Please join us for the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor over Zoom.

Eric D. Fingerhut

Eric D. Fingerhut is the President and CEO of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). Prior to his appointment at JFNA, Mr. Fingerhut served as the President and CEO of Hillel International from 2013-19. At Hillel, he led the organization’s Drive to Excellence, which resulted in doubling the number of students engaged by Hillel each year to over 130,000 and the total funds raised each year to nearly $200M. His emphasis on recruiting, training and retaining top talent for the system, and on building a data and performance driven organization, have become models for the non-profit sector.

Mr. Fingerhut has also had a varied and distinguished career in public service and higher education. He served as Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents from early 2007 to 2011, leading Ohio’s system of public universities and colleges; as Ohio state senator from 1997 to 2006; and represented Ohio’s 19th congressional district in the U.S. Congress from 1993 to 1994. In 2004, he was the Democratic Party’s candidate for U.S. Senate.

Mr. Fingerhut received a juris doctorate from Stanford University Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. He and his wife Amy have two sons, Sam and Charlie, and beagles Pedro and Lulu.

2020 Annual Meeting Program

D’var Torah: Rav Nadav Caine, Beth Israel Congregation

Announcement of the Susan L. Lichter Memorial Endowed Israel Scholarship Awards to Elijah Rassoul and Tayla Castell

Appreciation of Outgoing Board Members Tamar Springer, Laura Udell, and Donny Wohl

Appreciation of Sharyn Gallatin

Approval of Amended By-Laws

Election of Board Members

Keynote: “Flourishing Jewish Communities”, Eric Fingerhut, President & CEO, Jewish Federations of North America

Remarks: Stephen Aronson, Outgoing President

Installation of Randy Milgrom as Federation President

Appreciation of Outgoing President Stephen Aronson

Remarks: Randy Milgrom, President

Closing Remarks: Eileen Freed, Executive Director

2020-2021 Federation Board of Directors Slate

Randy Milgrom                    President

Decky Alexander                 Vice President

Joelle Abramowitz               Secretary

Marla Chinsky                      Treasurer

Returning/Continuing Board Members

Babette Levy Daskin            Campaign & Development Chair

Murray Rebner                     Planning & Allocations Chair

Stephen Aronson                  Immediate Past President

Hanna Goodstein

Dalia Naamani Goldman

Joshua Sukenic

Elizabeth Wierba

New Board Members

Michael Davidoff

Marla Linderman Richelew

Rob Stern

Andy Tankanow