Mayberg Foundation Staff
Todd J. Sukol
Todd J. Sukol
Todd J. Sukol has worked in and around the nonprofit and philanthropic sector most of his career. He serves as Executive Director of the Mayberg Foundation where he oversees the foundation’s grantmaking and incubation of several national projects, including the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge.
Previously, Todd was president and lead consultant for Do More Mission, a firm that increases nonprofit impact through philanthropic advisory services to high net worth individuals and foundations as well as providing outsourced management services to small and mid-sized charitable organizations. He was the first executive director and for many years the primary fundraiser for the Koby Mandell Foundation, where he continues to serve on the board of directors.
In addition to his professional roles, he acts as a confident and trusted advisor to countless professional and lay leaders working on behalf of charitable causes. Todd began his career in the nonprofit sector as Program Director of Maryland Hillel in College Park and is an active member of the Greater Washington Jewish and philanthropic communities.
Sukol received an MA in Philanthropic Studies from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University and a BA in Journalism from the Pennsylvania State University. He also studied media at the University of Manchester in England and completed a two-year Yeshiva program at Machon Shlomo: Alexander and Eva Heiden Torah Institute in Jerusalem, Israel.
The most cherished roles he fills are that of devoted husband to his wife (and college sweetheart) Amy and loving father to their five children.
Amanda Mizrahi
Rina Schiff
Rachel Mohl Abrahams
Rachel Mohl Abrahams
Rachel Mohl Abrahams serves as the senior advisor for education grants and programs. She brings to her work as a grantmaker and change agent more than two decades of experience in Jewish educational project design, program management and evaluation.Previously Rachel served as a senior program officer at The AVI CHAI Foundation where she specialized in Jewish education grantmaking and day school initiatives. With a particular affinity for and expertise in personalized learning, Rachel has been a champion for integrating these methodologies into Jewish education spaces.
Rachel holds an M.A. in Bible from Bernard Revel Graduate School and a J.D. from the Cardozo School of Law, and she began her career as an attorney specializing in family law. She lives with her family in New York.
Tyler Grasee
Tyler Grasee
Tyler Grasee serves as the Mayberg Foundation's Grants Officer, working with leadership to design and implement grantmaking strategy. He also manages the Foundation's grants systems, policies, and procedures, and serves as the primary contact for new applicants.
Tyler holds a Master of Arts degree from George Washington University and comes to philanthropy with a background in museums, cultural institutions, and membership associations.
As a grantmaker and a believer in the transformative potential of philanthropy, Tyler's approach is to unite organizational mission and investor strategy with sensitivity and respect for shared goals.
Marni Darby
Shelley Kramm
Shelley Kramm
Shelley Kramm has been a long-time resident of Montgomery County and is known to many here and throughout the country as the pioneer behind Hadley’s Park, the first fully inclusive playground in Maryland and one of the first in the country. With a vast background in the nonprofit world and Business Development Shelley joins the Mayberg Foundation as Trustee Engagement Officer.
Shelley has been featured on the TODAY Show and People Magazine as well as many other publications. She is most proud of being named Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine in 2005 and receiving Hadassah’s Myrtle Wreath Award.
When she isn’t working she enjoys Zumba. And when she’s not dancing, you can find her puttering around her garden or sharing much-loved time with her daughters Sarah and Hadley and son-in-law Bryan and little grandson Milo.
Jewish Education Innovation Challenge Staff
Sharon Freundel
Sharon Freundel
Sharon Freundel, managing director of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge, attended Jewish Day Schools followed by studying at Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University and earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland. She completed graduate courses at Teacher’s College of Columbia University and earned a Master of Arts in Jewish Education at the Baltimore Hebrew University.
Following several years of working in the nursing field, Ms. Freundel became engaged in the teaching of Torah. She taught and was the department chair for TaNaKH (Bible) and Torah SheBa’al Peh (Rabbinics) and was the Mashgicha Ruchanit (Spiritual Guidance Counselor) of the Upper School at the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy. Most recently, she was the Director of Jewish Life at the Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital.
She teaches adult Jewish education classes throughout the Greater Washington, DC, area on topics such as TaNaKH, Jewish philosophy and contemporary halakhic issues in multiple venues and has lectured in Canada, Australia, Israel, and throughout the United States.
Rabbi Shmuel Feld
Rabbi Shmuel Feld
Rabbi Shmuel Feld proudly serves as the founding director of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge. He was a principal and classroom educator in several Jewish Day Schools before joining JEIC in 2012.
Rabbi Feld’s vision of education was shaped by his personal Torah study and day school learning. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Chicago and a Master of Science in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. Additionally, he completed graduate-level coursework at the Lynch School of Education of Boston College. Rabbi Feld holds one of three ordinations granted by Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz.
His favorite job is husband and father of three sons in Silver Spring.
MyZuzah Staff
Alex Shapero
Alex Shapero
Alex Shapero, MyZuzah Program Director, cultivates relationships with both distribution and funding partners–in North America, Israel and across the globe– to ensure kosher, fair trade mezuzahs get to the front doors of Jewish homes that need them. He brings to MyZuzah more than six years of talent and management consulting expertise, building on his previous partnership work at Hillel International and the Israel on Campus Coalition.
Alex holds a Masters in Public Administration and a Masters in Hebrew & Judaic Studies from New York University. Originally from Bangor, Maine, Alex and his family reside in Washington, D.C.
Julie Lobb
Julie Lobb
Julie Lobb, MyZuzah Project Associate, leads data management and logistics for the MyZuzah team. Prior to joining MyZuzah, she served as a human resources business partner for over 12 years, specializing in developing and driving plans to optimize talent, structure, process, and culture in organizations. Julie graduated from the University of Virginia.
Aggie Grossman
Aggie Grossman
As the MyZuzah Program Associate, Aggie works with the MyZuzah team to further the goal of providing a kosher, fair-trade mezuzahs to any Jewish home that needs one. She is focused on nurturing MyZuzah’s relationships with partners, developing new program ideas, and helping the whole team’s operations run smoothly. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Jewish Studies as well as a Master of Public Health.
STAMP Staff
