Dean Altaras was raised in Seattle/Bellevue as an active member of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewish communities. He graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Urban Planning. Dean has been an active broker in the greater Puget Sound commercial real estate community for over 34 years. 29 of those years were spent with his friend and mentor, Morris Piha. His broad scope practice includes retail, office and industrial leasing in addition to investment sales in both commercial and multi-family properties. Dean has enjoyed long-standing relationships with his many clients and a well-known reputation in our industry. This comes through creating effective results, putting his client’s interests first, providing exceptional service, and maintaining the highest level of professionalism and integrity. He has also been an active commercial real estate investor for many years. This experience gives him a deep understanding of the dynamic relationship between landlord/tenant and buyer/seller, which provides added value for his varied clientele.

Dean and his wife, Gigi, are Seattle natives and they reside on Mercer Island. Their sons, Jordan and Justen, reside in Barcelona and Seattle. Dean is a current member of the Seattle Executives Association, the Washington State CCIM Chapter, the Washington State Commercial Association of Realtors, and the Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Executives Association, the Eastside District YMCA and the Millionair Club Charity.

Dean currently serves on the Board of Directors of the WSJHS. Gigi volunteers her time with ADL. They are current members of Temple De Hirsch Sinai.

Joel Arensberg has been a WSJHS board member since June 2019.
Joel was born in Seattle on September 30, 1964, and was raised in Bellevue. His parents, Dick and Dianne, have lived in the house he and his sister, Jodeen, grew up in for over 55 years. Joel currently lives in Newcastle with his wife, Amy, and 15 year old twins, Ethan and Marisa.

While attending Washington State University (WSU) Joel was involved with the Jewish Students Organization. The JSO were a small group, but gathered to observe various Jewish holidays and meet socially. It was nice to have a Jewish community 300 miles from home.

After graduating with a broadcast journalism degree from WSU, Joel went to work for his father and uncle (Bill) at Arensberg Sons Company which was founded by his grandfather (Joseph) in 1917. Located on Capitol Hill in Seattle, Arensberg Sons Company was a wholesale distributor of shoe "findings", servicing shoe repair and shoe stores across the Pacific Northwest. In October 2002, Arensberg Sons Company was sold.

A month later, Joel joined Rosen Supply Company in Tacoma which was founded by his maternal grandparents, Max and Sara Rosen, in 1946. Rosen Supply Company is a wholesale plumbing distributor still proudly serving Western Washington.

The Arensberg family have been members of Temple De Hirsch Sinai for over a century. Joel's grandmother, Anna Arensberg, was in the TDHS confirmation class of 1914! Joel's bar mitzvah in 1977 and wedding in 2002 were held in the TDHS Seattle sanctuary. Joel has volunteered in the Sisterhood gift shops for 10 years and has been a co-manager of the Sisterhood gift shops for the last two years.

Joel's hobbies include telling really bad Dad jokes, watching any type of comedy, listening to classic rock and R&B, following local sports teams, and when the weather is decent, riding his bicycle. Go Cougs!

Tamar Boden was born in Fairfax, Virginia on December 28, 1971 and is the eldest of two children. She studied Business Administration with a Marketing emphasis and graduated from the University of Washington in 1994. Tamar married Allan Boden in 1994 and together they have two beautiful daughters, Hannah. 16 and Alyssa, 13. Tamar worked at Microsoft from 1996-2004 where she held multiple different positions and was recognized for her strong work ethic, dedication and commitment. Tamar has been involved with several non-profit organizations such as starting the Young Women's Council of NCJW, participating in the Hadassah Leadership Academy, member of The Jewish Federation Allocations Committee, and over the years chairing multiple events at Jennifer Rosen Meade Preschool , The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle, and Seattle Academy, and is a proud board member the WSJHS.

Kathryn is very happy to be a board member of the WSJHS. Kathryn is an attorney with the Washington State Attorney General's Office. Married to Grant Degginger whose family includes Simon Degginger (a founding member of Temple De Hirsch in Seattle) and Fannie Degginger (the first president of the Ladies Auxilary of Temple De Hirsch) at the turn of the last century, the Degginger family has always been active in community service in the Pacific Northwest. Kathryn and Grant are residents of Bellevue and the parents of Daniel and David Degginger. Preserving the special Jewish heritage of the Pacific Northwest is important to their family and to WSJHS.

Sydney Dratel was born in New York City on July 29, 1992, as the youngest of three children. After growing up on eastern Long Island, she studied History, Art History, and French at Tulane University in New Orleans, graduating magna cum laude in May 2014. From fall 2014 to spring 2015, Sydney lived in Tel Aviv while participating in an internship program. In 2016, she made her way from New York to Seattle to study at the University of Washington, earning her MA in Museology in 2018. After graduation, Sydney joined the team at the Holocaust Center for Humanity, where she currently holds the title of Grants & Communications Manager. Prior to joining the staff at the Holocaust Center for Humanity, Sydney held positions at the Henry Art Gallery, Museology Graduate Program, and museums and other cultural nonprofits in New York and Tel Aviv. Sydney has been on the board of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society since 2017, and she recently joined the board of the Puget Sound Grantwriters Association.

Gregory Gans is a Rochester, NY native, who moved to Seattle in his mid 20s. Greg, as he is know to his friends and family, grew up in a small, suburban town in Rochester. Growing up, he was interested in sports and the usual American youth activities. On 12 December, 1999, Greg became a Bar Mitzvah at Temple B'rith Kodesh, in Brighton, NY. His family was not particularly religious, but it was important to his parents and his extended family that all the children had a some Jewish education. Greg graduated high school in 2006 from Pittsford Sutherland High School. He then began his undergraduate studies in the same town at St. John Fisher College.

