JArts Staff & Leadership

Meet Our Staff

Laura Conrad Mandel

Executive Director

Jim Ball

PR Manager

Aryeh Blanshay

Director of Digital Strategy

Maggie Brazin

Development Manager

Jamie Darsa

Director of Community Engagement & Strategy

Sarah Dauer

Head of Content

Rachael Farber

Managing Director of Operations

Leadership & Advisors

Board of Directors

  • Chris Wyett, Chair
  • Caron Tabb, Vice Chair
  • Lara Freishtat, Clerk
  • Kevin Steinberg, Treasurer
  • Jessica Alpert Silber
  • Howard Cohen, Past Chair
  • Ronald M. Druker, Past Chair
  • Kerry Epstein, Immediate Past Chair
  • Jeff Freedman
  • Harriet Goldin
  • Molly Goodman
  • Alison Hammer
  • Morris Housen
  • Alison Judd
  • Bonnie Margulies
  • Sam Mendoza Fraiman
  • Daniel Navisky
  • David Orlinoff
  • Lorre Polinger
  • Suzanne G. Priebatsch
  • Alan Rottenberg
  • Carey Schwartz
  • Barry Shrage
  • Paula Sidman, Past Chair
  • Gerald Slavet, Past Chair

Founders

  • Joey Baron, Founding Artistic Director
  • Robert L. Beal, z”l
  • Julie & Ronald M. Druker
  • The Klarman Family Foundation
  • The Krupp Family Foundation
  • Myra Musicant & Howard Cohen
  • Michael B. Rukin Charitable Foundation
  • Sidman Family Foundation
  • Susan & Gerald Slavet
  • Millicent C. Starr Charitable Trust
  • Wolk Family & Cross Country Group

Emeritus

  • Michael Miller, Past Chair
  • Hankus Netsky

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