After seven years of sharing a chief executive, the Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center and the Robert and Dorothy Ludwig Jewish Community Center of Schenectady on the Golub Family Campus will each hire their own chief executive officer (CEO).

The change was announced Oct. 8 in a letter to members from the two board presidents, Dora Fisher of the Albany JCC and Ilene Friedman of the Schenectady JCC. David Posner, who has served as joint CEO of both centers, will retire later in 2027.

The two JCCs launched a shared services model seven years ago, with a joint CEO and several shared professional positions, “so that working together would strengthen both organizations and help us better serve our communities,” the presidents wrote. They said that shared leadership “brought a new period of stability and growth to both JCCs,” letting the Centers move resources quickly where they were needed and host joint events, including the regional JCCA conference.

Both Centers are now preparing for renovations, construction projects and new ventures. “Each JCC has significant work ahead over the next few years, and each will need an executive focused on its own goals,” Fisher and Friedman wrote. The boards have decided to conduct separate executive searches.

“Our structure will change, but our relationship won’t,” they wrote. Staff at each Center will continue to support their counterparts at the other, and the JCCs plan to keep sharing ideas and best practices and working together on common issues.

The presidents credited Posner with securing critical grants that improved the Centers’ facilities, strengthening donor and community relationships, guiding strategic growth, and leading both JCCs “through opportunities and challenges alike.”

“His impact will last, and we look forward to celebrating his retirement in 2027,” they wrote. A retirement date and details of the celebration have not yet been announced.