Allie is the current Treasurer and has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2013. She has previously served as the head of the Preschool Advisory Committee and the Executive Vice President of Education. Allie has served on the budget committee of the temple since 2015. Allie joined the temple in 2008 and is also a member of Isaiah Women.
Allie is married to her husband Eric, and they have two sons, Gabe and Isaac. Allie has worked as a Retail Executive for over 25 years was recently the CEO of Fred Segal. She grew up in Phoenix, AZ and attended Washington University in St Louis (BA) and Stanford University (MBA). In her free time, she loves to play Mah Jong and relax at the beach.

Beth is a third generation Angelino on her mother’s side. She and her husband, Uzzi, joined Temple Isaiah almost 20 years ago. Their children, Ben and Emma, attended the Preschool, Religious School and participated on the ITY Board. Beth’s first volunteer role at Isaiah was with Tot Shabbat, first as a committee member and then as the Chair with Cantor Kent. She has since been a member of the Preschool Cabinet, Preschool Parent Association, and the Senior Rabbi Search Committee. Her most recent involvements include Co-Chairing the Sales Community Center refurbishment and Co-President of Isaiah Women.

Kristen is a member of Temple Isaiah and has served on the Board of Trustees since 2014. She currently serves as the Vice President of Development. She and her husband and two sons are active in many aspects of temple life and have enjoyed the amazing community they have found here through the preschool, K-12 education, and so many other educational and social opportunities.
When not spending her time at temple, Kristen is an experienced political and community outreach strategist who founded her own company, Neighborhood Forward, Inc. Her advice and counsel are much sought after on issues including entitlement approvals, community relations, grassroots and decision-maker coalition building, and the development of hearing strategies, among others.
A UCLA graduate, Kristen is a past Director of the Alumni Association and previous Chair of the Ralph Bunche Scholarship. She currently serves as the Chair of the Friends of Overland Elementary School and can be found delivering challah to many temple families on her bike on Friday afternoons.

Harris and his wife, Jill, have been members of Temple Isaiah for 16 years. Harris currently serves on the Temple Board and Budget Committee.
Harris is a retired Partner with Grant Thornton (an International Accounting Firm) where he spent his entire 40 year career, the last 30 years as a Partner. He started his career with Grant Thornton in the Baltimore office in 1976 then transferred to the Los Angeles office in 1989 and in 1998 transferred to San Francisco as the Office Managing Partner for the Bay Area offices. In 2002 Harris became the West Region Managing Partner and relocated back to Los Angeles in 2005 and in 2009 transitioned back into a client service role.
In retirement, Harris joined the faculty of University of Southern California, Leventhal School of Accounting, in the Spring of 2016 as an Adjunct Professor of Accounting. Harris is also the immediate Past Chairman of the Board of JVS SoCal and still serves on the Board of Directors. Harris is also on the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Pacific Palisades Historical Society. Previously he served as Chairman and Director of the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) Global, President of the San Francisco Chapter of ACG, Director of Meals and Wheels, Santa Monica and Director and Treasurer of Boys and Girls Club of Pacoima

Sharon has been the Executive Vice President of Education since 2017 and a member of the Board of Trustees since 2014. She has previously served as the president of the Preschool Parent Association, and chair of the K-12 Parent Association. Sharon has also served a number of years in the Preschool Advisory Committee, as well as the Religious Education Committee.
Sharon and her husband Luca joined Isaiah in 2009, and they have two sons, Leo and Gabriele.
Sharon attended the Università La Sapienza in Italy (Law School) and Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon (BA).
Since joining Isaiah, Sharon has participated consistently to the Temple life serving in various capacities in a variety of different committees. She has co-chaired the Purim Carnival for 3 years and has led the K-
12 Senior Director search committee in 2019. She is honored to be nominated again as Executive Vice President of Education and to be given the opportunity to continue serving the community.

