HGF
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Grinspoon Institute

The Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) is a supporting foundation governed by a nine member Board of Trustees, four of whom are appointed by Harold Grinspoon and five by representative supported organizations.

Trustees

  • Harold Grinspoon
  • Michael Bohnen
  • Ed Greenbaum
  • Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg
  • Winnie Sandler Grinspoon
  • Dr. Eric Levine
  • Dr. Arlen Lichter
  • Jeremy Pava
  • Diane Troderman

Harold Grinspoon Foundation Staff

  • Joanna S. Ballantine - Executive Director
  • Edward Kline - Chief Operating Officer
  • Lisa Balicki - Administrative Assistant
  • Mia Cogliantry - Grants Associate and Manager of Grants to Individuals
  • Janet Kaplan-Bucciarelli - Director, Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival/Coordinator, Rekindle Shabbat
  • Valerie Gintis - Director, B'nai Tzedek and Family & Teen Initiatives
  • Ginny Grossman - Program Director, Resource Center for Jewish Education
  • Susan Kline - Program Manager, Create a Jewish Legacy of Western Massachusetts
  • Gretchen Laise - Director, Grants Administration
  • Denise Selkirk - Bookkeeper
  • Matthew Motyka - Director, Accounting
  • Jenna Parzivand - Administrative Assistant
  • Beverly Pava - Program Director
  • Pattie Sroka - Program Coodinator, Resource Center for Jewish Education
  • Galina Vromen - Director, Israel Projects
  • Dyan Wiley - Director, Jewish Arts and Culture Initiative

Grinspoon Institute for Jewish Philanthropy Staff

  • Eric Phelps - Director
  • Natasha Dresner - Mentor
  • Kirstin Gadiel - Administrative Assistant
  • Royster Hedgepeth - Mentor
  • Laurie Herrick - Mentor
  • Dan Kirsch - Mentor 
  • Kevin Martone - Technology Program Manager
  • Michael Miloff - Mentor
  • Jill Paul - Mentor
  • Julia Riseman - Mentor
  • Joseph Ruotolo - Business Systems Analyst
  • David Sharken - Mentor/Director, Legacy Camps
  • Marcus Simon - Administrative Assistant
  • Herb Tobin - Mentor

The PJ Library Staff

  • Marcie Greenfield Simons - Director
  • Diane Alexander - Business Systems Analyst
  • Adrian Bailey - Director, Operations
  • Chris Barash - Book Selection Committee and Writing Specialist
  • Mary Belisle - Operations Associate
  • Natalie Blitt - Director, Book Selection Committee
  • Kimberly Davis - Data Coordinator
  • Rosalie Eisen - Director, Community Development
  • Sarah Etelman - Administrative Assistant
  • Dena Glasgow - Book Selection Committee Member
  • Lauren Harvey - Director, Data Management
  • Paul Lewis - Director, Community Development
  • Vivian Newman - Book Selection Committee Member
  • Tamar Remz - Director, Community Development
  • Liron Shoham - Program Coordinator
  • Lucy Timberman - Marketing Associate
  • Judi Wisch - Community Outreach Consultant

Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation Staff

  • Cari Carpenter - Director, Entrepreneurship Initiative
  • Mary Anne Herron - Director, Education Initiatives

The Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation (HGCF) is a private family foundation. Both foundations are located in western Massachusetts.