JCC hires four

          The following individuals have been recently hired by the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center:

          Lynn Falender joined the JCC Development Department. She will work with all JCC departments to establish a formalized approach to fundraising. She holds degrees from Indiana University and DePaul University. She has worked previously at the Rush Medical Center and the American Cancer Society.

          Jenna Kalkman-Turner is the new JCC Gan Ami Whitefish Bay site director. She previously worked as associate director at the Moriah Early Childhood Center in Deerfield, Ill. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa.

          Grace Fantle served this past summer as a program director at the Steve & Shari Sadek Family Camp Interlaken JCC and will continue to work year-round as the camp’s new alumni engagement coordinator. Fantle grew up in Bayside and is a lifelong JCC camper. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May.

          Myra Russek is the new JCC Gan Ami early childhood administrative assistant on the Whitefish Bay campus. Russek graduated from Wilkes University. She has previously worked at the accounting firm of Zetley, Carneol & Stein and at the former Milwaukee Kitchen & Bath Co.