People in the News

ELEZABETH CAMERON CYR will read her children’s book, “Stone Soup: A Jewish Tale,” a retelling of the classic story, at Barnes & Noble at the Foothills Mall on Saturday, April 4 at 11 a.m.… Read more »

A new bilingual, nonfiction book for all ages by RONI CAPIN RIVERA-ASHFORD, “My Tata’s Remedies/Los Remedios de mi Tata,” has been published by Cinco Puntos Press. The book, which will debut at the Tucson Festival of Books (March 14-15), highlights the relationship between a young boy and his grandfather… Read more »

MARIAN SALZMAN has been named the new executive chair of Tucson Values Teachers. Salzman has been CEO of Havas PR North America since 2009 and has been named PRWeek’s U.S. PR Professional of the Year (2012) and Global PR Professional of the Year (2014), among other honors. Salzman also… Read more »

ANDREA S. GOULD-MARKS, Ph.D., ABPP, a psychologist with private and public practices in New York, is opening a practice for integrative transitional psychotherapy. Offices will be centrally located in Tucson. Gould-Marks is founder of Lucid Learning Systems, LLC, a provider of psycho-educational programs, and director of community development for… Read more »

AMY KRAUSS has been elected to serve on the governing board of the Catalina Foothills School District. Her four-year term began last month. Krauss, an attorney, will join four other board members. Krauss also serves on the steering committee of the Cardozo Society of the Jewish Federation of Southern… Read more »

The National Exchange Club, the oldest service club in the United States, inducted ROBERT ALAN DAVIDSON, owner of Davidson Advertising, into its Court of Honor in October. Induction into the court, located at the headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, is the club’s highest honor. Davidson is a member of the… Read more »

JOAQUIN RUIZ, dean of the University of Arizona College of Science and vice president for innovation, will present “The Geotourism Corridor: Southern Arizona’s Gateway to Discovery” at a Show & Tell event on Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. at Playground Bar & Lounge, 278 E. Congress St. The UA… Read more »

Dr. Richard J. Ablin

RICHARD ABLIN, Ph.D., DSc. (Hon), presented a presidential lecture on his studies of prostate cancer at the 13th National Conference on Medical Oncology, held Oct. 9-12 in Poiana Brasov, Romania, and was the guest of honor and keynote lecturer at the Conference on Innovations in the Management of Prostate… Read more »

Singer/songwriter LORI LASKA SUMBERG will perform songs from her new folk-rock CD, “Farther to Run,” on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. at Monterey Court. She will be accompanied by a band that includes seven-time Grammy nominee Will Clipman. Other performers will include Cantor Avraham Alpert and Amber Norgaard.… Read more »

Ellen Freeman

ELLEN FREEMAN was elected to the board of Keshet, a national grassroots organization that works for the full equality and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Jews in Jewish life. Freeman was program coordinator of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s LGBT Jewish Inclusion Project and is a… Read more »

SHARON MEGDAL, Ph.D., director of the Water Resources Research Center at the University of Arizona, will give a keynote lecture, “Thirsty Rivers in Water-Scarce Regions: Experiences from the Colorado River” at an international conference in Israel. The conference on the rehabilitation of the lower Jordan River and the development… Read more »

GARY BACHMAN, a program manager in the Pima County community development and neighborhood conservation department, received a 2014 Housing Hero Award from the Arizona Department of Housing. Bachman has been an advocate for affordable housing and community development planning in Southern Arizona for nearly 30 years, including the last… Read more »

AMY HIRSHBERG LEDERMAN’s award-winning book, “To Life! Jewish Reflections on Everyday Living,” is now in its second printing. Lederman has written more than 300 columns and essays that have been published nationwide, debuting in the Arizona Jewish Post. Her second book, “One Life, Many Paths: Finding Meaning and Inspiration… Read more »

STEVEN MECKLER will be inducted into the Tucson Advertising Hall of Fame on Thursday, Sept. 11. Meckler owns Steven Meckler Photography. He has been active with the American Advertising Federation Tucson board of directors since 1998 and was recognized by AAFT with the 2006 Advertising Professional of the Year… Read more »

Sunrise Drive Elementary School first grade teacher ALLYCYN NA­DELL JACOBS recently returned from a 10-day teacher development program in China, through the Catalina Foothills School District’s partnership with Yangtze International Study Abroad. Jacobs was one of 10 CFSD participants. She teaches the English component of Sunrise Drive’s Chinese immersion… Read more »

LOGAN RIEGEL was awarded a scholarship to participate in the Galway Flute Festival in Athens, Ga., June 26-July 1. Logan was coached by Lady Jeanne Galway and participated in master classes on orchestral music, chamber ensemble music and jazz improvisation taught by Sir James Galway. She has been playing… Read more »

MARILYN FORSTOT, a Sahuarita resident, recently published a novel, “More Precious than Rubies,” available as an e-book through amazon. com. Set during and after the American Revolution, the novel shows early American life from a Jewish perspective. Forstot is a member of Beth Shalom Temple Center of Green Valley,… Read more »

SCOTT H. GAN, a shareholder of Mesch, Clark & Rothschild PC, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. The academy was founded in 1990 to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers and promote the improvement of appellate advocacy and the administration of the appellate courts. Membership… Read more »

Filmmaker TAMAR HALPERN will participate in a Q&A following the Loft Cinema’s screening of the documentary she co-directed, “Llyn Foulkes One Man Band,” on April 24 at 7 p.m. Halpern, who lives in Los Angeles, spent her teen years in Tucson, graduating from Tucson High School. She is the… Read more »

Native Tucsonan GAYLE GALE received a certificate of recognition from the city of Los Angeles for her Kids for Peace tile mural “The Market of Peace, Happiness and Good Health,” created with 75 second graders from Hancock Park elementary school in Los Angeles and children from around the world.… Read more »