Board of Directors and Committees

Audrey Kirsch, Secretary
Audrey Kirsch has been a member of the Federation Board for years and currently serves as the organization's Secretary. She is a co-owner of Blossoms at Biltmore Park, Asheville's premier floral and event design studio. With two young boys, Audrey and her husband keep busy with involvement in their schooling at the Asheville JCC, and with their extra-curricular activities.

Barbara Dave has been associated with her family's Commercial Realty Company for over 24 years in Knoxville, TN.  Barbara majored in Business at the University of Tennessee. Her community involvement in Knoxville includes: Knoxville Art Museum Guild Board; the Boards of Hadassah, Temple Sisterhood and the Jewish Community Center. She was also active on various committees for the Knoxville Symphony and served on the solicitation board for the City of Knoxville.  During the winter months, she spends time with Art and Sculpture classes in Naples, Florida. In Naples, she was written up in a small article in the Naples "Neapolitan 50 plus" magazine about her art.  Barbara also continues activities with Hadassah while in Florida. She served on the Holocaust Museum of SW Florida Welcoming Committee. In Asheville, she serves on the Beth HaTephila membership committee. Her husband is Jerry Dave, a native of Asheville who is with Dave Steel Company. Together they have eleven grandchildren. 

Kerry A. Friedman, 2010 Campaign Co-Chair
Kerry is an Asheville native, UNC-Chapel Hill, Phi Beta Kappa, BA in 1976, UNC School of Law, JD in 1980. Partner in Patla Straus Robinson & Moore, PA, with the firm since 1980. Specialize in Business Law. Past Board involvement: JCC (Past President), CBHT (Past President), Pisgah Legal Services (Past President), Legal Services of NC (Past President), 28th Judicial District Bar (Past Secretary-Treasurer), YMCA of WNC (Past Treasurer), Meals on Wheels, Caring for Children, Leadership Asheville. Current Board involvement: Chair of United Way of Asheville-Buncombe County, Chair of CarePartners Health Services, on Board of Community Foundation of WNC, Finance Committee of YMCA of WNC, WNCJF, JCC Foundation and CBHT Endowment Trustee. Married since 1984 to Anna S. Friedman, 2 daughters, Sarah just graduated from UNC-Asheville with BA in Spanish and History; Rebecca a rising senior at Appalachian State University, studying Business/Public Relations. 

Jeffrey Goldstein, 2010 Campaign Co-Chair is a board-certified opthamologist with additional sub-specialty training in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Eyelid and Facial Surgery. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Duke University, and he received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Goldstein is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, an elite group of fewer than 500 oculoplastic surgeons nationwide. He is an Assistant Consulting Professor of Ophthalmology at Duke University Medical Center and the Asheville VA Medical Center. Dr. Goldstein has been with Asheville Eye Associates since 2000.

Dr. Goldstein and his wife enjoy traveling, hiking and gardening. They selected Asheville as their home to be near family. They have three children. 

Karen North Shuffler, Chief Learning Officer (CLO) of North Consulting Group Inc., is an internationally recognized corporate trainer with a reputation as a dynamic speaker and trainer. She has been a consultant to over 50 companies on four continents. Karen was responsible for sales & sales management training at AT&T and later created the worldwide sales process for Intel. She received her BA from Emerson College and holds an MA and MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is also a graduate of the Executive Progam at Babson College. For several years she was the Chair of Boca West Women's Division of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County.

Rabbi Robert Cabelli, Beth Israel Synagogue

Rabbi Batsheva Meiri, Congregation Beth HaTephila