Board of Trustees

Addie Goodman is the President and CEO of JCC Chicago, the largest Jewish Community Center in North America, with programs and services that reach more than 100,000 people every year. Over the course of her career, Addie has aligned her work with issues that matter to her personally—education, female empowerment, social justice and, for the past 12 years, Jewish life. At the JCC Chicago, Addie’s focus is on “growing good kids” and the care and keeping of children and families through positive experiences and teachings about Jewish traditions and culture.

A Jew by choice, Addie was first drawn to learn about Jewish life and community through a summer lifeguarding job at the J in an Orthodox neighborhood. Now, she finds identifying and fostering new Jewish connections to be deeply personal work that requires low-barrier, accessible entry points. As mom to four children ages 19-26, Addie looks back fondly on the joy of Jewish children’s books, the nurturing of Jewish camp, and the warmth of having a family growing up in a Jewish communal ecosystem. She loves having a full nest at home with her family and two pups, as well as reading, writing, trying new hobbies, and getting outside.

Lisa Rachlin is in-house legal counsel at a Boston-based biotechnology company.  She has extensive experience managing litigation and advising on legal matters across a wide range of geographies, while also maintaining an active pro-bono practice. A convert to Judaism, Lisa is passionate about engagement with a broad spectrum of Jewish background and observance, including interfaith families. While a member of PJ Library’s NextGen board, she was actively involved in the launch of the PJ Library Family Holiday guides initiative, and is proud to have helped bring PJ Library’s important holiday engagement resources to families across North America.

Lisa has been a proud PJ parent for almost 15 years, with three children who have participated in the PJ Library and PJ Our Way programs. Her family is active in their local Jewish day school as well as their temple and the JCC of Greater Boston. In addition to her role as an HGF Trustee, Lisa also serves on HGF's IT Oversight Committee. Prior to law school, Lisa was a trained classical musician. Outside of work, she is dive-certified and loves spending time with her family anywhere near the water. 

Michael Hoffman has been President & CEO of Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County since 2015. He is focused on developing and transforming one of the largest and fastest growing Jewish communities in North America, and under his leadership, Federation has strengthened collaborative relationships with partner organizations, synagogues and other institutions in the Jewish and broader communities. Michael has more than 25 years of experience in the Jewish Federation system prior to his work in the Palm Beaches, building a leadership portfolio focused on advancing financial resource development and expanding community engagement.

As an HGF board member, Michael is committed to inspiring current and future Jewish leaders to increase their community and philanthropic involvement. His own leadership has driven significant achievements, including expanding care for people in need, enhancing Jewish education, and strengthening support for Israel. He leads the community’s unwavering advocacy for combating antisemitism and fostering unity among diverse communities. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University. Michael lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida with his wife Naomi. Both his daughter Mollie and son Jonah are students at the University of Florida.

Harold Grinspoon is a creative entrepreneur whose early career in real estate helped him build one of the top 50 privately owned property management companies, Aspen Square Management. This success enabled him to create The Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF). As a boy, Harold was shocked by the atrocities and horrors of the Holocaust. This left an indelible impression on him, motivating and inspiring his avid Zionism and work in the Jewish world. As the founder and trustee of the HGF, he, alongside talented teams and colleagues, created and implemented innovative programs to further connect the Jewish community to their culture and to each other, including PJ Library, JCamp 180, Life & Legacy, and Voices & Visions.  

An avid collaborator, Harold’s most meaningful work comes from being in the company of talented people, creating lasting, impactful partnerships, and spending time in nature. He combines these passions with his work through both his Jewish and secular foundations, in which he supports endeavors to build literacy, protect the environment, sustain Western Mass farms, and fight antisemitism. He has enjoyed a lifetime of hiking, nature, meditation, and skiing, and finds incredible meaning in creating art, sculptures, and poetry, and spending time with his family.

Winnie Sandler Grinspoon is the president of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, where she leads a team of outstanding professionals to create more vibrant Jewish communities and deeper connections to Jewish culture, practice, heritage, traditions, and values. The work of the foundation and its focus on joyful and deep Jewish engagement mirrors Winnie’s passions and the experiences she gave to her own children, including incredible summers at Jewish summer camp, and reading Jewish stories at bedtime. It was Winnie’s use of children’s storybooks at her Passover seder that inspired her father-in-law, Harold Grinspoon, to create the PJ Library program, which is now a beloved part of childhood for children across the globe.

