Joan G. Bordett is our Manager of Congregational Services. She works Monday through Friday (except for Jewish holidays and some civil holidays), 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, providing administrative, logistical, and programmatic support to CBS-CS staff  and  volunteers, and ensures coordination of synagogue functions, including maintaining the synagogue calendar. She is responsible for planning and producing member communications including The Sholom, and event publicity. When you call the main telephone number at CBS-CS it is Joan who answers the telephone. She is always ready and willing to answer your questions about CBS-CS or to direct you to someone who can.
Joan has been a member of CBS-CS since 1981 and has served as Adult Education and Programming Vice-President, Recording Secretary, as well as Ritual Vice-President of the congregation. She holds a Masters of Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati and a B.A in Anthropology from the University of Virginia. Joan grew up in Philadelphia, Pa. Professional positions have included working in the Assistant City Manger’s Office in Cincinnati, Oh,. In Syracuse she has worked in planning and program development capacities for the Central New York Health Systems Agency, the Benjamin Rush Center, the InterReligious Council (now InterFaith Works), and the Child Care Council of Onondaga County (now Child Care Solutions). Joan is also a past president of the Greater Syracuse Section of the National Council of Jewish Women.