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Staff
Lauren Bastien,
Community Organizer
Lauren joined
Jewish Community Action in the summer of 2007. Lauren grew up in
Minnesota and graduated from the U of M with a bachelor’s degree in
history. She has worked as a teacher and jewelry artist, and has
volunteered for different grassroots organizations over the past 6
years. Last year, Lauren taught JCA’s Social Justice class for high
school students at the Minneapolis Talmud Torah. This year, Lauren will
continue to teach this class as part of her work with the Jewish Youth
Organizing Leadership Team (JYOLT).
Paul
Bradpiece, Membership And Communications Associate
Paul joined
Jewish Community Action in the fall of 2007. Paul grew up in Los
Angeles and graduated from Clark University in 1991 with a B.A. in
English Literature. Since graduation, he has worked as a magician and
for a financial newspaper in Los Angeles. He also volunteered for
numerous non-profit organizations, including the YMCA, where he
conducted seminars and helped plan fundraising events. He is married to
Carolina Bradpiece, who works for The Saint Paul Foundation.
Suzanne Bring, Development Director
Suzanne joined JCA's staff in the summer of 2002, after having
worked as a development consultant to a variety of Twin Cities
nonprofits. She also attained doctoral candidacy and taught courses in
English literature at the University of Minnesota, focusing her research
on nineteenth-century Anglo Jewry. Suzanne is a past board member of Beth Jacob Congregation (Conservative) and a current board member of Southside Family Nurturing
Center.
Adele
Brown, Senior Organizer
Adele came to the staff in March 2001, having been co-chair of JCA’s
Gateway Inter-faith Table (GIFT) for Affordable Housing. She holds a Master’s
Degree in Hospital & Health Administration, and a Bachelor’s Degree in
Biology from Macalester College. Adele is a member of Mount Zion Hebrew
Congregation (Reform), where she chairs the Tzedek Committee. She also is a
member of the national Commission of Social Action of the Union for Reform
Judaism.
Carin
Mrotz, Operations Manager
Carin joined Jewish Community Action in the spring of 2004. Originally from south Florida,
Carin received her bachelor’s degree
in religion from the University of Florida. Since moving to the Twin Cities in 1997, Carin
has worked as a teacher and trainer, and prior to joining the staff of JCA, she
was the Evening School Director at a local private college. In 2006, she
completed her master's degree in public and nonprofit administration at
Metropolitan State University. Carin is unaffiliated and organizes JCA's Indie Jews initiative.
Vic
Rosenthal, Executive Director
A founding organizing committee member and past board president of JCA, Vic
also was executive director of the Minnesota Senior Federation for nine years.
Vic has been a community organizer for more than 20 years—most of that time
working on behalf of affordable and accessible healthcare and the concerns of
senior citizens. He is the recipient of a Bush Leadership Fellowship, which he
used as a time to study Jewish history and literature and to become more
involved with Jewish Community Action. Vic earned his master of public
administration at Rutgers University and his undergraduate degree at the State
University of New York-Binghamton. Vic is co-chair of the social action
committee and member of the board of trustees of Temple of Aaron (Conservative).
Vic is also on the board of Transit for Livable Communities.
Melissa
Rudnick,
Community Organizer
Melissa joined JCA's staff in December 2006, after serving on JCA's
Board of Directors for the past two years. Melissa has over five years
of professional organizing experience, including work with the AFL-CIO,
HOME Line, and Grassroots Solutions. Melissa grew up in Minneapolis,
graduated from South High School and received a bachelor's degree from
the University of California at Santa Cruz. Her family are members of
Temple Israel.
David
Snyder, Community Organizer
David joined JCA's staff in August 2005 as a community organizer. David grew up in Minneapolis, was a founding member of Shir Tikvah and proud graduate of South High. David received a bachelor's degree from Goucher College and a Master's Degree in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University, where he played a key role in a successful multi-campus living wage campaign. David then spent four years as a Union organizer with the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (now UNITE HERE) in Baltimore, before moving back to the Twin Cities.
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