Our Leadership
JCS Board of Directors
Chair
Mindy Stone
Vice Chair
Minna Ellison
Treasurer
Christine Cannata
Secretary
Kayla Rosen
Kelley Berkerey
Matthew Blank
Elaine Farber Budish
Doug Emanuel
Robin Engle
Felice Farber
James Galkin
Marisa Garber
Marilyn Katz
Myrna Levine
Richard Licht
Bonnie Ryvicker
Niecie Weiner
Staff Leaders
Jewish Collaborative Services employs highly trained and credentialed professionals. Our staff includes licensed marriage and family therapists, masters of social work, licensed social workers, registered nurses, certified nursing assistants and assisted living administrators. In addition to their qualifications, they bring commitment and compassion in caring for clients and their families.
Our leadership team consists of dedicated professionals with many years of experience working to ease the burden of those facing hardship or transition in their housing, health, family or social situations.
Pamela Morris, MSW
President and CEO
Pamela is a RI native with a long career in health and human services, particularly serving older adults. She holds a Masters of Social Work degree from Rhode Island College and a Post Graduate Certificate in Long Term Care Administration from Iona College in NY. Pam has experience working as a case manager specializing with older adults needing protective services as well as a social worker in the long term care and skilled nursing environments. View Pam’s full profile.
Renee St. John, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Renee joined JCS in December 2019. As CFO, she is responsible for the overall financial strategy and direction of the organization’s business, finance and personnel operations. Within finance, she guides the staff, finance committee, investment committee and board of directors on all financial matters, including external audit functions, banking, investments, tax reporting and human resources. View Renee’s full profile.
Sara Ades Goodwin
Chief Development Officer
As Chief Development Officer at JCS, Sara is responsible for planning and implementing innovative strategies to secure donors and contributions, ensuring the agency’s long-term sustainability. In 2016, in her previous role as Director of Major Gifts, she secured a $2.5 million donation for Jewish Family Service of RI, the largest in its history, which allowed the agency to purchase and maintain the new JCS offices in Providence. View Sara’s full profile.
Patricia Burns Harwood, LICSW
Chief of Programs
Patty oversees the coordination, integration, and delivery of all programs and services at JCS. She also works to promote collaborative relationships between program areas and to ensure that services consistently meet or exceed the expectations of clients, family members, funders, partners and other stakeholders. View Patty’s full profile.
Helayne Goldstein-Ramirez
Executive Director of Tamarisk Senior Living
Helaynel is the Executive Director of Tamarisk Senior Living on JCS’s Warwick campus. She brings 20+ years of management experience in senior living and community services. She is licensed as a nursing home administrator, Assisted Living Residence Administrator, Independent Clinical Social Worker, and is Nationally Certified as a Dementia Practitioner.
Rachael Adams
Director of Housing at Shalom Apartments
Rachael is the Executive Director of Shalom and Shalom II on JCS’s Warwick campus. Full Bio to come.
Janelle (JC) Roussel
Director of Community Services
As the Director of Community Services, JC is responsible for providing supervision and administrative oversight to four of our programs: Adoption Options, Jewish Eldercare, Kosher Nutrition, and the Food Pantry. JC’s experience is in child and family welfare. Prior to working at JCS, JC was the Director of Quality Management at Saint Vincent’s. View JC’s full profile.
Jessica Murphy Hoard
Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications
As the Marketing and Communications Manager, Jessica is responsible for developing and implementing the agency’s communications and marketing strategies to further agency goals, brand recognition, and engaging target audiences. Jessica received her Masters from Merrimack College in 2016. [Email: Jessica@jcsri.org]