Through our Board of Directors, JCYS provides guidance on non-profit governance, legislative policy, business programs, financial management and fundraising. JCYS Board Members are primarily between the ages of 26 and 40 years old and participate in a dynamic, comprehensive and intensive leadership development experience.
Through exposure to the full scope of the agency’s operations, Board Members are equipped to assume key leadership roles throughout JCYS and in the greater Chicago area.
If you are interested in joining our Board, please contact Barbara Haworth at bhaworth@jcys.org or (312) 726-8891, ext. 101.
JCYS has over 600 treasured Alumni that helped make Jewish Council for Youth Services the organization that it is today. If you are a JCYS Board of Directors Alum, we would welcome the opportunity to reconnect with you!
Carly Schwartz – President
Josh Beren – President-Elect
Irine Sorser Turin – Immediate Past President
Max Fargotstein – Vice President of Development
Suzanne Hershman Secler – Vice President of Leadership Development
Rachel Seserman Patzik – Vice President of Strategy and Innovation
James Arogeti – Treasurer
Noah Jaffe – Assistant Treasurer
Leah Knobel – Secretary
Sarah Gryll – At Large
Ben Altshul
Robert Friend
Laura Gottlieb
Courtney Rosenfield Kalter
Zack Karmin
Mike Neff
Josh Olian
Ian Shaffer
Jason Zenner
Seth Greenberg
Andrew Grossman
Morgan Marcus
Julia Ulrich
Solomon Weiner
See our distinguished list of Past Presidents.
See our distinguished list of Directors for Life.