Our Mission and Vision
We believe in a vibrant and evolving Jewish community where everyone belongs. By building meaningful and lasting relationships, welcoming a growing and increasingly diverse set of individuals and families, and supporting unique identities rooted in Jewish values and Jewish life, our community thrives.
What We Stand For
Our Four Core Values
✔ Belonging // B’Tzelem Elohim
Welcome and treat everyone with dignity, kindness, and respect.
✔ Joyfulness // Simcha
Celebrate and rejoice in shared experiences and one another.
✔ Collaboration // Kehillah
Achieve exceptional results by working together.
✔ Transformation // Shema
Listen, embrace change, lead by example, and take inspired action.
Families Play, Learn and Celebrate Together!
Open to all, JCC programs include four outstanding preschools, multiple day camps, early parenting support, a fully-equipped fitness and aquatics center, arts and culture classes for all ages, performances and lectures, Jewish holiday celebrations and more.
With the support of generous donors, we award more than $750,000 in scholarships each year in order to make the JCC accessible to people who could not otherwise afford to participate.
So when you’re looking for an amazing summer camp, a terrific pre-school or a welcoming place where you can meet other families, look to the JCC.
JCC Greater Boston Leadership
Mark Sokoll is a lifelong Jewish community advocate, activist and educator. He became President and CEO of JCC Greater Boston in 2000. Prior to his tenure at the JCC, Mark was a Senior Educator at Alexander Muss High School in Israel and also worked as a licensed tour guide. During his service in the Israel Defense Forces, he served as an educator at the IDF Institute for Officer Training and Education.
Mark is a past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Lenny Zakim Fund, a nonprofit foundation that funds Greater Boston grassroots organizations involved in building a better society for all. He has been honored by Mayyim Hayyim and is a past recipient of the Myrtle Wreath Award from Hadassah, the Lester Gilson Award from the Solomon Schechter Day School and the Bernard Reisman Award from the Hornstein Program at Brandeis University.
A graduate of Boston University, Mark earned his Master of Arts in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University and received Rabbinic ordination from the Bet Din-Bet Achim in New York City. He stepped down from a part-time position at Temple B’nai Israel in Revere, Massachusetts, in 2010.
Louis J. Grossman has been President and Treasurer of The Grossman Companies, Inc. since 1980, when he and his father, Morton, purchased the family real estate business. In January 2015, he became Chairman and passed along the leadership to his sons, David and Jacob who have been working with him for the past 10-12 years. Under Louis' thoughtful guidance and leadership, the Company has successfully developed and acquired a portfolio of over forty commercial and residential properties, primarily located in New England.
In 1973, Louis began his real estate career when he joined Sonnenblick-Goldman Advisory Corporation in New York, serving as Mortgage Officer for two real estate investment trusts, North American Mortgage Investors and Mortgage Growth Investors. A graduate of Brown University with a B.A. in Economics, Louis earned his M.B.A. from Columbia University's School of Business with a major in Finance.
Louis currently serves on the Boards and/or Finance committees of one public company, two residential condominiums and three philanthropic organizations. He has also been active in numerous local and national civic and charitable organizations including Brown Hillel, Union for Reform Judaism, Temple Beth Shalom in Needham, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, The Rivers School, Hebrew College and JCC Greater Boston where he has been Chair of the Governing Board since July 2019. Louis has four children, ten grandchildren and currently lives in Weston.
Board of Directors
Governing Board
- Louis J. Grossman, Chair
- Mara Riemer Goldstein, First Vice Chair
- David Begelfer, Vice Chair
- Sari Rapkin, Secretary
- Dr. James (Jim) Snider, Treasurer
Standing Committee Chairs
- Rebecca Diamondstein, Governance & Leadership Development
- Betsy Hecker, Audit
- Mitchell Leiman, Strategy & Alignment
- Ginny MacDowell, Resource & Development
- Charlie Popkin, Finance
- Richard Scherr, Facilities
Directors
- Avi Almozlino
- Jennifer Aronson
- Mark Barrocas
- Steven Bearak
- Marc Busny
- Jennifer Cramer
- Daniel Fradkin
- Tamar Frieze
- Sasha Hartman
- Joel Samen
- David Shimoni
- Ari Sussman
Senior Leadership Team
- Mark Sokoll - President/CEO
- Gavin Andrews - Chief Strategic Program Officer
- Kait Rogers - Chief Financial and Operations Officer
- Matt Adwin - Vice President, Vice President of Technology, Analytics, & Security
- Jenna Stein - Assistant Vice President, Marketing
Leadership Team
- Nancy Dill - Director, People & Culture
- Indira Herscovici - Assistant Vice President, Early Childhood Education
- Leslie Hochstein - Director, Camp Grossman
- Midge Merlin - Assistant Vice President, Family Engagement & Jewish Life
- Andrew Lamson - Director, Business Operations
- Brian Morris - Director, Facilities
- Robin Rosenthal - Director, Human Resources
- Kathryn Ruggeri - Assistant Vice President, Finance and Administration
- William Winer - Assistant Vice President, Health, Fitness & Membership