The JCC is led by a dedicated, passionate group of people who have devoted their lives to improving our community. Meet our management staff:

Orit Lender, Chief Executive Officer
Learn more about Orit here!
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Lee Guttenplan, Chief Operating Officer 718.475.5240 or lguttenplan@sijcc.com

​Allison Cohen, Chief of Communications & Fundraising 718.475.5233 or acohen@sijcc.com
​Ronni Flaherty, Chief of Administration 718.475.5241 or rflaherty@sijcc.com
Debra Fredrick, Chief Program Director for Community Services 718.981.0500 dfredrick@sijcc.com
​Adam Miller, Chief Financial Officer 718.475.5254 or amiller@sijcc.com
​Daisy Olivencia, Chief Experience Officer 718.475.5248​ or dolivencia@sijcc.com
​Joanne Pennisi, Director of Human Resources 718.475.5266 or jpennisi@sijcc.com
​Mark Sefcik, Facilities Director 718.475.5218 or msefcik@sijcc.com
Jayne Smith, Chief Program Director for Early Childhood & Disability Services 718.475.5265 or jsmith@sijcc.com
​Glenn Wechsler, MSW, Chief Program Director of Youth & Camping Services 718.475.5231 (718.983.9000 during July/August) or gwechsler@sijcc.com
​Amelia Winter, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT, Chief Program Officer 718.475.5238 or awinter@sijcc.com

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Cliff Bloom, Tottenville High School Beacon Director 718.605.3033 or cbloom@sijcc.com
Michele Danza, Director of Grants 718.475.5117 or MDanza@SIJCC.com
Nicholas DeLissio, Director of Sports & Recreation 718.475.5116 or ndelissio@sijcc.com
Maureen Fisher, Director of Navigator Program 718.981.1400 or mfisher@sijcc.com
Seth Kaplan, P.S. 65 COMPASS Director 347.466.4407 or skaplan@sijcc.com
Lisa Lubarsky, Director of Membership and Community Engagement 718.475.5223 or llubarsky@sijcc.com
David Lutzker, Sunrise Day Camp Director 718.475.5119 or dlutzker@sijcc.com
Oliver Perry, Director of Gerard Carter Center Cornerstone 718.981.0500 or operry@sijcc.com
Kara Roche, Director of Marketing & Communications 718.475.5251 or kroche@sijcc.com
Maritza Rivera, Director of Stapleton Neighborhood Senior Center 718.981.8828 or mrivera@sijcc.com
Stefanie Schechter, MSW, Director of Avis/South Shore Older Adult Center (OAC) 718.475.5283 or sschechter@sijcc.com
Ela Seeley, Director of the Music Institute 718.475.5263 or eseeley@sijcc.com
Stacey Smith, Director of Department for People with Disabilities 718.475.5267​ or stsmith@sijcc.com
Bella Smorgonskaya, Director of Arts & Culture 718.475.5262 or bsmorgonskaya@sijcc.com
Jeanette Velasquez, Director of SONYC at Eagle Academy 718.727.6201x3313/14 or jvelasquez@sijcc.com
Paloma Wasserstein, LMSW, Director of Social Services 718.475.5228 or pwasserstein@sijcc.com
Michele Weinstein, Director of Intake and Case Assistance for the Senior Network 718.517.7449 or mweinstein@sijcc.com
Allisyn Wise-Ortiz, MSW, Director of Caregiver Support Center & Social Adult Day Programs 718.475.5287 or awise@sijcc.com