Join us in celebrating the 2023-24 Board and honoring this year’s exceptional leaders and awardees.
We are looking forward to seeing you there.
MEET OUR AWARDEES
PAST PRESIDENT JOYCE ROSENFIELD, Hannah G. Solomon Awardee
The Hannah G. Solomon Award is presented to an individual who has:
▪️ A strong NCJW identity and has changed the lives of others through her leadership efforts and service;
▪️ Helped change and expand the role of women in vital areas of community life;
▪️ Motivated others to work for change and;
▪️ Driven progress and enlightenment in the community.
For over three decades, Joyce worked full time as a geriatric specialist at the Dallas Home for the Aged and at The Plaza at Edgemere, receiving many awards for her service along the way.
Joyce still found time to be an active member of NCJW Dallas Evening Branch (serving as Senior Citizen Committee Chair, Community Service Vice President, and President) as well as an active member and volunteer leader with Temple Emanu-El.
Among her many volunteer efforts for NCJW Dallas and NCJW Inc., she served on and then chaired the PACE Committee, helped revise both the By-Laws and Policy & Procedures for both Section and National, helped organize the first NCJW Texas Section Retreat, helped organize and attended Day on the Hill, led Day of Service, served as Community Service Co-Vice President, and still serves as a West Dallas Initiative School Liaison. For NCJW, Inc., she cochaired the Section Advisory Council (SAC), developed a Section Diagnostic Checklist for all sections, worked on their Financial and Membership Plans and attended Leadership Institute, Washington Institute and National Conventions.
During Joyce’s presidency (2016-2018), NCJW Dallas developed its first Strategic Plan, launched the West Dallas Initiative and The Suitcase Project, held two record-setting annual fundraising events, reconfigured the PACE process, and worked to expand potential partnerships with Dallas agencies including Dallas CASA, the TEA Fund, Gendercide Awareness, City of Dallas Hunger Summit, and over a dozen others. In addition, during her presidency, NCJW Dallas was chosen by Mosaic Family Service to receive their Humanitarian Award. This was the first time it was given to an organization rather than an individual.
When asked what she is most proud of in that lifetime of accomplishments besides her family, Joyce first cites her long career working with older adults, providing quality programs to enrich their lives, and the satisfaction of helping them and their families through life’s many journeys. In almost the same breath, she describes her passion for NCJW Dallas, all that it stands for, all the work that it does locally and nationally, and the incredible caliber of women who work tirelessly to make things happen. It always fills her with great pride. She is so proud to be a part of NCJW.
PAST PRESIDENT JULIE LOWENBERG, Lifetime Achievment Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a recipient who has dedicated his or her life to a worthy cause that has made an impact on society or the lives of others.
After graduating from Harvard Law School and returning to Dallas, her native city, Julie practiced in two law firms, clerked for Federal District Judge William M. Taylor, Dallas and started her family. She then began her lifetime of service to the community with a strong focus on Voting Rights, Immigrant Rights and Support, Reproductive Rights and more. Included among the twenty-one committees and coalitions she chaired or cochaired for numerous local nonprofits are the Scholarship Committee for Dallas Jewish Community Foundation (a committee on which she still serves) and the Greater Dallas Coalition for Reproductive Freedom. She served as League of Women Voters Texas Issue Chair for Reproductive Choice/Women’s Health for almost 30 years and chaired or co-chaired eight NCJW Dallas committees including the 2008 Community Conference on Immigration.
Julie has served on the Board of Directors for 18 different area organizations including the League of Women Voters Dallas, Literacy Achieves, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, the Dallas City Charter Review Commission, Planned Parenthood of Dallas and Northeast Texas and was a member of the Dallas Women’s Foundation (now the Texas Women’s Foundation initial board of directors.) Finally, she has also been President of four different nonprofits: the Women’s Council of Dallas County, Inc., the League of Women Voters Dallas, the League of Women Voters Texas and the National Council of Jewish Women Dallas.
She has dedicated her life to many worthy causes that have made an impact on society and the lives of others.
ELAINE STILLMAN, Janis Levine Music Make-a-Difference Awardee and Incoming President-Elect/VP Administration
NCJW Dallas member Elaine Stillman has lived all but 2 years of her life in Dallas. A CPA with an MBA in Accounting, she spent the first part of her professional career at Peat Marwick (later named KPMG) then with her partner successfully founded and ran a stationery and gift design company until they sold it in 2014. During those three decades, Elaine was responsible for all financial, operations and marketing areas of the company.
Elaine joined NCJW Dallas too long ago to recall but remembers first volunteering in 2005 for Kids in Court (KiC). After she sold her business, she also became NCJW Assistant Secretary, then Secretary and began volunteering for HIPPY and the West Dallas Clothes Closet. She has also served as Treasurer, Chair of the Finance Committee, and on the Advocacy Committee.
Elaine and her husband Ken have two daughters Lauren and Lindsay, who live in Brooklyn and Nashville.
ERIN ZOPOLSKY, Janis Levine Music Make-a-Difference Awardee and VP Community Service
Erin Zopolsky got her degree in Hospitality Administration then did an internship at Disneyworld over 9/11. She moved to Dallas to start her career at the Four Seasons in Las Colinas then worked as a full-time Meeting and Event Planner.
After Erin’s son, Jay, was born, she chose to stay home rather than work and joined NCJW Dallas. Since joining, Erin has worked on Day on the Hill, served as Fund Development co-VP, cochaired the Birthday Luncheon, served as Membership VP and currently serves as VP of Community Service. She also has been involved in the West Dallas Initiative since its inception and still manages volunteers for their Back to School Fair.
Erin and her husband Joe have two children, Jay (12) Hattie (9).
LORI KARP, Emerging Leader Awardee, Board Member and WDI’s Cochair
A relatively new member of NCJW Dallas, Lori has been a very active volunteer since joining. Lori chaired the West Dallas Initiative (WDI) Clothes Closet, worked at WDI’s Thanksgiving Turkey Drive and serves as a tutor in their Reading Buddies program.
For the last two years, Lori has cochaired the West Dallas Initiative with Michelle Rosenberg. Lori joined the NCJW Dallas Board of Directors last year.
Lori and her husband Jon have three children: Shira, Max, and Brady.