Meet the Team!
Joy Getnick, PhD, (she/her) is our Executive Director, a proud University of Rochester alum (BA '06), and a life-long Rochesterian. Her prior role was as the Senior Director for Programming and Jewish Life at the Louis S. Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, including as the founding director of Camp Seneca Lake (CSL) in Israel, a summer Israel program for teens. A historian by training she is the author of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning curriculum on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and spent many years teaching part-time in the SUNY Geneseo Department of History. Joy is deeply committed to Jewish pluralism and community building, and enjoys fostering opportunities for young adults to explore Jewish traditions, ideas, and heritage in new and meaningful ways. Joy, her husband, and two sons live in Pittsford, NY, where she enjoys cooking/baking through the four seasons, and celebrating all things Jewish with her family and the community.
Jessie Mallor is thrilled to find herself in Rochester after a long spell on the West Coast. A native of Indiana, she has almost 20 years of experience in formal and informal Jewish education. Outside of Hillel, she can be found dreading the winter, sewing, knitting, thrifting and making dog sweaters for her 14 year old rescue mutt, Henry. Her favorite places are libraries, yarn stores and farmers markets, and she can't wait to discover Rochester's best bits.
Miriam Cory (she/her) is from Seattle, WA and just completed a degree in Mathematics with a minor in Linguistics from Oberlin College in Ohio. She has been working in the Jewish community since she was 14, first as a songleader at her synagogue, then as a camp counselor, songleader, and unit head at URJ Camp Kalsman in Arlington, WA. Having been active in Oberlin Hillel as a service leader and student treasurer, she is excited to support students at the University of Rochester in creating their own adult Jewish identity. In her free time, she likes to go swing dancing and work on her Duolingo streak.