Alena Akselrod is Senior Director, Data Strategy at Leading Edge, supporting and enhancing the Jewish Nonprofit Sector’s approach to leadership, talent, and workplace culture. Alena’s portfolio at Leading Edge is rooted in problem solving, data storytelling, and responsible data analytics. This includes the largest engagement surveys administered to professionals and CEOs across the Jewish nonprofit sector to unpack their experience in the workplace. Her true passion is finding creative answers to complicated questions and bringing order to chaos.

Alena grew up in Brooklyn after emigrating from the Former Soviet Union in the mid-1990s. Her passion for working with youth propelled her into working with Russian-speaking Jewish (RSJ) immigrant families at a JCC in South Brooklyn for the first 13 years of her career as a Jewish nonprofit professional.

Alena holds an M.B.A. in Nonprofit Management and an M.A. in Jewish Professional Leadership from Brandeis University. She is an MBTI certified practitioner, a proud Wexner Graduate Fellow & Davidson Scholar, and a JCC Association Merrin Teen Professional Fellow. Alena lives in Staten Island, NY with her husband Alex and cheeky toddler Max.