Our Team

Jana M Meisarosh

Jana M Meisarosh

Founder & President

Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh is a PhD candidate in the Slavic Department at the University of…

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Kathryn Gainor

Kathryn Gainor

Secretary

She has worked as administrative staff, as well as for nonprofits. She has a…

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Germán Alonso

Germán Alonso

Treasurer

Germán Alonso is a general physician (UNAM, Mexico), and holds a Masters Degree in…

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Tanya Yakovleva

Tanya Yakovleva

Vice President

She studied Comparative Literature, Classical, Slavic, Jewish and Media Studies at the…

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Yale Strom

Yale Strom

Artistic Consultant

He is also one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Roma music and…

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Elizabeth Schwartz

Elizabeth Schwartz

Artistic Consultant

She is a renowned klezmer vocalist, specializing in the Romanian tradition. She is…

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Marc Caplan

Marc Caplan

Academic Consultant

He has been an activist in the Yiddish world since the 1990s, when he began studying…

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Amelia Glaser

Amelia Glaser

Academic Consultant

She is a scholar of Russian, Ukrainian, and Yiddish literature and an Associate Professor…

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Karen Bohrer

Karen Bohrer

Community Outreach Advisor

She has worked in areas of professional services marketing, corporate communications…

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Lea Wolinetz

Lea Wolinetz

Community Relations Specialist

Lea Sigiel Wolinetz is a daughter of Holocaust survivors. She is a former administrator in the…

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Edward Meisarosh

Edward Meisarosh

Legal Consultant

He is responsible for managing the financial actions of YAAANA. He has been with YAAANA from…

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Kathi Diamant

Kathi Diamant

Prospective Board Member

Kathi has worked her way through a variety of careers: author, actor, TV talk show…

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