Samantha Ettus

Samantha Ettus is a national bestselling author of five books, a renowned speaker, and a former co-host of iHeart’s leading women in business podcast. Sam was a longtime contributor to Forbes and was a syndicated columnist for Scripps Howard News Service. For many years, Sam hosted a national call-in radio show and was host of leading internet talk show “Obsessed TV,” which she created and produced with internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk.

Sam has spoken on hundreds of stages across America from TEDx to Fortune 500 companies and Jewish Federations. She has appeared on many TV shows and has been featured in every major print outlet. Sam earned both her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Harvard. She is a proud mom of three teenagers.

Jacqueline Friedland, Founding Member, Artists Against Antisemitism

Jacqueline Friedland is the USA Today bestselling author of He Gets That from Me. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and NYU School of Law, she practiced as a commercial litigator in New York for as long as she could stand it. After a brief stint teaching legal writing at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan, Jackie returned to school to earn her master’s of fine arts from Sarah Lawrence College, graduating from the program in 2016. In addition to writing novels, she now regularly reviews fiction for trade publications and appears at schools and other locations as a guest lecturer. Her fifth book, Counting Backwards, will be released in 2025. When not writing, Jackie is an avid reader of all things fiction. She loves to exercise, watch movies with her family, listen to music, make lists, and dream about exotic vacations. She lives in Westchester, New York, with her husband, four children, and two very bossy dogs.​

Meredith Jacobs, CEO, Jewish Women International

Meredith Jacobs is CEO of Jewish Women International (JWI), a 125-year-old nonprofit dedicated to ending violence against women and girls. Since assuming the role of CEO in 2020, Jacobs has shepherded the development of numerous JWI initiatives, including the National Center on Domestic & Sexual Violence in the Jewish Community and the Collaborative of Jewish Domestic Violence Agencies.

Named one of the “50 Most Influential Jews of 2020” by The Jerusalem Post, Jacobs is an award-winning journalist and former editor-in-chief of Washington Jewish Week. She is the author of The Modern Jewish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat and co-author, with her daughter Sofie of the bestselling series of interactive journals, Just Between Us. Prior to joining JWI, she founded ModernJewishMom.com, the first Jewish parenting website (now part of Kveller), and was the host of the WYPR radio show, Connecting Family and The Jewish Channel television holiday specials, Modern Jewish Mom. ​

Idit Klein, President & CEO, Keshet

ldit Klein is a national leader for social justice with more than 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. Since 2001, she has served as the leader of Keshet, the national organization for LGBTQ equality in Jewish life. Idit built Keshet from a local organization with an annual budget of $42,000 to a national organization with an annual budget of over $4 million. Under her leadership, Keshet has supported tens of thousands of rabbis, educators, and other Jewish leaders to make LGBTQ equality a communal value and imperative. ldit also spearheaded the creation of leadership development programs for queer Jewish teens and mobilized Jewish communities to help defeat a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and advance transgender rights in Massachusetts. She served as the Executive Producer of Keshet’s documentary film, Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School.

Prior to Keshet, ldit worked in Jerusalem for Israeli-Palestinian peace and helped envision the Jerusalem Open House as a leader in the Israeli LGBTQ rights movement. A magna cum laude graduate of Yale University, ldit earned her Master’s in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a focus on social justice and anti-oppression education. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Safety Respect Equity Coalition and the Leadership Team of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable. ldit received Jewish Women’s Archive’s Women Who Dared award, Jewish Women International’s Women to Watch award, and selected for the Forward 50. She lives in Boston with her wife, Jordan, son, Lior, and pup, Langston.

Julia Jassey is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Jewish on Campus, where she heads a staff from around the world as they respond to growing levels of antisemitism on college campuses. Her work has been featured in media outlets such as CNN and Forbes Magazine, and she has been recognized as a young voice leading the fight against antisemitism. Due to her advocacy work, she was an Honoree at the Anti-Defamation League’s 2021 Concert Against Hate. Julia was also awarded as one of Algemeiner Magazine’s “Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life in 2021.” Julia has proudly served as a Brume and Allen Scholar at the American Sephardi Federation as well as the host of the “Nice Jewish Girls” podcast with Opendor Media. She does this while also attending the University of Chicago, and she is expected to graduate in 2023 with a Bachelor’s Degree in political science and Jewish studies.

Allison Tombros Korman, Founder & Executive Director, Red Tent Fund

Allison (she/her) is a strategic thinker and nonprofit leader with a passion for helping others. From 2022 to 2023, she led the DC Abortion Fund (DCAF) as Senior Operations and Strategy Director, until her resignation in response to antisemitic conduct by staff and Board. Prior to joining DCAF, Alli served as founding Executive Director of Culture of Respect, a leading national initiative to end campus sexual violence. She has provided management, support, and technical assistance to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and served as the Associate Director of Education for the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP).

Alli holds a Masters of Health Sciences (MHS) from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and a B.A. from the University of Michigan in English and Women’s Studies. She also holds certificates in Restorative Justice Facilitation and Leadership from the University of San Diego and in Executive Facilitation from Georgetown University.

Naomi Less, Musician/Songwriter/Ritualist/Educator/Feminist

Naomi Less is a Brooklyn-based, internationally celebrated singer/songwriter, ritualist, officiant and educator. Beloved for her warm smile and inviting presence, communities celebrate her imagination and innovation, tenderness and pizzazz! Her original music is sung in worship communities worldwide.  Naomi was the artistic producer of Songs of Toratah: ZimraTah, the first album of verses from the regendered Hebrew Bible. She has been featured on musical recordings and commissions by PJ Library, Transcontinental Ruach publications, Rick Recht and Jewish World Productions, the Cantors Assembly, Foundation for Jewish Camp, Sacred Rights Sacred Songs, URJ Crane Lake Camp and others across the Jewish community. 

