Congregants selected Melanie Grishman, a synagogue member of 24 years, to the presidency of Tikvat Israel Congregation for the next two years.
(photo by Felicia Black)
Grishman and other officers and board members who were voted into office at a congregational meeting on Dec. 14 were installed at Shabbat services on Jan. 10. All will serve until the end of 2016.
The incoming president succeeds Rodney Matheson and Jonathan Solomon, who served as co-presidents for the last 2½ years.
Grishman will be joined on the board’s executive committee by the following officers: Carol Chelemer, Jim Perlmutter and Louis Leibowitz, vice presidents; Steve Raucher, treasurer; Debby Berlyne, recording secretary; and Jesse and Marian Kaiser, co-financial secretaries. Leibowitz joins Grishman as the newcomers on the shul’s top decision-making body.
For full details of the election — including mini-profiles of all those elected — read the January-February issue of the synagogue’s Bulletin.
