WHO WE ARELeadership

The Foundation is managed by a Board of Directors. The board is comprised of Directors serving in their individual capacities and Organization Directors representing nonprofit congregations, agencies or organizations operated with or for the benefit of the Jewish community in New Mexico.

Dan Newman & former Director Art Gardenswartz

Dan Newman & former Director Art Gardenswartz

Officers and Directors (2025)

Chair: Dan Newman
Vice Chair: Jane Wishner
Immediate Past Chair: Jay Rosenblum
Secretary: Michael Krashin
Treasurer: Steven Rogers
Directors:
Joanna Colangelo
Bob Davis
Lisa Friedman
Suzie Lubar
Sarah Newman
Marci Powers
Ron Segel
Michael Wald

Directors representing organizations:

  • Congregation Albert, Aaron Ivener
  • Congregation B’nai Israel, Terry Lee Heller
  • Congregation Nahalat Shalom, Chuck Buxbaum
  • Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque, Nicole Werkmeister
  • New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum, Maggie Hirsch
  • New Mexico Jewish Historical Society, Debra Wechter Friedman
  • Temple Beth Shalom (Santa Fe), Dan Pava

Executive Director: Sarah Winger

Executive Assistant: Samantha Adler