SHABBAT SUMMER SPEAKERS SERIES
5:30 pm, Fridays, Martin Meyer Sanctuary



June 13, Nancy Goldberg - Advocacy

Nancy currently serves as Vice President of the board of Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma Counties. She is the chairperson of the Public Issues Committees, which focus on advocacy for the agency. Nancy also serves as the Chairperson for the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), which represents over 20 Jewish organizations such as the JCRCs, the Federations, JFCS agencies, and many others around the state.



July 18, David Goldstein - Business and the Environment

David B. Goldstein has worked on energy efficiency and energy policy since the early 1970s. He currently co-directs NRDC's Energy Program. He is the author of Saving Energy, Growing Jobs: How Environmental Protection Promotes Economic Growth, Profitability, Innovation and Competition

Dr. Goldstein has been instrumental in the development of energy efficiency standards for new buildings and appliances that are currently in effect at the regional and national level in the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, and China, and received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002.



July 25, Marc Gold - Grassroots Philanthrophy

Marc's project, 100 Friends, began in 1989, when he visited India for the first time. There he met a Tibetan woman in the Himalayas who had terrible ear infections, and he was able save her life with antibiotics that cost about $1.00. For another $30 he purchased a hearing aid that restored her hearing.

100 Friends has been able to provide assistance to thousands of needy people in many countries. Marc has now completed twelve humanitarian missions and dispensed over $150,000 directly into the hands of needy people all over the world.



August 1, Sherri Morr - Israel and the Environment

Sherri has been with Jewish National Fund since 1998, initially as a major gifts director in Los Angeles, and then as a zone director for the Western United States. In many ways her success is attributed to strategic fundraising planning, staff team building, and the ability to develop and maintain long term lay leadership relationships. Sherri completed her masters in Jewish Communal Service at Hebrew Union College (HUC) in 1976 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2002. Her undergraduate work focused on public speaking and group dynamics



August 15, Alan Rothenberg - Global Jewish Giving

Alan Rothenberg was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and received an BA in Economics from Kenyon College and an MBA in Urban Affairs from the University of Chicago before moving to San Francisco in 1969.

He is President of Huret, Rothenberg & Co., an investment banking firm. Active in numerous community organizations, Rothenberg is a Trustee of Kenyon College, a board member of the Joint Distribution Committee, Mercy Housing and the Mt. Zion Health Fund, and is past President of the Jewish Community Federation.