Caryn Roman

Site Director

croman@jcc-brooklyn.org

Caryn Roman currently serves as site director for JCC Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill location and as Director of Jewish Family Life & Program Operations for JCC Brooklyn. Originally from Detroit, Michigan,…

Kay Papavassiliu

Preschool Educational Consultant

kpapavassiliu@jcc-brooklyn.org

Kay earned a BFA in Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and an MS in Childhood Education with a specialization in Mathematics from Brooklyn College.…

Irina Kocherova

Butterflies Head Teacher and Preschool Educational Director

ikocherova@jcc-brooklyn.org

Irina has devoted over 30 years of her life focusing on work with children with special needs. Her primary passion was working with blind and deaf-blind youngsters. Seeing their incremental…

Emily Byne

Infant-Toddler Educational Director & Parent Liaison

ebyne@jcc-brooklyn.org

Dr. Emily Byne is an early childhood education specialist.  After graduating from Boston University, Emily moved to London where she taught nursery and pre-kindergarten at an elite private school. During…

Rabbi Matthew Reimer

Rabbi and Director of Community Engagement

Rabbi Matt grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. His father is an attorney, and his mother was an educator in Newark, NJ. Ordained in 2007 by Hebrew Union College-Jewish…