Our Team & Board
Meet the people behind Leading Edge.
Alena Akselrod
Senior Program Director
Amy Born
Chief Strategy Officer
Seth Chalmer
Director of Communications
Dana Childress
VP of Leading Places to work
Gali Cooks
President & CEO
Marisa Diehl
Special Projects Associate
David Goott
Program Manager
Chris Harrison
Director of Business Operations
Dena Farber Schoenfeld
VP of Executive Programs
Yocheved Sidof
Senior Advisor, Gender and Leadership
Sara Singla
Senior Director, Executive Programs
Leah Spellberg
Senior Associate, Finance and Operations
Mordy Walfish
Chief Operating Officer
Melissa Walters
Program Associate
B. Elka Abrahamson
PresidentThe Wexner Foundation
Robert Bank
President & CEOAmerican Jewish World Service
Phyllis Cook
Managing DirectorHelen Diller Family FoundationGali Cooks
President & CEOLeading Edge
Lisa Eisen
Co-PresidentCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Barry Finestone
(non-voting)President & CEO, Jim Joseph Foundation
Rachel Garbow Monroe
(non-voting)President & CEO, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Joe Kanfer
Founding DirectorLippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah
Randall Kaplan
CEOCapsule Group LLC
Ilana Kaufman
Executive DirectorJews of Color Initiative
Scott Kaufman
(Chair)Co-Managing Partner, JLIFE
Marty Linsky
FacultyHarvard Kennedy School
Daryl Messinger
PresidentMessinger Associates, Inc.
Kimberly Miller Rubenfeld
Vice PresidentCircle of Service Foundation
Gabrielle Sirner-Cohen
SVP, People and PlacesFullStory
Jacob Solomon
President & CEOGreater Miami Jewish Federation
Sandy Cardin
CEOOur Common DestinyDavid Edell
PresidentDRG SearchRafi 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 AmericaJeff Solomon
Senior AdvisorChasbro InvestmentsAndrés Spokoiny
President & CEOJewish Funders Network
