Barbara and Harold Falik Young Leadership Award
Award Criteria
Nominations for the Barbara and Harold Falik Young Leadership Award may be made by the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Board members, staff, beneficiary agencies, lay and professional leadership, synagogues, and all other Jewish established organizations which support Jewish life in the greater Houston community.
The winner of the Barbara and Harold Falik Young Leadership Award will be selected by a committee made up of the last five award recipients.
The award recipient will receive:
- $1,250 stipend for attending an in person or virtual continuing education or professional development program or Israel experience.
- Honor and acceptance of award at the Federation’s Community Leadership Award Ceremony.
- Gift/ plaque from the Federation.
Criteria and Eligibility for the Barbara and Harold Falik Young Leadership Award:
The endowed Young Leadership award is intended to recognize an outstanding Young Leader in the greater Houston Jewish community who is actively involved in the Jewish community in a leadership capacity. The Barbara and Harold Falik Young Leadership Award recognizes an outstanding young woman in the community. The recipient should:
- have considerable involvement across the Jewish community. (The individual involvement will be judged on the total scope of the Jewish community, encompassing the Federation, community agencies, institutions, synagogues, and Jewish organizations).
- demonstrate significant current leadership ability and potential for greater future leadership.
- have active involvement with Jewish causes, issues, or organizations.
- be a volunteer or lay leader, not a Jewish Communal Professional.
- be in her early 40’s or younger.
Past Recipients – Barbara and Harold Falik Young Leadership Award
1970 – Maxine Lapin
1971 – Ruth Lack z”l
1972 – Joan Alexander
1973 – Sandra Weiner z”l
1974 – Janice Rudy z”l
1975 – Ann Kaufman
1976 – Carole Ashendorf
1977 – Saranne Kosberg
1978 – Punkin Hecht
1979 – Shelly Middleman
1980 – Barbara Goldfield
1981 – Bobbi Asarch
1982 – Lynne Aronoff
1983 – Carol Hoffman
1984 – Ellen Trachtenberg
1985 – Linda Kashar
1986 – Marcia Levy
1987 – Eta Paransky
1988 – Sheryl Falik
1989 – Esther Polland
1990 – Nancy T. Beren
1991 – Lolly Friedman Miller
1992 – Vikki Evans
1993 – Irene Weingarten
1994 – Carolyn Kaplan
1995 – Susan Schneider
1996 – Leslie Robinson
1997 – Patricia Rauch
1998 – Robin Toubin Stein
1999 – Debra G. Cohen
2000 – Sara Speer Selber
2001 – Carol Goldberg
2002 – Tara Sondock
2003 – Janis Goldstein
2004 – Lauren Kaufman Blachman
2005 – Sandra Finkelman
2006 – Norri Leder
2007 – Mindy Mitzner
2008 – Elizabeth Grzebinski
2009 – Shira Yoshor
2010 – Elyse Spector Kalmans
2011 – Dori Kornfeld Goldman
2012 – Liz Shoss
2013 – Debra Kass Dluhy
2014 – Amy Krost Gordon
2015 – Dana Yudovich Katz
2016 – Kari Dunn Saratovsky
2017 – Rachel Strauss
2018 – Diane Lee Kraitman
2019 – Julie Blumberg
2020 – Aliza Plotkin
2021 – Jodi Braham z”l
2022 – Rachel Marom Gladstein
2023 – Rachael Levy
2024 – Debbie Karakowsky
2025 – Ali Bamberger