Background
Blumberg, Rena Joy was born on October 31, 1934 in Cleveland. Daughter of Ezra and Sylvia (Lamport) Shapiro.
Blumberg, Rena Joy was born on October 31, 1934 in Cleveland. Daughter of Ezra and Sylvia (Lamport) Shapiro.
Bachelors cum laude, Brandeis University, 1956. LDH (honorary), Baldwin Wallace College, 1987.
Community relations director, WDOK-FM, Cleveland, since 1972;
Chief Executive Officer, Rainmaker, Inc., since 1996. Board directors McDonald & Company Securities Inc., Providence House, A Crisis Nursery, Playhouse Square Foundation, North Coast Development Corporation, WVIZ, Channel 25, others. Board commissioner, chairperson of events Bicentennial of Cleveland, 1996.
Community relations consultant, host various media series. Chairman numerous exhibits, community celebrations.
Trustee Brandeis University, 1978-1996, chairman of the Fellows, 1984-1988, chairman honorary degree committee, since 1985, secretary of the board trustees, 1990, trustee emeritus, since 1996. Active numerous civic projects including co-chairman Heartstring, The National Tour/Western Reserve Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Foundation, 1989, Black Tie Slumber Party for Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 1989. Chairman Three Special Events/United Way Campaign, 1989.
Honorary chairman Ronald McDonald Benefit: The Houses that Love Built, 1988, others.
Married Michael Blumberg, March 6, 1964. Children: Catharyn Blumberg Gildesgame, David, Stuart.