Governance

Sunflower Bakery is governed by an experienced and dedicated Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors is actively involved in our work. An Acceptance, Review and Dismissal Committee, comprised of disability and food industry professionals, reviews applicants for the employment-track programs. And, our Advisory Committee members provide guidance and advice in their particular areas of expertise. Café Sunflower & Bakery LLC has its own caring and knowledgeable Board that is responsible to the Sunflower Bakery Board of Directors.

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Sunflower Bakery Officers and Board of Directors FY2018

Officers

Janet Zuckerman
President
Counsel, Clear Connection, Inc.

Jill D. Myers, CPA
Treasurer
Certified Public Accountant
Board Member, Bender JCC of Greater Washington

Ginny McDonald
Secretary
Master Tutor, The Treatment & Learning Center
Trustee Emeritus, Seneca Academy

Board of Directors

Dottie Bennett
Vice Chair/Secretary, Signature Theater
Board Member, Big Tent Judaism
Education Committee, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Samuel Kaplan
Business Executive
Vice President – Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Foundation for Group Homes

Jocelyn B. Krifcher
Vice President, Community Impact Grants, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Board member, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School;
Member, AIPAC National Council

Shelly Kupfer
Owner, The Paper Chase
Board Member, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and Capital Camps

Philip Mantua
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Sandy Spring Bank
Board Member, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School

Sara Portman Milner*
Co-founder; Director Of Student Services

Neil Neufeld
Vice President of Operations, Revolution Foods

Ahuva Orlofsky
Director of Marketing, Sulam

Toni Paul
Volunteer, Café Sunflower
Executive Committee, Board Head of Education, The Phillips Collection
Founder, JSSA Cafe Europa for Holocaust Survivors

Sari Raskin
Director of Grants and Community Leadership, Community Foundation of Northern Virginia

Scott Reiter
Trial Attorney, US Department of Justice
Executive Committee, Berman Hebrew Academy & Ohev Sholom – The National Synagogue

Sarah Shick
Intake Coordinator, TLC The Outcomes Service

Amy Schwalb
Volunteer, Café Sunflower

Laurie Wexler
Co-founder; Past Executive Director

*non-voting

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Acceptance, Review and Dismissal Committee

Eva Cowen
Café Sunflower Training Consultant, Disability Mentor/Consultant for Foundation for Jewish Camp, and facilitator for Anti-Defamation League

Deborah Fisher, Psy.D.
former Deputy Director of the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes

Meredith Gramlich
Senior Research Associate, TransCen, Inc.

Jennifer Griswold
former Employment Specialist for Sunflower Bakery

Michele Landa
retired teacher from Montgomery County Public Schools and the parent of a graduate of Sunflower’s Pastry Arts Training Program

Gayle Miller
retired special education teacher from Montgomery County Public Schools and owner of tutoring practice, Insights Ed.

Neil Neufeld
Vice-president of Revolution Foods, Treasurer of Café Sunflower and a member of the Advisory Committee

Nicole Shahraky, social worker who interned at Sunflower Bakery and is now the Campus Ministry Coordinator at Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, MD

Heather Strauss
Behavior Support Teacher with Montgomery County Public Schools

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Sunflower Bakery Advisory Committee

Rabbi Nissan Antine, Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah, Potomac, MD
Stella Cawley Kouros, Stella’s Bakery, Rockville, MD and Sunflower Employer Partner
Neil Neufeld, Vice President of Operations, Revolution Foods, Café Sunflower Treasurer
Jason Salamon, Vice President of Human Resources, Edgewood and Vantage Management