Staff
Sam Hoenig is a founder and President of the Negev Foundation. Sam has had over 40 years of experience with foreign and domestic agricultural and land-related projects. He has assisted the United States Department of Agriculture and Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and coordinated agricultural transfer initiatives between the United States and Israel. Sam has also served as a consultant to the Minister for Agricultural Affairs to North America at the Israel Embassy in Washington. In addition, Sam is a member of several civic committees in Cleveland including the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, The Ohio Jewish Communities, and was Chairman of Kol Israel Foundation. Prior to becoming President of The Negev Foundation in 1991, Mr. Hoenig spent seventeen years as Regional Executive Director of the Jewish National Fund in Ohio. He attended Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Wisconsin. He later went on to the Hebrew Union college and University of Southern California for Master’s degrees in Education and Nonprofit Administration.
Board and Trustees
Richard J. Bogomolny, Founding Board Chair, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Sam Hoenig, President
Cleveland, OH
Stuart A. Mintz, Esq., Of Counsel
Cleveland, OH
Thomas Adler, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Cindy Attias, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Victor Cohn, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
David Goldberg, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Robert Goldberg, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Patricia M. Kozerefski, Trustee
Gates Mills, OH
Yankele Moscovitz, Trustee
Ramat HaNegev, Israel
David Rosenblum, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Tricia Rosenblum, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Joseph M. Shafran, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Of Blessed Memory
Morten Cohen, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Yoel DeMalach, Trustee
Ramat HaNegev, Israel
S. Lee Kohrman, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Shirley H. Levy, Founder, Trustee
Beverly Hills, CA
Jack N. Mandel, Founder, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Art Naperstek, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Shmulik Rifman, Trustee
Ramat HaNegev, Israel
Norton W. Rose, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Seymour Sacks, Trustee
Paradise Valley, AZ
Star Sacks, Trustee
Paradise Valley, AZ
Colette Serruya, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Robert Stein, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Ruth Viny, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Jerry Weinberger, Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Ruth K. Viny: Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Robert L. Stein: Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Marvin Kelner: Trustee
Cleveland, OH
Colette Serruya: Founder, Trustee
Israel
Philanthropic Partners:
Jewish Federation of Palm Springs
Palm Springs, CA
David and Inez Myers Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Legacy Heritage Fund
New York, NY
Jack and Florence Berlin Foundation
Menifee, CA
Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Hod Foundation
New York, NY
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
New York, NY
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
Jewis Federation of Greater Seattle
Seattle, WA
Levy-Markus Foundation
Beverly Hills, CA
Jack N. and Lilyan Mandel Fund
Joseph C. and Florence Mandel Fund
Morton L. and Barbara Mandel Fund
Cleveland, OH
Merage Fund
Greenwood Village, CO
Mr. Francis Minkoff
Geneva, Switzerland
Richard and Patricia Bogolmony
Cleveland, OH