BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF
SPACER
BOARD MEMBERS
President
Barry Kaseff
Immediate Past President
Karen R. Glickstein
Vice President
Daniel Singer
Secretary
Lisa Schifman
Treasurer
Stewart Stein
Allison Berey Lisa Bernard Alan Edelman Paul Greenwood Ann Isenberg
Dr. Micah Levine Sharon Lindenbaum * Kathi Rosenberg Neil S. Sader
Gavriel Schreiber Matthew Siegel Gail Weinberg Gary Wolf *
ADVISORY BOARD
Erwin Abrams Michael Abrams * Alice Jacks Achtenberg * Richard Atlas ^ Irv Belzer
William S. Berkley Steven Bernstein Stevi Brick
The Honorable Arthur Federman Mark Gilgus * Clint Gillom Dr. Kurt Graham
Bob Grant Rick Hellman Reverend Dr. Vernon Howard Lynn Intrater Sanford P. Krigel *
Adele Levi Frank Lipsman * Sharon Loftspring Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff
Joel Pelofsky Juan Rangel Dr. David T. Rudman * The Honorable Howard Sachs ^ * Carol Sader *
Dr. Scott Sher Dr. Michael Sokol David N. Sosland Phyllis Stevens Susie Swift
Amy Strauss Tranin Patricia Werthan Uhlmann Gregory Wolf Jerome T. Wolf * Leonard Zeskind
Past JCRB|AJC chair * Past AJC president ^
STAFF
Neta Meltzer, Interim Executive Director
Neta joined the JCRB team as the director of community and government relations in November of 2023. Most recently, Neta served as the national vice president of community engagement with Zioness Movement, and was regional director of communications and marketing for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains prior to that role. She has also held roles in community education and outreach, volunteer program management, and resource development, and worked to create and enhance a variety of collaborative, enduring partnerships.
Throughout her career, Neta has focused on Zionism and antisemitism, as well as gender-based issues including reproductive health and rights and sexual violence prevention and response. Neta has contributed to national and local publications including The Forward, The Times of Israel, and the Kansas City Star, and spoke at the 2019 Denver Womxn's March about Jewish inclusion in the progressive movement.
Neta was born in Tel Aviv and is a native Hebrew speaker. Her grandparents were among founding members of Kibbutz Gal-On in Israel, and their values and lived experiences profoundly impacted her understanding of justice, dignity, and self-determination.
You can find Neta cooking vegan meals for her family, making progress on her never-ending reading list, and humbly trying her hand at gardening.
Hillary Thomas, Director, Strategy and Development
An Overland Park native, Hillary holds an M.Ed. from Rockhurst University and a B.A. in Political Science from Kansas State University. Hillary has over a decade of experience in the non-profit and government worlds. Outside of JCRB|AJC, Hillary is on the Board of Climate Action KC and previously served as a City Councilmember in Mission. In her personal life, she loves spending time with her two young daughters, husband, and rescue dog.
Sarah Markowitz Schreiber, Director, Education and Programs
Sarah is originally from Oakland, California and has family from Kansas City. In May 2020, Sarah earned her M.A. in War and Society from Chapman University. Her master's thesis explored Jews’ reactions to the pogroms perpetrated by their Lithuanian neighbors in Kovno, Lithuania in June 1941. She graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2018 with a B.A. in Political Science and minors in Jewish Studies, International Relations, and Classics & Archaeology. While at LMU, Sarah was a research assistant for the Director of Jewish Studies, a Jewish Studies/Hillel Engagement Fellow, and a founding member and President of Students Supporting Israel at LMU. In 2016 she was a Summer Goldman Fellow for AJC’s Los Angeles Regional Office. In Summer 2017 she began to serve as a Volunteer Intern at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles and ultimately volunteered 300 hours. She has also worked at Be’chol Lashon and the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism.
Rachel Kaseff, Programs and Development Coordinator
Rachel is a native Kansas Citian. In May 2017, Rachel earned her B.A. in Religious Studies with a minor in Judaic Studies from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Her senior thesis explored the intersection of religion and politics in America. Having attended the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy from grade school through high school graduation, Rachel is no stranger to the Jewish Community Campus. Before starting with JCRB|AJC in March of 2024, Rachel was a preschool teacher at Rhyme and Reason Preschool of the Arts in Brookside. She is passionate about many things including photography and spending time with animals, specifically, her rescue cat Gus Gus.
Demi Levitch, Operations Manager
Demi Levitch is the Operations Manager at JCRB|AJC and oversees communications and administrative processes for the organization. Previously, Demi spent the past six years in education as a Montessori Early Childhood instructor. She received her Bachelor’s from the Ohio State University in Public Affairs and Nonprofit Management and has always enjoyed serving in a helping capacity, both locally and on an international level. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her loved ones, traveling, and being in nature.
