2009 National

Location

Reisterstown, MD

Participants

• Sean Altman
  Singer/songwriter, JEWMONGOUS Founder · NY
• Abby Bellows
  Congregational Organizer, Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition · NY
• Ellen Bernstein
  Founder, Shomrei Adamah; author, consultant · MA
• Shmuley Boteach
  Rabbi, author; Founder of Oxford University L’Chaim Society; host of TV’s “Shalom in the Home” · NJ
• Seth Cohen
  Attorney, activist, author · GA
• Gali Cooks
  Executive Director, Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation · NY
• Sonia Cummings
  Philanthropist, activist, painter · CA
• Jacob Doft
  CEO, Highline Capital Management · NY
• Joshua Elkin
  Rabbi, Executive Director, Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) · MA
• Tamar Fox
  Associate Editor, MYJewishLearning.com · NY
• Rachel Saifer Goldman
  Former Associate Director; University of Pennsylvania Hillel · PA
• Clare Goldwater
  Director
  Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Experience · Washington, DC
• Yoni Gordis
  Executive Director, Center for Leadership Initiatives · BC
• Fred Greene
  Rabbi, Temple Beth Tikvah, Roswell, GA
• Felicia Herman
  Executive Director, The Natan Fund · NY
• Rae Janvey
  Consultant/advisor to Jewish leaders and organizations; leadership coach · NY
• Alisa Katz
  Filmmaker, producer · CA
• Elie Kaunfer
  Rabbi, Co-founder and Executive Director of Mechon Hadar; inaugural AVI CHAI Fellow · NY
• Marina Kovalyov
  President, The Russian American Foundation · NY
• Alisa Rubin Kurshan
  Senior Vice-President for Strategic Planning and Organizational Resources, UJA-Federation of New York, NY
• Shawn Landres
  Co-founder, CEO and Director of Research, Jumpstart · CA
• Scott Lasensky
  Senior Reseach Associate, Institute of Peace; author,lecturer · Washington · DC
• Mark Lefkowitz
  Partner, Furman Roth Advertising; Board member, The Jewish Week · NY
• Dov Linzer
  Rabbi, Rosh HaYeshiva and Dean, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School · NY
• Kay Magilavy
  Corporate Manager, Toyota North America; Treasurer, American Friends of the Heschel Center · NJ
• Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum
  Writer, lecturer, educator · NY
• Jenny Medina
  Reporter, The New York Times; Dorot Fellowship in Israel recipient · NY
• Lisa Farber Miller
  Senior Program Officer, Rose Community Foundation; author · CO
• Alana Newhouse
  Editor-in-Chief, Tablet Magazine · NY
• Abigail Pogrebin
  Author, televison producer · NY
• Gene Rachmansky
  Attorney/investor; Co-chair, NY Federation Commission on Jewish Identity and Renewal · NY
• Leni Reiss
  Former Editor, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix · AZ
• Joe Richards
  Executive Director, Fuel For Truth · NY
• Rae Ringel
  President, The Ringel Group LLC, an executive coaching and leadership training firm · Washington, DC
• David Rosenblatt
  Business Executive · Founder of solar power company in Israel · NJ
• Dov Rosenblatt
  Songwriter/Performer; founding member, Blue Fringe · NY
• Gary Rosenblatt
  Editor and Publisher, The Jewish Week · NY
• Jon Rosenberg
  CEO, Repair the World · NY
• Matthue Roth
  Performance poet; Associate Editor, MyJewishLearning.com · NY
• Toby Rubin
  CEO, UpStart Bay Area; attorney · CA
• Benjamin Samuels
  Rabbi; Wexner Fellow, doctoral student · MA
• Nigel Savage
  Founder, Director of Hazon, American Jewry’s largest environmental organization · NY
• Julie Schonfeld
  Executive Vice-President, Rabbinical Assembly · NY
• David Stone
  Attorney in international law firm; Trustee, the Tikva Fund · NY
• Shimona Tzukernik
  Executive Director, Omek Foundation · NY
• Donn Weinberg
  Attorney; Trustee, Vice-President and Chairman-Elect, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation · MD