Donna Nguyen joined the Temple Beth-El staff in January 2005. In her position as Office Manager, Donna oversees all aspects of the temple office, maintains the temple calendar, handles preparations for temple events and coordinates information for Chayenu, the monthly bulletin. In addition, Donna is the assistant to the Rabbi and a Notary Public.

Born and raised in New York City, Donna lived and worked there until June 2000 when she relocated to the Poughkeepsie area with her husband Michael, a Supervisor for the New York City Transit Authority. In her spare time, Donna likes to read, watch movies and is an avid sports fan (favorite teams are the New York Rangers and New York Yankees).

   Ainsley Davidson joined the Temple Beth-El staff in July 2009 as a temp, and became a permanent staff member in January 2010.  In her position as Administrative Assistant, Ainsley is responsible for all support work in the office, is the office receptionist, handles all donations/todah rabbahs, coordinates mailings and maintains the Temple database.

Ainsley is a “Long Island Girl," who moved to this area 7 years ago.  Her children are here, and Ainsley is the extremely proud grandma to her daughter’s two children, Jack, age 7, and Megan, age 5.  In her spare time, Ainsley loves to watch movies, garden and is an animal lover and past animal rights activist.