Board of Directors
The BallenIsles Charities Foundation Board of Directors sets the overall focus and guidelines for all grants awarded by the Foundation and selects the organizations to receive Foundation grants. The Board also establishes the timing and overall agenda for all fundraising events. The Board has 10 Directors including one representative each from boards of the BallenIsles Country Club (BICC) and the BallenIsles Community Association (BICA).
- Mark Freeman, President
- Ken Horner, Vice President/Treasurer
- Carl Ekstein, Secretary
- Stephanie Bell, Director
- Frankie Edenzon, Director
- Allen Hirsch, Director
- Ronald Klein, Director
- Joel Schlesinger, Director
- Nancy Josephs, Director (BICA)
- Linda Greenhouse, Director (BICC)
Committee
Chairs
The BallenIsles Charities Foundation has nine standing committees: Communications, Community Service, Corporate Development, Finance, Governance, Grants, Marketing, Raffles, and Residential Development. This volunteer team of residents works together with the Board year-round to manage the ongoing work of our Foundation.
- Chere Goldstein, Communications
- Allen Hirsch, Community Service
- Joel Schlesinger, Corporate Development
- Lana Anker & Eva Brisman, Finance
- Ken Horner, Governance
- Frankie Edenzon, Grants
- Karen Weinstat, Marketing
- Joanne Feldman & Lee Ostrowski, Raffles
- Stephanie Bell, Residential Development
Volunteers &
Committee Members
We couldn’t have done it without you! Since we began more than 15 years ago, BallenIsles residents have volunteered to help plan, coordinate and staff all the various activities of the BallenIsles Charities Foundation. And with the development of our Community Service program, dozens more have given their time and effort to bring BallenIsles Charities Foundation Helping Hands directly where they are needed. You’re the best! The list below is of this year's volunteers.
- Andrea Abraham
- Debbi Abramson
- Vickie Abrutyn
- Sharon Anderson
- Lana Anker
- Amy Arlein
- Ken Arlein
- Barbara Aschheim
- Carlo Badioli
- Ruth Ann Baghdadi
- Robert Barth
- Stephanie Bell
- David Bencze
- Nancy Beren
- Martha Bilodeau
- Jim Bloom
- Judy Bloom
- Carole Blumberg
- Judie Brandt
- Aimee Brash
- Diane Brill
- Art Brinker
- Eva Brisman
- Lori Brockhaus
- Sunny Brody
- Andy Brookman
- CJ Butcher
- Magda Cabezas
- Dan Cameron
- Laura Cavigliano
- Mary Ann Champlin
- Michael Clifton
- Sharon Clifton
- Linda Coff
- Carolyn Cohan
- Cathy Cohan
- Diane Cohn
- Don Cohn
- Jessica Cohn
- Gail Danto
- Curtis Dobler
- Brian Donaghy
- Lauren Dowd-Shedlock
- Bayle Drubel
- Heidi DuBois
- Frankie Edenzon
- Carl Ekstein
- David Embree
- Nancy Embree
- Jill Feder
- Gerald Feldman
- Joanne Feldman
- Laren Fender
- Jane Fisher
- Steve Fisher
- Carolyn Frank
- Chris Franklin
- Fran Freeman
- Mark Freeman
- Vicki Friedman
- Stephen Frishberg
- Susan Froehlich
- Sara Fuchs
- Randie Galler
- Richard Gilbert
- Gina Giuditta
- Barbara Goldenberg
- Chere Goldstein
- Linda Greenhouse
- Nancy Gross
- Ellen Gutstein
- Steve Gutstein
- Michelle Haddad
- Michelle Hall
- Betty Herman
- Allen Hirsch
- Miriam Hirsch
- Patricia Holst
- Ken Horner
- Annie Josephs
- Betsy Josephs
- Nancy Josephs
- Jan Joy
- Ron Kanagaki
- Marcia Kaplin
- Paul Karofsky
- Alex Kaufman
- Debbie Kaufman
- Faye Kippie
- Herb Kishter
- Maggie Kishter
- Jill Kiviat
- Mary Klein
- Ronald Klein
- Sylvana Klein
- Cathy Kochifos
- Ellen Krantz
- Richard Krantz
- Richard Krim
- John Lachs
- Lori Lampl
- Beryl Lamster
- Mel Lamster
- Paula Landau
- Terri Lander
- Wendi Langer
- Melissa Leach
- JoAnn Lee
- Steven Leicht
- Wendi Levine
- Arlene Lewis
- Debbie Mann
- Randi Margolin
- Stacy Milner
- Jonathan Molner
- Tara Moser
- judie Muntner
- Andi Munzer
- Marni Murphy
- Anthea Novak
- Victor Nowicki
- Melodie O’Connor
- John Ostrowski
- Lee Ostrowski
- Don Osur
- Tom Padgett
- Howard Passov
- Jody Passov
- Elaine Patterson
- Donna Penyak
- David Perlman
- Laura Perlman
- Carolyn Phillips
- Ellie Pines
- Vicki Pines
- Esmeralda Poppinga
- Pat Rado
- Robert Rappaport
- Sheila Reichenstein
- Julie Rifkin
- Jack Robbins
- Art Roffey
- Alan Roman
- Lin Roman
- Gerry Rosenthal
- John Ruggirello
- Patty Ruggirello
- Steve Sadicario
- Muni Saltoun
- Stephen Sands
- Joel Schlesinger
- Millie Selinger
- Paul Shapiro
- Sharon Shapiro
- Nancy Shuman
- Richard Shuman
- Alan Silverman
- April Silverstein
- Sharon Singer
- Linda Slucker
- Kathy Smallwood
- Barbara Smith
- Maryna Smith
- Robert Smith
- Cynthia Sobel
- Jennifer Solon
- Lois Steinberg
- Kenneth Steingold
- Nikki Steingold
- Jo Steinhart
- Rob Steinhart
- Mike Stevens
- Robert Stiehler
- Alanna Stubblebine
- Kevin Stubblebine
- Cheryl Sugar
- Robert Sugar
- Connie Tamburo
- Jennifer Taylor
- Ellen Tomkin
- Stacey Trachten
- Linda Trummer-Napolitano
- Justin Tulman
- Wendy Tulman
- Susan Viviani
- Janice Wadge
- Steven Wasserman
- Karen Weinstat
- Bonnie Weinstein
- Susan White
- Julia Wyatt
COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
The 2025-2026 Community Service season has concluded, but we hope you will join us out in the community next season.
Explore our past Community Service Opportunities events to see what impact we made.
Special Olympics Golf
Volunteer for this “Golf Skills Olympics” event for the Special Olympics. We need 17 people to help with encouraging and cheering on athletes, assisting athletes as they move around the grounds, keep score and timing, or attending the awards ceremony.