Suzanne is the current Secretary and has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2010. She and her husband Marty have been active members of Temple Isaiah since January 1983, fully participating in all aspects of Temple life, including two B'nai Mitzvah trips to Israel with the clergy and an adult trip. She chaired/co-chaired the Roots and Wings: A Mentoring Program at Santee and University High Schools for eleven years, a program which won a URJ Irving Fain Social Action award in 2015. She has served on many committees, including the Fair Food Commission, the Membership Sustainability Committee, Justice Leaders, and the Board of Trustees nominating committee. She actively participates in Isaiah Women, serving on its board as a past president.
Born and raised in Southern California, Suzanne is a retired educator from Los Angeles Unified School District and UCLA School of Education. Suzanne and Marty have two adult daughters, Nicole and Erica, who grew up at Temple Isaiah, two sons-in-law, and three grandchildren with one on the way.

Janet is the current Vice President of Social Justice and the Chair of Am Tzedek: Isaians Pursuing Justice. She has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2015. She and her husband, Farrell, have two children, Rebecca and David. They have been members of Temple Isaiah since 1996.
Janet was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. She has lived in Cape Town, London, Washington DC, before moving to Los Angeles in 1987.

Richard has served as a Board Member and on the Executive Committee as Vice President of Development. In that capacity, he oversaw Temple Isaiah's ongoing development efforts to ensure that Isaiah grew and thrived.
Richard has been a Temple member since 1998. His two sons attended Isaiah’s preschool and religious school and had Bar Mitzvahs with our tremendous Clergy.
Richard is a partner of Irell & Manella LLP, where he practices intellectual property litigation.

Mitch and his family have been members of Temple Isaiah for several years. Despite a long gap, there is a wonderful connection to the Temple as Mitch had his Bar Mitzvah there in 1979.

Mitch has a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and a law degree from Pepperdine. He is currently the owner of California Closeouts and Liquidations which buys and sells closeout and liquidated merchandise.

Allison Bloom has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2018. She and her husband, Gabriel Rutman, have two children, Piper and Aidan, and have been members at Temple Isaiah since 2007, active in our music programs. Allison was born in Miami, Florida and moved to Los Angeles in 1997. She is a freelance writer, non-profit fundraiser and active volunteer for several organizations.

David Chiu has been a member of Temple Isaiah since 2014 and a Board member since 2019. He is also a member of the Green Team, Torah Study, the Adult Education Caucus, and was one of the creators of Civics in the Synagogue. David’s other social justice work includes activism with Am Tzedek, HIAS, the Religious Action Center, and Reclaim Our Vote on issues of refugees, housing affordability, and voting rights. In addition, David started a now-thriving group for fellow millennial/Gen Z Isaians. In pre-COVID times, he served as a Shabbat greeter and coordinated the Torah Study bagel pickup. In 2019, David was awarded Temple Isaiah’s Emerging Leaders Award.
Proud of his Chinese and Litvak ancestry, David has created educational programming for Isaians on both aspects of his heritage. He has, as a member of a SoCal Jews of Color group, advised the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles on issues of diversity. Professionally, David and his screenwriting partner have created content for companies such as Amazon Prime. He has also individually written, directed, and curated for The Braid, formerly Jewish Women’s Theatre, including writing a piece that was performed for the Los Angeles City Council.

 Idelle Davidson and her husband, Peter, are long-time members of Temple Isaiah. Their sons attended Hebrew school and celebrated their bar mitzvahs at Isaiah.  Idelle is active in ChaiVillageLA and serves on its board and communications committee.  She is a member of the Temple’s caring community. Idelle is a freelance writer and author.  Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Time magazine, the Los Angeles Times and several other publications.  She is a former director of publications for the American Heart Association and co-author of a New York Times-reviewed book on health.

Brittany Finney joined Temple Isaiah’s Board of Trustees in 2020. Britt and her fiancé, James Conlon, joined the temple in 2019, shortly after settling back in Los Angeles.
Britt graduated Cum Laude from Brandeis University in 2017 with a dual B.A. in Global Studies and Anthropology, and then in 2018 with her M.A. in Global Studies, concentrating in refugee integration. While in Boston, Britt spent much of her time working with the International Institution of New England, counseling refugee and migrant clients from around the world about their integration into the US. Currently, Britt works at MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger as a Development Associate, helping run
fundraising campaigns and engaging in donor stewardship. At Temple Isaiah, Britt is heavily involved in Am Tzedek as a community organizing leader with OneLA. Britt also enjoys attending Torah Study classes and weekly Shabbat services.
On her maternal grandfather’s side, Britt is a 5th generation Californian, and 3rd generation Angeleno. Britt grew up in Palos Verdes, and still enjoys visiting there with James to hike and spend time with her family.

