In addition to her involvement in federation, Saal is on the board of the American Associates of Ben-Gurion University and HaTikvah, a Jewish group home for developmentally disabled adults. She is also involved in fund-raising for Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, the Center for Clinical Immunology at Stanford and the Arthritis Foundation of Northern California.
Saal is a member of Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto and her grown children, Jessica Saal and Nathaniel Saal, live in Palo Alto.
Joseph is the third recipient of the Jim Brooks Award, designated for a community leader under age 50. She is the overall campaign chair for the JCF’s Women’s Alliance and a past president of the South Peninsula division of the Women’s Alliance. Currently, she is on the JCF’s South Peninsula Council and will become its vice president in September. She’s also on the board of the Peninsula branch of the Jewish Community Relations Council, and is a member of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills and Kol Emeth.
Joseph is a graduate of the prestigious Wexner Jewish leadership study program and has participated in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem’s overseas study program. She also is the author of “Abigail to Zachary, a Treasury of Biblical Names” and has two children, Abigail and Noah.
The Koch Award honors the memory of Harvey Koch, former president of the ALSJCC and Beth Am and first president of the JCF’s South Peninsula Council. The Brooks Award honors the memory Jim Brooks, who died in 1995 and had also been an ALSJCC president. Both awards are made possible by the Koch family, who established an award fund under the aegis of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.
The event will also honor campaign volunteers and leaders.