Boards and Leadership

BOARD AND LEADERSHIP MEMBERS OF HMH

Barbara J. Herz, Board Chair

Barbara J. Herz is a native of Austin and has her B.A. in Education from the University of Texas and her M.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Houston. A retired teacher and community champion, she is known as an effective fundraiser with a primary focus to help families, youth and children to have a voice in the community. She is currently a member of both the UTMB National Laboratory Committee and the UTMB Health System Advisory Board, and Temple B’nai Israel, where she served as President of the Board of Trustees. She is also a former member of the Board of Seven Acres Jewish Senior Care Services, first chair of the City of Galveston’s Board on Families, Children and Youth and a former chair of the Women’s Conference for the Galveston County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Herz is a member of the Galveston Historical Foundation, the Junior League of Galveston and is a founding member and the first president of The Ronald McDonald House in Galveston. She received the Henry Cohen Humanitarian Award and the Governor’s Yellow Rose of Texas award for her work in building the House. She also received the 2015 Galveston Historical Society’s Steel Oleander Award as the city of Galveston’s outstanding female community leader and was selected by the Galveston County Daily News as the 2020 Galveston County Citizen of the Year.

Herz resides in Galveston with her husband Irwin Max “Buddy” Herz, Jr. They have two adult children.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Board Chair

Barbara J. Herz

Chair-Elect

Elyse Spector Kalmans

Treasurer

Brian Caress

Secretary

Heidi Gerger #

VICE CHAIRS

Development

Benjamin Warren #

DEAI

Hugo Mojica

Education

Nancy Li-Tarim

Endowment Campaign

Abby Daniels

Facilities

Richard Deutsch

Marketing

Khambrel Marshall

Outreach

Marvalette Hunter

Public Programs

Diane Merrill

Survivor Services

Chaja Verveer**

Immediate Past Chair

Carl Josehart

TRUSTEES

=Nancy Dinerstein
=Cyndy Garza Roberts
=Cheryl Golub
=Luis Gomar
=Deborah Gordon
=Jason Gordon
=Barry Mandel
=Phil Lane
=Hyman Penn, M.D. #
=Corey F. Powell
=Harvey Rosenstock, M.D.
=Dana Springer
=Philip Tenenbaum
=Haya Varon #
=Dr. Mia Wright
=Rebekah Herman (Community Partner, PNC Bank)

BOARD OF ADVISORS

=Sheila Aron
=Larry Buck
=Shannon Buggs
=Peter Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
=Tobi Cooper #
=Wayne Dorris
=Dr. Kim Eagles
=Brad Eastman
=Linda Eisemann
=Dr. Jesus Esparza
=Denise Estrin
=Steve Estrin
=Freddy Feldman
=Sharyn Feller
=Elaine Finger
=Steve Finkelman #
=Iris Fisherman
=Charles Foster
=Nancy Freed
=Laura Freudenberger
=Rhoda Goldberg
=Marty Goossen
=Lynn Gordon
=Ronald Grabois
=Gary Grossman
=Rabbi Oren Hayon
=Punkin Hecht
=Sandi Hedrick
=Shelly Hendry
=Leisa Holland-Nelson
=Laura Jaramillo
=Mady Kades
=Brian Kapiloff
=Mark Khorsandi, M.D.
=Connie Kwan-Wong
=Sandy Lessig #
=Linda Lorelle
=Rebecca Luks ^
=Maryanne Maldonado
=Rosalyn Margolis
=Hans Mayer**
=Sherry Merfish
=Alfie Meyerson
=Edith Mincberg**
=Carmen Ng
=Dr. Beverly Nolan
=Michael Pender
=Eric Pulaski
=Susan Reasoner
=Harvey Rosenstock, M.D.
=John Sharemet
=Mitzi Shure
=Erin Slosburg
=Adam Skorecki #
=Randi Sonenshien ^
=Amalia Stanton
=Josh Stein
=Anna Steinberger, Ph.D., z"l**
=Ruth Steinfeld**
=Jennifer Stockel
=Alberta Totz #
=Ellen Trachtenberg
=Alfred Tribble
=Donna Vallone
=Mark Wade
=Ben Waserman**
=Robin Wayne
=Jeannie Wermuth #
=Dr. Ralph West
=Inna Wizig
=Cyvia Wolff
=Elaine Zhang
=Anat Kaufman Zeidman

EX-OFFICIO

=Gail Stalarow
=Chair, Holocaust Museum Houston Foundation

HOLOCAUST MUSEUM FOUNDATION

Chair

=Gail Stalarow

Secretary

=Pepper Lieberman

Treasurer

=Elyn A. Rodriguez

Immediate Past Chair

=Stan Levy

HMH Board Chair

=Barbara J. Herz

HMH Treasurer

=Brian Caress

Board of Directors

=Michael Doustan
=Brian Gaister
=Barnett Gershen
=Barry Goldblatt
=Rick Kaplan
=Philip J. Pilibosian
=Ann Baker Ronn
=Rob Shoss
=Jeffrey Stein

**Holocaust Survivor

=#2nd Gen
=^3rd Gen

Members of the Holocaust Museum Houston Board of Advisors can be reached by calling 713-942-8000, ext. 100, or by e-mailing info@hmh.org.

PAST CHAIRS CIRCLE

=Martin J. Fein, 1991-1994
=E.D. Wulfe, z”l, 1998-2000
=David Bell, Ed.D., 2002-2003
=Hon. Peter N. Berkowitz, z”l, 2005-2007
=Tali Blumrosen, 2011-2013
=Gary Markowitz, 2016-2018
=Frank Goldberg, 1994-1996
=Roy W. Nichol, 2000-2001
=Joel Spira, 2003-2004
=Walter Hecht, 2007-2009
=Mark S. Mucasey, 2013-2015
=Benjamin Warren, 2018-2020
=William J. Morgan, 1996-1998
=R. Edwin Allday, 2001-2002
=Eileen Weisman, 2004-2005
=Michael S. Goldberg, 2009-2011
=Gail Klein, 2015-2016
=Carl Josehart, 2020-2022