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Mission and History
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Faculty and Staff
Each member of the N. E. Miles Jewish Day School team values children as individuals who develop at their own pace and learn in their own way. With this in mind, our staff creates and teaches a curriculum that allows each child, from the youngest to the oldest, to grow with a sense of achievement and self-confidence. We offer children multiple avenues through which they learn and express their understanding, creativity, and imagination.
Admin Team
Brian Cain
Head of School
Kristi Norris
Director of Business & HR
Kristi Norris
Director of Office Operations
Robin Berger
Director of Recruitment & Retention
Our Board
The N.E. Miles Jewish Day School (NEMJDS) Board of Directors is composed of members who embody the broad and diverse nature of Birmingham’s Jewish Community. According to the by-laws, the Board of Directors is comprised of at least nineteen and not more than thirty four members with representation from the three local synagogues, Chabad, the Levite Jewish Community Center, and constituents of the Birmingham Jewish Federation, Birmingham Jewish Foundation, and Collat Jewish Family Services. The chairperson of the NEMJDS Endowment Advisory Committee, the president of the Parent-Teacher Association of the NEMJDS and the immediate Past President of the NEMJDS Board of Directors shall also hold seats on the executive committee. Additional seats on the board are filled by Day School alumni, parents, and community leaders.
Executive Committee 2023-2024
| Co-President | Carlie Somerville |
| Co-President | Natalie Goldsmith |
| Vice President | Sarah Kunin |
| PR and Recruitment | Sarah Schaeffer |
| Ways and Means | Jamie Odrezin |
| Treasurer | Lisa Kianoff |
| Secretary | Vaalerie Morrison Thompson |
| Parent Association President | Alice Mintsin |
| Immediate Past President | Brooke Kaplan |
| Head of School | Brian Cain |
Board Members 2024-2025
| Barbara Brande | Nadav Raviv | Evan Salter |
| Asaf Stein | Lynn Raviv | Danielle Rosenbaum |
| Kent Haines | Martin Stein | Jack Aland |
| Karen Weinrib | Ginger Brooke | Rachel Freidman |
| Susan Green | Zach Dembo | Andrew Newcomb |
| Marc Rice |
Ex Officio: Danny Cohn, Brooke Bowles, Lauren Schwartz, ,Rabbi Yossi Posner, Rabbi Adam Wright, Rabbi Steven Henkin
