Our Team & Board
Meet the people behind Leading Edge.
Jess Abercrombie
Program Manager, Data and Surveys
Alena Akselrod
Senior Director, Data Strategy
Amy Born
Chief Research & Innovation Officer
Seth Chalmer
Senior Director of Communications
Dana Childress
VP of Leading Places to Work
Gali Cooks
President & CEO
Abby Crawford
Vice President, Leadership Programs
Marisa Diehl
Communications Manager
Chris Harrison
Director of Business Operations
Samantha Jakubowski
Senior Director of Advancement
Leah King Kaufman
Program Manager, Leading Places to Work
Danielle Natelson
Director of Special Projects
Alicia S. Oberman
Senior Strategist, Volunteer Leadership
Lauren Porter
Program Associate, Surveys and Data
Jillian Ryan
Executive Assistant
Isabel Shech
Senior Program Manager, Leadership Programs
Dena Farber Schoenfeld
Chief Program Officer
Sara Singla
Senior Director, People and Culture
Leah Spellberg
Finance and Operations Manager
Mordy Walfish
Chief Operating Officer
Melissa Walters
Program Manager, Leading Places to Work
Sunnie S. We
Communications Associate
Will Wong
Program Associate, Leadership Programs
Rabbi Marc Baker
President & CEOCombined Jewish Philanthropies
Robert Bank
President & CEOAmerican Jewish World ServiceGali Cooks
President & CEOLeading Edge
Lisa Eisen
Co-PresidentCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Barry Finestone
(non-voting)President & CEO, Jim Joseph Foundation
Joe Kanfer
Founding DirectorLippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah
Randall Kaplan
CEOCapsule Group LLC
Ilana Kaufman
CEOJews of Color Initiative
Scott Kaufman
Co-Managing PartnerJLIFE
Mimi Kravetz
Chief Impact and Growth OfficerJewish Federations of North America
Darin McKeever
President & CEOWilliam Davidson Foundation
Daryl Messinger
(Chair)President, Messinger Associates, Inc.
Wendy Platt Newberger
Director of Jewish and Israel GivingCrown Family Philanthropies
Kimberly Miller Rubenfeld
Vice PresidentCircle of Service Foundation
Yolanda Savage-Narva
Assistant Vice President, Racial Equity, Diversity and InclusionUnion for Reform Judaism
Gabrielle Sirner-Cohen
Chief People OfficerFullStory
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
