Our geographically diverse board is listed below. Correspondence for them may be sent to office@cdss.org. Click each board member’s name or photo to learn more about their involvement with the community.
Officers
Board Members-at-large
Jenna Barron
Easthampton, MA
2024Margaret Bary
Brooklyn, NY
2024Jeremy Carter-Gordon
Concord, MA
2026Susan English
Wooster, OH
2025Norman Farrell
Ridgefield, WA
2025Alice Kenney
Leyden, MA
2024Glenn Manuel
Richardson, TX
2026Robbin Marcus
Stonecrest, GA
2025Craig Meltzner
Santa Rosa, CA
2025Avia Moore
Montreal, QC
2024Justin Morrison
Richmond, VT
2026Marni Rachmiel
Cambridge, UK
2026Diane Silver
Asheville, NC
2025Juliette Webb
Nashville, TN
2025
Board Committees and Task Groups
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Executive Committee
- Gaye Fifer (President)
- David Smukler (President-elect)
- Luanne Stiles (Vice President)
- Joel Bluestein (Treasurer)
- Michael Bean (Secretary)
- Margaret Bary
- Norman Farrell
- Robbin Marcus
- Avia Moore
- Diane Silver
- Juliette Webb
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Awards Committee
- Craig Meltzner (chair)
- Margaret Bary
- Cecily Pilzer**
- Eric Schedler**
- Alisa Dodson**
- Emily Addison**
- Gaye Fifer (ex officio)
- Katy German (ex officio)*
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Finance / Audit Committee
- Joel Bluestein (chair)
- Jenna Barron
- Norman Farrell
- Ben Rotenberg**
- Michael Wood**
- Jerry Stein**
- Gaye Fifer (ex officio)
- Katy German (ex officio)*
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Fund Development Committee
- Jenna Barron (chair)
- Luanne Stiles
- Susan English
- Robin Hayden*
- Audrey Jaber*
- Brooke Friendly**
- Caroline Barnes**
- Gaye Fifer (ex officio)
- David Smukler (ex officio)
- Katy German (ex officio)*
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Board Central Management
- Michael Bean (chair)
- Joel Bluestein
- Diane Silver
- Marni Rachmiel
- Glenn Manuel
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Governance Committee
- Luanne Stiles (chair)
- Norman Farrell
- Alice Kenney
- Marni Rachmiel
- David Smukler
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Nominating Committee
- Juliette Webb (chair)
- Robbin Marcus
- Craig Meltzner
- Meredith Doster**
- Lisa Greenleaf**
- Sue Songer**
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Personnel Committee
- Alice Kenney (chair)
- Luanne Stiles
- David Smukler
- Alice Kenney
- Marni Rachmiel
- Justin Morrison
- Gaye Fifer
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Pinewoods Inc. Relations Committee (Nominates people to the PCI Board)
- Margaret Bary (chair)
- Justin Morrison
- Sonya Kaufman—CDSS Rep to PCI
- Joanna Reiner-Wilkinson*
- Dan Blim**
- Micah Walter**
- Natty Smith**
- Gaye Fifer (ex officio)
- Katy German (ex officio)
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CDSS Reps on the Pinewoods Board
- Alex Ellis**
- Gillian Stewart—Vice-President
- Harris Lapiroff**
- Jo Rasi**
- Laura Parsons**
- Marney Morrison**
- Martin Barbour—President
- Michal Warshow**
- Sonya Kaufman—Secretary**
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New Board Training (subcommittee to GovCom)
- Luanne Stiles (co-chair)
- Juliette Webb (co-chair)
- Alice Kenney
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Community Culture and Safety Task Group
- Diane Silver (chair)
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Camp Strategic Planning Task Group
- Joel Bluestein (chair)
- Gaye Fifer
- Peter Baker**
- Jeremy Carter-Gordon
- Brooke Friendly**
- Lisa Greenleaf**
- Justin Morrison
- Joanna Reiner Wilkinson (ex officio)*
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Educators Task Group
- Robbin Marcus (co-chair)
- Margaret Bary (co-chair)
- Jeremy Carter-Gordon
- Justin Morrison
- Katy German*
- Meg Dedolph**
- Sandy Knudson**
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Cultural Equity Task Group
- Margaret Bary (convener)
- Avia Moore
- David Smukler
- Gaye Fifer
- Jeremy Carter-Gordon
- Marni Rachmiel
- Katy German*
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Strategic Planning Task Group
- Avia Moore (chair)
- Gaye Fifer
- Katy German*
- Joel Bluestein
- Jenna Barron
- Jeremy Carter-Gordon
- Joanna Reiner Wilkinson*
- Luanne Stiles
- Marni Rachmiel
- David Smukler
* = CDSS staff member
** = community (non-board) member