Daniel S. Mariaschin, Executive Vice President
Daniel S. Mariaschin has spent nearly all of his professional life working on behalf of Jewish organizations.As the executive vice president of B’nai B’rith International, the organization’s top executive officer, he directs and supervises B’nai B’rith programs, activities and staff in the more than 50 countries where B’nai B’rith is organized. Mr. Mariaschin also serves as director of B'nai B'rith's Center for Human Rights and Public Policy (CHRPP). In that capacity, he presents B’nai B’rith’s perspective to a variety of audiences, including Congress and the media, and coordinates the center’s programs and policies on issues of concern to the Jewish community.
In the United States and abroad, Mr. Mariaschin has met with countless heads of state, prime ministers, foreign ministers, opposition leaders, influential members of the media and clerical leaders. Each time, his goal has been to advance human rights, help protect the rights of Jewish communities worldwide and promote better relations with the state of Israel.
Throughout his B’nai B’rith career, Mr. Mariaschin has represented the organization as part of numerous influential delegations.
Mr. Mariaschin was a member of the U.S. delegation to the International Conference on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, and the B'nai B'rith delegation to the State Department’s 1998 Washington Conference On Holocaust-Era Assets. He also initiated programs on Holocaust education for teachers with the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science.
In 2003 Mr. Mariaschin served as part of the U.S. delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) conference on anti-Semitism in Vienna. He was also a public advisor to the U.S. delegation at the 2004 conference in Berlin, the 2005 conference in Cordoba, Spain, and the 2007 meeting in Bucharest, Romania. In 2009, he was a member of the U.S. delegation to the Warsaw Human Dimension Implementation meeting of the OSCE.
Additionally, he participated in negotiations that achieved the transfer of torah scrolls from the Lithuanian government to Israel for distribution there and to Diaspora Jewish communities. He was a member of the International Advisory Committee of CEANA, the Argentinean commission studying that country's relations with the Nazi regime; served on the Commission on Property Restitution in Slovakia; and was a member of the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania.
In recognition of his tireless work in Central and Eastern Europe, Mr. Mariaschin received the Cultural Pluralism Award from the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. He has also received state decorations from the presidents of Latvia, Lithuania and Romania, and the Golden Bough decoration from the Foreign Ministry of Bulgaria.
He began his professional Jewish life in 1973 as community relations associate for the Jewish Community Council of Boston. Two years later, he became director of the New England office of the American Zionist Federation and Zionist House in Boston.
In 1977, Mr. Mariaschin joined the Anti Defamation League (ADL) of B'nai B'rith as director of its Middle East Affairs Department. From 1979 to 1986, he served as assistant to ADL's national director, the late Nathan Perlmutter, and as director of its National Leadership division, responsible for ADL's nationwide program of leadership development.
He then became director of the Political Affairs Department of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), where he supervised political action activities and grassroots organization programs.
Prior to joining B'nai B'rith, Mr. Mariaschin served as director of communications and principal spokesman for former Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr. during his 1987-88 presidential campaign.
Mr. Mariaschin has written numerous articles and reviews on foreign affairs and national security issues for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Times and Newsday, and appears frequently as a foreign affairs analyst on television and radio programs. He has lectured on foreign and defense affairs at the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute, the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and at other military installations across the country. He has also worked as a radio announcer and news commentator and has lectured widely in the U.S. and abroad.
Raised in Swanzey, New Hampshire, Mr. Mariaschin received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of New Hampshire and his Master's degree in Contemporary Jewish Studies from Brandeis University. He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of New Hampshire and received the American Jewish Communal Leadership Award from Brandeis University.
Mark D. Olshan, Associate Executive Vice President
Mark D. Olshan, Ph.D., is associate executive vice president of B'nai B'rith International and director of the BBI Center for Senior Services. As associate executive vice president, he manages daily administrative functions. As director of the Center for Senior Services, Olshan develops, manages, and executes B'nai B'rith's affordable housing programs.
Olshan has been with B'nai B'rith for since 1983. He first served as the director of the Senior Citizens Housing program, which he helped to expand from 12 buildings to more than 40 properties, located in over 25 communities throughout the country.
He holds a doctorate from the University of South Dakota, a master of arts degree from the University of California-Northridge, and a bachelor of arts degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Kate Marshall, Chief Financial Officer
Kate Marshall is the chief financial officer (CFO) of B'nai B'rith International and is responsible for all issues pertaining to the organization's financial operations. In addition to her financial duties, her areas of responsibility include oversight of human resources, information technology and various administrative areas.
Marshall, a certified public accountant, has extensive financial experience in the nonprofit world. She has served as CFO and vice president of operations for the National Parks Conservation Organization and as CFO and vice president of finance and administration for the African Wildlife Foundation. Marshall also has been a principal in her consulting business, which provides financial and strategic planning and operational review analysis and planning for nonprofits and other organizations.
Marshall holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from Carleton College in Minnesota and a masters in business administration from Georgetown University.
Daniel M. Heckelman, Deputy Executive Vice President
Daniel M. Heckelman, deputy executive vice president, has served BBI for 23 years. Heckelman supervises and implements fundraising and membership initiatives, including corporate development, direct mail/telemarketing solicitation, foundation grants, fundraising events, and planned giving. In addition, he supervises membership support.
Heckelman has also served as director of donor/member services; assistant international membership director; national membership coordinator; and coordinator of Israel programs, for which he received the William J. Schroeder Award for Innovative Programming for bringing active retirees to volunteer in Israel.
Heckelman earned a bachelor of arts degree in American civilization at Brown University and studied at the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Society.
Rhonda Love, Vice President, Programming
Rhonda Love is program director of B'nai B'rith International and serves as staff liaison for the Center for Community Action and the Center for Jewish Identity. Love brings community service programming and Jewish identity activities to communities throughout the United States and the world.
She is responsible for the administration of the B'nai B'rith Disaster Relief Fund, which provides assistance to victims of natural and manmade disasters, and the Communities in Crisis project, which distributes medicines throughout Latin America.
Love has worked for B'nai B'rith since 1977, serving in several capacities, including associate executive vice president of former district one, which provides programming to B'nai B'rith groups in New York and New England.
Love received the B'nai B'rith Julius Bisno Award for Professional Excellence in 2002. She earned her undergraduate degree in political science from Queens College-C.U.N.Y. in 1977, and her master of arts degree in public administration from Baruch College. She works at the B'nai B'rith office in New York City.
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