In This Section
2025 Officers
NATA Staff
2025 Directors

Scott Nelson
Congregation Sukkat Shalom
Wilmette, IL

Lauren Snyder
Temple Beth Tikvah
Fullerton, CA
Ex-Officio Members

Ruth Cohen
Director, NA Congregational Member Services & Account Management at Union for Reform Judaism
Union for Reform Judaism
New York, NY
2024 Board of Directors Installation Ceremony
Charlotte, NC
NATA Past Presidents
| Irving I. Katz, FTA* | Apr-1941 | to | Nov-1948 |
| Max Feder, FTA* | Nov-1948 | to | Feb-1955 |
| Bernard I. Pincus, FTA* | Feb-1955 | to | Apr-1957 |
| Louis J. Freehof* | Apr-1957 | to | Apr-1958 |
| Nathan Emanuel, FTA* | Apr-1958 | to | Oct-1961 |
| Henry S.Jacobs* | Nov-1961 | to | Nov-1963 |
| Frank L. Adler, FTA* | Dec-1963 | to | Dec-1965 |
| Henry S. Fruhauf, FTA* | Nov-1965 | to | Nov-1967 |
| Julian Feldman, FTA* | Nov-1967 | to | Nov-1969 |
| Bernard I. Lepoff, FTA* | Nov-1969 | to | Nov-1971 |
| David Mitchell, FTA* | Nov-1971 | to | Nov-1973 |
| Frank L.Simons, FTA* | Nov-1973 | to | Nov-1975 |
| Melvin S.Harris, FTA* | Nov-1975 | to | Nov-1977 |
| Walter C.Baron, FTA* | Nov-1977 | to | Nov-1979 |
| Henry Ziegler, FTA* | Nov-1979 | to | Jul-1982 |
| Shirley M. Chernela, FTA* | Jul-1982 | to | Nov-1985 |
| Harold Press, FTA* | Nov-1985 | to | Nov-1987 |
| Ilene Herst, FTA* | Nov-1987 | to | Nov-1989 |
*of blessed memory
| William Ferstenfeld, FTA | Nov-1989 | to | Nov-1991 |
| Norman Fogel, FTA | Nov-1991 | to | Nov-1993 |
| Steven E. Breuer, FTA | Nov-1993 | to | Nov-1997 |
| Fern Kamen, FTA | Oct-1997 | to | Dec-2001 |
| Elizabeth Hirsch, FTA | Dec-2001 | to | Dec-2003 |
| Gary Cohn, FTA | Dec-2003 | to | Dec-2005 |
| Loree Resnik, FTA | Dec-2005 | to | Dec-2007 |
| Edward Alpert, FTA | Dec-2007 | to | Dec-2010 |
| Livia Thompson, FTA | Dec-2010 | to | Dec-2013 |
| Janice Rosenblatt, FTA | Dec-2013 | to | Dec-2016 |
| Abigail Goldberg Spiegel, FTA | Jan-2017 | to | Dec-2019 |
| Jack Feldman, FTA | Jan-2020 | to | Dec-2022 |



























