Our Board

SCY High Board Officers and Members

Dr. David Feifel M.D., Ph.D., President

Eric Segal, Treasurer, Immediate Past President

Karen Aron, Secretary

Hayley Bortz

Audrey Jacobs

Matthew Johnson

Dan Kaplan

David Kupferberg M.D., M.P.H.

Rand Levin

Brian Marcus

Dr. David Feifel M.D., Ph.D., President - Dr. Feifel is a Professor in the UCSD School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry. He received a doctorate in Neurobiology and a Medical Degree from the University of Toronto. He joined UCSD in 1992 and currently he is Director of the Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Program at UCSD Medical Center. At UCSD he teaches, cares for patients and conducts research. He lives in La Jolla with his wife and three children.

Eric Segal, Treasurer, Immediate Past President - Eric Segal is President of P.R.E. Sales, Inc., specializing in the sale of chairs, tables, etc. for the Hospitality and Rental Industries. He graduated from Boston University School of Law and Yeshiva University. Eric grew up in San Diego, having attended the San Diego Hebrew Day School, Kerem Yeshiva (Santa Clara), and Hilltop High School. He currently serves as Vice President of Beth Jacob Congregation. Eric lives with his wife, Alysa, and their four children in the College area.

Karen Aron, Secretary - Karen is originally from South Africa, where she graduated as a Physical Therapist. She left South Africa in 1989 and has lived and worked in a few different countries due to her husband’s career. She has been living in San Diego with her husband Mike and their four sons, Liam, Joey, Elie and Nadav since 2008 and is currently working as a full time Mom. Karen has always taken an active role in the various Jewish communities she has lived in and has served on various school committees. Wanting to ensure that her sons and other boys in her community have the opportunity to receive a Torah education without leaving home, means that Karen has a vested interest in helping SCY High thrive for many years to come.

Hayley Bortz - Hayley's family is a member of the Adat Yeshurun community and her eldest child, Daniel, was a member of the first graduating class at SCY High. Originally from South Africa, she has been in the USA since 1999. Hayley grew up in an Orthodox community and has chosen the same environment for her kids. After her son graduated from Hebrew Day School, he attended 9th grade at La Jolla High and was very unhappy. When SCY High opened the next year it was a blessing, and being a pioneer in that school, in Daniel's mind, was the only thing to do. SCY High has been his passion ever since. He was President of the school three years running and has dedicated himself to the growth and success of the school. Having seen what Daniel went through, before SCY High, Hayley would like to make sure that all of San Diego's boys always have such an option. She would like to see SCY High and the San Diego Jewish community grow and to be able to see "our boys" continue to get a wonderful Jewish Education. In essence Hayley would like to see Daniel's dream continue to be a reality for many years to come.

Audrey Jacobs - Audrey Jacobs is the Development and Admissions Director of Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School, an Orthodox Jewish Day School serving children in preschool through 8th grade. Previously she was a public relations and marketing consultant for companies and non-profits nationwide. Since 1990 she has served on more than 15 nonprofit boards and committees in the San Diego Jewish, health care and arts community. She graduated from San Diego State University Cum Laude with a major in political science and English. She lives with her husband Karl and their three sons Gabriel, Jonas, and Hillel in University City.

Dan Kaplan - Danny was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. A graduate of Eitz Chaim Day School, Ner Israel Yeshiva High School and York University. Danny moved to the New York area after meeting his wife Yonina in the Southern Ukraine while both were working in an outreach camp run by Yeshiva University. Danny, Yonina and their children, Moshe, Tamar, Yosef and Dovi moved to La Jolla in August 2007. Danny is an SVP Media Director with Universal McCann, a full serve ad agency located in Los Angeles.

David Kupferberg M.D., M.P.H. - David, better known as Duvy, grew up in Montreal, Quebec, where he attended the Hebrew Academy for elementary and high school. Duvy was an active leader in Bnei Akiva and his shul youth programs. After high school, Duvy spent a year in Israel at Yeshivat Kerem B&rsquoteYavneh. He received an M.D. from McGill University, where he completed his residency in Internal Medicine. He then moved to San Diego where he completed dual Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowships at UCSD while concurrently earning a Masters Degree in Public Health at San Diego State University. Duvy is currently a partner in a pulmonary and critical care practice at Kaiser Permanente Hospital. He is also a voluntary assistant clinical professor at UCSD. Duvy has assumed numerous leadership roles in Jewish causes. He was on the Congregation Adat Yeshurun Board of Directors for six years, including two years as the shul's vice president and two years as the shul's president. He has been involved in the San Diego community Eruv project for over eight years. David is married to Jessica, who was one of SCY High's founding board members, and has 5 children, Jake, Kayla, Dalia, Keira and Avi.

Rand Levin - Rand Levin has lived in San Diego since 1989. He grew up in Los Angeles where he attended Hillel Hebrew Academy, Y.U.L.A. and Beverly Hills High School. He received his bachelor's degree in journalism with a minor in psychology from San Diego State University and was named Outstanding Graduate in 1993. Rand is the owner of Rand Video Productions. As a longtime television news photojournalist for NBC 7/39, he won 3 Emmy Awards, two Golden Microphones and numerous San Diego Press Club Awards. Rand lives in the College Area with his wife and four boys and is President of Beth Jacob Congregation. After graduating from SCY High, his oldest son went on to attend Yeshivah Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. His younger boys all attend Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School.

Brian Marcus - Brian Marcus has devoted many years volunteering with Jewish organizations since retiring from a fruitful career as a consulting civil engineer. Having moved to La Jolla from Dallas Texas with his wife and three daughters in 1996, he found himself involved in the building of the new Synagogue complex for Congregation Adat Yeshurun. Besides overseeing the building of the new Synagogue complex, Brian also supervised the construction of the Eruv, and headed up the Legacy campaign. He has served on the board of Hillel of San Diego, Congregation Adat Yeshurun, Jewish Family Services of San Diego, and Congregation Ohev Shalom in Dallas. In addition, he has been on long-range planning committees for the San Diego Jewish Academy, Solomon Schechter Academy Dallas and a grant allocations committee of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. Brian currently is an investor in commercial real estate, while his wife Suzanne is a psychologist in La Jolla.