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 Strategy Officer
Seth Chalmer
Director of Communications
Dana Childress
VP of Leading Places to Work
Gali Cooks
President & CEO
Abby Crawford
Program Director, Executive Programs
Marisa Diehl
Senior Communications Associate
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
Vice President, Leading Places to Serve
Jillian Ryan
Executive Assistant
Isabel Shech
Program Manager, Leading Places to Serve
Dena Farber Schoenfeld
Senior VP of Leadership Programs
Sara Singla
Senior Director, Executive Programs
Leah Spellberg
Senior Associate, Finance and Operations
Mordy Walfish
Chief Operating Officer
Melissa Walters
Program Manager, Leading Places to Work
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
Executive DirectorJews of Color Initiative
Scott Kaufman
(Chair)Co-Managing Partner, JLIFE
Mimi Kravetz
Chief Impact and Growth OfficerJewish Federations of North America
Darin McKeever
President & CEOWilliam Davidson Foundation
Daryl Messinger
PresidentMessinger Associates, Inc.
Wendy Platt Newberger
Director of Jewish and Israel GivingCrown Family Philanthropies
Kimberly Miller Rubenfeld
Vice PresidentCircle of Service Foundation
Yolanda Savage-Narva
Director of Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI)Union for Reform Judaism
Gabrielle 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
