Below please find the bios of the slate of officer and trustee nominees put forth by the 2022 Nominating Committee: Nominated for Officers (2022-2024)

Below please find the bios of the slate of officer and trustee nominees put forth
by the 2022 Nominating Committee:

Nominated for Officers (2022-2024)

Brina Reinstein, President Elect
Brina grew up in Detroit, Michigan, attended the University of Michigan, married and moved to
Tulsa in 1973. She served in numerous volunteer positions within the Federation and general
community. She sat on the Tulsa Jewish United Fund Women’s Campaign Cabinet and chaired
the campaign for two years. She was a founding member of the United Jewish Appeal’s
Women’s Young Leadership Cabinet in 1976 and served on its executive committee for six
years. Brina received Tulsa’s Young Leadership Award in 1978. Her avocation became her
vocation when she joined the staff of the Jewish Federation in 1985.
She has served on the boards of Planned Parenthood, The Jewish Federation of Tulsa, The Tulsa
Ronald McDonald House, The Tulsa Jewish Community Center, Tulsa Zoo Friends and Temple
Israel. Brina has three children, Julie, Jennifer (aláv hashalóm), and Matthew (Angela) and four
grandsons Benjamin, Jared, Jacob and Joshua.
Brina has been a member of Temple Israel for 49 years. Her children celebrated their B’nai
Mitzvah, confirmations and were married at Temple Israel.
She has served on Temple Israel’s Executive Committee, taught Sunday school, chaired several
Temple Fundraisers, chaired the 75th and 100th Temple Anniversary celebrations; co-chaired the
first Rabbi Transition committee and is an Amudim recipient.
Brina currently serves on the boards of Temple Israel, Zarrow Pointe, Tulsa Jewish Federation
Foundation, and the Temple Israel Foundation.

Mark Lobo, Vice President
Mark literally grew up at Temple Israel, among the first Confirmation class to have spent all
their Sunday School days in the current home of our congregation. As an adult he has served as
chair of Adult Education, Membership, ShalomFest and ARZA committees and is currently Vice
President. He was awarded Brotherhood’s Isaiah Award in 1996 and is among the Amudim of
Temple Israel.
Mark served the Tulsa Jewish Retirement and Health Care Center as Personnel Committee Chair
and Treasurer and has been a member of Tulsa’s Council for Holocaust Education since its
inception. He led the Israel Committee of the Jewish Federation of Tulsa from 1999 to 2007 and
currently serves on the Campaign, Israel and Facilities Committees. He has been a docent for the
Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art since 2010.
Outside of Tulsa’s Jewish Community Mark served as Vice President of Tulsa Metropolitan
Ministry, Co-Chair of OCCJ’s Interfaith Dialog Group and is a member of the Dialog Institute of
the Southwest Advisory Council. He also serves on the Tulsa Global Alliance Tiberias
Committee and is captain of the Catalina 22 Fleet at Windycrest Sailing Club.

Mark is a licensed Professional Engineer and currently manages Valve Systems International
LLC that developed the Atlas severe service industrial control valve based on patents he was
awarded in 2015 and 2016.

Leisa Weintraub, Treasurer
Leisa Weintraub has been an attorney in the Tulsa area for over 30 years. She has spent the last
17.5 years as general counsel for the Tulsa County Assessor’s Office. Prior to working in the
Assessor’s office, Leisa worked for the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office and the Osage
County District Attorney’s Office, respectively.
Leisa and her husband, Adam, met at the University of Oklahoma law school and have been
married since 1990. They have two wonderful children, Allison (25) and Ben (23), who both
have graduated from the University of Oklahoma. Allison has been working in New York City
since 2018 and Ben has been working with a Washington, DC company since 2020.
Leisa and her family have been part of the Temple Israel family since 2006. Both Allison and
Ben were active in the religious school as students and, after they graduated from the program, as
teacher’s aides. One of Leisa’s proudest moments was when she became an adult bat mitzvah at
Temple Israel in 2015. She followed in the footsteps of her children who both completed the
b’nai mitzvah program at Temple Israel.
Leisa is finishing her second term as a Trustee on the Temple Board and would be honored to
continue her service on the Board.

