January 9, 2007

SAN FRANCISO, CA – The Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties named Roberta Zucker Catalinotto as the organization’s Chief Development Officer(CDO). Roberta will be coming to San Francisco from Washington, DC where she has been serving as director of development for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. As of February 1, 2007, Roberta will direct the Federation’s collaborative financial resource development efforts.

“We are absolutely thrilled that Roberta will be coming on board as our chief development officer,” stated John Pritzker, president of the Federation. “Roberta has a tremendous background in development; we are very fortunate to get someone with her background, profile and energy. I have no doubt that under her leadership, the Federation will continue to grow.”

Tom Dine, chief executive officer of the Federation, added, “Roberta has deep ties to the Jewish community as a result of her experiences in Israel, her work at the Jewish Federations of Greater Los Angeles and Orange County and her work for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. We are pleased that she is returning to the Bay Area, where she served as the director of Project Renewal, a program of the Federation. We know her. We know her work. We know we have a great talent and a wonderful person joining the Federation team.”

The Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties is the central organization for fundraising, planning, outreach and leadership development for Jewish communities in San Francisco, the Peninsula, and Marin and Sonoma counties. In 2006, the Federation’s annual campaign allocated $18.3 million to some 60 agencies providing social services, educational and cultural programs in the Bay Area, in the U. S., Israel and elsewhere in the world. In 2006, the Federation’s Endowment Fund, with assets close to $2 billion, provided more than $204 million for a variety of grants, seed projects and emergency needs. For more information, call 415.777.0411 or read about our mission.