OUR TEAM
Operation Benjamin is comprised of a group of extraordinary leaders, dedicated volunteers, and a small group of staff professionals, dedicated to correcting mistakes that have been made in marking the graves of America’s fallen Jewish heroes. We are pleased to involve professionals from a variety of fields, all of whose expertise are crucial to the success of our mission.
Board of Directors
RABBI DR. JACOB J. SCHACTER
President
Diplomatic Liaison
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STEPHEN LAMAR
Secretary-Treasurer
Chair, OB Committee on Operations and Administration
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
HOWARD BROMBERG (RET)
Chair, the Committee on DoD relations
DAVID J. BUTLER
Chair, OB’s Committee on Policies and Strategies
PETER FABER
Chair OB’s Missions Committee
JACOB FREEDMAN
NATHAN J. LINDENBAUM
DEBBIE MOED
LIZ STEINLAUF
MARC ERICH WOLF
Advisory Board
RABBI JOHN FRANKEN​
RABBI AKIVA MALES
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GLENN MARCUS
RABBI IRVING A. ELSON, CAPT, USN (RET)
MIKE YASENCHAK
MERLE FELD
ALAN J. WEINSCHEL
Professional Staff
SHALOM LAMM
Chief Historian
RACHEL S. SILVERMAN
Senior Genealogist
IRWIN NACK
Historian, World War I
TODD L. SALES
Genealogist, World War II
VALENTYN KLYUCHNIKOV
Vice President/Financial Records
PENINAH KAPLANSKY
UX/UI Designer
PENINA LEVY
UX/UI Designer
YVONNE THORBURN
Administrator/Strategic Business Coordinator
LEORA WEISS
Social Media Manager
LEE BLUMENTHAL
Country Manager, Philippines
JIMMY GOLDMAN
Southeast Regional Representative
LIORA COHEN
Travel Professional
OB Mission Team