Gwendolyn Savitz, Secretary
Both of Gwen’s children attended what became Happy Campers at Temple Israel from the time
they were infants and she formally joined Temple Israel itself when her son Jeremy was about to
enter Pre-K and able to start Shorashim. After joining she was the Sisterhood Treasurer for two
years. Jeremy is now finishing fifth grade at Zarrow, joined by his sister Gabi who is finishing
second. Gwen has accordingly spent time volunteering at the school as well as coaching Gabi’s
soccer team, which she did for two years prior to COVID.
With young children, childhood education - both in and out of TI - is of particular interest to
Gwen. She hopes to ensure that Temple Israel has a strong foundation to educate and support
Tulsans for generations to come. Gwen received bachelor’s degrees in genetics and chemistry
from Dartmouth before obtaining law degrees from American and Yale. She currently writes
about administrative law and teaches law at TU.

Nominated for Trustees (2022-2023)

Trustee Nominated to complete term ending 2023:

Josh Corngold
Josh Corngold and his wife, Kira, have been Temple Israel members since 2021. They have two
children, Leah (10) and Asher (7), who attend Shorashim. Since joining the Temple, Josh has
served on the Rabbi Educator Search Committee, which led to the hiring of Rabbi Tzvia Jasper.

Josh is an Associate Professor of Education at The University of Tulsa and a fellow at the
Oklahoma Center for the Humanities. He regularly volunteers with the Tulsa Public Schools
where his children are enrolled in a Spanish immersion program and where his wife works as an
English language development teacher. In his spare time, Josh enjoys swimming, cycling,
running, and unwinding with his family.
As a member of the Board, Josh looks forward to assisting with community engagement and
outreach efforts, both ongoing and new. He is optimistic about the future and committed to
helping Temple Israel grow and thrive for many years to come.

Trustees for re-election (2022-2024)

David Jankowsky
David Rothbaum Jankowsky is a 4th generation Oklahoman. His great-grandfather, Sam Miller,
and his wife, Francis, were founding members of Temple Israel, as well as the Jankowsky side of
the family, among them several congregation Presidents over the years. David’s mother, Carol,
grew up in Oklahoma City, his father, Joel, a native Tulsan. His grandparents, Irene and Julian
Rothbaum, were active supporters of the Temple Israel community.
David moved back to Tulsa in 2015 with his family: Sarah, of New Jersey, and three kids, Norah
(11), Jack (9) and Will (3) to start a renewable energy company. Francis Energy is an operator of
electric vehicle supercharging stations with plans to deploy its charging network across the
country – from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Before moving back to Tulsa, David was an executive with SunEdison, a solar developer, where
he spent 5 years in Singapore managing corporate development for the company. Prior to that,
David was an attorney with Skadden Arps in Washington, DC where he specialized in energy
law.
The Jankowsky Family is an inter-faith family – while David is a practicing Jew, his wife Sarah,
is Episcopalian. The family enjoys the richness and community of both.
With deep roots within the Temple Israel community, David looks forward to working with the
Trustees and the congregation to provide for a sustainable and enduring future for Temple Israel
and continuing the long line of family members serving before him.

Rebekah Kantor
Rebekah Kantor has been a life-long congregant of Temple Israel. From Temple Preschool to
Jewish education, and for her Bat Mitzvah, Rebekah has called Temple Israel home. Born and
raised in the Tulsa Jewish Community, Rebekah experimented with a nomadic lifestyle post high
school, taking her to three other states before finally returning home in 2018.
Moving back to Tulsa was unexpected with many unknowns, yet Rebekah found her sense of
community by becoming a BBYO advisor and stepping foot back in Temple Israel. Because this
was such an avid part of Rebekah’s high school career, Rebekah found comfort in the familiarity,
but also in the reward of helping shape the Jewish youth of Tulsa. After realizing that serving the
Jewish community was her calling, Rebekah began the role as Executive Director of Tulsa
Tomorrow in August of 2019, which aims to encourage Young Jewish Professionals, millennials,
and young families to move to Tulsa.

