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FRIENDS OF ARAVA

The Friends of the Arava Institute Board of Trustees

2006-2007

Officers:

Eric Berzon
Chair

Michael Marcus
Vice-Chair

Glenda Minkin
Vice-Chair

Seth Morrison
Vice-Chair

Jack Platt
Treasurer

Aaron Frank
Secretary

Staff:

David Weisberg
Executive Director

Rabbi Michael Cohen
Director of Special Projects

Jessica Reed
Administrative Coordinator

Board of Trustees
2007-2008

Ziad J. Asali
American Task Force on Palestine
Washington, D.C.

Miriam Ben Yosef
Kibbutz Ketura

Sharón Benheim
Kibbutz Ketura

Dr. Tom Benson
World Education Institute
Oxford, United Kingdom

Steve Berman
OA Development
Atlanta, GA

Eric Berzon
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Oakland, CA

Michael Beyth
Israel

Andrew Blau
Time Corporation
New York, NY

Frank Chudnow
SofterWare, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

Bruce Cohen
CSL Services, Inc.
Cherry Hill, NJ

Sonia Simon Cummings
Artist
Los Angeles, CA

Brock Evans
Environmental Strategist and Consultant
Washington, D.C.

Barry R. Fierst
Fierst and Fink, P.C.
Silver Spring, MD

Karen Fierst
KerenOr Consulting
Silver Spring, MD

Aaron Frank
University of San Francisco
San Franciso, CA

Lisa Friedman
Lisa and Maury Friedman Foundation
Agoura Hills, CA

Audrey Galex
Roots and Wings Life Stories
Atlanta, GA

Beth Reingold Gluck
CARE
Atlanta, GA

Steve Greenberg
S-Curve Records
New York, NY

Bruce M. Kahn, Ph.D.
Responsible Investment Financial
Advisor and Ecologist
New York, NY

David Lehrer
Director, Arava Institute
Kibbutz Ketura

Jonathan Leo
Environmental Lawyer and Consultant
Orange County, CA

Ron Lubin
Crystal Capital
Boston, MA

Michael Marcus
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Denver, CO

Paul Miller
Livingston, NJ

Glenda Blum Minkin
Consultant
Atlanta, GA

Seth Morrison
Cable Television
Arlington, VA

Sam Musnikow
Investments
New York, NY

Uri Nusinow
Kibbutz Ketura

Gail Osman
Kibbutz Ketura

Eric Pallant
Professor of Environmental Science
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA

Mandy Patinkin
Actor/Singer
New York, NY

Alison Pepper
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
New York, NY

Jack Platt
Gelest Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

Howie Rodenstein
Adheris, Inc.
Boston, MA

Hillel Salomon
American Leak Detection
Berkeley, CA

Nigel Savage
Hazon
New York, NY

Stuart Schoenfeld
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jonathan Schorsch
Assistant Professor of Religion
Columbia University
New York, NY

Bruce Stanger
Stanger and Arnold
West Hartford, CT

Chet Stein, DDS
Periodontist
Washington DC

Alon Tal
Board Member of Emeritus
Ben Gurion University

Robert Turano
DeSio Associates
Lawrenceville, NJ

Butch Weaver
Nextwave Wireless
Boulder, CO

Melinda Wolf
Physician
Washington, DC

Tara Wolfson
Political Consultant
Wolfson & Grange, LLC
Boise, ID