To accomplish our mission, JCFS Chicago is led by an insightful group of community leaders whose vision, passion and tenacity help guide our organization, in tandem with gifted professionals from diverse backgrounds and education.

JCFS Chicago Staff Leadership

The professionals at JCFS Chicago possess diverse backgrounds and education and bring a myriad set of skills and interests to their roles. Our employees are social workers, psychologists, counselors, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, early childhood and infant mental health specialists, career counselors and more. Behind the scenes, finance, human resources, administration and other staff round out our team. They all share a common goal: To deliver JCFS Chicago services and programs to  adults, children, teens and families throughout the community.

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Stacey Shor

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Vincent Everson
Vincent Everson

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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 Judd Holzman
Judd Holzman

Vice President and Chief Development Officer

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Kameka Love
Kameka Love

Vice President and Chief People and Culture Officer

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Marlies Gramann
Marlies Gramann, MA CCC-SLP

Vice President of Disability Services and Chief Program Officer

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Kathleen Gerhold
Kathleen Gerhold

Associate Vice President of Programs and Operations

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Genève Hein
Genève Hein, PhD, LCPC

Associate Vice President, Emotional Well-Being

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Sandra Crasko
Sandra Crasko

Assistant Vice President, Quality, Accreditation, and Compliance

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Pam Austin
Pam Austin

Senior Director, Marketing and Communications

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Craig Nakamoto
Craig Nakamoto

Director of IT Services

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Dana Rhodes
Dana Rhodes

Director of Strategy, Planning and Grants

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The 2023-2024 Board of Directors

Executive Committee

  • Chair Michael Capone
  • Secretary Todd Grayson
  • Treasurer David Lowenthal
  • Immediate Past Chair Jennifer Lucas
  • Chair Elect Simon Fleischman
  • Vice Chair Robert Brimm
  • Vice Chair Rachel Ferber
  • Vice Chair Marshall Pred
  • Vice Chair Victoria Stender
  • At-large Executive Committee Member Carol Henriques
  • At-large Executive Committee Member Alan Alport
  • At-large Executive Committee Member Neil Posner

Board Members

Neil Berg, Robert Brimm, Hillary Coustan, Laura Elkayam, Rachel Ferber, Glenn Ferencz, Robert Ferencz, Stanley Friedell MD, David Greenbaum, Carol Henriques, Mitchell Kaufman, Emily Keith, Linda Kellough, Jessica Lorber, Gayle Miller, Doug Novack, Rabbi Elisha M. Prero, Liz Roberts Turnipseed, Louis Robinson, Randee Romanoff, Erich Sternberg, Howard Suskin, Adam Tarantur, Barbara Wolf, Jeanette Zemsky; Jill Katlin (Response Advisory Council), Lori Lavin (North Shore Auxiliary)

Honorary Board Members

Pamela K. Adelman, Stephen R. Ballis z"l, David Bardach, Patricia Cantor, Jules Cogan, Robert Don, Judith Feldman, June S. Finder, Marvin Fitch, Bruce Goldman, Marla Gordon, Alan S. Gratch, Ted R. Jadwin, James B. Klutznick, Thomas Korman, H. Debra Levin, Leonard Levine, Fran Levy, Mark Levy, Stanley L. Pollock, Stephen L. Schar, Susan Schulman, Midge P. Shafton, David Smerling, Andi Srulovitz, Jeffrey E. Stone, Don C. Trossman, Marc R. Wilkow, Gregg F. Witt, Brenda J. Wolf

JVS Honorary Directors

James A. Alter, Richard M. Bendix, Jr., Jack R. Bierig, David L. Blumberg, Donald P. Cohen, Seth A. Eisner, Paul L. Epner, Vernon Fox, Janet Jablon, Adrienne Meisel, Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr., James M. Schultz, Jack D. Tovin, Michael R. Treister, M.D.

HIAS Honorary Directors

Albert I. Zemel, Peter B. Sherman, Ralph Ruebner z"l, Randy Felsenthal, Jeffrey Kriezelman, Irena Persky, Azita Mojarad

Business Advisory Committee

Alan Alport, Rick Bendix, John Daniels, Danny Dolgin, Susan Duman, Robert Ferencz, Andrew Glick, Cheri Grossman, Marc Jacobs, Adrienne Meisel, Michael Season, Martin Smith, Michael Treister

JCFS Chicago Staff Leadership

The professionals at JCFS Chicago possess diverse backgrounds and education, bring a myriad set of skills and interests to their roles, and are located throughout JCFS offices. Our employees are social workers, psychologists, counselors, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists, occupational  therapists, early childhood and infant mental health specialists, career counselors and more. Behind the scenes, finance, human resources, administration and other staff round out our team. Yet, for all these differences, they share a single, common goal: To deliver JCFS Chicago services and programs to thousands of adults, children, families, and students from throughout the community.