Liz Bamberger will become president of Hadassah Greater Kansas City at the installation of the 2025 local chapter board.
The installation will be held on Tuesday, March 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Johnny Cascone’s Italian Restaurant (6863 W 91st St, Overland Park, KS 66212). A meet-and-greet will start at 5:30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6 p.m., followed by the installation.
Hadassah Great Plains Region President Sharon Star of Springfield, Illinois, will serve as installing officer (Greater Kansas City is part of the Great Plains Region).
Bamberger is carrying on the tradition of her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Sklov (after whom she was named), who was president of Hadassah in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from 1952 to 1955.
A Hadassah Life Member, Bamberger is a past recipient of the Hadassah National Leadership Award from the local chapter. She has served as treasurer at the group (Aviva Hadassah), chapter and regional levels, most recently serving as treasurer of Hadassah Greater Kansas City. Bamberger is also the current Great Plains Region Treasurer.
Professionally, Bamberger received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, followed by additional education at both St. Paul Technical Institute and Northwestern Medical School to become a registered respiratory therapist (RRT). Subsequently, she worked at both United and Children’s Hospital in St. Paul and the University of Kansas Medical Center as an RRT. Later, Bamberger worked as a pulmonary rehabilitation specialist at the former Baptist Medical Center in Kansas City.
Bamberger and her husband, David Bamberger, M.D., an internist and infectious disease specialist at University Health in Kansas City, are the parents of two daughters, both Life Members. Emily Bamberger, a M.D./Ph.D. candidate, passed away in 2017. Elissa Bamberger, who recently completed a master’s degree in social work, lives in Denver, Colorado.
Bamberger and her husband are members of Congregation Kol Ami.
The following members of the Greater Kansas City Hadassah executive board will be installed:
President: Liz Bamberger
Treasurer: Julie Spiegel
Recording secretary: Dara Granoff
Corresponding secretary: Gail Goldstein
Membership chair: Roberta Goller
Evolve liaison: Adryan Steinberg
Education and advocacy chair: Diane Haner
Records administrator: Marian Kaplan
Immediate past president: Debbie Goodbinder
There will be four dairy choices for dinner, one of which is fish. Kosher meals are available on request.
RSVPs are required by March 3. Payment and registration can be done online at events.hadassah.org/GKCinstallation. Payment by check must be payable to Hadassah and mailed to Marian Kaplan, 3909 W 101st Terrace, Overland Park, KS 66207.
Donations to help support Hadassah Medical Organization, which includes the Gandel Rehabilitation Center at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus, are encouraged.
Those who would like to make a donation in honor of the new board should write out separate checks and indicate event fee or donation in the memo line.
All attendees will be required to sign a Hadassah Event Participation Release to attend Hadassah in-person events. There will be no exceptions to this policy.
Questions should be directed to Marian Kaplan at or (913) 642-5252.
