Susan Greenbaum has been leading JFCS as its Chief Executive Officer since 2014. Her experience spans decades, making Susan an unquestioned expert in mental health care and social services.

Susan holds a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and an MSW from Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work. She also completed a Certificate in Dynamic Psychotherapy from the American Institute for Psychoanalysis in NYC. Susan spent 36 years in the JCC movement, beginning in direct service and ending as CEO of the Birnbaum JCC in Somerset County. Those years were spent working in communities in New York, Florida, and New Jersey.  As a seasoned executive in Jewish communal work and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Susan’s move to JFCS in her own community of Bergen County was a natural one. Susan’s experience and success as a non-profit leader positioned her to lead our agency through tremendous growth and development with more clients served, more staff serving those clients, more volunteers volunteering, and more donors donating. Susan’s leadership has enabled JFCS to become known as the mental health and social safety net for the Northern New Jersey community. Susan is tremendously grateful to her staff, who she knows works tirelessly to support the agency’s goals. In turn, the staff looks up to Susan as someone with the expertise to make JFCS the most impactful we can be. Susan has seen and experienced much over her career, but she is most proud of the work that JFCS does to support those who struggle with life’s many challenges.

Jessica Fleischer has served as JFCS’s Chief Operating Officer since 2017 and has over 25 years of experience leading social service agencies.

A graduate of Barnard College and Hunter College School of Social Work, Jessica launched her career in 1997 when she joined the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, Inc. Over the 12 years she was there, Jessica helped connect administrative functions to program missions in order to achieve positive outcomes for clients and communities. Her years of experience have made her an expert in nonprofit administration, including strategic and program planning, program evaluation, staff development, grant writing, and community collaboration. When Jessica found her way to JFCS, the agency knew it had found someone who could help it grow to become the primary social safety net for Northern New Jersey. As Chief Operating Officer for JFCS, Jessica utilizes her many skills to keep the agency running at peak performance. She is the go-to person when someone needs professional advice, and Jessica is eager and happy to listen, offering guidance when requested. This mindset has helped her lead JFCS to new and greater heights. Jessica is excited to see what the future has in store for our community and is determined to make sure JFCS is a powerful presence as long as there are people who need help.

Pete Rudolph has been the Chief Financial Officer of JFCSNNJ since January 2, 2019. His previous not-for profit experience was 5 years with Advance Housing in Teterboro. The majority of his career was as a CFO in the investment management industry. Pete graduated from Teaneck High School, then received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He received his MBA from Rutgers University and earned his CPA (which is currently inactive) in NY and NJ.

As CFO at JFCSNNJ, Pete is responsible for all day-to-day accounting functions, which include accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger maintenance and reconciliation, cash management, and payroll. He is also responsible for grant management and reporting, medical and liability insurance, retirement plans, financial statement preparation and coordination of outside audits. Pete enjoys the team effort at JFCSNNJ as well as the comradery. Most importantly, he likes being part of an organization that provides so much help to those in need.

Michele Wellikoff has been serving as the Chief Development Officer for JFCS since 2019 and has over 20 years of experience working in the Jewish Family Service sector.

Prior to joining JFCS, Michele worked at JFS Clifton for 16 years. Michele is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a diverse direct service background; she worked as a clinical social worker, case manager and ran the SEQUOIA senior center and food pantry. After writing grants and doing fundraisers for her own programs, Michele became the Director of Marketing and Development, in addition to being the Volunteer Coordinator. When Michele came to JFCS, she brought her passion for non-profit work with her and has helped raise the agency to new heights of caring for our community. As CDO, she oversees the development department, fundraising, grants, marketing, volunteers, and events. Michele enjoys working with the JFCS staff, board members, and donors and continues learning from them daily. She aims to make JFCS known as the “go-to place” in Northern NJ for social and mental health services, volunteerism, and charity.

Allison graduated from Fordham University School of Social Work with honors and is the Clinical Director at JFCS. Allison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York and New Jersey (LCSW) providing psychotherapy to individual, couples, families, and children utilizing various treatment approaches. Providing quality psychotherapy services has always been a passion for her. She has post graduate advanced training from NYU School of Social Work in the prevention and treatment of a broad range of psychological, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Allison has extensive experience in the areas of depression, anxiety, grief, aging, couple issues, family issues, personal growth, and child and adolescent issues.

