Amy O’Donnell
Sasha Tulgan
Sasha has been a member of TST since she moved to Wayland two years. She grew up in Weston, attended (along with sister Rachel) West Area nursery school (earlier iteration of the TST Early Learning Center) and sang in the TST choir in high school. A lawyer with a background in commercial litigation, Sasha now works at Harvard Law School. She and her husband Adam have two sons, Ben and Sid, both of whom attended the Early Learning Center after moving from Rochester, New York. Sasha is an avid skier and fan of acappella and karaoke.
Jennifer Rosenbaum
Jennifer Rosenbaum works in the financial industry at FL Putnam Investment Management. With almost thirty years of wealth management experience, she advises high net worth individuals and multi generational families on significant decisions in the management and stewardship of their wealth. Jennifer is currently a Director of the Board of JVS, where she chairs both the Resource Development and Event committees. She is a member of the Program Committee for the Wayland Public School Foundation and an active member of the Boston Estate Planning Council. She previously served on the Corporate Advisory Council at Cradles to Crayons, ran a financial literacy cohort with the Citizens School, led the Future Leaders Group at JNF, served on the Family Education Committee at BETC and many volunteer and committee activities within the community. Jennifer lives in Wayland with her son, Ethan, her significant other, Barry, and his children, Rachel and Josh.
David Krendel
Brian Phair
Brian (he/him) is the Director of Donor Relations at the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. He’s spent his entire career in the non-profit or higher education world including past work at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Brandeis University, and 18Doors (formerly InterfaithFamily). Brian is a proud UConn alum, avid sports fan and Lego fanatic. He lives in Natick with his wife Sarah and two daughters Mira and Elana.
Jon Schwartz
Jon is the head of software and internal support at Level99 in Natick. Since the time he learned to read, he was obsessed with finding ways to accomplish his goals using technology and software. Professionally, he has run the IT gambit from running server rooms to writing large data migrations to making sure all the in game RFID tags boop properly when players start the game. Jon was formerly the CIT director at Camp Kingswood in Bridgton, ME (formerly part of JCC GB) where he taught leadership and empathy to the counselors in training under him. He holds bachelors degrees in Computer Science and Psychology from Bridgewater State University (formerly Bridgewater State College). He lives in Natick with his wife, Jenn, and his two daughters, Sydney and Leah. In his spare time, Jon likes to build things, cook, camp, and talk about 80s and 90s sci-fi.
Michael Weiner
Ginny MacDowell
Ginny has been a member of TST since the very beginning, as she and her family are founding members. She is well-established in the Boston Jewish community- serving in most Jewish organizations in the Greater Boston area. She is married to Roy and has 5 children, 13 grandchildren, and two adorable dogs. Ginny looks forward to continuing her role as the Development Trustee and the privilege of supporting the TST community through philanthropy.
Rob Sherman
Jenna Marion
Richard Kaye
Richard and his family have been active members of Temple Shir Tikva since 2013. Richard joined the TST Board in 2020 as Trustee for Building & Technology, just prior to the onset of the pandemic. In his 4 years on the Board, he led efforts to address indoor air quality concerns, upgrade the Temple’s aging HVAC system to a modern, energy-efficient solution, and modernize TST’s audio/visual infrastructure to support remote access to services and programming. An industrial engineer by training, Richard leads the U.S. operations of Ocean Data Systems, a software company based in Netanya, Israel. When he’s not at TST, Richard enjoys spending time with his family and dog, cycling, and playing his guitars.
SJ Bashein
SJ and her husband Alec, along with their two daughters Golda and Ruby, are enthusiastic members of both Temple Shir Tikva and its Early Learning Center, where both girls attend school. SJ is a therapist who owns a private practice that specialized in OCD and anxiety management as well as marriage counseling. Her background involves many years working with families in early childhood, and she’s a lover of art and music. SJ and her family are excited to deepener their ties with the TST community in many ways over the coming years.
Karen Salemi
Karen is a former software engineer with a lifelong passion for learning and community engagement. She owns a business lecturing and teaching workshops on quilting. Karen has held numerous volunteer leadership roles, including president of quilt guilds and Sisterhood organizations. She is an animal lover and proud mother of two grown children—a pediatrician and a microbiology researcher. She lives with her husband Ray, and two dogs.
Max Klau
Max and his family have been members of TST for more than 16 years. He is married to Bev, a former Principal of the TST Religious School, l, and now the Director of Programs and Partnerships at Mayyim Hayyim, and they are the parents of Bernie and Sadie, both of whom were b-mitzvahed here at TST. Max is an alum of four Jewish service programs, and has led service trips to Israel, Honduras, Ghana, and Ukraine. By day, he is a leadership consultant, coach, author and speaker; by night, he is a musician and an artist. Max can often be found playing djembe during TST shabbat services. He is a lifelong spiritual seeker and is excited to step into this role as the trustee of Spirituality and Worship.
Stacey Roberts
Rachel Welt
Rachel has been in tech marketing for over a decade. She has expanded the capacity of multiple start-up marketing teams, focusing her efforts on product adoption and activation, brand advocacy and community building. Currently, Rachel is working as a product marketer at Customer.io, a customer engagement software platform. Rachel is a child of TST and has returned to put down her own family’s Jewish roots at Shir Tikva. She is excited to continue to build and cultivate Shir Tikva’s thriving community. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, gardening and adventuring with her husband Will and daughter Sophie.
Jacki Sousa
Jacki Sousa is a social media strategist and consultant who helps organizations grow audiences, strengthen communities, and tell stories that inspire action. With a background spanning entertainment, media, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations, she brings both creativity and analytics to her work.
Jacki, her husband Andrew, and their two children joined Temple Shir Tikva as they sought to deepen their connection to Jewish life and community. As Trustee for Membership Recruitment, she is passionate about sharing what makes TST special and helping prospective members find their place in this community. In her free time, Jacki enjoys crafting, playing mahjong, taking Zumba classes, and firmly believing that most of life’s problems can be solved with a well-organized spreadsheet.
Adam Loren
With a career dedicated to operational transformations, Adam has played a key role in scaling organizations and optimizing processes for growth. Leveraging 30 years of experience in business technology and consulting, and a reputation for “bringing order to chaos”, Adam specialized in strategic planning, operations leadership, and building scalable systems that enhance efficiency, transparency, and collaboration. Adam thrives in dynamic environments where he can bring structure to complex initiatives and contribute to operational excellence and sustainable growth. Now retired, Adam is lending his significant expertise to TST’s Board in his role overseeing the successful planning, budgeting/financing and execution of all Imagine the Possibilities capital projects to ensure they meet the temple’s and Board’s strategic goals.
Shanna Gershman
Mary Beth Rettger
