Board of Directors
Jay Peretz, President
joined the Board in 2007. He lives in Santa Rosa with his wife Laurie and their sons Adam, Jeremy and Caleb.
Joshua Katz, Immediate Past President
joined the JCC Board in 2000 and has been President since 2005. He is an attorney in Santa Rosa focusing on individual and class action litigation. Josh lives in Sebastopol with his wife Jennifer Iscol and their children Alex and Isabel.
Arnold Rosenfield, 1st Vice President
has served on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community Center for the past six years. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Congregation Shomrei Torah. He has served as a Superior Court Judge in Sonoma County since 1985 as well as teaching as an adjunct professor at Sonoma State University. He lives in Santa Rosa with his wife Phyllis. They have two adult children.
Melissa J. Weinger, 2nd Vice President
Barry Ben-Zion, 3rd Vice President
was born and raised in Israel during WWII, the Israeli War of Independence, and the 1956 Suez War crisis. After serving in the Israeli Air Force, he came to study in the United States in 1960, where he earned his Bachelor´s Degree in economics from Sonoma State in 1965 (being the first economics graduate and the first foreign born student to graduate from SSU.) He went on to get his graduate degrees (MA and Ph.D.) in economics from the University of Oregon. In 1969 he returned to his undergraduate Alma Mater where he was appointed to the economics faculty and remained a professor until retirement in 2000. While attending undergraduate school, Barry met and married his wife Joan. Joan passed away in 1996. They had two daughters, Shira and Sabrina. Barry lives in Santa Rosa with his wife Gail.
Mark Milberg, Treasurer
has over 16 years of management experience in the healthcare and biotechnology industries. He currently holds the position of Contract Manager at Medtronic Vascular. He has the unique background of earning both a Masters Degree in Social Welfare and a MBA. Mark enjoys a wonderful family life in Santa Rosa with his wife, Sue, and two great children. Mark has served on the Board for the Northern CA Center for Well-Being. He has successfully co-chaired the annual Purim fundraiser for Congregation Shomrei Torah and has participated in the Kadima training the temple leadership implemented. Mark serves on the JCC Budget and Finance Committee.
Aaron Blum, Secretary
Stanley Feingold
Jonas Mendelsohn
Jeff Rosen
Mark Rosen
Loren Soltes
Julie Wesler-Buck