INSPIRING
Leadership
The Levine Center to End Hate is guided by a multicultural, multi-ethnic, interfaith steering committee representing all sectors of our community—from business to nonprofit, public education to higher education, and government to law enforcement.
Steering Committee
Judy Azoff
Executive Director, Retired
Farash Institute for Jewish Education
Sr. Director, Staff Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
University of Rochester
Co-Director, Counseling & Community Works
St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center
Immediate Past President
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester
Isobel Goldman
Director of Grants & Programs, Retired
Farash Foundation
Adrian Hale
Senior Manager
Talent Strategy, Workforce Development & Education Initiatives
Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce
Abu Saeed Islam
Manager
Advanced Technology Group at Xerox
Steven Jarose
Director
National Coalition Building Institute
Ann M. Johnson
Executive Director
ACT Rochester
Rabbi Alan J. Katz
Temple Sinai
Christina Lee
Coordinator for Global Education
Monroe Community College
President, Digital Apparel Lab
President, The William & Mildred Levine Foundation
Kevin McGowan, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Brighton Central School District
Kit Miller
Director
M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
Mark Mura
Deputy Chief of Community Affairs
Rochester Police Department
Susan E. Nowak, SSJ, Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies
Nazareth College
Julie Nusbaum
President, Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester
Inaugural Chair, Levine Center to End Hate
Michael Silverstein, CRPC
Senior Partner
Freedom Financial Planning, LLC
La’Ron Singletary
Chief of Police
City of Rochester
Taj P. Smith, Ed.D
Director of Diversity Education
Rochester Institute of Technology
Tiana Stephens
Communications Officer
Greater Rochester Health Foundation
Roland Williams
Founder
Champion Academy
NFL Super Bowl Champion
Veronica Wilson
Partnerships Manager
Champion Academy
Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Associate Artistic Director and Director of Engagement
Geva Theatre Center