Rabbi Gary Klein has served as the spiritual leader of Temple Ahavat Shalom since July, 1987 and in 1995, the congregation invited him to serve as rabbi for life. In the Tampa Bay area Rabbi Klein serves as the Secretary of Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services as well as on the Board of Directors of the Center for Catholic Jewish Studies at St. Leo University. He has also served on the Mease Hospital Ethics Committee, the Board of Directors of the Long Center and the Board of Directors of the Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce. He has served as President of the Pinellas County Board of Rabbis and he was one of the 1988-1989 designees for Leadership Pinellas. Rabbi Klein and his wife, Ilene, are parents of two grown children, Jeffrey and Sara, who is married to Cantor Marshall Kapell.