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