Professional Staff

Jules Gutin
ext. 1113
Director
Karen Stein
ext. 1114
Assistant Director

International Convention Director
Social Action Tikun Olam, Program and Administration including USY Committee
Aviva Tilles
ext. 1116
Director,
USY Summer Programs
USY on Wheels
USY Israel Pilgrimage, North American Operations
USY/Kadima Membership – Expansion and Retention
Ben Varon
ext. 1117
Program CoordinatorUSY Summer Program Recruitment
Membership Recruitment and Retention
Amy Dorsch
ext. 1115
Education and Outreach CoordinatorRegional Educational Programs
Heschel Society
Kadima
Chapter Services
B’Kol Echad Personalized Orders
Matthew HalpernCommunications CoordinatorAchshav
USY website
Publicity brochures, ads and fliers
Avital Elfant
ext. 1118
Central ShlichaNativ – all North American aspects
Chalutzim Seminar
Israel Programming and Education
David KerenDirector, USY Programs in Israel
Yossi GarrDirector, NATIV
Richard Moline
ext. 1128
Director, Youth and Young Adult Services

Central District

The Central District spans 18 states and 2 Canadian provinces, from Western Pennsylvania to the Great Plains, north to Manitoba and Saskatchewan, west to Colorado, and south to Texas.
Arlyne Bochnek
Regional Youth DirectorCRUSY
Julie MarderRegional Youth DirectorCHUSY
Mark GulnerRegional Youth DirectorEmtza
Maury Jacobs
Regional Youth DirectorSWUSY

METNY District

METNY includes Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, and the Bronx; Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties, and Greenwich, Connecticut.
Tamar SchwartzRegional Youth DirectorMETNY
Todd HausmanDivisional DirectorChazak Division (Nassau County)
Mark SpielvogelDivisional DirectorKiryah Division (Five Boroughs)
Bruce VaronDivisional DirectorKoach Division (Bronx and Westchester/Rockland/Putnam/Orange counties)
Michael HirschDivisional DirectorRakevet Division (Suffolk/East Nassau counties)

Mid-Atlantic District

The Mid-Atlantic district includes all of New Jersey and Delaware, and Pennsylvania from the Delaware River to Altoona.
Barbara SharofskyRegional Youth DirectorEPA
Dassy MarkRegional Youth DirectorHagalil
Matan SilbersteinRegional Youth DirectorHagesher

Northeast District

The Northeast District includes Ontario and the Canadian provinces to its east, New England (except Greenwich, Connecticut), and New York state north of the New York City metropolitan area.
Rabbi Irit PrintzRegional Youth DirectorECRUSY
Joyce JudaRegional Youth DirectorNERUSY/Hanefesh
Emily BerkowitzAssistant Regional Youth DirectorNERUSY/Hanefesh
Sandra GoldmeerRegional Youth DirectorTzafon

Northern Pacific Region

The Northern Pacific region includes the Pacific seaboard from northern California up to British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska.
David KaplanRegional Youth DirectorNew Frontier
Andréa MilmanRegional Youth DirectorPinwheel

Pacific Southwest Region

The Pacific Southwest region includes southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Hawaii.
Merrill AlpertRegional Youth DirectorFar West

Southeast Seaboard District

The Southeast Seaboard District stretches south down the eastern seaboard from Maryland to Florida, and west to include Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
Stephanie NicholRegional Youth DirectorHanegev
Shira KaplanRegional Youth DirectorSeaboard
Shayna KritzAssistant Regional Youth DirectorSeaboard