Amy Spitalnick is the CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the national convener of Jewish coalitions working across communities to build a just and inclusive American democracy.
Nancy Kaufman is a coach for women in the c-suite and a consultant for not-for-profits. She most recently served as CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW,) a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates inspired by Jewish values.
Karyn Gershon is the Executive Director of Project Kesher, a Jewish not-for-profit that works to build Jewish community, promote gender equality and advance civil society in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and Russian-speaking communities in Israel by developing and empowering women leaders.
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum serves as spiritual leader of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. She has served on the United States Commission on Internal Religious Freedom, New York City’s Commission on Human rights, and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Faith Based Advisory Council. She has been ranked multiple times by Newsweek as among the 50 most influential rabbis in America.
Matt Nosanchuk was liaison to the American Jewish Community in the Obama White House and a member of the National Security Council staff. He also served in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs, was awarded the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for his work to advance LGBT civil rights, and was instrumental in securing American Jewish communal support for the Iran nuclear agreement.
Rabbi Rachel Timoner is the senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim, a synagogue based in Brooklyn, New York. She helped to launch RAC-NY and Reform California, two statewide efforts to bring Reform Jewish values to bear on core issues of our times. In November 2016, Rabbi Timoner, in cooperation with City Councilmember Brad Lander, founded #GetOrganizedBK, so that thousands of Brooklyn neighbors could help to protect human rights and democracy in the Trump years.