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, Interim Chief Executive Officer

Jim Mahjoubian, Chief Operating Officer

Seth Sutton, Chief Financial Officer

Rachel Zoller, Chief Program Officer

Juanita Hill-Kennedy, Chief People and Culture Officer

ACCOUNTING

Seth Sutton, Chief Financial Officer

Greg Hedlund, Staff Accountant

Emily SchwartzAccounting Manager

Kevin HarringtonAccounting Support Specialist

Administration

Fernando A. Rivera, Executive Assistant to the CEO

Lizzie Lagarde, Manager of Events and Rentals

Beth A. Orgeron, Program Administrator

Hannah Schwartz, Systems Administrator

Alverez McKay, Welcome Desk Manager - Uptown

ADULT services

Rachel Ruth, MSW, Director of Adult Programming

Alice Clanton, Assistant Director of Adult Programming

Josh Brooks, Adult Programming Assistant

Beth A. Orgeron, Program Administrator

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

Rex Collins, Early Childhood and Camp Administrator

Food services

Chef Jeff McLennan, Food Service Manager

Chef Reed Eldridge, Assistant Food Service Manager 

HUMAN RESOURCES

Juanita Hill-Kennedy, Chief People and Culture Officer

Andrea Baham, Human Resources Generalist

Jewish life

Natalie Cohen, Director of Cultural Arts and Jewish Life

Membership

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Jim Mahjoubian, COO, Interim Membership Director - Metairie

Alizah Sturm, Membership Associate - Uptown

Yanina Maysonet, Membership Associate - Uptown

Music

Brian Haas, Music Director

Fitness, AQUATICS & Wellness

Uptown Campus

Michael Heim, Director of Sports and Fitness 

Napoleon Benoit, Manager of Fitness Experience and Programs

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, Wellness Director 

Jackson Courville, Aquatics Manager

Pierce Duhe, Swim Team Coordinator

Stedman Peters, Sports and Recreation Coordinator

YOUTH

Amanda Taylor, Senior Director of Youth and Teen Services

Danielle Malley, Director of Camp and Youth

Amanda Aubry, Youth and Camp Coordinator - Uptown

Sydney Bickford, Youth and Camp Coordinator - Uptown and Metairie

Jody Israel, BBYO City Director

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