Our Team & Board
Meet the people behind Leading Edge.
Jess Abercrombie
Program Manager, Data and SurveysAlena Akselrod
Senior Director, Data StrategyAmy Born
Chief Research & Innovation OfficerSeth Chalmer
Senior Director of CommunicationsDana Childress
VP of Leading Places to WorkGali Cooks
President & CEOAbby Crawford
Vice President, Leadership ProgramsMarisa Diehl
Communications ManagerJeffrey Fingerman
Director of Leadership ProgramsChris Harrison
Director of Business OperationsSamantha Jakubowski
Senior Director of AdvancementLeah King Kaufman
Program Manager, Leading Places to WorkDanielle Natelson
Director of Special ProjectsAlicia S. Oberman
Senior Strategist, Volunteer LeadershipLauren Porter
Program Associate, Surveys and DataJillian Ryan
Executive AssistantIsabel Shech
Senior Program Manager, Leadership ProgramsDena Farber Schoenfeld
Chief Program OfficerSara Singla
Senior Director, People and CultureLeah Spellberg
Finance and Operations ManagerMordy Walfish
Chief Operating OfficerMelissa Walters
Program Manager, Leading Places to WorkSunnie S. We
Communications AssociateWill Wong
Program Associate, Leadership Programs
Rabbi Marc Baker
President & CEOCombined Jewish PhilanthropiesRobert Bank
President & CEOAmerican Jewish World ServiceGali Cooks
President & CEOLeading 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
CEOJews of Color InitiativeScott Kaufman
Co-Managing PartnerJLIFEMimi Kravetz
Chief Impact and Growth OfficerJewish Federations of North AmericaDarin McKeever
President & CEOWilliam Davidson FoundationDaryl Messinger
(Chair)President, Messinger Associates, Inc.Wendy Platt Newberger
Director of Jewish and Israel GivingCrown Family PhilanthropiesKimberly Miller Rubenfeld
Vice PresidentCircle of Service FoundationYolanda Savage-Narva
Assistant Vice President, Racial Equity, Diversity and InclusionUnion for Reform JudaismGabrielle 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