Officers Bios
Eddie Pont
President
Judy Klem
Executive Vice President
Liz Simon
Immediate Past President
Liz Simon has been actively involved with Oak Park Temple since 1990. She and her husband Jonathan met and were married at OPT. She and her three daughters became B’nai Mitzvah, and all three daughters worked as TAs in the religious school and at Camp Shalom. As a family, they have traveled with Cantor Yugend-Green to Israel, celebrated with other community members at the annual Temple Retreats, and contributed to many of the Temple’s social action initiatives. Liz is active in Rabbi Weiss’s Saturday morning Torah study group, and she sings with Zimrei Ha’am. She has been involved in several committees, including religious school, the Caring Community, worship and HR.
Liz is an attorney with a mediation and arbitration practice focused on labor and employment law. She serves on three national dispute resolution boards and teaches at Loyola University Law School, where her students advocate on behalf of small businesses and low income clients.
Secretary:
Audrey Rosenblatt
Treasurer:
David Karrow
Vice President Membership Engagement:
Glenn Steigbigel
Vice President Membership Development:
Carly Grant
At-Large Members of the Board:
Joe Mitzenmacher, Dan George, Steve Scheer, Russ Cohen, Susan Kason, Rob Pooley, Adam Lyon, Hilarie Pozesky, Megan Keskitalo