CUJF Staff

Dana Mor

Interim Executive Director

(217) 367-9872

[email protected]

Azer Matten

Community Engagement Coordinator

(217) 367-9872

[email protected]

Alena Fishkin, LSW

Jewish Family Services Coordinator

(217) 367-9872

[email protected]


 

2025-2026 Board of Directors and Committee Chairs

Executive Committee:

 

President:
Lee Deville (2024-2026)

 

President Elect:
Arielle Weinstein (2025-2026)

 

VP, Allocations:
Arielle Weinstein (2024-2026)

 

VP, Campaign:
Carmel Elazar (2024-2026)

 

Secretary:
Jessica LeRoy (2025-2027)

 

Treasurer:
Diane Gutenkauf (2025-2027)

Tamarra Rennick Bernstein (2024-2026)

 

Arne Fliflet (2025-2027)

 

Mitch Harris (2025-2027)

 

Barry Isralewitz (2025-2027)

 

Amit Kramer (2025-2027)

 

Alexandra Lyon (2025-2027)

 

Marisa Natale (2025-2027)

 

Lawrence Rauchwerger (2024-2026)

 

Jacqueline Ross (2025-2027)

 

Jenny Schwartzberg (2025-2027)

 

Paul Weichsel (2024-2026)

 

Inna Zharnitsky (2025-2027)

Ex-Officio:

 

Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel, Chabad 

 

Alex Scheeline, CU Jewish Endowment Foundation 

 

Erez Cohen, Illini Hillel 

 

Rabbi Jody Cook, Sinai Temple 

 

Eugene Avrutin, Program in Jewish Culture and Society at UIUC

Committee CoChairs:

 

Arielle Weinstein, Allocations

 

Carmel Elazar, Campaign

 

Diana Jaher, CHAI Seniors

 

Jessica Kopolow and Marcey Goldstein, Chevra Kadisha

 

Lauren Senoff and Tania Ionin, Committee Against Antisemitism

 

Dr. Carrie Franke and Courtney Thomas, Holocaust Education

 

Barbara Kaplan, Human Services

 

TBD, Nominations

 

Jenny Schwartzberg, PJ Library