{"id":2606,"date":"2021-09-30T23:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T23:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/?p=2606"},"modified":"2022-01-05T16:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T16:58:16","slug":"temple-beth-el-welcomes-damien-timms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/2021\/09\/temple-beth-el-welcomes-damien-timms\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple Beth-El welcomes Damien Timms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damien Timms, Temple Beth-El\u2019s new executive director, has an extensive and diverse background.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2549\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2549\" src=\"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Synagogues_Beth-El_-Damien-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damien Timms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born and raised in Australia, he began his career in ballet, but an injury changed his direction to a 25-year career in administration, finance and project management.<\/p>\n<p>Damien has worked in a number of sectors including non-profit, government and many private industries: automotive, aviation, LGBT community health, mental health, human resources, oil &amp; gas, and even running his own bakery\/caf\u00e9. The common thread is his passion to assist others, combined with an amazing work ethic.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Damien has served as administrator at The Temple, Congregation B&#8217;nai Jehudah in Kansas. \u00a0He\u00a0managed\u00a0Synagogue programs and calendars, led\u00a0daily minyanim, planned and executed B&#8217;nai Mitzvah, High Holy Days, and their Chesed program, all while supporting\u00a0multiple clergy and community organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Damien loves music, Star Trek (and Wars), Agatha Christie mysteries, museums, galleries, coffee, food and wine, walking (to counter the food and wine), and he can&#8217;t wait to enjoy all the outdoor activities Richmond has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>Damien just celebrated his 5th marriage anniversary and 19th year with his husband, Patrick. \u00a0They have two Morkie (Maltese\/Yorkshire Terrier) fur babies, Baxter and Bronson.<\/p>\n<p>You can contact Damien at <a href=\"mailto:tbe-exdir@bethelrichmond.org\"><em>tbe-exdir@bethelrichmond.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damien Timms, Temple Beth-El\u2019s new executive director, has an extensive and diverse background. Born and raised in Australia, he began his career in ballet, but an injury changed his direction to a 25-year career in administration, finance and project management. Damien has worked in a number of sectors including non-profit, government and many private industries: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2608,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions\/2608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectornews.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}