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Staff Directory

Executive and Administration

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Dr. Markus Krah

John H. Slade Executive Director

mkrah@lbi.cjh.org

Shauna Bahssin

Shauna Bahssin

Director of Development

sbahssin@lbi.org

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Sally Carroll

Director of Finance and Administration

scarroll@lbi.cjh.org

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Zachary Forsyte

Office Manager

Past Leadership

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

Dr. William H. Weitzer

Director Emeritus

wweitzer@lbi.cjh.org

Carol Kahn Strauss

Carol Kahn Strauss

Director Emeritus

Bernie Blum, Rabbi Ronald B. Sobel, William H. Weitzer

Dr. Ronald B. Sobel

President Emeritus

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Dr. Ismar Schorsch

President Emeritus

Fred Grubel

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Director Emeritus

Research

Frank Mecklenburg

Dr. Frank Mecklenburg

Mark M. and Lottie Salton Senior Historian

fmecklenburg@lbi.cjh.org

Zoe Prauhart

Zoé Prauhart

Gedenkdiener, 2025-2026

ahc@lbi.org

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Max Volgger

Gedenkdiener, 2025-2026

ahc@lbi.org

Public History

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David Brown

Director of Public History

dbrown@lbi.cjh.org

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Dr. Magdalena M. Wrobel

Associate Director of Public History

mwrobel@lbi.cjh.org

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Stephanie Ades

Programs and Communications Manager

sades@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

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Renate Evers

The Bruno and Suzanne Scheidt Director of Collections

revers@lbi.org

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Agata Bailey

Metadata and Acquisitions Archivist

Chris Bentley, Systems Archivist at Leo Baeck Institute

Chris Bentley

Systems Archivist

cbentley@lbi.cjh.org

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Miriam Clayton

Digital and Photo Collections Manager

mclayton@lbi.cjh.org

Tracey Felder

Tracey Felder

Senior Metadata and Acquisitions Librarian

tfelder@lbi.cjh.org

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Sophia Gallagher

Library and Archival Assistant

lbiarchive@lbi.cjh.org

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Lee Jutton

Library and Archival Assistant

lbiarchive@lbi.cjh.org

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Gabriel Palisano

Acquisitions and Metadata Librarian

gpalisano@lbi.cjh.org

Lauren Paustian, Collections Care Coordinator at Leo Baeck Institute

Lauren Paustian

Registrar & Collections Care Manager

lpaustian@lbi.cjh.org

Dianne Ritchey, Senior Archivist at Leo Baeck Institute

Dianne Ritchey

Senior Archivist

dritchey@lbi.cjh.org

Michael Simonson, Archivist and Registrar at Leo Baeck Institute

Michael Simonson

Head Of Public Outreach & Archivist

msimonson@lbi.cjh.org

Berlin Office

Dr. Miriam Bistrovic

Dr. Miriam Bistrovic

Director of Berlin Operations

mbistrovic@lbi.cjh.org

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Yulia Polyak

Office Manager

ypolyak@lbi.cjh.org

Denise Nestler

Denise Nestler

Berlin Processing Archivist

berlinarchive@lbi.cjh.org

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Laura Stein

Social Media Berlin Office

lstein@lbi.cjh.org