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Executive Committee
Art Katz
Art Katz was born in NYC and raised there, attending high school on Long Island. He graduated with a BS in Engineering with honors from the US Coast Guard Academy in 1963, and served four more years in the CG, including a year as Commanding Officer of a Gunboat in Vietnam in 1966. Art and Carol were married immediately after his graduation, and Carol gave birth to their oldest daughter, Lisa, while Art was fighting in VN. Art and Carol were blessed with two additional daughters, Laura and Leslie, and further blessed with seven grandchildren, most of whom were Bat Mizvahed, confirmed, married, baby-named etc. at Temple Emanuel, where we have been members since 1979, when we moved to Atlanta. For me, it has always been family first, and I know how truly blessed I am to have had them all grow up within three miles of our home.
Art and Carol both got masters degrees while working full time, Art in Marketing and HR, and Carol in Family Counseling. We started an Executive Recruiting Company in 1980, and ran it for 40 years, at which time we turned it over to Lee Frohman, son-in-law extraordinaire, and TE member.
Art has been TE President twice before, first in the early 80’s, and then again serving as co -President and working with Rabbi Spike in 2018+/-. He would be honored to step in for the upcoming one year term. Art has held virtually every key position in TE over the past 45 years, and Carol and he have attended ongoing TE adult learning about Judaism for 40 years+. Most recently, he was starter and leader of our Security Committee, and co-Chair with Lori Bohrer, almost four years ago, of the TE Anti Semitism Initiative, which has also branched into our outstanding Interfaith Initiative. TE is his home away from home.
In his spare time, Art serves as President of the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association, is on the advisory boards of the Bearing Witness Institute, and the Vietnam War Memorial, plays singles tennis (saving doubles for my older age), and is an ardent fisherman.
Emily Sanders
Emily grew up in Manhasset Hills, Long Island, NY, and relocated to Atlanta in 1979 when she became employed as a Budget Manager for The Coca-Cola Company. Emily and her family have been members of Temple Emanu-El since 1993. She and her husband, Jon Margolis, have three adult children and five grandchildren. The younger two children were Bar/Bat Mitzvah and confirmed at TE and their oldest grandchild had a baby-naming here.
Emily has served twice on the Financial Council, once at its inception in the late 2000s and again in 2018. She is currently Chair of TE's Endowment Fund committee. Emily & Jon are proud members of the Menschables chavurah group.
Emily has a long history of working in the financial world, first as a Financial Planning Manager for Charter Publishing Company in New York City. She worked for two Fortune 500 companies in Atlanta, Coca-Cola, and BellSouth, in international finance. In 1994, Emily founded her firm, Sanders Financial Management, which was based in Dunwoody and Peachtree Corners for 18 years until its sale to United Capital of Newport Beach, CA, and ultimately sold again to Goldman Sachs, from which she retired as a Vice President in 2022. As well as a financial advisor, Emily is also a lifelong CPA. She was named a "Top 50 Women in Wealth Management" by Wealth Manager magazine and has made numerous TV appearances on CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg.
Emily is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in International Economics and has an MBA in Accounting from New York University. At age 63, while working full-time, Emily went back to school part-time and graduated from Emory Law.
She has been a volunteer for numerous organizations: Atlanta Jewish Federation investment committee, Leadership Atlanta, Cities in Schools, Habitat for Humanity (assisted building homes), The Atlanta International School (treasurer), Georgia Society of CPA's Leadership Council and currently Jewish Women's Fund of Atlanta (trustee) and JF&CS Foundation Board member.
Emily and Jon love to travel and explore new destinations, visit museums, spend time playing with their grandchildren and small dog, and enjoy beach time in the Panhandle. Emily is an avid walker and reader, currently participating in two women’s Book Clubs.
Jackie Beres
Jackie was born and raised in Atlanta and is a graduate of the University of Georgia. After her first trip to Israel on a singles mission, she wanted to get more involved in pro-Israel advocacy, so she took a job with the Atlanta office of AIPAC. It was there that Jackie started her career in nonprofit fundraising. After a few years, Jackie packed up and moved to Washington, DC where she got her dream job working for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Following Jackie’s move back to Atlanta, she was the director of development for the Atlanta office at ADL and most recently the Senior Director of Major Gifts for Make-A-Wish GA. She now works as a fundraising consultant. In her spare time, Jackie serves on her son’s elementary school fundraising committee and volunteers as much as possible for his classroom. Pre-Covid, Jackie served as a fertility buddy for the Jewish Fertility Foundation. She currently serves on the TE Endowment Growth Committee.
