Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the governing body of Temple Kehillat Chaim and meets regularly on the third Monday of the month. Nominations to the Board are made every year (in the spring) with elections taking place at the Annual Membership Meeting in June. Members with an interest in serving on the Board of Trustees are encouraged to contact the Immediate Past President who serves as the Nominating Committee Chairperson.
President - Renee Sevy-Hasterok
Executive VP - vacant
VP, Membership - Heidi Weiss
VP, Programming - Kathy Starr
VP, Education - Peggy Callander
Treasurer - Shelley Miller
Secretary - Rhonda Flynn
Immediate Past President - Tim Weiss
Brotherhood President - Alan Dorfman
Sisterhood President - vacant
RAFTY President - Marc Baill
Trustees: Steve Best, Michelle Erste, Mike Sobel, Pete Suresky, Kitty Glickman, David Lutchen and Eric Smolin.
Story of Temple Kehillat Chaim: The Making of a Kehillah
Interview with Rabbi Winokur reprinted from the January 2012 Kol Kehillah
It’s the spring of 1982 and the population of Atlanta is booming. Imagine this if you can, people are actually moving outside of the perimeter to live. There’s a young Rabbi, assistant Rabbi at another local area synagogue, who envisions Atlanta’s immense growth with opportunity and potential. This story, like so many other Jewish stories, involves dinner at a Chinese Restaurant, a meal complete with dreaming, planning and thoughts to the future. Read more of the story>> January 2012 Kol Kehillah
Pictured: Rabbi Winokur with Alan Abrams, 1984.
Past Presidents
Pictured here are six past Presidents (back row - L to R) Ron Arkin, Jim Greenhill, Tim Weiss, Richard Liebman, Peter Lehrman (front row - L to R) Roslyn Bush with current President, Renee Sevy-Hasterok.
1982 - 1985 Alan Abrams
1985 – 1988 Steve Bush
1988 - 1990 Leonard Miller
1990 - 1992 Mike Gordon
1992 - 1994 Roslyn Bush
1994 - 1996 Ron Arkin
1996 - 1998 Paulette Lovitz
1998 - 2000 Richard Oppenheimer
2000 - 2002 Mark Silberman
2002 - 2004 Peter Lehrman
2004 - 2006 Richard Liebman
2006 - 2006 Jeff Finkelstein
2006 – 2008 Jim Greenhill
2008 – 2010 Tim Weiss
2010 – 2011 Joyce Forgoston Bogrow
2011 – 2011 Tim Weiss
2012 - present Renee Sevy-Hasterok
Last Updated: January 31, 2012 (RSH)