Nicolas joined the Board of Trustees in 2020 and has been a member of Temple Isaiah since 2013.  He has served on the Preschool Advisory Committee (PAC) and is a member of the Isaiah East Planning Committee which is developing plans for the future of the Isaiah Campus  .Nicolas holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  He grew up in New York and lives in Westwood with his wife Olivia and their three children.  His twin daughters and son all attended the Preschool and are in the Religious School.  Nicolas is an executive at First Republic Bank.

Heidi Grey is the current chair of the Preschool Advisory Committee (PAC) and has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2018.

She and her husband, Lawrence, have two children, Snowden and Jaxson. They have been members of Temple Isaiah since 2012.

Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Heidi has lived in Los Angeles since 1999. She is a screenwriter.

Lilli Lee is beginning her first year as a member of the Board of Trustees. She has been on the Membership Events Team since 2019. Lilli and her husband Ben have three sons: Mason, Spencer and Vincent. The Lees joined the temple in 2013. Lilli is a Los Angeles native and has lived on the Westside all of her life: attending Kenter, Revere, Pali High and UCLA. She currently lives in Cheviot Hills and runs the marketing arm of her husband Ben’s busy real estate business.

Matt has been involved with Temple Isaiah governance since 2015.  He has most recently served as Secretary on the Executive Committee.  Matt is currently the co-chair for the nominating committee and involved with the Budget Committee.  Previously Matt served on the Religious Education Committee as well as many other committees.

Matt and his wife, Karen, have two children, Jacob and Daniel.  They have been members of Temple Isaiah since 2011.

Katie is a Los Angeles native and the mom of two boys, Jonah (8) and Levi (6), with her husband Brian, a Detroit native. Levi is a graduate of the Temple Isaiah preschool and both boys attend religious school at Isaiah. While she was a parent in the preschool, Katie volunteered in the classroom, served on the Friday Challah and Caring Community committees, and helped out with the Family Shabbat evenings. Being a part of and involved in the Jewish community has always been important to their family.
Katie was an elementary school teacher for 12 years. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of WISE, the parent booster organization for Westwood Charter Elementary School, where her boys attend. She loves to volunteer in the boys’ classrooms and chair various committees at the school. In her free time, Katie enjoys traveling and going on adventures with her family, reading, and trying new restaurants.

Jessica has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2013 and served as the Executive Vice President for four years. She and her husband, James, have two children, Julia and Josh. They have been members at Temple Isaiah since 2004.
Jessica was born in New York but has lived in Los Angeles for most of her life. She is an attorney and principal at North American Realty, a property management, consulting and acquisition firm. When not working, Jessica enjoys outdoor sports, reading, banking and spending time with family and friends.

Orly Partiyeli Tabibi and her  husband Carlo have been members of Temple Isaiah for several years. Both of their daughters, Georgina and Isabella, graduated from the preschool and their experience was magical. The family looks forward to starting preschool again with their son Phoenix while continuing the K-12 program with their girls.  A Los Angeles native, Orly attended a Jewish day school. Being part of a Jewish community is a value that both she and Carlo highly regard and consider the Isaiah community part of their family. During the past five years at Isaiah, Orly has been very active in the Preschool’s parent association while also being a member of PAC, Isaiah Mothers’ Alliance,  and the Board of Trustees.  During her free time, Orly likes to spend quality time with her family, enjoying life experiences, traveling, and trying new foods. She loves to work-out and her new obsession is breathwork – she is all about Mind, Body and Soul.

Tracy has been a member of Temple Isaiah since 2007. Like many Isaians, her family’s entry point to the temple community was through the preschool. Watching her children thrive under the loving and nurturing care of the preschool teachers and staff inspired Tracy to serve on the Preschool Advisory Committee. She later became chair, which led to over a decade of service on the Board of Trustees. 

