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Who We Are

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 *  Rabbi David Glickman  Clint Gillom  Edward Goldstein   Dr. Kurt Graham  Bob Grant   
Rick Hellman   Reverend Dr. Vernon Howard   Lynn Intrater  Harvey Kaplan   Sanford P. Krigel *
Adele Levi   Frank Lipsman *   Sharon Loftspring   Howard Mayer   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, Executive Director, Bert Berkley Chair for Community Relations

Neta joined the JCRB team as the director of community and government relations in November of 2023. Prior to joining this team, Neta served as the national vice president of community engagement with Zioness Movement. She has also held roles in marketing and communications, community education and outreach, volunteer program management, and resource development, and has 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.

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.  

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