Announcing the Grinspoon Institute Fundraiser’s Training (GIFT) 1st Cohort!
Congratulations to the following individuals who will participate in our first GIFT (Grinspoon Institute Fundraiser’s Training) program. With so many applications this select group will pave the way with breakthrough projects that will inspire a new level of philanthropy and fundraising in their camps. Course work begins April 7th, 2010 with graduation scheduled for April of next year.
| Name | Camp | Position |
| Carol Abrams | Camp Ramah in California | Director of Development |
| Ellen Alexander | URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp | Development Director |
| Ana Bonnheim | URJ Greene Family Camp | Director of Development/Assistant Director |
| Michelle Caplan | B’nai B’rith Camp | Development & Marketing Director |
| Stephen Cohen | Camp George | Development Administrator/Conference Coordinator |
| Jennifer Colletti Membreno | Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village | Assistant Director of Development |
| Deborah-Jo Essrog | Camp Ramah in the Poconos | Development Director |
| Jody Fredman | Camp Yavneh | Program Coordinator |
| Amy Glazer | Camp Ramah in the Berkshires | Development Director |
| Lauren Katz | Tamarack Camps | Assistant Director of Development |
| Dena Kaufman | URJ Camp Newman | Development Director |
| Cheri Lauterbach | Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps | Alumni & Development Director |
| Susan Levin-Abir | OSRUI | Chief Development Officer |
| Ruth Ann Ornstein | Camp Laurelwood | Executive Director |
| Sharon Rosenfeld | Ramah Darom | Director of Development |
| Katya Tebeleva | Shalom Institute | Development Associate |