Grant Stein
Grant and his wife Janet have been members of Temple Emanuel since 1986. Their three adult children were Bat Mitzvahed and Bar Mitzvahed, respectively, at Temple Emanu-El, and currently, their local granddaughter attends the four-year-old Sunday School program at Temple Emanu-El.
Grant has been a Board member and officer at Temple Emanu-El, and has also served on the Financial Council.
Grant is a retired partner at Alston & Bird LLP where he began in 1983. He has served in leadership capacities in several legal organizations over the years.
Bill Kellert
Bill grew up in Hollywood Florida where he met his wife Elyse. He moved to Atlanta to go to school at Emory and has never left. Out of college, he joined The Temple and was active with the young adults group there. In 1993 Elyse and Bill, along with their two boys Greg and Bryan joined Temple Emanu-El. Both Greg and Bryan had their bar mitzvah and confirmation at Emanu-El.
As a member of Temple Emanu-El, Bill has, among other things, participated in the leadership training program, served as a Jr. TEFTY advisor, gabbai, board member, Brotherhood treasurer, financial secretary, vice-president and treasurer.
Bill has been a CPA for 35 years and has had his own practice for 20 years. Outside of work, Bill enjoys running, horses and as of March 3 – spending time with his first grandchild – Collin Kellert.
Eric Warshal
Eric and his family have been members of Temple Emanu-El for 12 years. He and his wife Stephanie have lived in Atlanta since 1995 and in Dunwoody since 2005. They have a daughter at the University of Georgia and two sons at Dunwoody High School, all of whom attended religious school and had their B’nai Mitzvot at Temple Emanu-El. Eric graduated from University of Florida with a degree in Marketing, and earned an MBA from Emory University. He spent 12 years with Cox Enterprises before starting a hedge fund administration services firm, Fund Associate, more than 10 years ago. He also started a second company, Emjan Services, a merchant credit card processing firm, in 2015. Eric grew up in South Florida, where his father was a Rabbi and Jewish Federation Director and instilled in him the importance of involvement in the Jewish community.
Ellen Lindemann
Ellen Lindemann and her husband Bruce have been Temple Emanu-El members since 1989. They are both Chicago natives but have been in Georgia since 1978. Ellen retired from Southern Company after 30 years and currently works as the Assistant Director of Lekotek of Georgia; a nonprofit providing adapted toys and technology for children with disabilities. She also is the owner of LN Consulting, an HR consulting business. Ellen has experience in various areas of line and executive management with Southern Company. She has held line positions in engineering, human resources, marketing, construction and supply chain. Most recently she had served as Senior Vice President of Environmental Projects and Construction with responsibility for a $6B construction program. Just prior to that, she was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Southern Company, responsible for strategy, planning, design and implementation of all Human Resource services for the corporation. She has served on the Board of Directors for 21st Century Leaders, a Georgia high school leadership program and the Girl Scout Council of Northwest Georgia. Ellen has co-chaired the Temple Emanu-El Family and Religious Education Committee, is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta and has been actively involved in disability issues. She currently is a Board member for IVP Plastics manufacturing company. Ellen holds a BS in Architecture from the University of Illinois and an MS in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University. Ellen and Bruce have three grown children; Carla, Andrea and Mark and live in Dunwoody, Georgia.
Board of Trustees
Karen Asher
Karen and her husband Scott moved to Atlanta from New Jersey in August 2022, followed by their adult children, Stephanie and Eric, who have been members of TE since October that year. Originally from the suburbs of Manhattan, Karen grew up attending Yeshiva and was actively involved in Young Judaea, a Zionist youth movement. She also attended Camp Tel Yehudah and participated in the Young Judaea Year-Course Israel program. Karen holds a degree in Psychology and Judaic Studies from SUNY Albany and a double Master's in Elementary Education and Moderate Special Needs from Lesley College.
Karen’s career began in New York, where she taught at a Reform Temple and worked as an assistant teacher in a public school before becoming a special education teacher in the Bronx. After moving to Maryland, she taught in a public school for two years. Upon returning to NY/NJ, Karen taught at a Reform synagogue and led the Tot Shabbat program at their Conservative synagogue. She also worked at the Glen Rock Jewish Center for 16 years, including serving as assistant principal of the religious school.
In Atlanta, Karen has fully embraced her Jewish community, teaching at the TE religious school, serving on committees, volunteering with the CAC and Backpack Buddies, and tutoring Hebrew and Jewish studies. She and Scott are grateful for their connection to Temple Emanu-El as the foundation of their Jewish life in Atlanta.
