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Staff Directory

Executive and Administration

Dr. William H. Weitzer, Executive Director at Leo Baeck Institute

Dr. William H. Weitzer

John H. Slade Executive Director

wweitzer@lbi.cjh.org

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Sally Carroll

Director of Administration

scarroll@lbi.cjh.org

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Monika Kuzma

Administrative Assistant

mkuzma@lbi.cjh.org

Research

Frank Mecklenburg

Dr. Frank Mecklenburg

Mark M. and Lottie Salton Senior Historian

fmecklenburg@lbi.cjh.org

Ina Haider

Ina Haider

Gedenkdiener, 2021-2022

austrian-heritage-collection@lbi.cjh.org

Verena Rauch

Verena Rauch

Gedenkdiener, 2021-2022

austrian-heritage-collection@lbi.cjh.org

Public History

David Brown, Communications and Programs Director at Leo Baeck Institute

David Brown

Director of Public History

dbrown@lbi.cjh.org

Magda Wrobel

Dr. Magdalena M. Wrobel

Associate Director of Public History

mwrobel@lbi.cjh.org

Sophie Rupp

Sophie Rupp

Project Manager

srupp@lbi.cjh.org

Michael Simonson, Archivist and Registrar at Leo Baeck Institute

Michael Simonson

Head Of Public Outreach & Archivist

msimonson@lbi.cjh.org

Karen Franklin

Karen Franklin

Director of Family Research

kfranklin@lbi.cjh.org

Collections

Renate Evers, Director of Collections at Leo Baeck Institute

Renate Evers

Bruno and Suzanne Scheidt Director of Collections

revers@lbi.cjh.org

Hermann Teifer, Head Archivist at Leo Baeck Institute

Hermann Teifer

Head Archivist

hteifer@lbi.cjh.org

Chris Bentley, Systems Archivist at Leo Baeck Institute

Chris Bentley

Systems Archivist

cbentley@lbi.cjh.org

Miriam Clayton, Digital Collections Manager

Miriam Clayton

Digital Collections Manager

mclayton@lbi.cjh.org

Elizabeth Fedden

Elizabeth Fedden

Acquisitions Librarian

efedden@lbi.cjh.org

Tracey Felder

Tracey Felder

Associate Librarian for Cataloging and Periodicals

tfelder@lbi.cjh.org

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Gabriel Palisano

Library Assistant

library@lbi.cjh.org

Lauren Paustian, Collections Care Coordinator at Leo Baeck Institute

Lauren Paustian

Registrar & Collections Care Manager

lpaustian@lbi.cjh.org

Dianne Ritchey, Processing Archivist at Leo Baeck Institute

Dianne Ritchey

Processing Archivist

dritchey@lbi.cjh.org

Agata Sobczak

Agata Sobczak

Research & Archival Assistant

asobczak@lbi.cjh.org

Berlin Office

Dr. Miriam Bistrovic

Dr. Miriam Bistrovic

Director of Berlin Operations

mbistrovic@lbi.cjh.org

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Horst Pfahlert

Executive Secretary

hpfahlert@lbi.cjh.org