Lisie Gottdenker is a vice-chair of the board of JCC Association and has been a board member since 2012. Gottdenker served as the continental chair of JSummit 2024 – a signature gathering of the JCC Movement.

For 15 years, Gottdenker served on the board of the Bender JCC of Greater Washington in Rockville, Maryland, completing her term as chair in 2017. She also has served on the board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. In 2022, she was the Sondra D. Bender Community Leadership Honoree as part of JWI’s Women to Watch Leadership Weekend, and she currently sits on the board of JWI. She is on the steering committee of the Giving Network, which is a part of the Aspen Community Foundation.