Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors shapes the future of the Alabama Holocaust Education Center. Bound by our mission to create a more just and compassionate world and informed by the lessons of the past, the AHEC Board works in tandem with our professional team to pass on the lessons and legacy of the Holocaust.

Executive Committee

Chris Berdy | Butler Snow LLP, PartnerPresident-Elect
Linda Lucas | Provost at the University of Alabama BirminghamPresident
David Silverstein | President, The FiveStoneGroupImmediate Past President
Rene Day | Tech Education and Workforce Development Vice President of Education
Tandy GravesVice President of Community Programs and Engagement
Samuetta Nesbitt | Former Sr. VP of Public Relations at United Way of Central AlabamaVice President of Personnel
Lynn Raviv | Executive CoachVice President of Development
Frank Siegal | CFP, First Vice President, Financial Advisor, Senior Investment Management Consultant at Morgan Stanley Wealth ManagementTreasurer
Fran Godchaux | Senior Vice President of OBPPresidential Appointee
Mary Meadows Livingston | President and Founder of Abeona WealthPresidential Appointee

Board Members

Ginger BrookCreative Director, Southern Jewish Life Magazine
Alyssa MonsonExecutive Assistant to Jeffrey Bayer u0026 David Silverstein
Rabbi Matt DreffinManager of Rabbinic Education, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call of Human Rights
Teresa (T.K.) ThorneWriter and Community Activist
Felyicia JeraldManager-Communications, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.
Brett ShafferHead of Community Relations, Regions Bank
Pearce Bevill Leesbutg MoorePC, Founder, J. Wray Pearce, CPA
Karen AllenCommunity Volunteer, GILT Travel
Ronne Mitnick HessCommunity Volunteer
Denise Blum LewisCommunity Volunteer
Stephanie SteinmetzSteinmetz Pediatric Dentristry
Danny CohnChief Executive Officer of the Birmingham Jewish Federation and Foundation
Joel RotenstreichPassionate Community Volunteer
Jonathan WiesenProfessor and Chair, Department of History, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jim RichardsonRSM US, LLP, Retired Partner
Wray PearceCPA, Director of Preferred Precision Group, LLC
Paul NagrodzkiFormer Anaesthesiologist at Anesthesia Services Birmingham
Catherine McLeanCommunity Volunteer
Emmy McGowinCommunity Volunteer
Sarah MackintoshMarketing and Website Director at Medical Properties Trust
Michele FormanDirector of Media Studies at University of Alabama Birmingham
Cathy FriedmanCommunity Volunteer
Rusty AdamsShareholder, Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher and Goldfarb
Louise AbromsFounder of Louise Abroms Designs and Keozo

Advisory Council

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Barbara G. BonfieldMSW, ACSW | Author of Hallowed Ground and Owner of Magic Sales
Christa Carns LidikayDirector of Network Development at Tenet Healthcare
Esther LevyIndependent Artist, Buyer- Sisterhood Gift Shop at Temple Beth-El
Joel RotenstreichCommunity Volunteer
Laurie ElmetsAudiologist at University of Alabama Health Services Foundation
Mitzi LevinOwner, David Barry’s Tall and Big
Ronald LevittShareholder at Dentons Sirote PC, Corporate and Tax Lawyer, Conservation Easement and Tax Controversy

Ex-Officio

Danny CohnCEO | Birmingham Jewish Federation

Past Presidents

Andy CampbellCommunity Volunteer
Deborah LaymanIndpendent Writing and Editing Professional
Karen AllenCommunity Volunteer, GILT Travel
Phyllis G. WeinsteinFounding President