Contact Us

Sabes Jewish Community Center, Jay and Rose Phillips Building, Barry Family Campus
4330 S. Cedar Lake Road, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Phone: 952.381.3400, Fax: 952.381.3401
info@sabesjcc.org


ADMINISTRATION

Stuart Wachs, Chief Executive Officer, ext. 3562
swachs@sabesjcc.org

Aviva Hillenbrand, Chief Program Officer, ext. 3448
ahillenbrand@sabesjcc.org

Chuck Pappas, Chief Wellness and Recreation Officer, ext. 3436
cpappas@sabesjcc.org

Myra Giesener, Chief Financial Officer, ext. 3431
mgiesener@sabesjcc.org

Valerie Rentfrow, Human Resources Director, ext. 3417
vrentfrow@sabesjcc.org

Ofer Alphabet, Technology Director, ext. 3412
oalphabet@sabesjcc.org

Heather Saulsbury, Accounting Supervisor, ext. 3409
hsaulsbury@sabesjcc.org

Elise Lieberthal, Accountant, ext. 3385
elieberthal@sabesjcc.org

Erin Becker, Registrar, ext. 3432
ebecker@sabesjcc.org

MEMBERSHIP

Liz Gronert, Membership Director, ext. 3527
egronert@sabesjcc.org

Robyn Plotsker, Member Services Coordinator, ext. 3371
rlplotsker@sabesjcc.org

Michael Shteyn, Membership Consultant, ext. 3379
mshteyn@sabesjcc.org

EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER

Jill Madsen, ECC Director, ext. 3430
jmadsen@sabesjcc.org

Sam Gordon
, ECC Assistant Director of Administration, ext. 3441
sgordon@sabesjcc.org

Amanda Adelman, ECC Assistant Director of Programming, ext. 3435
aadelman@sabesjcc.org

JEWISH ARTS & HUMANITIES

Claire Avitabile, Director of Performing Arts, ext. 3447
cavitabile@sabesjcc.org

Robyn Awend, Director of Visual Arts, ext. 3416
rawend@sabesjcc.org

Todd Bruse, Production Manager, ext. 3475
tbruse@sabesjcc.org

Marcia Bach, Older Adults Manager, ext. 3446
mbach@sabesjcc.org

Kaira Hogle, Festival & Event Manager, ext. 3423
khogle@sabesjcc.org

Matt Levitt, Jewish Journeys Program Manager, ext. 3463
mlevitt@sabesjcc.org

Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival, ext. 3423
film@sabesjcc.org

YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMMING

Anita Lewis, Inclusion Director, ext. 3489
alewis@sabesjcc.org

Danya Kornblum, Director of Youth and Camping, ext. 3344
dkornblum@sabesjcc.org

Todd Sandler, Teen Director, ext. 3495
tsandler@sabesjcc.org

Kelleen O’Brion, Children’s Director, ext. 3374
kobrion@sabesjcc.org

VOICE PROGRAMMING

Lyudmyla Petrenko, VOICE Community Organizer and Programmer, ext. 3479
lpetrenko@sabesjcc.org

HEALTH, WELLNESS AND RECREATION

Donna Heck, Fitness Director, ext. 3418
dheck@sabesjcc.org

Becky Birnell,
Aquatics Director, ext.3422
bbirnell@sabesjcc.org

Billy Soden, Director of Community Education and Recreation, ext. 3457
bsoden@sabesjcc.org

Leah Braverman, Program Coordinator for Community Education and Recreation, ext. 3472
lbraverman@sabesjcc.org

Jesse Hentsch, 6 Foot and Under Basketball League Coordinator
jhentsch@sabesjcc.org

Fitness Desk, ext. 3407

DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

Tamar Fenton, Associate Director of Development, ext. 3405
tfenton@sabesjcc.org

Jen Abzug Zaligson, Development Associate, ext. 3454
jzaligson@sabesjcc.org

Corrie Patrick, Development Administrative Assistant, ext. 3514
cpatrick@sabesjcc.org

Soni Cohen, Director of Public Relations and Marketing, ext. 3453
scohen@sabesjcc.org

Jacquie Van Guilder, Graphic Designer and Web Specialist, ext. 3439
jvanguilder@sabesjcc.org

CAMPUS ROOM SCHEDULING
Kelly Heinig, Events/Housekeeping Coordinator, ext. 3444
Kheinig@bfcampus.org