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AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY

EIN: 95-1684064Los Angeles, CAZIP: 90077
B420 - Education501(c)(3)

Mission

AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY (AJU) ADVANCES AND ELEVATES THE JEWISH JOURNEY OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING, ENGAGED CONVERSATION, EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH. AJU IS A THRIVING CENTER OF JEWISH RESOURCES AND TALENT THAT SERVES THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. A PORTAL FOR JEWISH BELONGING, AJU EQUIPS STUDENTS, FACULTY, CAMPERS, AND LEARNERS OF ALL AGES WITH THE TOOLS TO CREATE THE IDEAS, BUILD THE STRUCTURES, AND DEVELOP THE PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE JEWISH WISDOM AND ELEVATE JEWISH LIVING.

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2023$58.2M$0$131.3M
2022$27.1M$0$127.7M

Compensation

2023

JEFFREY HERBST
President
chief executive officer
$480,235
$40,000
$0
$554,793
ADRIAN BREITFELD BEDER
VP for Finance & Admin/cfo
vice president
$323,656
$50,000
$0
$386,911
DAVID A GROSHOFF
Professor of Business and Law
highest compensated employee
$103,579
$0
$220,883
$334,039
BRADLEY S ARTSON
Dean of the Ziegler School (zsrs)/vp
officer (unspecified)
$154,822
$0
$0
$251,276
MICHELLE IRIS MAMANE-STARKMAN
VP Communications
vice president
$192,885
$0
$0
$211,309
TARLAN RAHEL RABIZADEH
VP for Jewish Engagement
vice president
$83,294
$0
$0
$194,602
LYNN MARIA WITHERSPOON
Senior Director of Advancement
highest compensated employee
$167,632
$0
$0
$187,149
CHERYL PERETZ
Associate Dean
highest compensated employee
$112,740
$0
$0
$184,328
CINDY FARRINGTON
Controller - 6/25/24
highest compensated employee
$174,910
$0
$0
$182,159
AARON M GOLDBERG
VP and Director of Camp Alonim
vice president
$164,840
$0
$0
$181,522
CATHERINE S SCHNEIDER
VP of Advancement/cdo - 6/30/23
vice president
$171,973
$0
$0
$179,008
ROBBIE J TOTTEN
Chief Academic Officer
officer (unspecified)
$153,157
$0
$0
$169,357
KIMBERLY WARNEKE
Senior Director of Human Resources
highest compensated employee
$148,973
$0
$0
$165,791
MARK EDWARD OPPENHEIMER
VP of Open Learning - 5/25/54
vice president
$0
$0
$0
$114,688
SUZANNE JONES BOOKBINDER
VP of Advancement
vice president
$0
$0
$0
$105,734
SHERRE HIRSCH
Chief Innovation Officer - 1/20/23
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$31,326
VIRGINIA MAAS
Past Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
LAWRENCE PLATT
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
DAVID WEINER
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
JEFFREY LEVINE
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
ANNIE AUSTIN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
BENJAMIN BRESLAUER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JEROME COBEN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ABNER GOLDSTINE
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
LISA HOFHEIMER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MARK LAINER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
NORM LEVINE
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JUSTINE SCHREYER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
FRANCIS S MAAS
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
STACY PALBAUM
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MURRAY PEPPER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
RICK RICHMAN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
KEN SALKIN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DENA SCHECHTER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MICHAEL SCHEINBERG
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ELON SPAR
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ROBBIN STEIF
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JEFFREY TRENTON
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
YAIR VARDI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MICHAEL ZIERING
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
HAROLD MASOR
Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0

2022

JEFFREY HERBST
President
chief executive officer
$450,302
$0
$0
$475,562
ADRIAN BREITFELD BEDER
Vp of Finance & Admin/CFO
vice president
$364,564
$0
$0
$372,236
CATHERINE S SCHNEIDER
Vp of Advancement/Cdo
vice president
$282,155
$0
$0
$289,288
BRADLEY S ARTSON
Vp, Dean of Ziegler School
vice president
$147,000
$0
$0
$239,170
DAVID A GROSHOFF
Professor of Business and Law
highest compensated employee
$196,471
$0
$0
$202,799
SHERRE HIRSCH
Chief Innovation Officer
officer (unspecified)
$92,911
$0
$0
$181,250
CHERYL PERETZ
Associate Dean
highest compensated employee
$101,833
$0
$0
$170,812
RUSSELL DION
Director of Facilities
highest compensated employee
$162,588
$0
$0
$167,661
RACHEL A LERNER
Dean
highest compensated employee
$146,781
$0
$0
$160,657
ROBBIE TOTTEN
Chief Academic Officer
officer (unspecified)
$139,272
$0
$0
$153,063
AARON GOLDBERG
Vp and Director of Camp Alonim
vice president
$0
$0
$0
$149,424
CANDACE MILLER
Sr, Director of Hospitality
highest compensated employee
$0
$0
$0
$142,654
MICHELLE STARKMAN
Vp Communications
vice president
$0
$0
$0
$141,327
MARK LAINER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
NORM LEVINE
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MURRAY PEPPER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
VIRGINIA MAAS
Past Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
ROBBIN STEIF
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ELON SPAR
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
LISA HOFHEIMER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
BENJAMIN BRESLAUER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
HAROLD MASOR
Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
STACY PALBAUM
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
RICK RICHMAN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JEFFREY LEVINE
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JON MONKARSH
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DENA SCHECHTER
Treasurer
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
FRANCIS S MAAS
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
SEAN RAD
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MICHAEL ZIERING
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JEROME COHEN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DAVID WEINER
Secretary
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
MIKE VAN WYK
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
LAWRENCE PLATT
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
ABNER GOLDSTINE
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JUSTINE SCHYRER LEWIN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JEFFREY TRENTON
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
YAIR VARDI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
LIANA KADISHA COHN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MICHAEL SCHEINBERG
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

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