Jewish Family & Children's Service of Mpls.
13100 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 400
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-546-0616 / office
952-593-1778 / fax
952-591-0041 / TTY

Annette Malinsky Sandler, Program Supervisor to L'Chaim Senior Services and the NORC program. Annette has BA in Communications, Masters degree in Social Geriatrics from the University of Minnesota, a Certificate in Advocacy Leadership for Vital Aging from the University of Minnesota. Annette’s primary area of study has been “Adding Life to Life Expectancy”. Annette also has 20 years of experience in volunteer leadership.

Phone Number: 952-542-4866
Email address: asandler@jfcsmpls.org

Mari Forbush, Family Service Division Director Operations Director at Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis.Mari is responsible for all financial matters regarding NORC, for coordinating with the National NORC office in Washington, and for working on issues of funding and re-funding. Mari has a BA in American Studies and a Master of Social Work from the University of Minnesota. She worked at the University of Minnesota for 18 years before joining the JFCS staff. Mari has spent her professional career working on projects that focus on improving lives and the communities that we live in.

Phone Number: 952-542-4812
Email address: mforbush@jfcsmpls.org

Joy Leslie Gordon is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia Teachers College. She has many years experience developing linking organizations to community resources in the public schools and in the social service sector. As the NORC Community Liaison, she coordinates the  NORC congregational nurse program for 10 congregations as well as the West Metro Congregational Nurse Networking Group, writes the NORC Newsletter, coordinates the NORC Health and Wellness monthly lectures and is the primary JFCS reverse mortgage counselor.

Phone Number: 952-542-4819
Email address: jgordon@jfcsmpls.org