Six Members Added to JFSSD’s Board of Directors

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– During this year’s Annual Meeting & Award Luncheon held on Tuesday, June 25 at the Catamaran Resort Hotel, Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) inducted six long-time San Diego business and civic leaders to its board of directors.
“Each new board member has an extraordinary level of expertise and community insight and is a testament to JFS’s diverse make-up and visionary leadership,” said JFS CEO Michael Hopkins. “Their experience, insight and passion will be significant assets to JFS, as we focus on breaking cycles of poverty and building a stronger San Diego.”
The following new board members were installed for three-year terms:
  • Amy Corton

    Amy Corton is a retired development professional, former practicing attorney and currently the vice chair of the board of directors of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. With an extensive fundraising and nonprofit governance background, she was previously director of donor relations at ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties and director of planned giving at Project Concern International.
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    Meryl Maneker

    Meryl Maneker retired last year and was previously a partner with Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP – heading the firm’s class action practice group. Active professionally and in the community, she chaired the lawyer representative committee to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California and was president of the San Diego chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Additionally, she serves on the board of the Jewish Federation of San Diego.
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    Jon Nachison

    Jon Nachison, Ph.D., is a U.S. Army veteran, and founder and former volunteer director of National Stand Down for veterans and their families experiencing homelessness. The program has now been replicated in over 170 American cities annually. For more than 25 years, he was the chief of psychology for Bayview Psychiatric and Paradise Valley Hospitals. A retired, board-certified diplomate in psychology, he has received numerous national awards, including a National Leadership Award by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
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    Agnes Wong Nickerson

    Agnes Wong Nickerson is the vice president for business and financial affairs and chief financial officer for San Diego State University (SDSU). A certified public accountant, she was previously San Francisco State University’s associate vice president for fiscal affairs. She serves on multiple boards and committees, including the audit committees for the San Diego Regional Airport Authority and SANDAG, as well as the boards of Aztec Shops and the SDSU Research Foundation.
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    Marceline Sciuto

    Marceline Sciuto is the senior director of operations support for the San Diego Unified School District and has worked in education since 1986 as a teacher, project resource teacher, peer coach, vice principal, principal, department director and division head. A member of the California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators, she serves on the board for the Community Hands Network and is a volunteer team leader with the ALS Association Greater San Diego Chapter.
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    Joel Shaps

    Joel Shaps was previously vice president for the Silicon Valley office of Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, managing director for United Capital Financial Advisers, and vice president at Neiman Marcus. Now retired, He founded and operated ShapsGroup, a corporate strategy consulting firm, and ran Bedrock Capital Management, an investment management firm, for 15 years as president and CEO before it became part of United Capital.

The board will continue to be led by Chair Deborah Bucksbaum Maio who is joined by new officers Marie Raftery as advisory officer and Ryan Goldenhar as treasurer. Lilly Cheng will also be returning to the board for a second three-year term.

At the luncheon, Maio recognized outgoing board members Jan Adler, Sheldon Derezin, Susanna Flaster, Jenny Meiselman, Ph.D., and Brad Slavin for their dedicated service to the organization.

For a full list of Jewish Family Service of San Diego’s board of directors, visit www.jfssd.org/board. For more information, to donate or volunteer with JFS, visit www.jfssd.org.

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Preceding provided by Jewish Family Service of San Diego.