Leslie Dannin Rosenthal is the new Chair of the Board.

She follows Michael Z. Kay, a well-respected leader in the Atlanta Jewish and general communities, who stepped aside after serving in that position from the time JCLP was a committee of its fiduciaries through incorporation in 2016 as a non-profit organization. He will continue his involvement with JCLP as Immediate Past Chair of the Board.

“It is a rare opportunity to be in at the founding of a new organization and then be able to see it achieve the vision of the founders,” he said. “I could not be prouder of the role JCLP is playing and the impact it is having on so many small congregations in the United States.”

Mr. Kay also acknowledged the pathbreaking vision of JCLP founder David I. Sarnat, who continues as Treasurer.

The new chair first joined the JCLP board as representative of the Advisory Council of Jewish Federation of North America’s Network of Independent Communities, of which she was chair.

“I knew little about JCLP at the beginning, but the more I learned, the more convinced of the need for our services, she said. “I am proud of the work our professionals do every day and the way we help by energizing congregations or by allowing the legacy of congregations to do good far into the future.”

Additionally, longtime board member Samuel Morris Bernstine becomes Vice President/Secretary.  Howard Rieger, past CEO of Jewish Federations of North America and past CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, joins as a board member.

June 1, 2022