Meet the Gross Schechter Staff
We are extremely proud of our teachers and administrators at Gross Schechter Day School. Each brings their own unique skills and specialties to share with our students, which helps build a well-rounded community. Below you will find information about each staff member, as well as their email and extension.
Ginny Galili
Head of School
Barbie Barnholtz
Infant Care CoordinatorBarbie has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2014. From mother’s…
Rabbi Jonathan Berger
Associate Head of School for Judaic Studies and ProgramsRabbi Berger has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since the summer…
Shanna Berlas
ICC TeacherComing Soon….
Randy Boroff
Director of AcademicsRandy has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since spring 2015. Randy…
Tracey Bortz
Director of Early Childhood EducationMorah Tracey has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2001. Tracey…
Ben Christ
Advancement Coordinator
Carolyn Clerget
Music TeacherMrs. Clerget has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2016. She…
Kayla Crowder
ECC Parparim TeacherMorah Kayla has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since January 2021.…
Shenee Dentzler
Clinic NurseComing Soon….
Janna Dorfman
Director of AdmissionsJana Dorfman has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2016. She…
Bryan Eaton
FacilitiesBryan has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2003. Originally from…
Iris Edelman
ECC Kofim TeacherMorah Iris has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2012. She…
Hirute Engida
ECC Doobbim TeacherHirute joined the Schechter family in 2019.
Marcy Escott
3rd Grade General Studies TeacherMrs. Escott has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2010. She…
Katie Ferguson
Assistant to the Head of SchoolKatie was born in Rocky River and raised in North Olmsted. She has been part…
Debbie Friedman
Aftercare CoordinatorComing Soon…
Marci Friedman
1st Grade General Studies TeacherMrs. Friedman has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 1989. She…
Ginny Galili
Head of SchoolGinny Galili joined the Gross Schechter Day School family in Spring 2021!
Sarah German
ECC Parparim TeacherSarah joined the Gross Schechter Day School family in August 2019. She has a Masters…
Rachel Gluck
Kindergarten General Studies TeacherRachel joined the Gross Schechter Day school family in 2018.
Iris Granot
ECC Prachim TeacherMorah Iris has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2008. She…
Rotem Green
Maintenance StaffComing Soon…..
Abby Greenfield
2nd Grade General Studies TeacherMs. Greenfield has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2004. She…
Sheri Gross
Director of Creative ProgramingSheri has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2016. Before coming…
Laurie Gross-Kammer
Director of Student ServiceMrs. G-K has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2008. She…
Aja Harris
ICC TeacherAja has joined our ICC family in January 2021. I love to cook and bake!…
Lauren Henkin
MS Language Arts TeacherMs. Henkin has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since August 2017.…
Loren Israelstam
ECC Kofim TeacherMorah Loren has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2009. She…
Zach Izeman
PE TEacherBio coming soon …..
Hannah Kahn
Prachim GS TeacherComing Soon…
Bruria Kaufman
3rd Grade Judaic StudiesComing Soon …
Danielle Kaufman
ECC Kochavim TeacherDanielle joined the Gross Schechter Day School family in August 2019.
Shiri Katz
Guidance CounselorDr. Shiri Katz joined the GSDS team on August 2018, as our Bellefaire school counselor.…
Jennifer Kercher
Director of Finance and Business OperationJennifer has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2007, first as…
Binyamin Kleinman
5th Grade JS/ 6th Grade Tanakh TeacherComing Soon…
Laura Lash
Art and Tech TeacherMrs Lash (Albert) has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2010.…
Sandy Laserson
Speech and Language PathologistSandy has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2012. Sandy received…
Rachelle Levine
Tziporim JS TeacherComing Soon…..
Lisa Loeb
5th Grade General Studies TeacherLisa has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2008. Lisa graduated…
Paul Luire
K-8 Design TeacherPaul Lurie joined the Gross Schechter Day School family in 2020. Paul graduated from Emerson College…
Talia Maoz
MS Ivrit TeacherMorah Talia has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2013. She…
DeAnna Martin
Business Office
Rachel Mears
ECC Dagim TeacherRachel has been apart of our Schechter family since 2020.
Noam Meinrath-Vinokor
4th JS Teacher and MS Ivrit TeacherNoam joined the Gross Schechter Day School family in 2019. He enjoys spending time with…
Alex Mintz
PE TeacherI became part of the Gross Schechter Day school family in 2020. I graduated from…
Julia Meyer
MS Social Studies TeacherJulia became part of the Gross Schechter Day Family in 2019. She graduated with a…
Donell Newman
4th Grade General Studies TeacherMrs.Newman has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2008. Mrs. Newman…
Matthew Norton
Middle School Science TeacherMr. Norton has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2006. He…
Sherry O’Brien
ECC Nitzanim TeacherSherry is from Wickliffe and lives in Mentor on the Lake , She attended Lakeland…
Tamar Poupko Smith
Marketing and Media CoordinatorTamar Poupko Smith received her Bachelor of Science in Communications from Yeshiva University and has…
Sara Rancman
1st Grade Judaic Studies Teacher
Esti Rub
Food Services CoordinatorComing Soon….
Yuval Rub
Food Services CoordinatorComing Soon….
Emily Sanker
ECC Kochavim Teacher/AftercareEmily joined Gross Schechter in Fall 2019.
Stephanie Santoiemmo
Middle School Math Teacher
Joe Santora
Middle School Math TeacherMr. Santora has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School family since 2011. Mr.…
Fredell Schnee
ECC Doobbim TeacherFredell is originally from Houston, Texas and has lived in Ohio for over 25 years.…
Danielle Shainker
Technology CoordinatorDanielle was born and raised in Cleveland. She has been part of the Gross Schechter…
Rabbi Ben Shlimovitz
Middle School Judaic Studies Teacher/ Coordinator of Jewish LivingRabbi Ben became part of the Gross Schechter Day School in 2015. Rabbi Ben Shlimovitz…
Vicki Teitelbaum
ECC Tziporim TeacherVicki has been part of the Gross Schechter Day School Family since 2009. Vicki attended…
Ellis Thompson
FacilitiesEllis joined Schechter after retiring from his professional job over six years ago. He and…
Ora Toporivskiy
ECC Dagim TeacherOra has been a part of Gross Schechter Day School since 2018. Ora moves to…
Sydney Ungar
K-8 Menschology TeacherSydney joined the GSDS community in 2020 and is so thrilled to be a part…
Jim Walker
Facilities ManagerJim has worked with Gross Schechter for over 14 years. Originally from Cleveland, he and his…
Brian Walnsch
Business OfficeBrian became part of the Gross Schechter Business Department in October 2020. He is a…
Marla Wolf
Kindergarten JS TeacherComing Soon
