
Our Leadership
Meet The Staff

Rabbi Zöe McCoon (she/her)
Rabbi Zöe McCoon became the rabbi of Temple Beth Torah in July 2021. She is proud to be a part of the Tri-City Interfaith Council, the Rabbinic Advisory Council of Shalom Bayit - the Bay Area's center for domestic violence prevention and response within the Jewish community, the Religious Action Center of California, and the Women’s Rabbinic Network.
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Rabbi Emeritus Avi M. Schulman
A native Californian, Rabbi Avi Schulman graduated with highest honors from the University of California in Santa Cruz. His research thesis, “The Havurah Movement: Experiments in Creating Alternative Jewish Communities,” was in fulfillment of his individual major entitled Modern Jewish History and Thought.

Mara Sheade, Administrator
Mara was born in New York and moved to California in high school. She received a Master’s in Social Work, with an emphasis in Gerontology, from UC Berkeley. After working in social services, she pivoted to a career in technology, working as a Quality Assurance Analyst and as a Technical Writer. A published poet, she trained with California Poets in the Schools, an artist-in-residence program, to become a poet-teacher.

Annie Jacob, Preschool Director
Annie completed her undergraduate studies in Political Science from Delhi University. She then did her course work in Early Childhood Studies from Ohlone College, Fremont, and has thrived in the field for the last fourteen years. Annie obtained her Site Supervisor Permit and trained and honed the fine skills of her fellow colleagues and run a successful and flourishing childhood center.
Board of Directors
OFFICERS
President
Cheryl Cohen
president@bethtorah-fremont.org
Vice President of Member Services
Open
vpmembership@bethtorah-fremont.org
Vice President of Finance
David Benoun
vpfinance@bethtorah-fremont.org
Executive Secretary
Gigi Dornfest
secretary@bethtorah-fremont.org
Immediate Past President
Ronnie Petersohn
pastpresident@bethtorah-fremont.org
DIRECTORS & AUXILIARIES
Worship
Michelle Eisenbruck
Education
Holly Diamond
edcommittee@bethtorah-fremont.org
Women of Temple Beth Torah
Jackie Bazley
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS
Treasurer
Jim Petersohn
treasurer@bethtorah-fremont.org
Membership
Laurie Ravenscroft
membership@bethtorah-fremont.org
Ways & Means
Open
waysandmeans@bethtorah-fremont.org
Facility Administration
Alan Eisenbruck
facilities@bethtorah-fremont.org
Social Action
Janice Fonteno & Susan Schwartz
socialaction@bethtorah-fremont.org
Marketing / Publicity
Cindy Monroe
communications@bethtorah-fremont.org
Chevra Chesed
Terri Gladish
chevrachesed@bethtorah-fremont.org
Legacy
Pip Ziman