Brandeis National Committee
Greater Washington Chapter
Invites you to our
Spring Installation Luncheon
Monday, May 1, 2017

9:00 a.m. Registration, Boutique, and
Restaurant Silent Auction
Auction Winning Bids–Checks Only
10:15 a.m. Program Begins
Bethesda Marriott
5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, MD
“Complimentary Parking”
Co-Presidents
Honey Edell and Tina Levine
Committee Chairs
Joan Forest
Elaine Gillespie
Janet Muenz
Livia Weinstein
Proceeds to benefit
Brandeis University Scholarship Fund

Guest Speakers

Esther Safran Foer

Esther Safran Foer is the past CEO of Sixth & I, a downtown cultural hub and historic synagogue. Under Esther’s leadership Sixth & I created world class programming from book talks with renowned authors to a wide range of musical performances.  Reinvented as a Jewish institution after being a church for 50 years, Sixth & I includes all Jewish denominations studying and observing Jewish holidays under the same roof. Sixth & I has been nationally recognized as    “a new paradigm for Jewish life.” Esther has been personally recognized as one of “The Forward 50” Jewish leaders in the country and last year was named by Washingtonian magazine as one of the most powerful women in Washington, DC.

Matthew Logan

Matthew Logan is the Executive Director of Montgomery County Historical Society, which collects, preserves, interprets, and shares the histories of all of Montgomery County’s residents. Throughout his career as an executive, he has built the capacity and effectiveness of small nonprofit organizations in the Washington, DC metro area. Beginning in 1998, he led Potomac Conservancy, a regional conservation group, through a period of rapid and sustained growth. He later founded and served as the first president of the C&O Canal Trust, an official partner of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. With the Trust he developed a series of successful programs, most notably Canal Quarters, which was recognized by the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation with its Chairman’s Award for Achievement in Historic Preservation.

Matthew holds Master’s degrees in environment/land use planning and United States history. He lives with his son and daughter in Kensington, Maryland.

Installation 2017-2018
Executive Committee

Co-Presidents: Tina Levine, Elaine Moss
Vice-Presidents:
Administrative: Margie Lappen
Book Fund: Linda Horowitz
Membership: Judy Blickstein and Lorraine Rose
Special Events: Marlene Goldschmidt, Gail Rubinson,
Joni Sommer
Study Guide: Margot Raphael and Libby Waldman Strugatch
Accounts Payable Treasurer: Ellen Glazer
Accounts Receivable Treasurer: Cecily Slater
Administrative Secretary: Shelby Herman
Corresponding Secretary: Sandy Pincus-Rush
Financial Secretary: Sandy Levinson
Recording Secretary: MaryEllen Stein
Registrar: Roz Auerbach
Parliamentarians: Roberta Feigen and Harriet Sturm
Nominating Committee Chair: Honey Edell
Nominating Committee: Janet Batlan, Sybil Cantor,
Barbara Fayne, Suzanne Giacalone, Beth Ingber,
Beth Smith
Alternates: Sheila Schrier and Sandy Shapiro
Directors 2017–2018:
Rhonda Cole, Etta Doris, Laura Epstein, Barbara Etkind, Susan Friedman, Marjorie Furhmann, Heather Greenspan, Bobbye Hertzbach, Denise Kahn, Toby Kullback,
Susan Leshner, Joyce Riseberg, Sue Rudo, Cynthia Silverstein, Livia Weinstein, Marilyn Wilder
Directors 2017–2019:
Sandy Crausman, Linda Cohen, Joan DiConstanzo,
Linda Epstein, Ann Friedman, Cathy Friedman,
Sandy Greenfield, Carolyn Gross, Michele Miller,
Debra Nysenbaum, Linda Raden, Sue Seligson,
Myrna Shenkler, Lu Shifrin, Joy Shuman, Nancy Silver

Advance Reservations Only
Members $70   Non-Member$ 80

Reservations due by April 14th

Name   
Phone   
Email   

Lunch   

        Quinoa salad, tofu, roasted vegetables

       Quinoa salad, salmon, roasted vegetables

        Marsala chicken, herbed gnocchi, roasted vegetables

Dessert

       Fruit cup

       Chocolate cake with chocolate sauce

Please seat me with:                               

Total enclosed:   $         

I am unable to attend but would like to contribute $______

to the Scholarship Fund.

Make checks payable to BNC and mail to:
Ellen Glazer

Dietary restrictions:  Contact Joan B