In addition to Rebekah’s passion to grow our Jewish community, Rebekah enjoys her co-
ownership of a small Pet Boutique + Making Space with her lifelong friend. In conjunction with
Judaism, this allows Rebekah to share her love for pets and creativity with Tulsa.
By being a Temple Board Member, Rebekah hopes to meld her dedication to the Jewish
community by bringing creativity and youth to our congregation. Rebekah hopes this not only
brings self-growth to her life, but that the community also sees her a leader, mentor, friend, and
contributing member to the Temple Israel Family.

Eric Scholl
Eric F. Scholl has been attending services at Temple Israel since the mid-1990's. He officially
joined after he converted in 2001. Eric loves music (he almost majored in it while in college)
both listening and performing, and nearly all types. He has shared his love of music with the
Temple Israel family by way of volunteering his talent performing with Elijah and the Minor
Prophets at all the band Shabbats. He has been an invaluable help to Cantor Weinstein,
organizing electronics needed for optimum performance.
Eric has been employed at Oklahoma State University - Center for Health Sciences for the past
21 years as an educational video producer. Previously he worked for KJRH-TV as a
photojournalist, assignment editor, and promotion producer. He has a Bachelor of Science degree
in journalism from West Texas State University (Canyon, Texas).
Eric is married to Jacque, his wife of 23 years. They have two children Nicholas and Jayde.
When not performing with the band, Eric and Jayde can be found in the pews on most Friday
evenings.
In addition to time with his family, Eric also enjoys cooking, gardening, researching family
genealogy, photography and especially travel.
As a trustee on the Temple Israel Board, Eric can lend his experiences performing and
participating in services He has a unique insight into the behind the scenes working of Temple
Israel to bring to the position of board trustee.

Trustees Newly Nominated:

Carrie Pollak
Carrie Pollak has been a member of Temple Israel for the past 11 years. She attended Lead TI
and has had the pleasure of serving on multiple rabbinical search committees. A life-long seeker
of knowledge, Carrie has always had a special interest in Temple Israel's education
programs. She has attended numerous educational programs at Temple Israel as a student,
parent, and even teacher. She can often be seen at Z'man Kehillah with her son, Elijah.

Carrie holds a B.S. in Sociology with a Minor in Biological Sciences from Oklahoma State
University and an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Tulsa. Carrie spends
her working hours in the Grants & Development department of Family & Children's Services.

In her spare time, Carrie enjoys reading, cross-stitch, and sampling her husband Dan's cooking.
Carrie's ideal Shabbat afternoon involves three cats, a cup of tea, and an audio book.

Zach Waxman
Zachary grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where there was a small but active Jewish Community
that established itself as a Temple Israel in 1990. Zachary's Jewish identity and faith were
further established by spending 13 summers at Camp Sabra, which is run by the JCC of St.
Louis.

Zachary came to Tulsa during the fall semester of 2006 to attend the University of Tulsa for Law
School, where through mutual friends he met Barbara. Zachary and Barbara began their
involvement with the TI Community about two years prior to their marriage. Since that time,
Zachary has been involved with the Young Kehillah group, served on the search committee for
an interim rabbi, and served on the TI Brotherhood board. You may also remember him as
having conducted an online pickling class during the early stages of the pandemic, where he was
bestowed with the title of “Temple Israel's Pickle Maven.”

Outside of Temple Israel, he has been on the Board for the Jewish Federation of Tulsa since
2018, where he is a member in the programming committee, helping build community through
shared cultural experiences. He has been active in programming and planning events associated
with PJ Library and has been attempting to establish a Jewish Dads group.
Zachary is the Senior Attorney at the Kania Law Office and has been practicing law since 2009.
Zachary enjoys spending his free time being with his family, reading, and cooking.