Staff Directory

New Orleans JCC Uptown

5342 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 897-0143

Goldring – Woldenberg JCC Metairie

Goldring-Woldenberg Jewish Community Campus
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building
3747 W. Esplanade Avenue, Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 887-5158

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Executive LEADERSHIP

Rebecca Friedman, Executive Director

Rachel Zoller, Associate Director

ACCOUNTING

Greg Hedlund, Staff Accountant

Emily Schwartz, Accounting Manager

Kevin Harrington, Accounting Support Specialist

Administration

Lizzie Lagarde, Manager of Events and Rentals

Hannah Schwartz, Systems Administrator

Alverez McKay, Welcome Desk Manager - Uptown

ADULT services

Rachel Ruth, MSW, Director of Adult Programs

Alice Clanton, Assistant Director of Adult Programs

Allison Freeman, Mind Matters Program Co-Director

Joanna Russo, Creative Arts Coordinator/Mind Matters Program Co-Director

ADVANCEMENT

Elizabeth Smith, Director of Advancement

BUILDING SERVICES

Ari Marks, Director of Facility Operations - Uptown

Norris Ortolano, Building Engineer - Uptown

Communications 

Anna Palmer, Graphic Design Specialist

Lindsey Lohr, Digital Media Specialist

EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER - UPTOWN

Rebecca Kitchens, Early Childhood Director

Amanda Taylor, Senior Director of Youth and Teen Services

Emma Barron, Assistant Director of Early Childhood Curriculum Development and Camp Programming

Julia Fruchtman, Early Childhood and Camp Administrator

Jewish life

Natalie Cohen, Director of Cultural Arts and Jewish Life

Membership

For changes to your membership, please visit nojcc.org/change.

Alverez McKay, Welcome Desk Manager - Uptown

Laura Queyrouze, Membership Manager - Metairie

Yanina Maysonet, Membership Associate - Uptown

Fitness, AQUATICS & Wellness

Uptown Campus

Napoleon Benoit, Director of Sports and Fitness

Sam Cohen, Manager of Fitness Operations

Kathleen Kehoe Kennair, Director of Aquatics

Greg Jennings, Manager of Aquatics

Amanda High, Assistant Aquatics Manager

Hart Kelly, Aquatics Program Coordinator

Bridget Himel, Swim Team Head Coach (May-July)

Metairie Campus

Denise M. Thornton, Director of Sports and Fitness 

Laura Queyrouze, Membership Manager - Metairie

Stedman Peters, Sports and Recreation Coordinator

Pierce Duhe, Swim Team Coordinator

YOUTH

Amanda Taylor, Senior Director of Youth and Teen Services

Amanda Aubry, Youth and Camp Coordinator - Uptown

Sydney Bickford, Youth and Camp Coordinator - Uptown and Metairie

Jody Israel, BBYO City Director