JCPSC History and Leadership
The Jewish Communal Professionals of Southern California (JCPSC) organization was formed in 1975.   Its goal was to create an interdisciplinary professional community within Jewish communal service in Los Angeles.   At the founding, the name was "Southern California Conference of Jewish Communal Service."  This was changed to JCPSC several years later, to better reflect the work of members as professionals in the Jewish community.

JCPSC's mission today, as in the past, includes continuing education, professional development, mentoring, and networking.






2009-2010 JCPSC Executive Committee

President 
Bill Kaplan Shalom Institute
Vice-President Membership and Outreach Maxine Meyer
Jewish Family Service/SOVA
Vice-President Membership and Outreach
Susan Sysler
National Council Of Jewish Women (LA)
Vice-President Programming Rhoda Weisman
Professional Leaders Project
Vice-President Programming Brian Greene
Westside Jewish Community Center
Treasurer/ Opening Event Chair
Lori Tessel
The Jewish Federation
Awards Chair Shoshana Hirsh
Jewish Student Union
Chair, Clinical Program     
Sally Weber
Jewish Family Service
Chair, Mentorship
Michael Jeser
USC Hillel
Chair, Mentorship Rhoda Weisman
Professional Leaders Project
Chair, Fundraiser's Forum     
Lee Rosenblum
USC Hillel
Chair, Fundraiser's Forum John Magoulas
The Jewish Federation
Chair, Professional Conference
Jodi Berman
The Jewish Federation
Chair, Professional Conference
Richard Siegel
Hebrew Union College
Next Gen Committee
Jessie Sunday
The Jewish Federation
Next Gen Committee Libby Eckhaus
The Jewish Federation
Webinar Chair
Phil Liff-Grieff BJE
Director, Artistic Design Lilia Arbona
The Jewish Federation
Immediate Past President  Michael Hirschfeld  Consultant
   AT LARGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
 
Merrill Alpert
United Synagogue Youth

Elisa Becker
Shalom Institute
Esther Cohen
Los Angeles Jewish Home
Rachel Donitz Kaplan
BJE

Sharon Friedman
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Leah Kitz
The Jewish Federation
Marsha Katz Rothpan
STAR
Sherri Kadovitz
Jewish Family Service
Carol Levy
The Jewish Federation
Rachael Petru Horowitz
Hadassah

Anna Schwarz Shabtay
Long Beach Jewish Federation
Mike Sirota
Consultant
Caron Spector
The Jewish Federation
Tanya Sorkin
Consultant
Lois Weinsaft
The Jewish Federation
Chapter Administrator
Saul Korin
Jewish Free Loan Association