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IAJVS Executive Director
Genie Cohen
 Genie Cohen is the Executive Director of the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services (IAJVS), located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. IAJVS is a not-for-profit trade association linking 28 social service agencies in the United States, Canada, and Israel. IAJVS member agencies provide a wide range of educational, vocational, and rehabilitation services in their local areas. Agency clients come from both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities. Ms. Cohen and the IAJVS staff provide technical, informational, and communications support to their member agency Executive Directors and professional staff. IAJVS researches government and private funding opportunities, develops collaborative programs, and serves as the voice of the Jewish vocational network both nationally and internationally. IAJVS also sponsors an annual conference at which its members can pursue continuing education, exchange ideas, and deepen collegial working relationships.
Ms. Cohen came to IAJVS in 1998. During the previous fourteen years, she held several management positions at the Jewish Employment and Vocational Services (JEVS) in Philadelphia: including Director, Staff Development and Training; and Director, Refugee Programs. Ms. Cohen has extensive experience in designing, implementing, and monitoring programs and funding for both professional staff and agency clients. Before joining JEVS, Ms. Cohen provided similar services at the Nationalities Service Center in Philadelphia as Program Manager, English as a Second Language Program for Southeast Asian Refugees.
Ms. Cohen has served as an Executive Board Member of the Association of Jewish Vocational Service Professionals. She is currently on the Executive Board of Directors of the Jewish Communal Service Association. In 1997, she received the Claudia Fogel award in recognition for excellence in leadership, skills, and commitment to Jewish Communal Service.
Ms. Cohen holds Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts (Magna Cum Laude, History Honor Society) degrees from Temple University, plus a certificate from the Tri-State Jewish Leadership Development Program.
IAJVS Executive Committee
- President – Mr. David Marcu, CEO,
Israel Elwyn, Jerusalem Israel
- Vice President – Mr. Jerry Rubin,
President/CEO, Jewish Vocational Service, Boston MA
- Treasurer – Dr. Lewis Chartock,
President/CEO, MERS/MO Goodwill Industries, St. Louis MO
- Secretary – Ms. Judy Freundlich
Tiell, Executive Director, Jewish Family & Career Services,
Louisville KY
- Immediate Past President – Mr.
Peter Bloch, President/CEO, Jewish Vocational Service, Cincinnati
OH
- Chair, Professional Development Committee
– Mr. Rick Aranson, COO, Jewish Family & Career
Services, Atlanta GA
Current IAJVS Board of Directors
- Mr. Howard Berger, Co-Executive Director, Agence Ometz, Montreal Quebec Canada
- Ms. Susan Bichsel, Executive Director, JFSA of Cleveland, Beachwood, OH
- Mr. Peter Bloch, President/CEO, Jewish Vocational Service, Cincinnati OH
- Dr. Lewis Chartock, President/CEO, MERS/MO Goodwill Industries, St. Louis MO
- Mr. Michael Fleisher, Executive Director, Jewish Family Service, Dallas TX
- Ms. Barbara Gradet, Executive Director, Jewish Community Services, Baltimore MD
- Ms. Beth Gerber, Interim Executive Director, Jewish Family Services, Columbus OH
- Ms. Yehudith Glick, Program Director for Community Services, JDC-ESHEL, Jerusalem Israel
- Ms. Karen Goldenberg, President/CEO, Jewish Vocational Service, Toronto Ontario Canada
- Mr. Larry Greenbaum, JVS Division Director, JVS Division/JFCS Minneapolis, Minnetonka MN
- Ms. Gail Gruen, Executive Director, Jewish Vocational Service, Chicago IL
- Mr. Arnold Kover, Program Director, SHALOM Denver/Jewish Family Service of Colorado, Denver CO
- Ms. Sara Levine, Executive Director, JF&VS of Middlesex County, Edison NJ
- Ms. Gail Magaliff, CEO, FEGS Health and Human Services System, New York NY
- Mr. David Marcu, CEO, Israel Elwyn, Jerusalem Israel
- Mr. Gary Miller, CEO Jewish Family and Career Services, Atlanta GA
- Dr. Ruth Naor, KEREN Rehabilitation Workshops, Tel Aviv Israel
- Ms. Barbara Nurenberg, President/CEO, Jewish Vocational Service, Southfield MI
- Mr. Jerry Rubin, President/CEO, Jewish Vocational Service, Boston MA
- Dr. Len Schneider, Executive Director, Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest, East Orange NJ
- Ms. Vivian Seigel, CEO, Jewish Vocational Service, Los Angeles CA
- Mr. Aryeh Sherman, Executive Director, Jewish Family & Children’s Service, Pittsburgh PA
- Ms. Abby Snay, Executive Director, Jewish Vocational Service, San Francisco CA
- Mr. Jay Spector, President/CEO, JEVS Human Services Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
- Mr. Fred Stock, President/CEO, Jewish Community Services of South Florida, Miami FL
- Professor Yossi Tamir, Executive Director, JDC TEVET, Jerusalem Israel
- Ms. Judy Freundlich Tiell, Executive Director, Jewish Family & Career Services, Louisville KY
- Ms. Tal Widdes, COO, JSSA of Metro Washington, Rockville MD
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