Jewish Family Services Edmonton                       Help, with Heart, for one and all.

Staff Members

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~ Leo Buscaglia


The exceptional and varied competencies our staff members bring to our work is made more effective, more beautiful, more human by the heart that motivates each one.

Executive Director
Larry Derkach, BSc LWL

Director of Development
Mike Campbell, BA, HCAC

Clinical Counsellors
Tina Kafka, BA MSW RSW
Pearl Mindell, BA MS CSW MSW CJA RSW
Arthur Totman, BA MSW CSW RSW
Daisy Grossi, BA MC RPsych (prov)

Edmonton Bereavement Centre
Linda Aris, RMT RSW

Community Support & Intercultural Facilitation
Jeni Adler-Magat
Ernie Schlesinger, BA BSW MSW RSW

Home Support Services
Alberto Genis, LicEsto
David Dobrusin
Aza Dobrusina
Halyna Lewis
Nora McWalter
Ernesto Posada
Rosa Rivas
Nerlin Sarmiento
Teresa Serrano
Dyan Smith
Cristina Solis
Alla Vaynshteyn
Romana Watson

Seniors Making Age-Related Transitions
Rhonda Eidelman, Bsc(N) BA

Administrative Support 
Karen Preston
Elizabeth Nett
Sandy Reid

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