News & Impact

Susan Kolb, Board President and extraordinary JFCS and community leader for many decades, loves everything about us, from our programs at Parents Place andSeniors At Home to services that help those in urgent need. We recently sat down with her to learn more about her history and dedication to JFCS and the Jewish community. Tell us a bit about your background. I grew up in a wonderfully warm and embracing Jewish community in Oakland and moved to Los Angeles when I was 13. I went to high school there and college at UCLA. How did you become involved in… Read More

When JFCS friend, Board and Committee member, and Fammy Awards Gala co-chair Tammy Crown became involved with the agency 10 years ago, she did so after determining through extensive research that JFCS was exactly the type of organization she and her husband, Bill, wanted to support: JFCS takes a holistic approach, focuses on human services, fulfills its mission to a tee, and spends most of its fundraising dollars on essential services. “JFCS hires and trains great people, and it is constantly looking at itself to see how it can be even more effective,” says Tammy, a former business strategist with… Read More