Our Team & Board
Meet the people behind Leading Edge.
Alena Akselrod
Senior Director, Data StrategyAmy Born
Chief Strategy OfficerSeth Chalmer
Director of CommunicationsDana Childress
VP of Leading Places to WorkGali Cooks
President & CEO (on parental leave)Abby Crawford
Program Director, Executive ProgramsMarisa Diehl
Senior Communications AssociateChris Harrison
Director of Business OperationsSamantha Jakubowski
Senior Director, Leading Places to ServeDanielle Natelson
Director of Special ProjectsAlicia S. Oberman
Vice President, Leading Places to ServeJillian Ryan
Executive AssistantIsabel Shech
Program Manager, Leading Places to ServeDena Farber Schoenfeld
Senior VP of Leadership ProgramsSara Singla
Senior Director, Executive ProgramsLeah Spellberg
Senior Associate, Finance and OperationsMordy Walfish
Acting CEO / Chief Operating OfficerMelissa Walters
Program Manager, Leading Places to Work
Rabbi Marc Baker
President & CEOCombined Jewish PhilanthropiesRobert Bank
President & CEOAmerican Jewish World ServiceGali Cooks
President & CEO (on parental leave)Leading EdgeLisa Eisen
Co-PresidentCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family PhilanthropiesBarry Finestone
(non-voting)President & CEO, Jim Joseph FoundationJoe Kanfer
Founding DirectorLippman Kanfer Foundation for Living TorahRandall Kaplan
CEOCapsule Group LLCIlana Kaufman
Executive DirectorJews of Color InitiativeScott Kaufman
(Chair)Co-Managing Partner, JLIFEMimi Kravetz
Chief People OfficerTwin HealthDarin McKeever
President & CEOWilliam Davidson FoundationDaryl Messinger
PresidentMessinger Associates, Inc.Wendy Platt Newberger
Director of Jewish and Israel GivingCrown Family PhilanthropiesKimberly Miller Rubenfeld
Vice PresidentCircle of Service FoundationYolanda Savage-Narva
Director of Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI)Union for Reform JudaismGabrielle Sirner-Cohen
SVP, People and PlacesFullStory
B. Elka Abrahamson
PresidentThe Wexner FoundationSandy Cardin
CEOOur Common DestinyPhyllis Cook
Managing DirectorHelen Diller Family FoundationDavid Edell
PresidentDRG SearchMarty Linsky
FacultyHarvard Kennedy SchoolRachel Garbow Monroe
President & CEOThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg FoundationSteven A. Rakitt
PresidentThe Genesis Prize FoundationRafi Rone
Program DirectorThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg FoundationCynthia Shapira
PresidentDavid S. and Karen A. Shapira FoundationDavid Shapira
ChairmanDavid S. and Karen A. Shapira FoundationJulie Sandorf
PresidentCharles H. Revson FoundationJerry Silverman
Former President & CEOThe Jewish Federations of North AmericaJacob Solomon
President & CEOGreater Miami Jewish FederationJeff Solomon
Senior AdvisorChasbro InvestmentsAndrés Spokoiny
President & CEOJewish Funders Network