board

Board Co-Chairs

J.P. Cole
Ami Robinson


Board Members

Gil Bathgate
Marc Brown
Ross Bottner
David Hartman
Michael Kelber
Jeff Michael
Gary Rosenbaum
Ari Shabat
Josh Silver
Howard Suss


Program Staff

Executive Director
Abbie Weisberg, MS
Program Director
Heather Tratt
Assistant Program Director
Joellyn Oliff
The Ariella Joy Frankel Keshet Day School Director, Northbrook
Lisa Rosenberg
The Sidney and Lisa Glenner GADOL Program Director
Debbie Harris
Adult Program Expansion Coordinator
Laura Fine
Sunday School Director
Rana Wechsler
Judaics Coordinator
Adina Aberman
Office Manager
Karen Weiss
Administrative Assistant
Dena Karzen

Office of Business and Development

Executive Vice President of Strategic Development
Ken Cooper
Director of Finance
Betty Sobelman
Finance Assistant
Ira Massing
Director of Special Events
Sharon Frankel
Outreach Coordinator
Steve Feinberg
Director Corporate and Foundation Relations
Pamela Aliabadi
Administrative Assistants
JoAnn Byron
Anca Beniuc




Keshet Ambassadors

Keshet Ambassadors are respected and prominent business and civic leaders who understand the importance of programs for individuals with disabilities. Keshet is proud to count these individuals among its friends and supporters:

Robert Abt      CEO, ABT Family Foundation
Jonathan Alter     Senior Editor and Columnist, Newsweek
Michael Alter     President, The Alter Group
Jo Ann Anixter Silva     L & R Anixter Foundation
Robert Appelbaum     Penguin Frozen Foods
Emily Barr     President & General Manager, WLS-TV ABC-7
Howard B. Bernick     Alberto-Culver Company
Henry Betts, M.D.     Past Medical Director, President & CEO, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Joseph Biden     U. S. Vice President
Henry Bienen     President, Northwestern University
Norman R. Bobins     Chairman, PrivateBancorp, Inc.
William J. Brodsky     Chairman & CEO, Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc.
Edward M. Burke     Alderman, Chicago 14th Ward
Justice Anne M. Burke     Illinois Supreme Court Justice
Mary Ann Childers     Communication Consultant, Res Publica Group
Elizabeth Coulson      Illinois State Representative, District 17
Mario Cuomo     Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Richard M. Daley     Mayor, City of Chicago
Sherman Elias     Chair, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
George Feldenkreis     CEO, Perry Ellis International
Steven Fradkin     Executive Vice President and CEO, Northern Trust Corp.
Charles Frank     President, Z Frank Chevrolet
Elaine Frank     Mrs. Zollie S. Frank Fund
Howard Friend     President, On-Cor Foods
Susan Garrett     Illinois State Senator, District 29
Joel Gemunder     CEO, Omnicare, Inc.
Francis Cardinal George     Archbishop of Chicago
Phillip Goldstick     Chairman, G Equity Investment Group
Sheldon Good     Chairman Emeritus, Sheldon Good & Company
Alvin Gorman     Chairman, Power Construction
Charles Grodin     Actor, Writer, Author and Director, CBS News
Julie Hamos     Illinois State Representative, District 18
Carrie Hightman     President, SBC Illinois
Melvin L. Katten     Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Jordon Katz     JR Katz Inc.
John F. Kerry     U. S. Senator, Massachusetts
Mark Kirk     U. S. Congressman, Illinois, 10th District
Henry A. Kissinger     Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.
Margie Korshak     President, Margie Korshak, Inc.
Jonathan Kovler     President, Blum-Kovler Foundation
Lou Lang     Illinois State Representative, District 16
Bennett Leventhal     University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Institute for Juvenile Research
Jay Levine     Chief Correspondent, CBS 2 Chicago
Joseph Lieberman     U. S. Senator, Connecticut
Michael Lynton     CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment
John Madigan     Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Tribune Company
Lisa Madigan     Illinois Attorney General
Michael J. Madigan     Illinois House Representative, District 22
Patrick Magoon     President & CEO, Children's Memorial Hospital
Ralph Mandell     Chairman, PrivateBancorp, Inc.
Dr. Sylvia Manning     Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Carol Marin     Political Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times, Political Editor, NBC 5 News
Sidney H. Mathias     Illinois State Representative, District 53
Karen May     Illinois State Representative, District 58
Leo Melamed     Melamed & Associates
James Mills     Chairman, Medline
Newton N. Minow     Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Alan B. Muchin     Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman
Elaine Nekritz     Illinois State Representative, District 57
J. B. Pritzker     Managing Partner, The Pritzker Group
Pat Quinn     Governor, State of Illinois
Jerry M. Reinsdorf     Chairman, Chicago White Sox Charities
Mark Sachs     President, Lind Waldock
Jan Schakowsky     Illinois State Representative, 9th Congressional District
Steve Schanwald     Vice President, Chicago Bulls
Jeffrey M. Schoenberg     Illinois State Senator, 9th District
Eunice Kennedy Shriver     Executive Vice President, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
Stephen Schwartz     Chairman & CEO, First Hospitality Group, Inc.
Ira I. Silverstein     Illinois State Senator, 8th District
Samuel K. Skinner     Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Former White House Chief of Staff for President George H. W. Bush
Larry Spatz     CEO, Diversified Capital Management, Ltd.
Adlai E. Stevenson III     Chairman, SC&M Investment Management Corp.
James C. Tyree     President, Mesirow Financial
Larry Wert     President & General Manager, NBC 5 Chicago, WMAQ-TV
Michael Wujcik     Wujcik Construction Group
Bruce Young     President, Institutional Sales and Trading, Mesirow Financial
Sherwin Zuckerman     Retired Partner, Harris Associates, LP




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