Meet Our Staff
Communications & Donor Relations
- Laurie Gottlieb, Director, Marketing and Annual Fundraising
- Lara Daly, Donor Database/Web Content Management Specialist
- Emily Leone, Public Relations Associate
Laurie Gottlieb
Director, Marketing and Annual Fundraising
Laurie Gottlieb is the director of marketing and annual fundraising for JF&CS. In this capacity, she directs and oversees marketing and individual fundraising policies, objectives and initiatives for JF&CS and the agency's four divisions: Career Development Center, Family Hope Connection, Squirrel Hill Food Pantry and Squirrel Hill Psychological Services. This includes initiatives that increase awareness of the agency and its individual programs and services through advertising, public relations, marketing communications collateral and outreach.
Responsibilities also consist of all community fundraising initiatives for the agency including annual appeals for the agency and the Squirrel Hill Food Pantry, ongoing giving programs such as tribute cards and Food Pantry centerpieces and all special events.
Prior to joining JF&CS, Laurie worked in the for-profit sector, acting as marketing director for two different high technology companies in the Pittsburgh area. Before that, she did management consulting in D.C. for four years.
Laurie has bachelor's degrees in both business administration and applied mathematics/operations research from the Tepper School and Mellon College of Science, respectively, at Carnegie Mellon University and a master's in information science from the University of Pittsburgh. She sits on the board of directors of the National Council of Jewish Women and Tree of Life Congregation.
Lara Daly
Donor Database/Web Content Management Specialist
Lara Daly is the Donor Database and Web Content Management Specialist. In this role, she is responsible for logging all annual donations and tribute gifts that come in through Jewish Family & Children's Service and the Squirrel Hill Food Pantry. Lara is part of the marketing staff and helps with internal and external communication pieces including weekly emails to our friends and donors regarding our programs and services, a monthly newsletter for the Food Pantry and acknowledgment of all donor gifts. Lara is also responsible for updates and content changes for the agency's websites.
Lara previously worked in several other non-profits including the American Lung Association, CCAC Educational Foundation, Catholic University School of Law and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. She has experience in fundraising including donor relations, database management, special event planning, annual fundraising, volunteer management and website content.
Lara earned her bachelor's degree in political science and public administration from Slippery Rock University.
Emily Leone
Public Relations Associate
Emily Leone is the Public Relations Associate for Jewish Family& Children's Service. In this role, she is responsible for strategizing and leading media relations efforts for JF&CS as a whole, as well as all JF&CS divisions and departments including Family Hope Connection, Career Development Center, Squirrel Hill Psychological Services, critical needs/emergency assistance, elder care, Squirrel Hill Community Food Pantry, guardianship, immigration and refugee services, scholarship and special needs.
As part of JF&CS's marketing and fundraising team, Emily also works on communications (social media, print and other) targeted towards prospects, clients, donors, funding sources, referral sources and others; including JF&CS and division Facebook pages, the weekly JF&CS enewsletter, monthly Food Pantry volunteer enewsletter, articles, brochures and more.
Before joining JF&CS, Emily was the Managing Editor of the Northside Chronicle. She has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Communications and a master’s in Media Arts & Technology, both from Duquesne University.
