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CBE Annual Meeting 2026

Tuesday, June 9 at 7:00 PM

This year’s Annual Meeting of the Membership will be held on Tuesday, June 9 at 7 p.m. in the CBE Social Hall at 274 Garfield Place. All members received an email with a link to register on May 26, 2026. If you did not receive that email and/or still need the link to register, please email info@cbebk.org.

We strongly encourage in-person attendance. However, a Zoom link can be made available as an accommodation for members for whom in-person attendance is a challenge. To request a Zoom link, please email Lead Administrator Nate Jaffe at njaffe@cbebk.org. Members who are unable to attend either in person or virtually are encouraged to submit a proxy. See below for a link to the proxy form.

At this time, the slate of Trustees and Officers will be submitted for election. You may view the slate and the meeting agenda below.

Please note up to two adult members per household are entitled to vote.

We hope all members will join us on June 9 for the Annual Meeting.

Meeting Agenda

Welcome
D’var Torah
Vote on Proposed Slate of Trustees and Officers
Clergy Report
Executive Director’s Report
President’s Report
Finance Report
Installation of Trustees and Officers
Moment of Remembrance
Closing Benediction

Slate of Trustees and Officers

I. Proposed Trustees

For a term ending in 2029:
Janis Echenberg*
Rebecca Kleinhandler-Dahan
Leslie Lewin
Aaron Miller
Jaime Pessin
Tamar Renaud
Debbie Rosen

*New candidate

II. Proposed Officers

For a term ending in 2027:
President: Leslie Lewin
Executive Vice President: Matthew Baer
Vice President: Ariella Golomb
Vice President: Joanna Pressman
Vice President: Molly Silberberg
Treasurer: Larry Sweet
Secretary: Danielle Noel

Candidate Bios

Janis Echenberg

Janis and her family became members of CBE in 2014. She serves on the Membership and Engagement Committee and the CBE Ritual Committee and previously served on the Growth Task Force and the Yachad Parent Committee. Her sons have enjoyed growing up at CBE, attending the Early Childhood Center, CBE Summer Camp, and Yachad. Janis is the Practice Group Manager of the New York Litigation group at Sidley Austin LLP. She previously spent fifteen years as an Assistant United States Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division in the Southern District of New York, as well as several years as a litigator at another major law firm. Janis has received several legal honors, including the New York City Bar Association’s Stimson Medal for an outstanding career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Prosecutor of the Year from both the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation and the Women in Federal Law Enforcement. Janis received her J.D. from UCLA Law School and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

For the bios of all continuing trustee and officer candidates, click here.

Proxy form - CLOSING AT 6:15 PM TUESDAY, JUNE 9
Every member of the Congregation is entitled to vote by proxy on any matter on which such member is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of the Congregation. To be valid, a proxy must be executed through submission of our online form by the member conferring the same and shall not be given to any person other than a member of the Congregation. Please note the proxy form will close at 6:15 PM on Tuesday, June 9 in advance of the meeting.

Proxy Form