Carl A. Sheingold began serving in September 2004 as the executive vice president of JRF. Previously he was management professor in the Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service and director of the Fisher Bernstein Institute for Leadership Development in Jewish Philanthropy at Brandeis University. He served as part of the senior management of the Council of Jewish Federations and as executive director of the National Havurah Committee. Carl earned his doctorate in sociology from Harvard University and before beginning his work in the Jewish community held faculty positions at Cornell and Brown universities. His career has spanned many settings — academic and organizational, mainstream and cutting edge, community organization, religious/cultural, and in community relations.

Rabbi Nancy Epstein (RRC '06) is the Director of Congregational Relations for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (JRF). Nancy has worked with communities for 30 years, holding positions of leadership in the areas of public policy, legislation and advocacy, community organizing, nonprofit management, and organizational consulting. She is formally trained in systems-centered approaches to organizational development and management and as a mediator of interpersonal and complex public policy disputes, and has served as consultant to professional associations, not-for-profit organizations, universities, and national foundations.

In addition to her role at JRF, Rabbi Epstein currently serves as Associate Professor of Community Health at the Drexel University School of Public Health where she teaches, advises and mentors graduate students and is involved in community service projects. She received two teaching awards from the graduate student body in the last five years. She serves as a board member of the Philadelphia Arts and Spirituality Center.

Carl A. Sheingold began serving in September 2004 as the executive vice president of JRF. Previously he was management professor in the Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service and director of the Fisher Bernstein Institute for Leadership Development in Jewish Philanthropy at Brandeis University. He served as part of the senior management of the Council of Jewish Federations and as executive director of the National Havurah Committee. Carl earned his doctorate in sociology from Harvard University and before beginning his work in the Jewish community held faculty positions at Cornell and Brown universities. His career has spanned many settings — academic and organizational, mainstream and cutting edge, community organization, religious/cultural, and in community relations.

Rabbi Nancy Epstein (RRC '06) is the Director of Congregational Relations for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (JRF). Nancy has worked with communities for 30 years, holding positions of leadership in the areas of public policy, legislation and advocacy, community organizing, nonprofit management, and organizational consulting. She is formally trained in systems-centered approaches to organizational development and management and as a mediator of interpersonal and complex public policy disputes, and has served as consultant to professional associations, not-for-profit organizations, universities, and national foundations.

In addition to her role at JRF, Rabbi Epstein currently serves as Associate Professor of Community Health at the Drexel University School of Public Health where she teaches, advises and mentors graduate students and is involved in community service projects. She received two teaching awards from the graduate student body in the last five years. She serves as a board member of the Philadelphia Arts and Spirituality Center.

Rabbi Elyse Wechterman has served as spiritual leader and educator at Congregation Agudas Achim, a Reconstructionist community in Attleboro, MA, since 2001. Prior to that, Rabbi Wechterman served as a congregational consultant at the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation in Philadelphia. She is a 2000 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and holds Bachelor’s degrees from Boston University in Journalism and International Relations. Rabbi Wechterman has served as student rabbi or as consultant in Salt Lake City, UT; St. Croix, US Virgin Islands; Plantation, FL; Wyncote, PA, and in many other Reconstructionist communities. Currently, Rabbi Wechterman serves on the board of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, as Secretary/Treasurer of the Rhode Island Board of Rabbis, and is a member of the board of Jewish Family Service of Rhode Island. She is also a regular faculty member of Camp JRF in the Poconos. Rabbi Wechterman lives with her husband David Nerenberg and two children in Attleboro, MA.

Carl A. Sheingold began serving in September 2004 as the executive vice president of JRF. Previously he was management professor in the Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service and director of the Fisher Bernstein Institute for Leadership Development in Jewish Philanthropy at Brandeis University. He served as part of the senior management of the Council of Jewish Federations and as executive director of the National Havurah Committee. Carl earned his doctorate in sociology from Harvard University and before beginning his work in the Jewish community held faculty positions at Cornell and Brown universities. His career has spanned many settings — academic and organizational, mainstream and cutting edge, community organization, religious/cultural, and in community relations.

Rabbi Steve Segar is the spiritual leader of Kol Halev, Voice of the Heart, Cleveland's Reconstructionist community.

Susie Speer is currently president of the Board of Trustees for Congregation Beth Evergreen (CBE). Immediately upon moving to Evergreen, CO from Atlanta, GA in 2004 with her husband, Neil and their son Dylan, the Speers joined CBE. Susie quickly became involved in synagogue leadership, first as chairman of the Membership committee. A year later, she was asked to participate on the Board as Vice President where she served a two-year term and is currently halfway through her two-year term as President. At the same time, CBE just hired their first full time rabbi, Jamie Arnold. CBE has experienced phenomenal growth in the last 3 years and now has 200 member families.

Susie juggles the demanding schedule as president with a career in residential real estate. She is also a volunteer Family Support Partner for Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity, mentoring a recipient family in all aspects of home ownership. Last year, Susie had her own adult bat mitzvah at CBE, which was the culmination of two years of study including Kabbalah and Reconstructionist Judaism. When not working or volunteering, she enjoys cooking, running, hiking, bicycling, reading and travel.