Our board is a self-funded entity whose primary purpose is to enhance patient care through seed funding of social services programs, volunteerism, and education.

Auxiliary Board Officers

• Joanna Sirulnick, President
• Leslie May Blauner, Vice President
• Lisa Pruzan, Vice President
• Brooke Effron, Secretary
• Malva Rabinowitz, Treasurer
• Holly Zimmerman, Assistant Treasurer

Past Presidents

• Gale Kroeger
• Jennifer Price
• Jephtha Tausig, PhD
• Maura Surnamer
• Sue K. Feld
• Jean C. Crystal
• Karen H. Freedberg

Committee Chairs

Nomination & Governance        
Lisa Pruzan                    

Project Funding and Review 
Audrey H. Bedolis
Jennifer Price

Marketing & Communications   
Eileen Solomon 
Melissa Kudelka                                                                     

Membership Engagement
Hillary Beckman     
Deborah Ribner

Committees:

Executive Committee: Audrey Bedolis, Barbara Biben, Leslie May Blauner, Jean C. Crystal, Brooke Effron, Sue K. Feld, Karen Freedberg, Gale Kroeger, Jennifer Price, Lisa Pruzan, Malva Rabinowitz, Joanna Sirulnick, Roberta M. Smith, Eileen Solomon, Stephanie Steinberg, Maura Surnamer, Jephtha Tausig, PhD, Holly Zimmerman. Staff: Elisa Gordon, LMSW, Felice Zilberfein, PhD

Nominating & Governance: Barbara Biben, Leslie May Blauner, Melissa Komaroff, Ellen Lowey, Jennifer Price, Lisa Pruzan (Chair), Joanna Sirulnick, Eileen Solomon, Holly Zimmerman

Project Funding & Review Committee: Audrey Bedolis (Co-Chair), Jennifer Price (Co-Chair), Eileen Solomon (Development Liaison and PF&R Liaison Coordinator)

Program Committee: Wendy Forman-Myers, Vy Higginsen, Amber Ju, Lisa Licht, Joanna Sirulnick, Jodi Sussman; Staff: Elisa Gordon, LMSW

Member Engagement Committee: Hillary Beckman (Co-Chair), Karen Freedberg, Bonnie Gray, Miki Kagan, Deborah Ribner (Co-Chair), Hillary Sherman

Marketing & Communications: Melissa Kudelka and Eileen Solomon

Mount Sinai Hospital Administrative Staff/Representatives:

• Elisa Gordon, LMSW, Senior Director, Social Work Services, Consultant, Auxiliary Board
• Christine Hamilton, PhD., LCSW-R, MPH, Associate Director, Social Work Services
• Ayana A. Haynes, Administrative Coordinator, Auxiliary Board
• Shari Kaplan, LCSW-R, Senior Director, Volunteer Services, Mount Sinai Health System
• Sarah Koppel, LCSW, Supervisor, Training and Education, MSW Educational Coordinator, Department of Social Work Services (Assists with Auxiliary Board Meetings)
• Dana Kuefner, LCSW, Director of Volunteer Services, Mount Sinai Hospital (Does not attend AB Meetings)
• Felice Zilberfein, PhD., Senior Director, Social Work Services
• Brooke Wershaw – Office of Development Representative (Does not attend AB Meetings)

2025 Auxiliary Board Membership:

• Audrey Bedolis
• Hillary Beckman
• Barbara R. Biben
• Leslie May Blauner
• Jean C. Crystal
• Brooke Effron
• Karen C. Fang
• Sue K. Feld
• Elizabeth Feld Herzberg
• Anita R. Fields^
• Karen H. Freedberg
• Sue K. Feld
• Wendy Forman Myers
• Bonnie Gray
• Marlene A. Herring
• Anne Herrmann
• Vy Higginsen
• Amber Ju
• Aileen T. Janover
• Miki Kagan
• Ellen S. Klapper
• Linda Klein
• Melissa Komaroff
• A. Gale Kroeger
• Audrey Kubie^
• Melissa Kudelka
• Valerie Levy
• Jennifer Lipschultz
• Lisa Licht
• Jane Litwin Zimmerman
• Ellen Lowey
• Lisa Lowenthal Pruzan
• Juliana May
• Leslie May Blauner
• Jennifer Price
• Donna L. Navarro
• Jane C. Novick
• Jennifer S. Rich
• Deborah Ribner
• Elizabeth Rile
• Marjorie Ross
• Bellanca Smigel Rutter
• Margie Schneidman
• Edie Schur*
• Aline Shapiro
• Hillary B. Sherman
• Radhika Shroff
• Joanna Sirulnick
• Roberta M. Smith
• Eileen Solomon
• Stephanie Steinberg
• Maura Surnamer
• Jodi L. Sussman
• Jephtha Tausig
• Amy Verschleiser
• Susan L. West
• Holly Zimmerman
• Carol Zicklin

*Honorary Members
^Leave of Absence (LOA)