Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH AND OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH TRAINING AND EDUCATION BY FUNDRAISING FOR AND BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE GLOBAL ORT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ORT SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES.
THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH AND OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH TRAINING AND EDUCATION
ORT AMERICA PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE ORT NETWORK OF SCHOOLS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS IN 38 COUNTRIES WITH ALMOST FOUR MILLION GRADUATES TO DATE. THE CUTTING-EDGE EDUCATION ACQUIRED AT ORT SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDE MARKETABLE SKILLS THAT ENABLE OVER $300,000 STUDENTS AND BENEFICIARIES ANNUALLY TO ATTAIN SUCCESSFUL CAREERS, BECOME COMMUNITY LEADERS AND LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. AMONG THE RECIPIENTS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM ORT AMERICA ARE THE ORT PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDED LOS ANGELES ORT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (LA), AND THE JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES CENTER OF DETROIT, EACH OF WHICH HAVE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS ORIENTED TOWARD JOB PLACEMENT IN THEIR CHOSEN FIELD. OVERSEA PROGRAMS THAT ORT AMERICA PROVIDES FUNDING TO INCLUDE KADIMA MADA (SCIENCE JOURNEY), WHICH IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE GLOBAL ORT PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH) INSTRUCTION AND THE ISRAEL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO ELEVATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION OF LOW-INCOME ISRAELI MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AS A MEANS OF ENHANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS SERVED. ORT'S LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM IS ANOTHER KEY RECIPIENT OF FUNDING, ASSURING THAT JEWISH AND OTHER STUDENTS IN ARGENTINA, MEXICO, URUGUAY, AND ELSEWHERE RECEIVE A CUTTING-EDGE EDUCATION LEADING TO MEANINGFUL CAREERS. ANOTHER PRIMARY RECIPIENT OF ORT AMERICA FUNDING IS THE ORT PROGRAM IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND BALTIC STATES. OVER ROUGHLY TWENTY YEARS, ORT HAS BUILT A NETWORK OF SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS CURRENTLY SERVING 27,000 STUDENTS ACROSS TEN TIME ZONES.
SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL ORT PROGRAM RELIES ON AN ACTIVE, KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND MOTIVATED LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP BASE. THIS, IN TURN, NECESSITATES A SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE FOR OUTREACH, AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND NEXT GENERATION INITIATIVES. ORT AMERICAS MEMBERSHIP BASE INCLUDES SUPPORTERS FROM BOTH OF ITS PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATIONS, AMERICAN ORT AND WOMENS AMERICAN ORT.
COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ORT AMERICAS GOAL OF EDUCATING THE OVERALL COMMUNITY ABOUT ORTS GLOBAL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS PROMOTING ORTS VALUES, THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IN TURN IMPACTS COMMUNITIES, AND IMPROVES THE WORLD.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Jeffrey Cooper | CEO EFF. 1/1/19-12/12/19/CFO | 35 | $217,830 |
| Naomi Reinharz | DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS | 40 | $150,043 |
| Lily Joy Sembrano | CONTROLLER | 35 | $148,137 |
| Nicole Miller | Midwest Regional Director | 40 | $146,831 |
| Allison Halpern | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS | 40 | $134,682 |
| Pamela Klier-Weidner | EXEC. DIR - ORT CHICAGO | 40 | $120,000 |
| Lawrence Ludwig | DIR. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 40 | $119,717 |
| Barbara Birch | PRESIDENT & CEO EFF. 12/12/19 | 40 | $2,500 |
| Lewis Zipkin | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Lawrence Wolfe | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Andrea Wolfe | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Louanne Smolin | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Jose Pepe Sigal | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Barbara Siegel | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Barbara Ross | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Michael Perlmuter | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Leandro Margulis | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Jon Levine | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Joan Levin | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Jonathan Lanznar | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Debbie Kanter | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Susan Goldman | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Eva Lynn Gans | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Shelly Dreifuss | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Baron Vivien De Gunzbu | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Sid Besmertnik | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Saul Berkowitz | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Bubba Urdan | MEMBER - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Judy Menikoff | MEMBER - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | 4 | $0 |
| Gail Lanznar | MEMBER - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | 4 | $0 |
| Brad Kolar | MEMBER - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | 4 | $0 |
| Suellen Kadis | Member - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | 0.3 | $0 |
| Larry Kadis | Member - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | 4 | $0 |
| Robert Grey | Member - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | 2 | $0 |
| Conrad Giles | Member - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | 3 | $0 |
| Richard Bernstein | EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR | 3 | $0 |
| Howard Lanznar | BOARD CHAIR | 7.5 | $0 |
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