Employment

2019 to Present

Cinmark Company, L.P.

Position: Office Manager and Partner

1998- 2019

Congregation Or Ami, Calabasas

Position: Educator (3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th grades and Special Needs Teacher/Tutor)

Volunteer Positions 

New Directions for Youth 

2000 to 2023

∙Served on the Board of Directors since 2002 and held position of Chairman of the Board from 2004-2010 and Vice Chairman of the Board from 2010-2016,  Co-Chairman from 2016 -2018 and Immediate Past Chairman of the Board, 2018-Present. 

∙Mentor and tutor to troubled teens in the Operation Read Program from 2001 to 2004

∙ Tutor students in Math and Reading one afternoon a week -2014-Present     

∙ Designed and implemented a “Speaker Series” from  2009-2016

∙Various fundraising and networking involvement which raised over $1,000,000 to date

Woodland Hills Rotary Club

2012 to 2020 

VAL*PAC (Valley Political Action Committee)

2018 to Present

∙Board Member and past Treasurer

LA25 (The Lemon Aid Project Benefitting Tusla Day Center for the Homeless) 

2018 to 2023

∙Board Member

Fernando Awards Board of Directors

2008-2016

Wolfson Family Foundation

 2005 to the present

∙Active member of the Wolfson Family Foundation which provides funding to organizations that meet specific criteria. 

Rolling Readers Literacy Program

2002 to 2006

∙Tutor and mentor 2nd graders at Winnetka Elementary School

AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) 

2002 to Present

Congregation Or Ami

1999 to Present

∙Various activities on the Caring Committee at Congregation Or Ami where I worked with others to direct many social action projects

∙ Help to organize a campaign to aid the people of Darfur

∙ Designed and implemented a “Speaker Series” for 2007-2008 

∙ Mervyn’s Back to School Foster Youth Program to provide school clothes for foster kids 

∙ Organized the Community Israeli Festival in May 2008

∙ Kohl’s Shopping Spree for at-risk youth organizer from 2010 to 2024 

∙Hosted Sukkot Celebrations at my home from 2005 to 2014 for the entire Hebrew School

EPOA (Encino Property Owners Association)

2019 to Present 

∙ Board Member

Santa Comes To Agoura Food Drive

1992-2005

∙Plan and coordinate committees which involved 6 months of planning with the goal of feeding the needy during the holidays

Awards

2006

∙Congregation Or Ami

“One of Two Women Honored at their Annual Gala”  

2010

∙San Fernando Valley Business Journal 

  “Best Board of Directors” when Patti Jo Wolfson was Chairman of the Board

2016

∙Encino Chamber of Commerce

   “The Justice Armand Arabian Leader in Public Service Award” 

2018

∙United Chambers of Commerce

  “Inspirational Woman of the San Fernando Valley” 

2019

∙Fernando Awards Foundation, Inc. 

  “Impact Award Honoree”

Hobbies: 

Spending time with family and friends

Training, walking, hiking and spending time with our 2 amazing Golden Retrievers

Watching professional hockey, football, baseball, soccer and wrestling

Hiking and gardening