Dr. Dorothy Pierce is a retired educator and school administrator. After retirement, she became involved with Jewish organizations, most notably Brandeis University National Women’s Committee and was national president for two years. She instituted the Jewish Cultural Society at Florida Atlantic University in 2008 and served as its president from 2008-2012. Dr. Pierce served as president of the Gilda Malin chapter of Hadassah from 2011-2016 and now serves as vice president of the Gaela Atid chapter of Hadassah.

For the past four years, she has chaired the Jewish Cultural Club, a club that provides Jewish cultural programs to the members of her community-Boca Woods Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida. Besides her Jewish activities, Dr. Pierce serves on the board of Boca Woods PAP Corps., a South Florida organization that raises money for cancer research at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Institute at the University of Miami.

She lives in Boca Raton, Florida with her husband Stanley, a retired college professor and attorney