[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 25 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




A TRIBUTE TO ALAN AND NANCY BRODOVSKY FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO EDUCATION 
                               EXCELLENCE

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 25, 2010

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Madam Speaker, I would like to pay tribute 
today to Alan and Nancy Brodovsky, who are widely known for their 
community service in Sacramento, California, and especially for their 
devotion to education excellence.
  Madam Speaker, I became aware of and made many friends in the 
Sacramento Jewish community as a result of a decade in the legislature 
and through family connections. I have always been impressed by the 
vibrancy and commitment of the volunteers in our state capital, and 
have maintained strong ties with my friends there.
  Alan Brodovsky is a Sacramento native who has been among the most 
active in giving his time to the community. He has been particularly 
involved in supporting the establishment and growth of the Shalom 
School, the only Jewish Day School in Sacramento. He has spent 25 years 
in leadership positions on the board of trustees. He was also 
instrumental in forming an advisory board to establish, build, and 
manage the investments for Shalom School's endowment program.
  Mr. Brodovsky has been a volunteer leader of the greater community in 
many ways, serving on the board of trustees of Mosaic Law Congregation, 
three years as president. He is currently a member of its foundation 
board. He is a trustee and treasurer of Hillel of Davis and Sacramento, 
vice president of the Trust Fund for Jewish Elderly. He has served on 
the board of the Jewish Community Foundation of the West, the JCRC, and 
is the past president of the Sacramento Junior Chamber.
  Nancy Brodovsky has been a force in the Sacramento community since 
she married Alan and moved there in 1985. She has also been president 
of the board of trustees of Shalom School, and has served as a trustee 
for the Crocker Art Museum, FamiliesFirst, Mosaic Law Congregation, 
TDX, the National Breast Cancer Fund, Sacramento Jewish Federation, 
Sacramento Country Day School and the advisory board of Breakthrough 
Sacramento.
  Perhaps her most high-profile role has been as the chairman of the 
board of directors of the M.I.N.D. Institute at University of 
California, Davis. The M.I.N.D. Institute is a collaborative 
international research center, committed to the awareness, 
understanding, prevention, care and cure of neurodevelopmental 
disorders, the most well-known of which is autism. In addition to being 
intimately involved in setting the course of the institute, Nancy has 
organized and overseen annual fund-raising events that have raised 
hundreds of thousands of dollars for the program.
  Madam Speaker, Alan and Nancy Brodovsky have raised two fine sons 
even as they have devoted their time and efforts to their community. In 
tribute to their years of dedication, the Brodovskys will be honored by 
the Shalom School in March. I ask you and my colleagues to join me in 
commending them for their community work and wish them well in their 
future endeavors.

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