Sunflower Bakery and Cafe Sunflower will be closed April 5th-13th for Passover.
Bakeshop will be closed April 4. Cafe will be closed April 14.

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.

Sunflower Bakery Officers and Board of Directors FY2023

Officers

Elissa Goldfarb
Elissa Goldfarb, Chair
Vice President
Goldfarb & Associates

Sari Raskin
Sari Raskin, Vice Chair
VP
Grants and Community Leadership, Community Foundation for Northern Virginia

Steve Jacobson
Steve Jacobson, Treasurer
Partner
West & Feinberg, PC

Jennie Kuperstein
Jennie Kuperstein, Secretary
President
Jenniek PR

Board of Directors

Cathy Bernard
Cathy Bernard
President
HCM Corporation

Gwen Crane
Gwen Crane
Senior Manager
Raffa-Marcum’s Nonprofit & Social Sector Group

David Farber
David Farber
Attorney
King & Spalding

Shai Fierst
Shai Fierst, Program Chair
Partner
Fierst & Fink, P.C.
Special Counsel
Montgomery County Office of the County Attorney, Department of HHS Division

Andy Fink
Andy Finke
Chief Operating Officer
DC Central Kitchen

Susan Hoffmann
Susan Hoffmann
Development Manager
Fund for Montgomery

Sam Kaplan
Samuel Kaplan
President
Jewish Federation of Greater Washington

Dina Leener
Dina Leener
Community Advocate

Jillian Levitt
Jillian Levitt
Real Estate Agent
Casaday Allison Group at Compass

Phil Mantua
Philip Mantua, Audit Chair
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Sandy Spring Bancorp

Sara Portman Milner
Sara Portman Milner
Co-founder, Ex-Officio

Orlee Panitch
Orlee Panitch
Emergency Medicine Physician

Scott Reiter
Scott Reiter, Governance Chair and Immediate Past President
Attorney
U.S. Department of Justice

Liz Tsakiris
Liz Tsakiris
Psychologist
Hand In Hand LLC

Laurie Wexler
Laurie Wexler
Co-founder, Ex-officio