Staff
Linda Zimmerman is the Director of The Amit Program. She began working at Jewish Educational Services (JES) in September 1995 where she established the Special Needs Department. In this role, Linda provided consultation services to synagogues, preschools and day schools in insure that all children with learning differences have access to a quality Jewish education. She also arranged teacher workshops and community symposium on learning differences. This department grew into The Amit Program.
Linda is the past president of the board, and a current board member of the Interfaith Disabilities Network of the Bobby Dodd Institute. She is a member of the Inclusion Committee of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and she also participates in the Coordinated Network for Persons with Disabilities in the Atlanta Jewish community as the educational representative. Linda is also a member of the Youth Task Force, sponsored by the Dekalb Developmental Disabilities Council.
Prior to JES, Linda worked as a consultant in the Independent Living Program of Jewish Family and Career Services and acted as an interim director of the program. She provided vocational expert witness testimony for the Social Security Administration and she worked for eight years as a Rehabilitation Counselor providing case management services to injured workers.
Linda is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Masters degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. She has completed additional coursework in learning differences. She was the assistant administrator of a synagogue supplemental religious school and has taught Hebrew and Judaics in supplementary schools.
Linda is a past recipient of the Marilyn Shubin Professional Staff Development Award for outstanding contributions as a professional within the Atlanta Jewish community.
lzimmerman@amitatlanta.org
Melissa Miller
Program Coordinator
mmiller@amitatlanta.org
Karen Paz
Program Coordinator
kpaz@amitatlanta.org
Andrea Scheinfeld
Administrator
ascheinfeld@amitatlanta.org
Sonja Flockhart
Accountant
sflockhart@amitatlanta.org
Ellen Balk
Consultant – Temima
iblnm@aol.com
Ann Berman
Teacher Garinim 1
aberman@davisacademy.org
Carol Berger
Learning Lab Consultant
cberger@davisacademy.org
Hannah Blau
Teacher Garinim 2
hblau@davisacademy.org
Marilyn Caduri
Learning Lab Davis
mcaduri@davisacademy.org
Stacy Cohen
Learning Lab Davis
scohen@davisacademy.org
Felissa Covin
Learning Lab Davis
fcovin@davisacademy.org
Suzi DiPietro
Garinim Principal
garinim@davisacademy.org
Debbie Edge
Learning Lab Davis
dedge@davisacademy.org
Jessica Gardella
Paraprofessional Garinim 2
jgardella@davisacademy.org
Andrea Goldt
Learning Lab Davis
agoldt@davisacademy.org
Gwendolyn Johns-Newman
Paraprofessional Garinim 3
gjohnsonsnewman@davisacademy.org
Michaelene Kearney
Occupational Therapist
childreninmotion@charter.net
Liora Krug
Learning Lab Davis
lkrug@davisacademy.org
Kathie Lasky
Teacher Garinim 3
klasky@davisacademy.org
Tammy Ludwig
Garinim Paraprofessional
tludwig@davisacademy.org
Dorothy Menaker
Garinim Paraprofessional
dmenaker@davisacademy.org
Nancy Sellinger
Learning Lab Davis
nsellinger@davisacademy.org
Bonnie Sobelson
Paraprofessional Garinim 1
bsobelson@davisacademy.org
Sharon Sokolik
Speech Therapist
sdsokolik@bellsouth.net
Vered Stolarski
Judaics Teacher
vstolarski@davisacademy.org
Amy Zeide
Learning Lab Davis
azeide@davisacademy.org
Ari Zelig
Para Professional
Ari.zelig@gmail.com