Brandeis Magazine

David Giagrando is senior director of development, diversified portfolios, institutional giving, donor relations and special events at the Greater Boston Food Bank. Rebecca Goldfader has been a women’s health-care nurse practitioner for 27 years. An employee at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, she also serves as a nurse practitioner quality liaison through the California Nurses Association union. Dan Jacobs is an associate professor in the school psychology department at William James College, in Newton, Massachusetts. Each year, he comes back to Brandeis to talk with students about careers in mental health. He also regularly sees (and feeds) Jonah Sanders ’22, son of Jay and Sara (Grossman) Sanders ’89, both P’22. Karen Klatzkin teaches English at Borough of Manhattan Community College. Jonathan Krasner, PhD’02, P’25, co-authored “Hebrew Infusion” (Rutgers University Press, 2020), which won a National Jewish Book Award in the Education and Jewish Identity category. Thomas Linfield directs the grant program at the Madison (Wisconsin) Community Foundation. During the pandemic, the organization helped hundreds of local nonprofits leverage more than $27 million in federal stimulus funding and helped increase the census count in marginalized communities. Richard Rosenzweig is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at AngioDynamics, a global provider of medical devices. Laurie (Greenwald) Saloman, P’22, a journalist specializing in infectious diseases, says she’s had quite a lot to write about this past year. Husband Mark ’89, P’22, is a partner at FordHarrison, where he practices employment law. Daughter Ariel is a graphic designer in Brooklyn. Son Jonathan ’22 is loving his time at Brandeis, and Laurie and Mark have enjoyed watching him flourish there. Rhona Silverbush is celebrating the publication of three more picture books for toddlers: “Potty!” “New Baby!” and “Time to Go!” They join “Bye-Bye!” “Boo-Boo!” and “All Mine!” in the “Terrific Toddlers” series of books Rhona co-writes with Carol Zeavin. The books are published by Magination Press, the American Psychological Association’s children’s book imprint.