After having worked as a teacher in Brooklyn, New York where she was raised, and in Short Hills and Moorestown in New Jersey, she shifted her career to Jewish Communal Service and spent 23 years at the Jewish Community Center of Southern New Jersey, now the Katz JCC.  At the JCC, she was the Assistant Executive Director whose main responsibility was running the JCC Camps at Medford, the largest Jewish day camp in North America.  At the JCC, Mayda was responsible for the creation of the Open Hearts/Open Doors program to include children of all abilities into the typical camping program and the ACHaD program, which offers support services to enable children, adults and seniors, regardless of ability or handicap, to participate year round in all JCC programming.

Mayda enjoys working closely with our Rabbis, the staff and each of the Temple officers and assisting committees in dealing with all aspects of our Temple community. She has been thrilled by the congregation’s response to all of the new initiatives and continues to “stay up nights” planning new ways to keep members involved.  Her door is always open, and she welcomes new ideas, volunteers – new and old, and meaningful ways of making the Temple an important part of your life.

Mayda is married to Alan and has 2 children.  Jason married Stacy at Temple Emanuel in April 2001.They make their home in Marlton.  Pamela works for the Youth Renewal Fund, a non-profit that raises money to improve education in Israel.  She lives in Weehawken, NJ and plans to marry Aaron Sandonato at Temple Emanuel in July 2006.   Mayda and Alan enjoy traveling, lazy days at the Shore, movies and reading.

Mayda holds a B.S. and an M.Ed.