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Our people

Our people are at the heart of what we do, providing specialist knowledge, expertise and care to help us fulfil our mission.
Staff and lay leaders at World Jewish Relief 90th anniversary Event

Paul Anticoni

Chief Executive

Stacey Swimer

Director of International Programmes and Partnerships

Alisa Avigdor

Director of Philanthropy

Isobel Collinge

Director of Finance

Janice Lopatkin

Programme Director, UK

Rabbi Dina Brawer

Executive Director World Jewish Relief USA

Alex Brookes

Deputy Director of UK Programmes

Rachel Stein

Director of Communications & Marketing

Tessa Drysdale

Director of People & Culture

Abelia Leskin

Programme Manager - STEP Forward

Keri Bird

Programme Operations Manager

Becca James

STEP Programme Officer

Abrar Hussain

Programme Finance Officer

Adina Birnbaum

Fundraising Administrator

Alice Greider

Senior Older People Programmes Officer

Amanda Kyte

Office Manager

Beth Saffer

Head of Older Peoples Programmes

Caroline Gomez

HR Advisor

Cosmo Robertson Charlton

Senior Marketing & Communications Officer

Debbie Cantor

Programme Manager, Homes for Ukraine

Ekaterina Mitiaev

Head of Impact and Livelihoods

Emily Cookson

Refugee Programme Manager, North East

Gill Bland

Head of Income and Supporter Services

Esther Tsz Wing Ng

Trust Fundraiser

Judith Grace

UK Refugee Programme Assistant

Julie Goodman

Events and Campaigns Administrator and Analyst

Hilary Chaplin

Income Manager

Jane Lelence

Graphic Designer

Rachel Geron

Head of Marketing

Ben Marks

Head of Media & Storytelling

Janice Axelbank

Head of Brand & Creative

John Kanerick

Telephone Reception and Supporter Care Assistant

Kanana Mbogori

UK Programmes Team Manager

Liubov Rainchuk

Programme and MEL Manager

Maria Gonzalez

Income and Finance Support Manager

Monika Kosinska

Finance Manager

Natalia Dvorova

UK Refugee Programme Assistant

Natasha Niman

Ukraine Refugee Programme Manager

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Richa Raman

Digital Marketing Specialist

Richard Budden

Head of Individual Giving & Legacies

Richard Shaw

REP Team Leader (South West)

Robina Ibanda

Programmes Finance Manager

Rosa Mutchnick

Community Education and International Projects Officer

Sabina Artemieva

Support Services Lead

Sam Pearl

Head of Events

Shelley Lief

HR Advisor

Simone Colp

Senior Trust Fundraiser

Sophie Leigh

Events Co-ordinator

Spencer Leland

Livelihoods and MEL Programme Manager

Tom Edwards

Head of Major Giving

Vicki Russell

Fundraising and Income Manager

Veronika Goria-Savo

UK Programmes Team Leader

Vladlena Ozhydrianova

Ukraine Programme Manager

Trustees

The governing body of World Jewish Relief is our Council of Management, run by our charity Trustees.

Maurice Helfgott

Chair

Henry Grunwald OBE KC

President

Jeremy Newman

Treasurer

Hilda Worth

Vice Chair

Nigel Ross

Honorary Life Vice President

Linda Rosenblatt MBE

Honorary Life Vice President

Nigel Layton

Honorary Life Vice President

Ashley Mitchell

Honorary Life Vice President

Jonathan Joseph

Honorary Life Vice President

James Libson

Honorary Life Vice President

Dina Shiloh

Trustee

Elliot Moss

Trustee

Rachel Ingram

Trustee

Alan Rousso

Trustee

Annabel

Annabel Mahgerefteh

Trustee

Prerna

Prerna Wadikar

Trustee

Kevin Sneader

Trustee

Rob Ginsberg

Trustee

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