Board of Directors

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  Tammy Plotkin-Oren

  President
  Tammy Plotkin-Oren is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC).  She is the principal and owner of TPO Financial and Insurance Services in Oakland, CA. As a... Read more
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  Susie Marcus

  Immediate Past President
  Susie is a freelance graphic designer. She met her husband Ross at the University of Colorado, Boulder, at Hillel. He is an attorney working in Oakland. They enjoy skiing and hiking and have spent... Read more
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  Noah Stern

  Vice President
  Noah graduated from UC Berkeley in 2012 and majored in Political Economy. During his time at Cal, he was active in Hillel, a member of Delta Chi, served in the ASUC Senate and as ASUC President. Noah... Read more
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  Emily Marthinsen

  Secretary
  Assistant Vice Chancellor Emily Marthinsen, UC Berkeley’s Campus Planner, heads the office of Physical and Environmental Planning (PEP).  She is responsible for the campus design review process,... Read more
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  Oren Gabriel

  Treasurer
  Oren Gabriel currently serves as Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Lincoln Avenue Capital, one of the nation’s fastest-growing developers, investors, and operators of affordable housing.... Read more
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  Lenny Cohen

  Lenny retired in 2012 after practicing Gastroenterology. Lenny earned his degree from Yale in 1972. He and his wife Linda are skiers, cyclists and long-time congregants at B’nai Shalom Synagogue.... Read more
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  Aaron Eslamboly

  Aaron is a proud Cal and Berkeley Hillel Alumnus. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 2013 and has continued to be a staunch supporter of both the Berkeley Hillel community and the university campus at... Read more
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  Joey Freeman

  Joey Freeman is the Chief Deputy Legislative Affairs Secretary for Governor Gavin Newsom, serving as one of the Governor's chief advisors on all legislative issues. Joey was most recently Policy... Read more
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  Elizabeth Friedman Branoff

  Elizabeth Friedman Branoff currently serves as Chief Director, Development at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.  Over eight years in her role at Berkeley Haas, she has raised major gifts... Read more
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  Aviv Gilboa

  Aviv Gilboa works at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He leads the firm’s business development practice to cultivate strategic partnership opportunities between early... Read more
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  Bruce Goldberg

  Bruce spent 12 years at Genentech in a variety of leadership roles in drug development. As a Life Cycle Leader (LCL) he led multi-disciplinary teams to develop and optimize the long-term value of... Read more
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  Carla Hesse

  Carla Hesse is the Peder Sather Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. A Berkeley native, she received her BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz ('79), her MA and... Read more
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  Rachel Horning

  Rachel Horning has served the Southern California region as a communications specialist and community builder for ten years, working in economic development, advocacy communications, and event... Read more
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  Abbi Berry

  Abbi Berry is a fourth year student pursuing a bachelor of science in Society and Environment and a minor in Public Policy. She transferred from another UC last fall where she was involved with crew... Read more
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  Coleman Mahler

  Coleman is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley. Having grown up in the Boston area, he received his BA in Anthropology from Brandeis University in... Read more
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  Kalia Rodich

  Kalia is a senior studying Business Administration with a French minor from Newport Beach, CA. She has been involved in the Schultz Engagement Fellowship and Crafting Consent at Berkeley Hillel, as... Read more
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  Rebecca Steinberg

  Rebecca is senior studying English and Human Rights. She plans to attend law school following graduation and hopes to make her way to Israel next summer. Rebecca has been involved at Berkeley Hillel... Read more
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  Emma Tavangari

  Emma (she/her/hers) is a third year Rhetoric and Political Science major and a member of leadership core this semester. She has served as a Schultz Freshman Engagement Fellow and a facilitator of... Read more
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  Robert Kaufman

  Robert Kaufman grew up in Manhattan Beach, CA and attended UC Berkeley, where he studied political science and business administration. Since graduating from Berkeley, Robert has worked in the... Read more
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  Danielle Natelson

  Danielle is the Director of the Springboard Fellowship at Hillel International.  Danielle has spent more than a decade working at the intersection of leadership and learning across the Jewish... Read more
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  Sheida Neman

  Sheida graduated from Cal in 2011 with a BA in Media Studies, and continued to call the Bay Area home until 2018, when she moved back to LA to be a full-time auntie and spend more time with family.... Read more
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  Tara Raffi

  Tara Raffi is the founder of Demi ObGyn, a startup that offers women convenient and responsive reproductive healthcare. Before working in health, Tara built McKinsey & Company's internal tech fund... Read more
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  Dan Mogulof

  Dan Mogulof is the assistant vice chancellor for executive communications in UC Berkeley’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs. In that capacity, he serves as primary campus spokesperson and... Read more
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  Kevin Perkins

  Kevin Perkins holds degrees in Economics and Environmental Policy from the University of California at Berkeley. He currently works at Libitzky Property Companies, specializing in the operation and... Read more
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  Ilene Weinreb z”l

  Ilene was born and raised in Kansas City, MO and went to the University of Chicago, where at 19 she married a medical school student, Marvin Weinreb. Ilene continued on to earn a Master’s of... Read more