The Fisher Family - Maimonides School

Jennifer & Scott Tobin
Every institution depends on a core of committed, passionate volunteers like Scott
and Jennifer Tobin, honorees of Maimonides School’s 2008 Annual Campaign.
“The notion of participating is inherently connected to who Jen and I are as
people,” Scott explains. “It’s in our blood, it’s in our being. It was passed on to us
by our parents and grandparents.” Adds Jennifer, “The motivation is that we feel
Maimonides is our community. We get a lot from Maimonides, and we want to
contribute to it in return.”
Scott and Jennifer Tobin grew up in Long Island, New York. He graduated from
Brandeis in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and
a concentration in international relations. She is a 1993 Brandeis graduate, earning
her degree in neuroscience.
They have four children: Benjamin, 10 and a Maimonides fifth-grader; Coby, 8 and a
Maimonides second grader; Avi, age 5. and Zachary, almost 3. During their six years
as Maimonides School parents, the depth and breadth of the Tobins’ commitment
and involvement have served as a model for all school families.
Scott shared his professional expertise as a member of the Development Committee
in 2004 and joined the Board of Directors the following year. He chairs the Board’s
Investment Committee and is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. He
also organized a letter-writing campaign among Elementary School students to
American forces stationed in Iraq.
Jennifer began her volunteer service on the Recruitment Committee in 2002 and is
currently co-chair of the Parent-Teacher Association, after serving as a room parent
for several years. She also started the popular adult women’s Wednesday night
basketball program, now in its second year in the Maimonides gym. Earlier this year
the Tobins chaired a hugely successful and unprecedented comedy night.
“Community involvement,” Scott asserts, is “inherently connected to the
responsibility we have as members of the Jewish community. Our lives would
certainly not be as fulfilling if we weren’t activists in some form or another, whether
it be encouraging the students to write letters to soldiers or bringing the community
together for a comedy night, hosting our children’s grades in our succah, or just
serving pizza at school on Rosh Chodesh. They’re all one and the same.”
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