Josh Laster
Executive Director at Congregation Beth El - Voorhees- Claim this Profile
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Frances Sheehan, CAP®
I had the good fortune of working closely with Josh for two years in my role as President of Congregation Ohev Shalom, where he served as Executive Director. I simply cannot say enough good things about this exemplary man. He brought tremendous energy, negotiating skills, IT expertise, and human resources talent to his role, all with a calm, pleasant, warm, engaging, professional manner. He exercised tremendous self control when dealing with difficult-to-deal-with individuals, and was straightforward and constructive in conflict situations. He hired excellent staff and was influential in creating a strong staff team - making it extremely easy for those of us in governance leadership to focus on the issues we were supposed to, instead of worrying about personnel issues. Josh handled the facility and vendor matters and the day to day running of a 300-family synagogue, but was also a creative problem solver. His favorite phrases were "what can I do to help?" and "how can we get to yes?" He particularly excelled at marketing and membership recruitment - with a great deal of comfort with social media, and was often the #1 reason people joined our synagogue. I am pleased to see Josh go on to run a larger community because I care enough about him to want to see him succeed personally. But he will be missed at Congregation Ohev Shalom.
Frances Sheehan, CAP®
I had the good fortune of working closely with Josh for two years in my role as President of Congregation Ohev Shalom, where he served as Executive Director. I simply cannot say enough good things about this exemplary man. He brought tremendous energy, negotiating skills, IT expertise, and human resources talent to his role, all with a calm, pleasant, warm, engaging, professional manner. He exercised tremendous self control when dealing with difficult-to-deal-with individuals, and was straightforward and constructive in conflict situations. He hired excellent staff and was influential in creating a strong staff team - making it extremely easy for those of us in governance leadership to focus on the issues we were supposed to, instead of worrying about personnel issues. Josh handled the facility and vendor matters and the day to day running of a 300-family synagogue, but was also a creative problem solver. His favorite phrases were "what can I do to help?" and "how can we get to yes?" He particularly excelled at marketing and membership recruitment - with a great deal of comfort with social media, and was often the #1 reason people joined our synagogue. I am pleased to see Josh go on to run a larger community because I care enough about him to want to see him succeed personally. But he will be missed at Congregation Ohev Shalom.
Frances Sheehan, CAP®
I had the good fortune of working closely with Josh for two years in my role as President of Congregation Ohev Shalom, where he served as Executive Director. I simply cannot say enough good things about this exemplary man. He brought tremendous energy, negotiating skills, IT expertise, and human resources talent to his role, all with a calm, pleasant, warm, engaging, professional manner. He exercised tremendous self control when dealing with difficult-to-deal-with individuals, and was straightforward and constructive in conflict situations. He hired excellent staff and was influential in creating a strong staff team - making it extremely easy for those of us in governance leadership to focus on the issues we were supposed to, instead of worrying about personnel issues. Josh handled the facility and vendor matters and the day to day running of a 300-family synagogue, but was also a creative problem solver. His favorite phrases were "what can I do to help?" and "how can we get to yes?" He particularly excelled at marketing and membership recruitment - with a great deal of comfort with social media, and was often the #1 reason people joined our synagogue. I am pleased to see Josh go on to run a larger community because I care enough about him to want to see him succeed personally. But he will be missed at Congregation Ohev Shalom.
Frances Sheehan, CAP®
I had the good fortune of working closely with Josh for two years in my role as President of Congregation Ohev Shalom, where he served as Executive Director. I simply cannot say enough good things about this exemplary man. He brought tremendous energy, negotiating skills, IT expertise, and human resources talent to his role, all with a calm, pleasant, warm, engaging, professional manner. He exercised tremendous self control when dealing with difficult-to-deal-with individuals, and was straightforward and constructive in conflict situations. He hired excellent staff and was influential in creating a strong staff team - making it extremely easy for those of us in governance leadership to focus on the issues we were supposed to, instead of worrying about personnel issues. Josh handled the facility and vendor matters and the day to day running of a 300-family synagogue, but was also a creative problem solver. His favorite phrases were "what can I do to help?" and "how can we get to yes?" He particularly excelled at marketing and membership recruitment - with a great deal of comfort with social media, and was often the #1 reason people joined our synagogue. I am pleased to see Josh go on to run a larger community because I care enough about him to want to see him succeed personally. But he will be missed at Congregation Ohev Shalom.
Experience
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Congregation Beth El - Voorhees
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United States
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director
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Oct 2015 - Present
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Congregation Beth Chaim
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United States
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director
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May 2013 - Sep 2015
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Congregation Ohev Shalom
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Director
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Mar 2010 - Apr 2013
Bringing Judaism to Life in Delaware County Bringing Judaism to Life in Delaware County
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URJ Camp Harlam
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United States
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Hospitality
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1 - 100 Employee
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Alumni President
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May 2008 - Jun 2012
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Beth David Reform Congregation
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Religious Institutions
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1 - 100 Employee
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Youth Director
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Jul 2005 - Jun 2011
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Expert Technology Associates
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United States
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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Network Services Specialist
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Mar 2009 - Mar 2010
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Revolution POS
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Sales
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Sep 2003 - Mar 2009
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Waterfront Director
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1999 - 2004
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Beth Or
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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Youth Director
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2000 - 2003
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North Penn School District
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Primary and Secondary Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Elementary School Teacher - 3rd and 6th Grade
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Aug 1997 - Jun 2001
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Education
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1993 - 1997
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Bachelors, Elementary Education -
1989 - 1993
Haverford Senior High School
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