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Sue Bachman lives in Oakland, CA and is a board member of Women of Reform Judaism. She is past President of Oakland’s Temple Sinai and past chair of the Volunteer Action Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater East Bay.
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Lisa Kleiner Chanoff lives in San Francisco, CA. She is an investor with a long history of involvement in the Jewish and arts communities. A trained mediator and attorney (not practicing) with a Masters in Museum Studies, Lisa has worked on exhibitions and education programs with the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco and the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley.
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Sandy Curtis lives in Berkeley, CA and is Chief Innovations Officer for the Mexican Heritage Corp. She served as Senior Vice President for Zorro Productions for over twenty years. As head of Creative Development, she produced, created, and managed projects across many forms of media. She is a Regional Board Member of the New Israel Fund, San Francisco Bay Area. She was a former Commissioner on the City of Berkeley's Health and Human Welfare & Peace and Justice Commissions, and was the former Chair of the Volunteer Action Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater East Bay.
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Abby Edelman lives in Arizona and is currently a graduate student at the Thunderbird School of Global Management. She previously served as the Director of Global Exchange's Fair Trade Online Store. Abby founded the El Salvador Fair Trade Menorah Project, and was a Jeremiah Fellow with Progressive Jewish Alliance in 2008. Abby is also a Board Member of the Middle East Peace Dialogue Network (MEPDN).
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Larry Grossman lives in Benicia, CA and is the Founder and Director of JewishWebcasting.com and Principal of Grossman Financial Management. He is member of Jewish Family and Children's Services of the East Bay’s Investment Committee and was Past Chairperson of the Volunteer Action Center’s Community Investment Committee.
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Joelle Novey lives in the Washington DC area and is the director of the local Interfaith Power & Light, which supports congregations in responding to climate change. She is co-author of "Green & Just Celebrations" from Jews United for Justice (Washington, DC), and previously worked as an editor at Green America (formerly Co-op America), which includes an extensive Fair Trade program. She is a member of Tikkun Leil Shabbat, Fabrangen, and Tifereth Israel Congregations.
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Deana Zabaldo lives in the San Francisco Bay Area when she isn’t serving as a professional cultural and trekking guide in the Himalayas (Nepal/Bhutan). She is involved with the Northern California Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Association, and is an advisor to TEAM Nepal (charitable NGO in Nepal).
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Ilana Schatz lives in El Cerrito, CA and is the Founding Director of Fair Trade Judaica. Ilana previously was the founding director of the Volunteer Action Center of the Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay. She is a lay Spiritual Leader at Kehilla Community Synagogue.
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David Lingren lives in El Cerrito, CA and has been a Computer development professional for 30 years. He currently serves as Fair Trade Judaica's Chief Technology Maven. He previously was a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University's West Coast Campus, a Board Member of the Andrew Carnegie Society of Carnegie Mellon University, and a Board member of Emeryville Taiko Dojo. |