After finishing his first degree, Greg cooked professionally for two years at various restaurants in Rochester -- an experience he would value for years to come, as he loves to cook to this day. Eventually, Greg decided to make a change and leave his home town. He decided to explore Israel. Greg moved to Israel with just a backpack and the goal of staying as long as possible. Ultimately, he stayed for almost three years. He lived on a kibbutz in the north of Israel where he worked in avocado orchards; and then went to Tel Aviv university to pursue a master's degree in Middle East Studies. Towards the end of his studies, he met the woman that he would spend the rest of his life with.

In early 2014, Greg moved to Washington with his soon to be wife, Chava Nurit Levanon and their family dog, Leia, who they adopted while living in Tel Aviv. Nurit, as she is known, worked in the tech space and was offered a job in Seattle. Neither Greg nor Nurit had ever been to Washington before they moved, but they felt immensely lucky to have landed in such beautiful place. Nurit and Greg married on 23 August, 2014 in a small ceremony at their favorite gastropub "Quinn's", on Capitol Hill.

Greg was initially interested in pursing his PhD studies at the University of Washington in comparative politics, but eventually decided to begin working in real estate instead. After a few years, he built a small business where he specializes in real estate sales, investment properties, and property management.

On 6 October, 2018, Greg and Nurit had their first child, Eyal. Currently, Nurit, Eyal, Greg, and Leia all live in Seattle.

Dennis Goldstein was born in Spokane, WA. Dennis moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington and was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity (one of the predominately Jewish houses). Upon graduation, he began a career in accounting and currently owns a CPA practice in Bellevue. Dennis has been involved in the Greater Seattle Jewish community, first with B'nai B'rith, Greater Seattle chapter, serving as Treasurer and later it's President, followed by his involvement with the Washington State Jewish Historical Society, again first as Treasurer and then as it's President. Dennis married Robin Rogel in 1981, has two children, Briana ( Jeff Roberts) & Seth, and two wonderful grandchildren Gabriel and Jemma.

Zachary Mosner retired from the Office of the Attorney General at the end of 2017. He served as an Assistant Attorney General for over 24 years, helping organize the Bankruptcy & Collections Unit from its inception. During his career he developed several national and state test cases on key tax and insolvency matters, culminating in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, officially as amicus. He had a solo career in private practice from 1984 to 1993 representing banks, real estate companies and small businesses. During that period, he wrote for the Washington State Bar News on key topics and began service in ethics as Special District Counsel. Later he served on the then Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, later chairing it. He also was on the Disciplinary Board from October 2004 to 2007, concluding his involvement in ethics serving the State Supreme Court as Conflicts Review Officer from September 2008 to 2017. Mr. Mosner appeared in the state Supreme Court, and the court appeals, as well as in several federal trial and appeal courts around the country.

He has served several non-profit boards throughout the state and this country. He was Coordinating Editor for the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal from 2012 to 2016. He served as President and Vice-President, as well as board member from inception (1994) for the States Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys. In addition he served on numerous CLE panels in the field of foreclosure, bankruptcy and ethics locally and regionally. Recently, Zack researched and drafted substantial changes in the organization’s by-laws that streamlined our function and moved us forward for the next generation of board members.

Garrett Rutledge is a lay historian with specific knowledge of the history of the Jewish people, the Zionist movement (both cultural and political) and the modern State of Israel. Able to view histories through multiple lenses, i.e. the cultural, the economic, the political and the technological. He has a background as Hasbara advisor to various groups, organizations and individuals working in the field of Israel advocacy. He lives in the area of Everette with his wife and children, has a Bachelor of Science from Western Washington University, and is a current member of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society board of directors.

Josh Schaer is a Principal Attorney with the law firm of Oseran Hahn in Bellevue. He lives in Issaquah with his wife and two children.

Josh was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Albuquerque attending Sunday School at Congregation B'nai Israel. After moving to Washington in 1988, Josh became a student at JDS and later at Northwest Yeshiva High School. His mother, Nancy, was Vice-President at Temple Beth Or in the early 1990s.

Josh is a U.W. graduate (B.A., 1998; J.D., 2001), and from 2008-2015, he served two terms on the Issaquah City Council. He is currently a member of Temple De Hirsch Sinai and previously served on its Board of Directors. Josh has volunteered for the Bellevue College Foundation Board, Issaquah Little League, and U.W. mentoring programs. In his spare time, Josh participates in the Issaquah Poker Club, a fantasy baseball league, and enjoys playing softball and golf.

Ronald Waldbaum born in Seattle to Ken and Sue Waldbaum, is fifth generation at Temple De Hirsch Sinai and has been a member at the Jewish Community Center since his childhood. He attanded the University of Washington and was an active member in Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and Hillel. Ron met his wife, Toni Calvo Waldbaum, while at the University. Upon graduation Ron went to work in the family business, Direct Buying Service Discount House, started by his grandparents and the business grew in size under his fathers leadership. Ron eventually took over the company and after running the business for several years, Ron sold the company and joined Leibsohn & Company as a commercial real estate broker and is now currently the CEO. Ron has been a Temple De Hirsch Sinai board member for six years. Now treasurer at Washington State Jewish Historical Society.