Board of Trustees

Officers

Ken Jaffe, President

Ken Jaffe (Bio Forthcoming)
Glenn Engelmann, Executive Vice President
Larry Freedman, Vice President

Larry Freedman and his wife, Lucy Eldridge, have been part of the Temple Sinai community since 2002. Their sons, Levi and Benjamin, attended Temple Sinai’s Nursery and Religious Schools, and were Bar Mitzvahs in 2013 and 2017. They participated in the synagogue family trip to Israel with Rabbi Roos in 2013, and Larry has served on the Sinai House Board for a number of years. Larry is an attorney in private practice who defends in government investigations and fraud cases, after many years serving in the United States Department of Justice, where he and Lucy met. Their family enjoys spending time any place there are rocks to climb and peaks to explore.
Jonah Perlin, Vice President
Anita Stoll, Vice President
Dianne Rudo, Treasurer
Naomi Gendler Camper, Assistant Treasurer

Naomi Gendler Camper and her husband, Clarke Camper, have been Sinai members for around a decade. Their three children, mostly willingly, attended religious school, and have finally learned to pre-order their hamentaschen. The daughter of a Rabbi, Naomi grew up in Massachusetts, but has lived in DC since 1997. Together with her cousin Andrew Engel, Naomi is co-chair of Temple Sinai’s Capital Campaign. Outside of Sinai, Naomi is Chief Policy Officer at the American Bankers Association.
Laura Steel, Secretary

Laura Steel and her husband David have been members of Temple Sinai since 2000. They have two sons, Alex and Paul, both of whom attended the Nursery School, Religious School and celebrated their b’nei mitzvot at Temple Sinai. Laura is herself a graduate of the Adult B’nei Mitzvah program and she celebrated her bat mitzvah in 2008. Laura is currently studying Hebrew at Temple Sinai (perpetually in Kitah Dalet, or the fourth grade) and she joined the Board in July 2016. Outside of temple, Laura is a partner in the law firm of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP, where she litigates professional liability and employment cases.
Jean Veta, Assistant Secretary

Jean Veta and her wife, Mary Ann Dutton, have been members of Temple Sinai since 2005, and Mary Ann became an adult bat mitzvah at the Temple. All three of their children — Caleb, Emma, and Micah — attended Temple Sinai Nursery School, and all three attend or attended the Religious School where Jean served as a room parent for several years. Caleb celebrated his bar mitzvah at Temple Sinai in January 2015 and attends Noar. Jean is a partner at the law firm, Covington & Burling LLP, and Mary Ann is a clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center.

Dora Chen

Dora Chen and her husband, Jon Nathan, have been members of Temple Sinai since 2015. Their two children, Max and Mira, attend Temple Sinai Religious School. Dora serves on the Temple’s Multiracial Sinai committee, which is committed to making the temple an affirmatively anti-racist congregation. She was the Labor on the Bimah speaker at the temple for Labor Day 2019. Dora is also an alumna of Bend the Arc’s Selah Leadership Program (Jewish Leaders of Color cohort). Outside of Temple Sinai, Dora has devoted her legal career of nearly twenty years to working for the labor movement. Since 2007, Dora has been an Associate General Counsel at the Service Employees International Union, a labor union of two million service and care workers in the healthcare, property services and public sectors. Currently, Dora serves as Counsel for SEIU’s Political Programs. Dora also serves on the board of Janney+, a non-profit organization that provides before and after care, language and enrichment programs at Janney Elementary School in Washington, DC.
Cathy Goldwyn

Cathy Goldwyn and her husband, David Goldwyn, have been members of Temple Sinai since 2004. Their son attended Temple Sinai Nursery School, became a bar mitzvah at Temple Sinai, and continues to attend the Religious School. Cathy became an adult bat mitzvah in 2017, is active with the Social Action Committee and co-chairs Multiracial Sinai. Cathy’s doctoral research examined U.S. education policy, racial inequality, and social movements, and her background includes community organizing and affordable housing development.
Sally Greenberg (TSWRJ Co-President)
Cara Jablon (TSWRJ Co-President)
Dan Koch

Dan Koch and his wife Leah Brasch have been members of Temple Sinai since 1996, and celebrated the b’nei mitzvot of their two sons here. In recent years, they have been members of a Kallah of synagogue couples, which has been very gratifying. Dan is a retired attorney; after practicing Government contracts and technology transfer law for many years, he retired from Miles & Stockbridge in 2020. Leah works as a pediatrician at Friendship Pediatrics in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Unfortunately, in 2013 Dan suffered a freak cycling accident, leaving him a quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair. Nevertheless, after extensive rehab, he resumed legal work half-time until his retirement. Both his law firm was, and the synagogue continues to be, very supportive of his recovery.
Laura Kolton
Sam Lehman
Ariel Levinson-Waldman
Deborah Lewis (President 2019-2021)

Deborah Lewis grew up attending Temple Sinai where she became a bat mitzvah and a confirmand. She has been chair of the Religious School Committee and the Ritual Committee and served on the search committee that selected Cantor Robins. Deborah is a social worker on the palliative care team at Washington Hospital Center. Before changing careers, she was an attorney. She and her husband, Leon, a labor lawyer, have a daughter and a son who became b’not mitzvah at the temple.
Myron Marlin
Anthony Murphy
Howard Oppenheim (TSMRJ President)
Aaron Panner
Catherine Ribnick
Sara Rosenblum
Seth Speyer
Marcie Solomon (President 2021-2023)

Marcie Solomon has been a member of Temple Sinai since 1997 when her daughter Aviva enrolled in the Religious School. Aviva went on to become a Bat Mitzvah and confirmand. Marcie’s greater engagement with the Temple began with serving as a member and then chair of the Religious School Committee. She was particularly pleased to be involved with the development of the first RS program for those students with learning differences. She was a member of the Temple Board 2003-2006 during which time she chaired a senior staff evaluation committee and was a member of the Ritual Committee. She was a member of the 2006 (Dibrot) Adult B’nei Mitzvah class. From 2009-2011 she served as co-President of TSWRJ. In 2012 she co-chaired the Building Modernization Committee and at that time she also introduced the Sinai Stories column in the temple newsletter and she continues to enjoy serving as its coordinator. She was a member and then Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and was pleased to lead the development of the 2016-2019 Strategic Plan. Currently, as EVP, she Chairs the Finance Committee. Marcie is a Clinical Social Worker in private practice and has held various leadership positions within the profession. She is also on the faculty of the GW Medical School.
Michael Sussmann

Michael Sussmann and his wife, Apple, have been members of Temple Sinai since 2008 and Michael is a past chair of the Temple’s Israel Affairs Committee. Their three children attend(ed) the Temple’s Nursery School and Religious School. Their oldest had her Bat Mitzvah in Israel in 2018 and Confirmation in 2021, their middle had a beautiful Zoom Bat Mitzvah in 2020, and their youngest will have his at the Temple in 2022. Michael is a privacy and cybersecurity lawyer, and Apple is a pediatrician.

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