Barry Shrage has served as president of CJP—Greater Boston's Jewish Federation—since 1987. Under Barry's leadership, CJP is focused on three priorities: Jewish education and engaging future generations, strengthening our connection to Israel through community-to-community and people-to-people partnerships, and caring for the most vulnerable in greater Boston. He champions true partnerships between CJP, donors and recipient organizations—inspiring the Jewish community to contribute more than $42 million to CJP's 2011 Annual Campaign.

Barry has been instrumental in the creation of several cutting-edge programs designed to engage the next generation in meaningful Jewish life and create a welcoming, inclusive Jewish community. Projects include Me'ah, an intensive Jewish adult education curriculum; and Parenting Through a Jewish Lens, a Jewish learning program for parents of young children. Pioneered in Boston, both programs are now being replicated nationwide. Barry also spearheaded a successful incentive grant program that supports Jewish overnight camp opportunities for children. He helped Boston's Peerless Excellence and Affordability projects for Jewish day schools, and initiated innovative efforts aimed at strengthening synagogues and synagogue schools.

Barry is one of Israel's most passionate and effective advocates in Boston. More than 20 years ago, he helped establish the Boston-Haifa Connection, a sister city relationship that has resulted in mutually beneficial social programs. Barry was among the first Federation leaders to embrace the power of Taglit-Birthright Israel, and has worked to send 10,000 Boston-area college students on free trips to Israel. CJP's Birthright Israel Campus Initiative has become a national model that empowers students to become lifelong advocates for Israel.

During the recession that began in 2008, Barry helped to develop CJP's Economic Response, which provided additional funding to meet the needs of the most vulnerable, including isolated seniors, immigrants, the unemployed and people with disabilities.  

After graduating from City College of New York, Barry earned a master's degree in social work from Boston University. He and his wife, Ellie, live in Newton, where they raised their two children. They have two grandchildren.

Sari Rapkin is an effective leader whose career in public accounting and non-profit involvement in Greater Boston spans 30 years. Sari serves as an assurance partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), in their Private Company Services practice. Her clients include privately held and private-equity backed companies in the retail, distribution, manufacturing and services industries, as well as several prominent not-for-profit institutions in Greater Boston.

She is a sought-after board member who currently serves on the boards of Mayyim Hayyim, the New Center for Arts & Culture and the Jewish Community Relations Council. She is also a member of the Audit Committee at Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston. Previously, she served on the board of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston and on the Young Leadership Cabinet of United Jewish Communities (now known as the Jewish Federations of North America). Sari is an ardent supporter of the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, North America's Jewish bone marrow donor registry and cord blood bank.

At CJP, Sari currently chairs the Board of Directors. As one of three co-chairs of the Strategic Planning Committee, she played an instrumental role in the creation of CJP's current Strategic Plan. As treasurer, she served as the chair of the Budget & Finance Committee for four years. Sari also co-chaired the 2006–2008 class of CJP's Cynthia and Leon Shulman Acharai Leadership Development Program.

Originally from Rochester, New York, and a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Sari now resides in Needham and is a member of Temple Beth Avodah in Newton.

Judy Kaye brings a wealth of experience and commitment to her role as co-chair of CJP’s 2012 Annual Campaign.  Since 2007, she’s been an active member of CJP’s Board of Directors and has chaired the Economic Response Task Force since it began in 2008.

Her involvement in Greater Boston’s Jewish community is extensive, having served on the Board of Directors of Jewish Family & Children’s Service since 1988 and as board president in the late '90s. Judy co-chaired the Capital Campaign of Temple Shir Tikva of Wayland and has served on its Board of Trustees. 

An active participant at her children’s schools, Judy served as a trustee of Nashoba Brooks School from 2004 to 2011 and as its board president from 2008 to 2011. Prior to that, she co-chaired a capital campaign and two strategic planning processes at Nashoba Brooks. She was the president of the Parents Committee at the Middlesex School from 2008 to 2010.

Judy is a graduate of Harvard College and received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. She lives in Wayland with her husband, Steve, and their three children.

Dale Okonow is a valued leader within Greater Boston’s business and philanthropic communities and adds strength to his role as co-chair of CJP’s 2012 Annual Campaign. Dale also serves on the Board of Trustees at Jewish Family & Children’s Service, where he founded the Parkinson’s Family Support Program. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Temple Beth Elohim Endowment in Wellesley, and on the board of The Rashi School in Dedham. He also serves on the Hematology Oncology Visiting Committee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he helped establish the Okonow/Lipton Family Lymphoma Research Fund. He is a board member of the New York-based iF Foundation, which provides interest-free small-business loans for impoverished people in Haiti and Ghana.

Dale is a partner at The Watermill Group, a private equity investment and management firm based in Lexington. Prior to this role, Dale was partner, president and chief operating officer of Sawyer Realty Holdings, LLC.

He received a B.S. (with distinction), a J.D. (magna cum laude) and an M.B.A., all from Cornell University. An avid Red Sox, Celtics and Patriots fan, Dale and his wife, Marilyn, live in Needham and have two children.