The Board of Trustees of Jewish Family Services (JFS) of Middlesex County has announced Sam Nussbaum as its new chief executive officer, replacing Sara Levine, who recently retired
Nussbaum has more than 30 years of leadership experience in secular and Jewish organizations. He is a trained social worker, with clinical, administrative and fundraising experience.
Nussbaum raised $2 million, along with the board, for Solomon Schechter Day School’s new athletic center, and oversaw its construction. He was the executive director at the K-12 conservative Long Island Jewish day school with 660 students.
In four years, he grew a budget of $4 to $6 million as executive director of the Association for Children with Down Syndrome, a birth through five pre-school and early intervention program, by securing new funding sources, rate appeals, and a 40 percent increase in fundraising.
As executive director of The Hampton and New York Synagogues, in his first year, he increased fundraising proceeds by more than $300,000 during the economic downturn of 2008.
In four years, he increased fundraising by $1.4 million at YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities in New York.
For more information, call 732-777-1940 or e-mail SamN@jfsmiddlesex.org.
JFS is located at 32 Ford Ave., Milltown.