Allison provides support and Supervision to the JFCS clinical team of licensed psychotherapists as well as maximizing the best fit in assessing and managing our agency referrals. Allison is dedicated to strengthening families as well as maintaining a high standard of practice.

Patty Stoll has served as our Director of Older Adult Services since 2012. She has over 22 years of professional experience working with older adults, including expertise in senior case management and program oversight. Patty received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Boston University. She continued her education and received her Master’s with a concentration in Psychology from Seton Hall University. Patty started her career at Jewish Family and Children’s Services in 2001 at the Sam Gorovoy Group Care Home for Seniors before becoming the Assistant Director of Senior Services in 2002. As the Assistant Director of Senior Services, Patty, in addition to her administrative responsibilities, also served as a part-time Care Manager and knows firsthand the needs of the seniors in our community. Patty’s passion for helping the older population continued to grow as she received her certification in Geriatric Care Management from Boston University in 2012. Patty is dedicated to the older adults in our community and works diligently with the Older Adult Services staff to put services in place for our seniors to make sure their wish of aging in the own homes safely, with dignity and respect, comes true.

Carla Rudow is the Director of School Based Services for JFCS and has been in the role since October 2023. She earned her undergraduate degree in Communications/Marketing from the State University of NY @ Albany and then her graduate degree in Graphic Arts/Communications from NYU. Carla’s ability to improve and expand programs designed for children was honed over the 20 plus years she served as the Director of Camp Veritans Day Camp. She ran the entire camp operation (programming, hiring, marketing, grounds management, grant writing) and is proud of the over $420,000 in federal/state grants she secured for the camp. When Carla joined the JFCS team as the Director of School Based Services, she was excited to bring her wealth of knowledge to the ClubEd afterschool program. She loves the welcoming JFCS environment and enjoys working with people who care greatly about what they do. Carla strives to expand and improve ClubEd, making it the premiere afterschool program in Northern New Jersey.

Sandra is the Director of Re-Launch Career Services and Inclusion Director for RAISE at JFCS.

Re-Launch Career Services launched in 2016 focusing specifically on career readiness. Sandra works on diamond-cutting resumes, fine-tuning cover letters, and providing realistic mock interviews to build readiness and confidence in each client.

RAISE (Recognizing Abilities & Inclusion of Special Employees) was adopted by JFCS in 2023 and launching in early 2024. Sandra oversees the program administration, staying closely connected to the participants (the RAISE employees), the family liaisons, job coaches, and work site liaisons, anticipating a smooth pilot year.

Sandra holds a B.A. in Psychology from SUNY Binghamton, and an M.B.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Baruch College in NYC. She has an extensive recruitment background in Talent Management with Kraft, Unilever, and Dannon, and was a consultant to many small & midsize companies in the NY Metro area. In addition to recruitment, Sandra worked on corporate performance management, training & development, and compensation structures.

In recent years Sandra has been in the non-profit sector, career coaching at FEGS in NYC, providing national Executive Search for CEOs at JFNA (Jewish Federations of North America), and now at JFCS. In this role, she has consulted 1:1 to 1,000+ community members. Sandra is a coach, consultant and cheerleader to those in need of job search support … maybe even an honorary social worker!

Michael Danzig has been JFCS’s Director of Marketing since 2021. Michael has over 16 years of experience formulating, managing, and implemeting marketing programs for all manner of brands and products. Michael began his career in NYC at various different advertising agencies focusing on digital marketing. From luxury goods to automotive to pharmaceuticals to enterntainment brands, Michael has had experience in a wide variety of brand verticals. He is an expert in digital and traditional marketing tactics, and brings his marketing knowledge to the JFCS team every day. As Director of Marketing for JFCS, Michael is responsible for all marketing responsibilites, including website management, social media, direct mail, email, and print. He enjoys finding new and creative ways to highlight and magnify JFCS’s many social and mental health services. Spending so many years working for retail brands whose only goal is to make money, Michael derives immense joy from being able to represent an agency who only wants to help others.