Board of Trustees
Current Board
President
Pam Fine
VP of Finance
Avi Trachtingot
VP of Development
Fry Wernick
VP of Communications
Tammy Diamond
VP Recruitment & Retention
Merissa Kogutt
Secretary
Lisa Strobel
Gil Abramov
Dan Prescott
Laura Burstein
Alyssa Gruen Sicular
Jacob Simon
Steve Blasnik
Hilan Klein
David Yalovsky
Immediate Past President
David Radunsky
Schultz Family
Dalya Romaner
Rosenberg Family
David Waks
Board Responsibilities
The Board of Trustees is made up of current parents, alumni parents and community members who serve as school ambassadors in the community at large. The responsibilities of the Board include the following:
- Establishing policies for the school
- Helping maintain financial stability
- Hiring the Head of School and Managing Director
- Approving the budget
- Setting tuition
- Setting a strategic plan
Past Presidents
Akiba Yavneh Academy
David Radunsky 2022-2024
Laura Burstein 2020-2022
Joshua Hochschuler and Debbie Katz 2018-2020
Past Presidents
Akiba Academy of Dallas
Josh Hochschuler 2017-2020
Debbie Katz 2017-2020
Rachel Berke 2015-2017
Jay Ceitlin 2013-2015
Michael Robbins 2012-2013
Andy Schultz 2009-2012
Liz Liener 2007-2009
Michael J. Zucker 2005-2007
Jaynie Schultz 2002-2005
Dan Prescott 2000-2002
Jeffrey Hoffman 1998-2000
Richard Rohan 1996-1998
Pam Hochster Fine 1994-1996
Esther Hazan-Cohen 1992-1994
Steven Rosenberg 1990-1992
Shirley Rovinsky 1988-1990
Leslie Schultz* 1986-1988
Carole Ann Hoppenstein 1984-1986
Ronald Blumenthal 1982-1984
Harvey Weiner 1980-1982
Howard Schultz* 1978-1980
Erven Rovinsky* 1976-1978
Bernard Gerson* 1973-1976
Stanley J. Schepps* 1971-1973
Ronald Gruen* 1968-1971
Marcus Rosenberg* 1962-1968
Past Presidents
Yavneh Academy of Dallas
Debbie Katz 2017-2019
Neil D. Rubinstein 2015-2017
Jay Kleinman 2013-2015
Dan Prescott 2011-2013
Carol Kreditor 2009-2011
Michael J. Zucker 2007-2009
Pamela Hochster Fine 2003-2007
Jerald Gottlieb 2001-2003
Steven P. Rosenberg 1999-2001
John Peiser 1997-1999
Life Trustees
Harry Goldman*
David Lenovitz*
Sol Prengler*
Emanuel Rohan*
Ann Rosenberg*
* Of Blessed Memory