Full JCYS Staff Contact List

JCYS Central Office
Martin Oliff, Ph.D.
Executive Director
moliff@jcys.org

Susan E. Rochlis
Associate Executive Director
srochlis@jcys.org

Barbara Uher Vijuk
Assistant Executive Director
bvijuk@jcys.org

Kevin Faulkner
Director of Property Management
kfaulkner@jcys.org

Kelsey Rotwein
Grants and Communications Manager
krotwein@jcys.org

Marcia Zuckerman
Data Manager
mzuckerman@jcys.org

Al Brouilette
Accounting Clerk
abrouilette@jcys.org

Richard Bucchi
Senior Accounting Clerk
rbucchi@jcys.org

Jeri Dorr
Human Resources Coordinator
jdorr@jcys.org

Ada Ma
Accountant
ama@jcys.org





JCYS TEAMcorps
Elysabeth Ashe
Director
lashe@jcys.org



JCYS Camp Henry Horner
Kenley Perry
Camp Director
kperry@jcys.org

Danny Glassman
Conference Center Director/ Overnight Camp Director
dglassman@jcys.org

Isaac Brubaker
Asst. Day Camp Director
Ropes & Outdoor Education
Director
ibrubaker@jcys.org

Carolyn Lawson
Business Manager
clawson@jcys.org




JCYS Camp Red Leaf
Erin Newport
Director
enewport@jcys.org

JCYS George W. Lutz Family Center
Brenda Weitzberg
Director of North Shore Operations
bweitzberg@jcys.org

Johanna Sievers
Director of Early Childhood Education
jsievers@jcys.org

Ileane Voigt
Director of Early Childhood Education
ivoigt@jcys.org

Amy Shimoni
Child and Family Development Specialist
ashimoni@jcys.org

Joel Goodman
Director of Youth Programming
jgoodman@jcys.org

Ilene Green
Business Manager
igreen@jcys.org

Laurel Nida
Business Associate
lnida@jcys.org

Lisa Uzarewicz
Office Assistant
luzarewicz@jcys.org





JCYS Lakeview Family Center
Jean Sellmyer Losek
Director of Chicago Operations
jlosek@jcys.org

Debbie Heifitz Porter
Director
dporter@jcys.org

Elysabeth Ashe
Big City Day Camp Director
lashe@jcys.org




JCYS Northwest Family Center
Allison Deutsch
Center Director
adeutsch@jcys.org

Lisa Spewak
Director of Early Childhood Education
lspewak@jcys.org

Zahava Berman
Assistant Director of Early Childhood Education
zberman@jcys.org

Ofra Baron
Business Clerk
obaron@jcys.org




JCYS Max Davidson Tennis and Swim Center
Ilene Green
Site Director
igreen@jcys.org



JCYS North Shore Day Camp/NSDC Sports
Johanna Sievers
Director of Youth and North Shore Day Camp
jsievers@jcys.org

Joel Goodman
Assistant Camp Director
jgoodman@jcys.org

Joe Knudsen
NSDC Sports Director



Camp Henry Horner Staff Bios

At Henry Horner, our staff is our most valuable resource. Warm, dedicated and enthusiastic, staff includes college students, educators, coaches and juniors and seniors in high school who come from across the USA and around the world. Many return each summer and are former campers. Chosen for their expertise and maturity, they are committed to helping every camper enjoy their experience and grow as individuals during the summer.

Kenley Perry
Kenley Perry is the Director of Camp Henry Horner. Kenley has been with JCYS since 1996. He was the Ropes and Adventure Education Director until 2000 and has directed our day camp since 2002. Kenley holds a degree in recreation.

Erin Newport
Erin is the new Camp Director of
been involved in camping for over 6 years. Erin has a degree in Recreation and Sports Management with an emphasis in Adaptive Sports from Fort Hays State University in Kansas.

Danny Glassman
Danny has been with JCYS since 2000, full-time since 2003. He is Director of our Overnight Camp and Conference Center. Danny holds a degree in History and is working on a masters in Social Science.

Isaac Brubaker
Isaac has been at Camp since 1994 as a camper, since 2000 as a summer staff member and working full time for JCYS since 2006. He's been the Assistant Day Camp Director for the last 2 years at Henry Horner and now is also the Ropes and Outdoor Education Director. Isaac is a graduate of the University of Iowa.

Carolyn Lawson
Carolyn has been with JCYS over 30 year as the Business Manager of Camp Henry Horner. Carolyn's children and grandchildren have grown up at Horner



North Shore Day Camp Staff Bios

NSDC staff members are hired through a highly selective interview process. They are primarily chosen for their dedication to working with children. Our staff is compassionate, enthusiastic, good listeners, patient, nurturing, and trustworthy. We seek people who are team players with leadership skills, easy-going, and know how to make camp fun. The entire staff participates in a week-long extensive training and teambuilding orientation program. Our team is comprised of college and high school students, child-care professionals, and educators.

NSDC takes pride in our outstanding camper/staff ratio of 6:1. This allows our staff to address each individual campers needs as well as provides leadership to the entire group.

Johanna Sievers, Camp Director
Johanna has been with JCYS for 15 years in a variety of key positions. Johanna has an extensive background in camping both through her years as the Program Director at Camp Henry Horner and the Assistant Director of the overnight camp. This will be Johanna's third year as the Director of NSDC and NSDC Sports.

Joel Goodman, Assistant Director
Joel Goodman comes to NSDC after being a Unit Head at Camp Henry Horner for the past 4 years. Joel is the After-school Program Director at Lutz during the school year.



NSDC SPORTS Staff Bios

Coach Joe Knudsen
Energetic and patient, Coach Joe possesses an innate talent for engaging young athletes. He has served as an assistant coach and crisis team member at a therapeutic day school, spent two years as an assistant coach of Niles West's varsity baseball team, and was head coach for five years in the New Trier travel program. He is now the pitching coach for Evanston Township High School Varsity Baseball Team. Additionally, Coach Joe served as head counselor for seven years with a local park district and has coached private baseball for the past six years.