Diane Boland, Assistant Director of Parenting Center
Diane wears many colored hats in the Harold & Terry Nash Parenting Center; from being the assistant director, to the PJ (pajamas) Library Coordinator, & a teacher in the parenting center. Diane enjoys watching the parents & children learn & grow while attending classes. Diane has lived in Milwaukee for approximately 13 years with her husband and 3 children. She graduated from Cardinal Stritch University with a master’s degree in special education in 2002. In the past she worked in the Milwaukee Public Schools as a special education teacher. She has taught Religious school at two different local synagogues for 13 years too! In her spare time you can catch Diane chasing after her children, husband & dog named Buddy!
Shoshanah Bruesewitz, Interfaith Family Coordinator
Shoshanah Bruesewitz joined the Harry& Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center Parenting Center staff in September 2007 as the Interfaith Family Coordinator. Shoshanah is a native of Milwaukee’s North Shore, growing up in Shorewood and Whitefish Bay. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a master’s degree in social work in 2001. Before joining the JCC, she worked for 6 years with at risk children and families in the city of Milwaukee. She is a busy mother of two children, Amelia 4 years old, and Noah 18 months. Shoshanah’s husband was raised Christian and she is now raising her children in an interfaith home. Shoshanah is currently running a class called Mother’s Circle on Sunday afternoons, which is designed to help non Jewish woman who are raising Jewish children incorporate Jewish tradition into their homes.
Dana Emold, Jewish Outreach Coordinator
As the Jewish Outreach Coordinator,she reaches out to Jewish and Interfaith families to try to welcome them back and make them aware of the various programs available to them both at the JCC as well as the community at large.She also organizes public space events, such as at Bayshore Town Center and local grocery stores as a way to bring Judaism out to where the people are.
