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 has chaired/co-chaired the Roots and Wings: A Mentoring Program at Santee and University High Schools since its inception in 2008, 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 has actively participated in Isaiah Women and is 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.

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 in Retail Management for over 20 years and is currently 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.

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.

Ellen has served on the Board of Trustees first as President of Isaiah Women and then as VP of Membership.  She ran the Temple Gift Shop for twenty years and has served on many Temple and Board committees. 

She and her husband Ron, raised their three children, Preston, Brent, and Danielle as part of the Temple family in their almost thirty year Temple membership.
Ellen is from New York and was a third-grade teacher for fourteen years.

She has served on the board of Women Of Reform Judaism Pacific District.

David Chiu has been a member of Temple Isaiah since 2014. He serves as a greeter for Friday Night Shabbat Services, and also helps to coordinate the volunteer bagel pick-up for Rabbi Klein Miles’s Saturday morning Torah Study minyan - both are things he attends weekly.
As a member of the Green Team, David has assisted in putting on environmental education events for Temple Isaiah, as well as advocated for climate legislation at LA City Hall and our State Capitol in Sacramento. His Sacramento advocacy has expanded to work on behalf of Reform California, and through Temple Isaiah’s partnership with ONE-LA, he has pushed for policy changes in housing and immigration.
Proud of his Chinese and Litvak ancestry, David delivered a Shabbat sermon from Isaiah’s bima on the theology of the medieval Chinese Jews, and also gave a lecture to Isaians on his experiences visiting his ancestral shtetl in Lithuania. In 2019, he was awarded Temple Isaiah’s Emerging Leaders Award.
As a member of the Los Angeles Jews of Color group, he has consulted with the Jewish Federation on how Jewish institutions can better welcome racially diverse Jews.
Writers for film and television, David and his writing 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 5^th generation Californian, and 3^rd 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.

Harris is a member of the Budget Committee and became a member of the Board of Trustees in 2020. He and his wife, Jill, have two children, Stephanie and Jordan (twins). They have been members of Temple Isaiah since 2005 when they relocated back to Los Angeles from the San Francisco area. Harris was born in Baltimore and has lived in both Southern and Northern California for the past 31 years, moving back to Los Angeles in 2005. He is a CPA and recently retired as a Partner from Grant Thornton, an International Accounting and Consulting Firm, after 40 years. He is now an Adjunct Professor at USC, Marshall School of Business and the Leventhal School of Accounting and Chairman of the Board of JVS SoCal.

Beth Raanan 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, the Senior Rabbi Search Committee, and the Temple Board (as the Chair of the Preschool Cabinet). She is humbled and honored to serve as President of Isaiah Women.

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.

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.