About BCGW
Meet Our Staff
Audrey Berman Siegel, Executive Director
Audrey first came to us as a volunteer in 2000 before transitioning to working for the organization five years later. As our Executive Director, Audrey is responsible for making sure our services fit the organization's vision, meet the community's needs, and ensure our systems run smoothly and efficiently. Simply put, we like to say that Audrey is responsible for keeping the lights on.
Leah Snyder, Service Coordinator
Leah started with us as a volunteer and now coordinates many of BCGW’s services including Meir L'Olam kosher pantries at hospitals. She is often the first person you meet when you reach out to BCGW and her genuine warmth will quickly put you at ease.
Leah is a trained architect and specializes in interior design. Thankfully, she brings her design sensibilities to her work!
Leah lives in Silver Spring with her husband and three teenage boys. She enjoys walking in the woods and discovering new hiking trails and places of beauty in Montgomery County, MD.
Rabbi Elie Gayer, Service Director/Chaplain
Rabbi Gayer organizes volunteers to make sure the physical and spiritual needs of our clients are met. As staff Chaplain, he leads the Friendly Visitors program and is personally available to volunteers and clients to provide pastoral care when needed.
He received his Semicha, rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinical Seminary of America (Chofetz Chaim Yeshiva) in NY. He has chaplaincy training from Belleview Hospital in NY, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, and the Hebrew Home in MD. He currently lives in Silver Spring with his wife Adina, a preschool Morah, and their children. Rabbi Gayer enjoys the opportunity to be able to facilitate physical, emotional, and spiritual relief on a daily basis for community members in need.
Meet Our Board of Directors
Julie Vogel, President
Jennie Foont, Vice President
Ori Carmel, Treasurer
Heidi Lamar, Secretary
Jeremy Brown
Sharon Butler
Menachem Hamberger
Louis Lazar
Dina Leener
Allen Minzer
Candace Nachman
Julia Frankston-Morris
Eddie Snyder