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If you have any questions about learning, engaging, connecting, please be in touch with Beata. Beata handles day-to-day business operations, security, managing capital improvements, fundraising support and complaints. You can read her bio here.
A member of CBINT since 1997, Pnina has served on CBINT’s Executive Committee and Board of Trustees for many years and has served on committees including Education, Tzedakah Pledge Model Working Group, Gemilut Hasadim, Shul Honors, Kitchen Volunteer, Nominations, and Bedek HaBayit.
Beyond CBINT, her volunteer work in the greater Jewish community work has included the Chairperson of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation Israel and Overseas Committee, and the MJF/IOC Partnership2Gether (P2G) Committee, JCC Food Pantry volunteer, Agency Review Council and Repairing Together.
Professionally, Pnina earned her Ph.D. in special education in the area of emotional disturbance from the University of Missouri and has taught in higher education, was a school principal, and more recently a researcher for Milwaukee County Behavioral Health. After 50-plus years working in the fields of special education and mental health for children & youth, she recently retired.
Pnina is married to her most amazing husband, Don Schoenfeld, and is a proud mother and grandmother of Adena, who grew up in both MJDS & CBINT, and her granddaughter Ayla.
Michael Johnson
Known as the other “M.J.”, and always the first to welcome congregants (in different languages), Michael takes care of event set up, upkeep and preventative maintenance, principal interface with event security and parking and traffic control.