Speakers
Dana Keller & Danielle Wild
Co-Chairs, ILOJC
Rabbi Stephanie Aaron
Rabbi, Congregation Chaverim
Trish Adlesic
Director / Producer
Rabbi Rachel Ain
Rabbi, Sutton Place Synagogue, New York
Anila Ali
Women's Rights Advocate
Sara Allen
Associate Vice President, Community and Jewish Life, Jewish Federations of North America
Jessica Anderson
Director of Community Security, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
Tanya Arbit
Women’s Philanthropy President, Milwaukee Jewish Federation.
Suzanne Barton Grant
Treasurer, Jewish Federations of North America
Rabbi Golan Ben-Chorin, Ed.D.
Spiritual Director and Co-Founder, Finding North
Ely Benhamo
Director of Major Gifts, OneTable
Debby Berman
Assistant Director, Education & Community Outreach, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Cheryl Brause
Co-Founder and Mindfulness Instructor, Pause to be Present
Stacie Brockman
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Elana Broitman
Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Jewish Federations of North America
Jennie Carreón
Deputy Superintendent of Strategic Planning and Special Projects, California Department of Education (added)
Lily Cohen
Student at Northwestern University
Katie Couric
Award-winning journalist, author
Elizabeth A. Cullen
Associate Director, Health Policy, Strategic Health Resource Center at Jewish Federations of North America & Washington Representative, Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
Lauren Danneman
National Young Leadership Cabinet Co-Chair, Jewish Federations of North America
Lacey Schwartz Delgado
Filmmaker, Second Lady of New York
Sarah Eisenman
Chief Community and Jewish Life Officer, Jewish Federations of North America
Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy
Founder and Chair, Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children and the Dvora Institute for Gender and Sustainability Studies
Jillian Feiger
Director of Jewish Student Connection & the Joyce Zeff Israel Study Tour, JewishColorado
Eric Fingerhut
President & CEO, Jewish Federations of North America
Stacey Aviva Flint
Director of JEDI Education and Community Engagement, Jewish Federations of North America
Brittany Fonteno
President & CEO, Planned Parenthood Arizona
Elana Frank
CEO & Founder, Jewish Fertility Foundation
Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter
Founder and Spiritual Leader, South Philadelphia Shtiebel
Shaima Gargash
Deputy Chief of Mission, UAE Embassy in Washington, DC
Rabbi Laura Geller
Rabbi Emerita, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
Gabby Giffords
Former United States Representative
Carolyn Gitlin
Chair, National Women’s Philanthropy
Audrey N. Glickman
Member of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, Member of Tree of Life Synagogue
Eden Golan
Singer-Songwriter
Rachel Goldberg Polin
Hostage Advocate
Rachel Goldberg Polin
Hostage Advocate
Allison Gorokhovsky
Volunteer with the Jewish Federation Volunteer Hub
Irit Gross
Chief Advancement Officer, OneTable
Danielle Gross
Phoenix Black-Jewish Cohort Member
Sophie Hearne
Director of Partnerships and Special Initiatives, Jewish Federations of North America
Aaron Henne
Artistic Director, Theatre Dybbuk
Michal Herzog
First Lady of Israel
Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PHD
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University
Rabbi Emily Hyatt
Associate Rabbi, Temple Emanuel, Denver
Avital Ingber
Chief Advancement Officer, Honeymoon Israel
Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh
Senior Envoy of The Jewish Agency for Israel to The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
Sigal Kanotopsky
Director, Northeast U.S. Region, The Jewish Agency for Israel
Marisa Kaplan
Senior Vice President, Caring For Jews In Need , The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Deborah Schrayer Karmin
International Lion of Judah Conference Co-Chair
Sheila Katz
CEO, National Council of Jewish Women
Heather Kline
International Lion of Judah Conference Co-Chair
Kiyomi Kowalski
Community activist & educator, and co-founder, Jewbian Princess
Iris Kraemer
Chair, National Women's Philanthropy, Jewish Federations of North America
Shelly Kupfer
Immediate Past Chair, National Women’s Philanthropy, Jewish Federations of North America
Dr. Omi Leissner
Author of Mining Women's Bodies: The Case of Childbirth in Israel
and Independent Researcher in the areas of Law and Gender Studies
Naomi Less
Musician-in-Residence
Joan Lubar
Board Chair of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation and founding co-Chair of Jewish Federations’ JEDI Initiative
Rep. Kathy Manning
U.S. Representative, D-NC
Sigal Manzuri
Mother and Activist
Rabbi Sara Mason-Barkin
Phoenix Black-Jewish Cohort Member, Executive Educator, Congregation Beth Israel
Michael Masters
National Director & CEO, Secure Community Network (SCN)
Marlee Matlin
Academy Award Winner, Actor, Producer, Director, Activist and Motivational Speaker
Jessica Mehlman
Associate Vice President, Impact and Planning, Jewish Federations of North America
Jenny Mollen
Actress, Bestselling Author
Robyn Polansky Morrison
Founder and Lead Principal, MORR Strategy
Essen Otu
Phoenix Black-Jewish Cohort Member, Manager of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Salt River Project
Julie Platt
Chair of the Board of Trustees, Jewish Federations of North America
Aaron Pratt
Phoenix Black-Jewish Cohort Member, Western States Campaign Director, AIPAC
Sasha Raskin-Yin
Interim Executive Director of Amplifier, Jewish Federations of North America
Mindy Richenstein
Founder and President, Supplies for Success
Rae Ringel
President , The Ringel Group
Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein
Rabbinic Scholar and Public Affairs Advisor, Jewish Federations of North America
Jeannie Sager
Director, Women's Philanthropy Institute, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Rose Savage Levenson
Program and Operations Coordinator, BaMidbar
Rachel Braun Scherl
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
, SPARK Solutions for Growth
Liz Schrayer
President, Schrayer & Associates, Inc.
Lauren Schreiber Sasaki
Associate Director, Jewish Community Inclusion and Engagement, Miles Nadal JCC in Toronto
Alexis Schwartz
Director, Civic Engagement Incubator, Jewish Federations of North America
Shul Sisters
Cantorial Trio: Cantors Laurie Akers, Rachel Brook, and Rachel Goldman
Andrea Sonnenberg
Mental Health Advocate, Podcast Host, Attorney
Adm. James Stavridis
Former NATO Commander, Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group
Judith Sydney
Co-Founder, TribeTalk
Adam Teitelbaum
Executive Director, Israel Action Network, Jewish Federations of North America
Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield
United States ambassador to the United Nations
Jayson Tinsley
Phoenix Black-Jewish Cohort Member
Noa Tishby
Author, Israel’s Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization
Maya Verbayov
Jewish Agency Israel Fellow to Hillel Foundation of Orange County
Clarissa Ward
British-American television journalist and chief international correspondent, CNN
MK Ruth Wasserman Lande
Member of Knesset
Dani Wassner
Director of Israel Government Relations, Jewish Federations of North America
Barbara Waxman
Coach, Life Stage Expert, Gerontologist, Speaker, Author, Angel Investor
Alex Zablotsky
Managing Director, PJ Library
Jessica P. Zachs
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Dignity Grows
