Board of Directors

James S. Singer

President

Since 1987, Jim has been a partner at the Boston based law firm of Rudolph Friedmann LLP.  He is also a member of the Massachusetts Bar, U.S. District Court, District Court of Massachusetts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.  An experienced litigator, Jim has assisted clients with construction litigation, commercial collections, landlord/tenant issues, and general business disputes.  Jim is a 1974 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a Bachelor of Science degree.  He received his J.D. degree in 1978 at Northeastern University School of Law.  From 2004 to 2007, Jim was named by Boston Magazine as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer.  Jim attended Camp Avoda from 1962 to 1972.  Appointed to the Camp Avoda Board of Directors in 1992, Jim has served as President since 2005.  Jim lives in Newton with his wife Phyllis and is the father of two Avoda alumni.

Robert Zuker
Vice President and Treasurer

Since 2003, Robert has been the Chief Operating Officer at Chestnut Hill Realty (CHR) based in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He currently sits on CHR’s Executive, Investments, Operations, and Green Committees and supervises the Human Resources, Administrative Services, Purchasing and IT departments.  Bobby is also involved in acquisitions and development as well as finding, analyzing, and pursuing new opportunities on behalf of CHR.  Bobby received a BBA from Emory University in Atlanta.  Bobby is an active member of Temple Beth Avodah in Newton and serves on its board of directors as chairman of the budget and financial oversight committees. He recently joined the board of the newly formed Brookline Teen Center.  In 2005 Bobby received the Mac Burstein Award from Jewish Big Brother Big Sister Association of Massachusetts for his work on strategic financial planning.  Also in 2005, the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance nominated Bobby its annual “Environmental Leader” in recognition of his significant contributions to parks and open spaces in Brookline through dedication and volunteerism.  Bobby attended Camp Avoda from 1984 to 1997, served as a board member of the Camp Avoda Alumni Association, and joined the Camp Avoda Board of Directors in 2003.  He has served as Vice President and Treasurer since 2006.  Bobby lives in Brookline with his wife Molly, son Charlie (an Avodian to-be), and his daughter Lulu.

Michael Ross
Clerk

Russell Sherman
Secretary

Herbert Bamel
Dr. Jonathan Bamel
Louis Dennis
Neal Goldman
Jeffrey Keselman
Kenneth Schlossberg

Alumni Association Board of Directors

Michael Roth
President

David Wertheim
Treasurer

Jeffrey Vetstein
Secretary

Aaron Agulnek
David Chella
Seth Fox
David Glattstein
Dan Gollinger
Eddie Klayman
Greg Lazaroff
Richard Lefkowitz
Sam Mirkin
Barry Morgan
Larry Rubin
Paul Simon