- Judy Alperin (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort III) began a new role as Chief Development Officer at ORT America.
- Adi Barel (Educational Leadership Program, Cohort I) published an article in the Canadian Jewish Studies Journal titled “Expanding Participation in Hebrew Education: Lessons Learned from French Immersion”.
- Stefani Carlson (Educational Leadership Program, Cohort II) was just installed as VP of Finance for the Association of Reform Jewish Educators (ARJE).
- Ronnie Conn (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort III) was awarded the 2024 Larry S. Moses Outstanding Young Professional Award’ by JewishColumbus and the leadership of the community’s Jewish agencies.
- Judith Moses Dworkin (Cohort IV) was selected to the Wexner Field Fellowship.
- Liana Finck (Cultural Leadership Program, Cohort I) published a new book, “Mixed Feelings”.
- Dan Goldwin (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort III) was accepted into the first cohort of President Isaac Herzog’s “Voice of the People” initiative.
- Igor Golyak’s (Cultural Leadership Program, Cohort I) play Our Class, which had its second run off-Broadway this fall, was recently named in The Wall Street Journal’s “Best Theater of 2024” list and TheaterMania’s “The 5 Best Off-Broadway Shows of 2024” list.
- Matthew Kernkraut (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort III) was named Chair of the Large-City Federations’ Cohort of Chief Development Officers by Jewish Federations of North America.
- Adam Kolett (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort IV) was appointed CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte.
- Renee Kutner (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort I) was appointed CEO of the Jewish Federation of Atlanta.
- Jacob Leibowitz (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort VI), the Associate Executive Director of San Diego Hillel, was awarded the Phillip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Outstanding Campus Award at the Hillel International Global Assembly.
- Abbie Levin (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort I) was selected to the Leadership Cleveland (LC) Class of 2025.
- Lisa Long (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort IV) began her tenure as CEO of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation on 1/1/25 as the 4th CEO in their 89-year history and the first woman in this role.
- Erika Meitner (Cultural Leadership Program, Cohort I) published several new poems in Poetry Magazine, including “A Convolution of Astral Forces” and “In the listening room”. She was also selected as the inaugural artist in residence for Southern Methodist University’s Project Poëtica.
- Deirdre Munley (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort VI) published an article in eJP, “Reimagining supervision through chavruta.”
- Leah Palestrant (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort V) was selected as a Wexner Field Fellow.
- Yehudah Potok (Educational Leadership Program, Cohort I) published an article in eJP, “How Jewish identity is formed matters.”
- Ana Robbins (Educational Leadership Program, Cohort I) was awarded the Steinhardt Foundation Rose Lubin Award.
- Jesse Rosen (Executive Leadership Program, Cohort I) was appointed CEO of the Mandel JCC in Cleveland.