Arianne Belzer-Carroll
Arianne was raised in Kansas (rock chalk!) not too far from Rabbi Rachael and moved to Georgia in 2006 to attend Agnes Scott College. She taught third-grade Hebrew at Temple Emanu-El and worked with TEFTY all through college and is teaching at the Diamond Family Religious School again now. Truly some of the best people she knows are people at Emanu-El. It is home, and it is family. Arianne is currently working toward putting together a mitzvah crafting group in the coming year as part of a social action project, and she feels very strongly about community and genuine tikkun olam. She spends most of her energy working for inclusivity, equality, pride, and education and helping people be heard. The rest of it Arianne spends knitting and telling dad jokes to her very patient son, Noam.
Arianne’s alter ego is a high school Latin teacher in Gwinnett County, where she runs the sexuality and gender alliance and coaches an academic competition team, and by night she writes books in Latin that center on under-heard voices. Arianne lives with her husband Ben (who also teaches Latin), their shlemiel of a cat, and their schlimazel of a dog. Noam is currently at college in Connecticut, but you may see his redhead around when he comes home on breaks.
David Bieber
David is a native New Yorker and grew up very involved in Temple activities. He went to the University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) and received a BA in Economics and met his wife Dorte there. David and Dorte settled in Atlanta in 1995 and where he earned an MBA from Emory University and has been here ever since. They moved to Dunwoody in 1997 and joined Temple Emanu-El in 2004. They are proud parents to three adult sons, Matthew, Joshua and Max, who all attended religious school, had their B’nai Mitzvot, and confirmations at Temple Emanu-El. David became more involved with Temple social justice activities in 2021 and joined the committee in 2022. He currently leads Mary Hall Freedom Dinner efforts and is looking to become more involved. David works for Panasonic Connect where he leads their business development efforts on a global basis.
Jaimie Chausmer
Jaimie was born and raised in Florida and attended the University of Florida for undergrad. She spent many summers at Camp Barney and knew she wanted Atlanta to be her home. She moved here in 1999 to go to grad school at Emory and became a Cardiac Nurse Practitioner.
She loves Temple Emanu-El and has met some wonderful friends. She does not have any relatives here, and she truly feels at home and among family when she walks through the doors. Jaimie serves as Ambassador for new members. She is on the religious school committee, room mom for sons’ class, planned the Purim Carnival this year with three other amazing members, and participates on the TRIBE committee. Her biggest honor was being awarded the Shirley Schiffer Volunteerism award a few weeks ago.
She loves spending time with her husband Aaron. Fun fact, he is from her hometown, they went to the same temple growing up, but they did not know each other. They met here via his neighbor who happened to be Jaimie’s best friend. Besharat!! They have two kids Leah (11 yrs.) and Asher (6 yrs.), and two amazing dogs.
Mark Feinberg
Mark Feinberg was born in 1962, and raised in Gainesville, Florida. His family were active participants in Gainesville's small Jewish community.
As members of B’nai Torah, Mark, and his siblings, 2-sisters and 1-older brother were raised within a conservative Jewish upbringing. Mark’s father Robert was President of the Synagogue for 2-terms, including the transition from a small aging building into a newly constructed home for the growing congregation. That congregation and building remain in place today.
Bar Mitzvahed in 1975 as one of (3) 13-year-olds that year, Mark later joined BBYO where he really got his first taste of life as a Jew. In December of 1979, as a 17-year-old senior in high school, he met a beautiful 14-year-old young lady who would days later tell her mother that she had met the man she was going to marry. Eight years later her wish came true, and it was the greatest thing that ever happened to Mark.
Robyn and Mark have been happily married for 37 years, raising two wonderful people. Joel is 32 years old and married Ariel Touger-Feinberg of Milburn, NJ in February of 2024, and Amy who just turned 30, and is engaged to Jason Kayne of Chicago, IL.
Joel is the Project Manager of Emerging Technology at Major League Baseball in New York City, and Amy is an Occupational Therapist at Emory Hospital in Decatur and a Pelvic Floor Specialist at ATL Pelvic Health.
Mark and Robyn both graduated from the University of Florida. They moved to Atlanta in 1987 and have never left. They joined Temple Emanu-El in the Fall of 1995. Mark previously served for two terms on the Board during Julie Schwartz’s term as Senior Rabbi.
Over the years Robyn and Mark have helped on several committees including large fundraising events, and several video productions, and enjoyed so many special moments at Temple Emanu-El. Robyn and Mark presently serve as Co-Chairs of the Honi Circle Committee.
