JSDD Leadership
JSDD’s Board of Trustees and professional staff have defined the highest of quality as measured, not only through their concern for health, safety and compliance, but with an eye towards true quality of life.
Linda Press, M.A.
Executive Director
Linda Press, M.A.
Executive Director
Ms. Press has an MA degree from George Washington University in Early Childhood Special Education and is a certified teacher in the State of NJ. She has been working providing services to individuals with special needs for nearly 40 years, first as a teacher of children with severe and profound disabilities and then as a Coordinator of an Early Intervention Program and Preschool.
Her experiences also include Behaviorist for ARC of Essex, Family Support Coordinator for The Spina Bifida Association of NJ and Special Needs Director of JCC MetroWest prior to assuming the position of Executive Director of JSDD in 2001.
Marilynn Lipsky Schneider, B.A
WAE Center Director
Marilynn Lipsky Schneider, B.A
WAE Center Director
Ms. Schneider has a B.A. from Montclair State University in Anthropology and has studied and worked as a Chaplain, Bereavement Specialist, Rubenfeld Synergy Method Trainer, and private practitioner of RSM body/mind therapy. She has been employed in the field of personal development (health, healing and spirituality) for the past 32 years; beginning in private practice of RSM and evolving as a chaplain with the Joint Chaplaincy Committee of United Jewish Communities MetroWest. It was this position that brought her to the doors of JSDD and the community she now serves.
Ellen Goldner
President
Ellen Goldner
President
For decades, Ellen Goldner has been an active leader on behalf of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ, its predecessors, and other community causes. She served as campaign chair and president of Women’s Department, and she was founding president of the Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life. She chaired the UJA Campaign and was the first woman to hold the position of president (2002-05) at the MetroWest federation.