Who We Are:
Executive Director: Sheila Decter

JALSA Officers
President: Andrew Fischer, Esq.
Vice President: Rick Reibstein, Esq.
Clerk: Andy Oram
Treasurer: Shirley Partoll

JALSA works with many coalitions, including:

Citizens for Public Schools
Co-chairs: Barbara Fields and Ruth Ann Rodriguez
Director:  Marilyn Segal

Massachusetts Coalition for Equitable Education (MCEE)
Chair: Mary Ann Hardenbergh

Learn more about these educational coalition
at www.citizensforpublicschools.org.

Massachusetts Paid Leave Coalition
Coordinators: Acorn:  Mimi Ramos
                      Greater Boston Legal Services: Ellen Wallace
                      JALSA: Barbara Gutman

Board of Directors
*Robert Asher, Esq.
*Barbara Cullen, Esq.
Nicole Horberg Decter, Esq.
*Joel Eigerman, Esq.
Ellen Feingold
*Andrew Fischer, Esq.
Nicole Gann, Esq.
Mary Ellen Grossman
*David Guberman, Esq.
*Mary Ann Hardenberg
Benjamin Healey
*Hon. Sumner Z. Kaplan, Emeritus
Mark Michelson, Esq.
*Andy Oram
*Shirley Partoll
Charles Radin
*Rick Reibstein
Emily Shield
Emily Smizik
*Jeff Stone
Kenneth Sweder, Esq.
*Hon. Ronny Sydney
Bernard Wax

*Also serving on the Executive Committee

Advisory Committee
Karen Ames, Esq.
Rep. Ruth Balser
Edward Barshak, Esq.
Gerald Berlin, Esq.
Ruth Budd, Esq.
Sen. Harriette Chandler
Hon. David Cohen
Nadine Cohen, Esq.
Sen. Cynthia Creem
Prof. Rashi Fein
Rep. Barry Finegold
Ellen Paradise Fisher
Prof. Franklin Fisher
Ralph Fishman
Jamie Fleckner, Esq.
Barbara Gaffin
Holly Gunner
Linda Jason, Esq.
Julie Johnson, Esq.
Rep. Louis Kafka
Meryl Kahn, CPA
Ruth Kaplan, Esq.
Hon. Rudolph Kass
Rep. Jay Kaufman
Rep. Kay Khan
Helen Levenson, CPA
Rep. David Linsky
Hon. Brooke Lipsitt
Dr. Alan Lobovits
Rabbi Bernard Mehlman
Sharon Morgenbesser
Alexandra Moses, Esq.
Barbara Rabin, Esq.
Rabbi Victor Reinstein
Nicole Roos
Sen. Stanley Rosenberg
Steven J. Samuel, Esq.
Phil Sego
Norma Shapiro
Rep. Frank Smizik
Joel Suttenberg, Esq.
Janet Taylor
Jane Weingarten
Rep. Alice Wolf