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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
Interim Head of School
Susan Biedinger
Director of Business & HR
Steven Perlman
Administrative Assistant
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 2022-2023
| President | Brooke Kaplan |
| Administrative Vice President | Carlie Somerville |
| Vice President of Education and Personnel | Sheri Krell |
| Vice President of PR and Recruitment | Sarah Kunin |
| Vice President of Ways and Means | Ilene Kosoff |
| Treasurer | Jan Jaffe |
| Secretary | Jessica Nissenbaum |
| Parent Association President | Ginger Brook |
| Immediate Past President | Sam Friedman |
| Head of School | Brian Cain |
Board Members 2022-2023
| Jack Aland | Jamie Odrezin | Evan Salter |
| Barbara Brande | Lynn Raviv | Sarah Schaeffer |
| Julie Cohen | Nadav Raviv | Andrea Shapiro |
| Jackie Feldman | Marc Rice | Asaf Stein |
| Janet Gresham | Danielle Rosenbaum | Martin Stein |
| Kent Haines | Robbie Rothenberg | Valerie Thompson |
| Kendal Jaffe | Josh Rutsky |
Ex Officio: Aimee Johnson, Lauren Schwartz, Danny Cohn, Sally Friedman, Rabbi Yossi Posner, Rabbi Adam Wright, Rabbi Moshe Rube, Rabbi Steven Henkin
