JSPAN Welcomes Nine New Board Members

Paula Green
Paula Green is the Associate Director of Corporate Engagement at United Way. She lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Richard I Malkin, MD
Richard Malkin is a retired pediatrician whose interests include health care reform, social and economic justice, Judaism in America and urban educational opportunity. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he also earned his medical degree.

Richard is a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Physicians for a National Health Program. He was the Chief of Pediatrics at Health Service Plan of Pennsylvania and a past president of Congregation Or Hadash in Fort Washington.

Mark Newman
Mark Newman is a partner in EHR Associates, which is dedicated to advancing the practice of medicine through information technology. He is also active in local politics.

Mark received his BA in Philosophy from Oberlin College and an MS in Information Systems from Drexel.

Audrey Ann Ross
Audrey Ann Ross is the Government and Media Relations Coordinator at Planned Parenthood of Southern Pennsylvania. She is a board member at the League of Women Voters of Philadelphia and was the Eastern PA organizer of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence united with the Million Mom March.

Audrey Ann received her degree from Guilford College.

J. Sanford Schwartz, MD
Sandy Schwartz is Leon Hess Professor of Medicine and Health Management and Economics at the School of Medicine and The Wharton School, Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Policy and Economics and Senior Scholar at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a clinically oriented health services researcher focusing on medical decision making.

Sandy received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is married to Susan Carol Beer and they have three children.

Marc Stier, PhD
Marc Stier is a teacher and community activist who is currently teaching at Temple University. He received his BA from Wesleyan University and a PhD in political science from Harvard University. He has written on political philosophy, American politics, democracy and community and completed a three volume work entitled Politics and Reason.

Marc’s community activities include: president of West Mt. Airy Neighbors; leader of the Pennsylvania Transit Campaign; founder of Neighborhood Networks; and coordinator of NeighborhoodDefense.org. He is married to Diane and has a daughter Katja. An avid 76ers fan, he plays basketball and has a love of jazz.

Deborah Weinstein, Esq.
Deborah Weinstein is the Founder and President of The Weinstein Firm. She has lectured on employment law in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department of the Wharton Business School. A former Chair of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association, she led the Association’s initiative to create a Law Practice Management Division.

Presently Deborah serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Philadelphia Lawyer, the Bar Association’s quarterly magazine. She received her law degree from the Temple University School of Law and also holds a Masters in Social Work from the University of South Carolina.

Lynn Zeitlin, Esq.
Lynn Zeitlin is the former Executive Director of Equality Advocates, PA. Prior to that position, she had a distinguished career as a corporate and real estate lawyer and activist. In addition, she has amassed an impressive array of work in the Philadelphia nonprofit and community relations community.

Lynn has worked for such organizations as the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Anti-Defamation League, Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, Philadelphia Bar Association, and Equality Forum.

Jill Katz Zipin, Esq.
Jill Katz Zipin is very involved in community activities, including Woman’s Philanthropy of Jewish Federation, Coordinating Council for the Elderly of Jewish Federation, and Woman’s Leadership Training Program of Jewish Federation. She is politically active and has worked on campaigns for Ruth Damsker and Barak Obama.

Jill is a graduate of Temple University where she also earned her law degree. Her interests include politics, reading, tennis and figure skating.