Nammie Ichilov, Ed.S
President & Chief Executive Officer
About Nammie
Nammie is a veteran educator and non-profit leader. He has held leadership positions in the Jewish federation system, as well as in private schools from classroom teacher through Head of School. Today Nammie leads the Jewish Federation of San Antonio, which operates the Holocaust Memorial Museum (serving over 20,000 school children every year), while continuing his teaching career as an adjunct professor at the San Antonio College. As the former Executive Director of a Central Agency for Jewish Education, as well as the founding principal of Brooks Collegiate Academy, a 1550-student PreK-HS public charter school, Nammie has a unique perspective on nonprofit leadership and management. Nammie has an acute understanding of the strategic planning process, and accompanying project management skill set, which has successfully guided him through multiple turnaround projects and initial startups. Nammie's driving principle is, "Knowledge is knowing the information, but wisdom is knowing what to do with the information." ...and he deeply believes that we should always strive for the wisdom in everything we do!
Janet Irwine, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
About Janet
Janet C. Irwine is a successful business leader with 35 years of experience working in varying fields of accounting, finance, and business development. She has over 20+ years of experience working with senior executive leaders of corporations, entrepreneurial companies, and non-profit boards. She brings strong business acumen and management perspective to the non-profit arena. She thrives on providing financial accountability, strong governance, and administrative health to the organizations she supports. At JFSA, she works with leadership to align strategic goals with a mission. She started her career in public accounting with Ernst & Young, then served as Asst. Vice President of Internal Audit for Luby’s Cafeterias. She progressed to CFO of the San Antonio Area Foundation, where she acquired her passion for community support. With the trusted relationships she had built over the years, she then moved to business development of professional services with Accretive Solutions, a financial consulting firm, continuing to improve her track record and experience in establishing and sustaining high-value relationships. Janet has a bachelor’s in accounting from Texas State University and is a CPA licensed in the State of Texas.
Leslie Davis Met
Director
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio
Lisa Epstein, PhD
Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council
Tara Garner
Accounting Manager
Jessica Hanshaw
Education and Curations Manager
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio
Jill Jacobs
Director of Development and Impact
Beth Keough
Director of Planned Giving
Sherry Korzekwa
Administrative Assistant
Sammi Mazuz
Director of Israel and Family Programming
Pamela Partridge
Marketing & Communications Manager
Darah Rivera
Digital Communications Intern
Mayte Robertson
Accounting Associate
Anna Schragin
Development Specialist & YAD Manager
David Walsky
Database Administrator