THE JULIA ANNE KIRSCH FOUNDATION - Key Persons


Harriett Brotbacker Nachum

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
Harriett Brotbacker Nachum serves as Secretary of the Foundation and is Julia's aunt.

Karen Rauch Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer of the Foundation
She is an Executive Director with Ernst & Young in New York and specializes in State and Local Tax involving financial services corporations and business entities. Karen received her LL.M in Taxation from New York University, her J.D. from the Boston University School of Law, and her B.S. from Cornell University. Karen previously worked at Merrill Lynch and two other Big 4 accounting firms in the New York area. She grew up on Long Island and now resides in Glen Rock, New Jersey with her husband and two children.

Michele Miller Silver

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of the Gold Humanism Honor Society at the Arnold

Michelle Radin

Job Titles:
  • Attorney
Michelle Radin is an attorney specializing in medical malpractice and personal injury law in Hackensack, New Jersey. She earned her B.A. from Stony Brook and her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. She grew up in Long Island and currently resides in Glen Rock, New Jersey with her husband and three children.

Teri Brotbacker Kirsch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Arc of Bergen & Passaic Planning & Guardianship Board
  • President and Founder of the Foundation
Teri Brotbacker Kirsch is the President and founder of the Foundation, and Julia's Mom. She received her B.A. in History from Boston University and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. After Law School she worked at the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission for 10 years and then PaineWebber.