Professionally, Tracy is Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs at NBCUniversal. In her role, she is responsible for the company’s west coast corporate affairs strategies including, managing public affairs, external and internal communications, and corporate responsibility programs. Her previous roles at the company included Vice President of Corporate and External Affairs, where Cohen successfully guided key strategic initiatives for NBCUniversal’s west coast headquarters. 

Before joining the NBCUniversal team in 2010, Tracy led the First 5 California public education initiative as Vice President of The Rogers Group. She began her career in government, including working for U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and advising U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. Tracy also served as an Assistant Deputy Mayor for the City of Los Angeles, managing citywide special projects and serving as the Mayor’s Council liaison. 

A graduate of American University with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies: Communications, Law, Economics and Government, Tracy is a native Angeleno and lives with her husband, Eric, and their two children-Jonah and Samantha.

Jerry and his wife, Sue Shachar, joined Temple Isaiah in 2016 when they returned to their Westside roots after living in the valley for many years.  Since joining the Temple, Jerry has become involved with the Green Team and participated in the interview process of candidates for the CFO position.  Jerry and Sue’s 2020 trip to Israel with Rabbi Dara, Mike Diamond and an incredible group of Isaians triggered Jerry’s decision to become more actively involved with the Temple’s lay leadership team. Jerry is a native Angeleno with a BA in Political Science from Cal State Northridge and a JD from Loyola Law School.  He is currently President and General Counsel of Shapco Inc., a privately- owned company involved in manufacturing, fabrication and distribution of steel pipe products together with the ownership and management of a nationwide industrial real estate portfolio.

Sharon and her husband Chad joined Temple Isaiah in 2010. All three of her boys: Oliver, Jack and Aaron attended Temple Isaiah Preschool and Religious School. Their family considers our synagogue their second home.
During her time at Temple Isaiah, Sharon has served as the President of the Preschool Association, VP of Membership for the Board of Trustees amongst many other committees. Sharon is a marriage and family therapist serving adults, adolescents, and children in West Los Angeles. She enjoys a full life with her husband, three elementary school age boys and cockapoo named Dodger Dog.

Robert and his wife Celine have been members of Temple Isaiah since their daughter, Lauren, was born 18 years ago. Robert, Celine and Lauren have been very involved with the temple with Lauren matriculating through the Preschool and just recently, religious school and programing for high schoolers. A high point for her and the family was her Bat Mitzvah with Rabbi Frimmer and Cantor Coyot. Celine has been involved with many temple programs pertaining to the many educational and social efforts initiated and pursued by the temple.
Robert has been involved with many committees from preschool activities to most recently, the finance committee, under the leadership of President Diamond to assist with the purchase of the new east campus. Robert, Celine and Lauren were also participants on an “Isaiah” Israel trip – relegated to “family bus.” He was also instrumental at setting up the mayoral debate and proposition “fair”, expertly moderated by Rabbi Klein, and the recent interviews with Secretary Leon Panetta and then
Congressman Panetta, giving our congregation a unique and enlightened perspective on recent national and political events.
Robert is a Managing Director of AlphaNext, a boutique asset manager for high-net worth families.
Robert, Celine and Lauren are very grateful to the Temple and Isaiah community for the wonderful lifelong friends that they have forged.

Steve Fox joined the Temple in 1968 with his first wife, Ginnie Z''L. By then he had a BA in Political Science, 3 weeks in law school, and a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering. For his entire professional career, 35 years, he worked for the Hughes Aircraft Co. Soon after he joined the Temple, he served as head of the Young Marrieds and that led to a variety of board and executive board positions.
A long fast forward: two children-- Lisa and Jude-- and 2 of 3 grandchildren are now TI alumni, one even having taught in the Religious School as her grandmother did. (Talk about qvelling!) He is currently married to Tina Fox, hoping someday to see a great grandchild on the bima. His major temple activities/passions at this time are the Green Team, playing piano at jazz services, Jewish learning, and communal service.