Lori Goldberg
Lori and her family have been a part of the Temple Emanu-El community since 2008. Lori grew up across the Eastern US (Trumbull, Connecticut; Syracuse, New York; Memphis, Tennessee), earning her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Florida, and her master’s degree and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University. She began her consulting career in Talent Management in New York City, where she met her husband, Stanley. They moved to the Dunwoody area in 2008, and have two boys, Max (13 yrs.) and Henry (11yrs.).
Lori is currently the Global Vice President of Talent for AGCO Corporation, where she manages the employee experience (talent acquisition, onboarding, learning and development, performance management, talent and succession planning, talent data and analytics, employee listening) for 25K employees across 17 countries. She has served on multiple Boards (The Packaged Good, Kingsley PTO), is currently part of the synagogue’s Onboarding Committee, and is excited to join the Temple Emanu-El Board to serve the community further.
Marvin Goldstein
Marvin and Ann are original Charter Members and have been continuous members of Temple Emanuel (TE) since its formation 47 years ago. They are transplanted New Yorkers (Long Island) and have been married for 54 years. Their children, Michele Starnes is a special education teacher and Edward works at the Dunwoody Publix. Each attended TE Religious School and had their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs at Temple Emanuel. Marvin and Ann have two granddaughters: Ella is a freshman student at the University of South Carolina and Avery is a sophomore at St. Francis High School in Milton, Georgia.
With a New York State Regents scholarship, Marvin graduated with a BS from the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Coming to the University of Georgia in 1965, Marvin received a NIGH fellowship enabling him to obtain an MS in 1966 and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1973. He taught at the University of Georgia, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport University, Together, and Clayton State University. Dr. Goldstein has had a private Psychology practice for 50 years in Dunwoody. Holding several offices, he presently is treasurer of the Georgia Hypnosis Society. Also, he has been on staff at Northside Hospital for 18 years.
Through the Atlanta Jewish Federation, Marvin participates in the Levis Family Music program and the PJ Library. He supports the Weber School and the Davis Academy.
Marvin previously served on the TE Board of Trustees. He supported Temple Emanuel through the Goldstein Multimedia Center and Patio. He helped with the renovation of the kitchen and the Administration offices. When the school was in trouble financially, he came to their aid and recently announced the renovation of some TE school classrooms. He lives by dor l' dor and bal tashet.
Ben Halpern
As a new member of Temple Emanu-El, Ben is honored to be nominated to this Board. He looks forward to the opportunity to listen, learn, and offer fresh perspectives with the hopes of his engagement adding support to our beautiful community. Growing up in Sandy Springs and having attended Jewish day school, Camp Barney for 11 consecutive summers, and several trips to Israel, Judaism has always been central to his life.
Ben graduated from Tulane University in 2018 with a double major in Business Management & Marketing and enjoyed his involvement as a fraternity brother in the ZBT Sigma Chapter. Since then, he has been working hard with his father in building their family business, Farmers & Fishermen Purveyors, and they are having fun doing what they are doing. In Ben’s free time, he enjoys rollerblading, playing with his mini golden doodle, Nola, and working with people with special needs.
Ben is excited to get more involved at Temple Emanu-El and get to know the people who help make it as special as it is.
Marcia Hauler
Marcia is married to Mark Hauler and has lived in Dunwoody for more than 30 years. Together they have two daughters, Lindsay, who lives in Atlanta, and Lesley, who lives in London.
The family joined Temple Emanu-El in 1995. Both of their daughters grew up at Temple Emanu-El going to Sunday School and Hebrew school, having Bat Mitzvahs and Confirmation, and finally serving as Madrichim in Sunday School. Marcia and Mark have been active in Temple and participated in the Israel Trip with Rabbi Spike in 2019.
Marcia is a graduate of UGA’s School of Journalism with a degree in Public Relations. She spent most of her 30+ career in Customer Success roles in healthcare and computer software. She retired during the pandemic when business travel could not be done. Since that time, she has volunteered as a TE new member ambassador, at events/activities as well as CAC, Backpack Buddies, Mary Hall Freedom House, and City of Dunwoody activities.
Marcia and Mark are crazy about their two rescue dogs, Ollie, and Lola. Her favorite things to do are going to fitness class/working out at the JCC, listening to pop music, family walks at Brook Run Park, and traveling anywhere. She is very excited to become a Trustee of Temple Emanu-El.
Spencer Horowitz
Spencer Horowitz was born and raised in Briarcliff Manor, New York. He received his Bachelor of Science from Florida State University College of Business. He started his career as a professional golfer, but after a few years of playing and teaching made a career change. Spencer has been a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley since 2018. He moved to Atlanta in 2016 where he met his wife Madison, a Roswell native. The two were married by Rabbi Spike in 2022 and had their daughter Riley in 2023. Spencer and his family are very excited to grow with Temple Emanu-El for years to come!