Prior to her career in philanthropy, Winnie practiced law in New York and in Boston. As a lawyer and a philanthropic leader, she is driven by the art of clear, compelling storytelling and inspired by the power of a connective vision and shared journey. In her free time, you’ll find Winnie moving (running, cycling, hiking), traveling, gardening, and spending time with family and friends.

Jeremy Pava has been a partner with Aspen Square Management, a national real estate investment and management firm owning over 13,000 apartment units nationwide for over 40 years. He also serves as Chairman of Micah Philanthropies. In partnership with his wife, Ann, their philanthropy has focused on supporting organizations and programs which make the timeless teachings and practices of traditional Judaism more relevant and accessible, and which foster more meaningful Jewish living.

Jeremy and Ann are PJ Library Alliance partners, recipients of the ADL Torch of Liberty Award, were recognized by Ohr Torah Stone as a “chaver” and “chavera” for their outstanding community leadership and are founders and sustainers of the Hebrew High School of New England (now known as the New England Jewish Academy). Jeremy is also a founding trustee of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and has served on the board since its inception over 30 years ago. Jeremy and Ann live in West Hartford, CT and cherish time with their three married children and their eight grandchildren. Jeremy is an avid and competitive swimmer and is an enthusiastic New England sports fan.

Debbie Hochberg is Senior Advisor to the Paul E. Singer Foundation, where she focuses on partnerships and board work.  Debbie started her career in finance and investment banking as Director of Investor Relations at Multex, Inc. and at Merrill Lynch & Co. She switched to non-profits after Sept 11, 2001 in an effort to strengthen Israel, American foreign policy, and the relationship between the two countries. For ten years, Debbie was an active lay leader helping to grow a handful of non-profit organizations and joined the Singer Foundation in 2013 to help establish and grow its efforts in global Jewish philanthropy, build relationships, and scale entrepreneurial projects.  She currently serves on the board of Momentum, OneTable, The Jewish Food Society, and The Jewish Funders Network. 

As a mother of three children, and a board member of organizations that focus on Jewish values, community, culture, and ritual, Debbie believes PJ Library is uniquely positioned to engage families, within and outside the home in these key areas. She sees the opportunity to establish meaningful connections to Judaism and Israel as a family, and build on these connections with other families in the community as one of PJ’s most critical keys to impact. An alumnae of Harvard Business School and Harvard college, Debbie loves to stay active - she is happiest biking, hiking, walking her dogs, and spending time with her three kids and husband.

Diane Troderman is a philanthropist as well as an “amcha,” or “one within the Jewish people.” Alongside her husband, Harold Grinspoon, she helped found the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and served on the PJ Library Book Selection Committee. Her work has focused on the importance of Jewish education from cradle to grave, women’s leadership, and building community in both the organized and developing Jewish world. She credits her Jewish experiences and culture with her thirst for knowledge and looks for opportunities to give back to the local Jewish community, previously serving as a chair for Hillel at UMass and the Jewish Federation of Western Mass.

Diane seeks out opportunities to expand her worldview, and is heavily involved with organizations across Massachusetts that enable her to engage across cultures. She holds board positions at Harvard Divinity school, Hebrew College, Hadassah Brandeis Institute, and advisory boards positions with New England Public Radio and Boston Symphony Orchestra. She is a music lover, dream fulfiller, and problem solver who loves working with her grantees, her children, and her grandchildren to make the most of their creative pursuits and life journeys.

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer is the President and CEO of the Hadar Institute. There, he leads efforts to advance the organization’s mission of empowering Jews to create and sustain vibrant, practicing, egalitarian communities of Torah, Avodah, and Hesed. Elie is inspired by the tens of thousands of people who learn with Hadar faculty every year and gratified to know how Hadar has helped so many Jews connect to others in their community. As a rabbi, he is passionate about looking for new ways to help people enhance and connect with their Jewish heritage, understand the most fundamental purposes of Judaism in a new light, and find deeper meaning behind the words of daily prayer.

Elie helped found Hadar in 2007 to provide an environment that reconciled rigorous Jewish learning with intellectual honesty, reaching a broad audience. Since then, Hadar has impacted tens of thousands of people in hundreds of communities, including those in the Community Groups network supported by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. He lives in Yonkers, NY with his wife and three kids, and, true to his Providence, RI roots, remains a diehard Red Sox fan despite living so close to Yankee Stadium.