Gui Nebel
Gui and his family relocated to Sandy Springs in 2017 and have been members of Temple Emanu-El ever since. Gui is married to Lakshmi and together they have two children, Avi (18) and Maya (15).
Gui was born in the US but raised from a very early age in Brazil, where he lived until his mid-20s. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brazil and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Gui has over 25 years of professional experience in finance and strategy, having spent most of his career in large corporations and leading teams in Treasury, Financial Planning and Analysis, Investor Relations, Risk Management and Shared Services. He is currently the Senior Vice President, Finance, and Treasurer at Booz Allen.
This is Gui's first volunteer experience in Atlanta. While living in Ohio, he served on the boards of his synagogue and his children's day School and on the Risk Management Committee of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.
Ian Schonberg
Ian was born and raised in West Palm Beach, FL. He received a Bachelor's in Social Work at Florida State University and a Master's in Education at Georgia State University. He has been a social worker for over five years, a special education teacher for seven years, the Assistant Director for Graduate Advisement at Georgia State University for five years, and most recently, an Executive MBA recruiter for Georgia State University.
Ian and his wife Carrie have been married for sixteen years and have two children, Brock (13) and Joelle (8), both attending the Diamond Family Religious School. He currently is on the Temple Emanu-El onboarding committee and a member of the Temple Emanu-El Brotherhood. Ian feels grateful that his family is part of such a warm and caring community and wants to represent Temple Emanu-El to both new and current members of the congregation. He is eager for this opportunity to serve on the board and to assist with issues affecting the community.
Bill Sukenik
The Sukenik family has been a member of Temple Emanu-El for over 25 years, residing in Peachtree Corners. Bill was born and raised in New York City completing his civil engineering education at S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo and Virginia Tech. Bill began his engineering career in Sacramento, California in 1975, relocating to Southern California where he met Julie, a native Californian. They married in 1983. After leaving California in 1990, and with relatively short residencies in Houston, Texas and Palm Beach County, Florida, the Sukeniks settled in the metro Atlanta area. Their children, Adam Sukenik (who lives in East Cobb County) and Danielle Sukenik (who lives in Denver, Colorado), were Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah, respectively, at Temple Emanu-El.
In Humble, Texas, Bill served two years as Secretary/Treasurer and Building Committee chair of Beth Torah, a 60 family Reform Congregation. At Temple Emanu-El, he was a member of the Head Usher contingent for ten years and currently serves as a member of the group led by Lynn Newport providing oversight and support of various temple capital projects including re-roofing, parking lot paving, restroom renovation, and air conditioning improvements.
Bill is a retired registered Civil Engineer having spent over 47 years in government and consulting engineering with total water and wastewater system improvement expenditures of over $3 billion. Holding engineering licenses in eight states, he fulfilled positions of project manager, program manager, director, vice president, and senior vice president with major engagements in California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia.
In retirement, he enjoys exercising, reading, gardening, listening to smooth jazz, and driving his Audi convertible on twisty roads in the north Georgia mountains and neighboring states.
Bill looks forward to actively participating in the business of the Board in support of our thriving temple community.
Ian Schonberg
Ian was born and raised in West Palm Beach, FL. He received a Bachelor's in Social Work at Florida State University and a Master's in Education at Georgia State University. He has been a social worker for over five years, a special education teacher for seven years, the Assistant Director for Graduate Advisement at Georgia State University for five years, and most recently, an Executive MBA recruiter for Georgia State University.
Ian and his wife Carrie have been married for sixteen years and have two children, Brock (13) and Joelle (8), both attending the Diamond Family Religious School. He currently is on the Temple Emanu-El onboarding committee and a member of the Temple Emanu-El Brotherhood. Ian feels grateful that his family is part of such a warm and caring community and wants to represent Temple Emanu-El to both new and current members of the congregation. He is eager for this opportunity to serve on the board and to assist with issues affecting the community.
Past Presidents
Mark Young
Stephen L. Zisser
Arthur E. Katz
George M. Fox
Sandra Z. Ferko
Steven E. Marcus z'l
Harold E. Kirtz
Stewart I. Aaron z'l
Cary Rosenthal
Stephen E. Lewis
Ann Van Prooyen
Scott Walsey
Lynn Newport
Jane Schiff
Norman E. Zoller
Norman S. Cohen
Jeff Marcus
Scott Walsey
Noah Rosner
Art Katz
Rick Shapiro z'l
Robert Wittenstein
Edye Disner
Bill Kellert
Dana Neiger
Mitch Lewis