Naomi serves as Co-Founder, Ritual Leader and Associate Director of Lab/Shul and Core Educator at Songleader Boot Camp. She is an alum of the  Rising Song Institute Fellowship, host of the show “Jewish Women Rock” on Jewish Rock Radio (amplifying the voices of women and non-binary folks) and performance artist and speaker for Uprooted: A Jewish Response to Fertility Challenges, providing healing for people struggling with fertility journeys.

Latanya Mapp, President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors 

Ms. Mapp is the President and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), a global nonprofit that remains at the forefront of philanthropic growth and innovation with a mission to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world. RPA currently advises on and manages more than $500 million in annual giving by individuals, families, foundations, and corporations while serving as a fiscal sponsor for over 100 projects. Recognized as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in U.S. Philanthropy by Inside Philanthropy, Ms. Mapp has established herself as a uniquely well-connected powerhouse in the field. Her impressive track record is further highlighted by her recent appointments, including joining the Global Board of Fondation CHANEL and being named to the prestigious 50/50 Women on Boards list. Additionally, Ms. Mapp was honored by being included in the 2024 Forbes 50 Over 50 Impact List, underscoring her significant accomplishments and leadership in philanthropy.

Previously, Ms. Mapp was President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women and, prior to that, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Global, the international arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, with regional and country offices in Africa and Latin America. In both roles, she enjoys the distinction of quadrupling the size and impact of the organizations. Preceding this, Ms. Mapp worked eight years as a human rights officer for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and 10 years with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). She also served as a delegate to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 and continues to fight for women’s human rights. Ms. Mapp currently resides in Memphis with her family.

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Ruth Messinger

Ruth W. Messinger is a social justice activist, advocate and consultant, working primarily in the Jewish and interfaith communities, committed to teaching about leadership and moral courage. She has worked for Elluminate as its Senior Advisor since 2019. President and CEO of American Jewish World Service (AJWS) from 1998 to July 2016, she is currently the organization’s Global Ambassador, continuing her crucial work to engage rabbis and other faith leaders to speak out on behalf of oppressed and persecuted communities worldwide.Before AJWS, Ruth had a 20-year career in public service in New York City as a City Council member and Manhattan Borough President and became the first Democratic Party candidate for Mayor. She also serves, currently, as a part time faculty member at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and is a social justice consultant at the JCC of Manhattan. Ruth is an active member of her congregation, the Society for the Advancement of Judaism—Judaism that Stands for All, and serves on the boards of the Interfaith Council of New York and Aegis Trust. She holds a B.A. from Radcliffe College and an M.S.W. from the University of Oklahoma. She is married to Andrew Lachman and has three children, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Zibby Owens, Bestselling Author, Founder & CEO, Zibby Media

Zibby Owens is the bestselling author of Blank: A Novel, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, Princess Charming, and the forthcoming novel Overheard. She is the editor of three anthologies: On Being Jewish Now, Moms Don’t Have Time To Have Kids, and Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology. Zibby has regularly contributed to “Good Morning America,” Vogue, Oprah Daily, and many other outlets. Zibby is the founder and CEO of Zibby Media, dubbed “the Zibby-verse” by the Los Angeles Times, which includes the Zibby Books boutique publishing house, Zibby’s Bookshop, an independent bookstore in Santa Monica, CA, the award-winning daily podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, Zibby’s Book Club, and Zibby Retreats for book lovers. Vulture called her “NYC’s Most Powerful Book-fluencer.” A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, she currently lives in New York (and sometimes L.A.) with her husband, Kyle Owens of Morning Moon Productions, and her four children ages 9 to 17.

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Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief, The Forward

Jodi Rudoren became editor-in-chief of the Forward in 2019 after more than two decades at The New York Times, including a stint as Jerusalem bureau chief. Under her leadership, journalists at the Forward have won record numbers of Rockower Awards from the American Jewish Press Association, as well as prizes from New York’s Deadline Club, L.A.’s Press Club, the Religion News Association and the Society for Features Journalism. Jodi herself won the RNA’s top commentary award in 2022 and was a Deadline Club finalist for her weekly column, “Looking Forward.” Jodi is a contributor to the anthology, Jewish Priorities: Sixty-five proposals for the future of our people, and a sought-after public speaker. During the Israel-Hamas war, she has appeared on CNN, MSNBC and WNYC’s “Brian Lehrer” show, among others.

At The Times, Jodi pioneered the masthead role of Associate Managing Editor for Audience, served on the 2020 committee designing the newsroom of the future, and won an Emmy Award as executive producer of the multimedia series “One in 8 Million.” She grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and graduated cum laude in 1992 from Yale University, where she was managing editor of The Yale Daily News. She and her husband, Gary, combined their surnames in 2006 and live in Montclair, N.J., with their teenaged twins. She is on the board of The Fuller Project, a nonprofit newsroom doing groundbreaking investigative work on gender.

Yolanda Savage-Narva, Vice President of REDI Communities of Belonging, Union of Reform Judaism

Yolanda Savage-Narva (she/her) has twenty years experience working with public agencies and nonprofit organizations to promote equity and inclusion. She is a Centers for Disease Control (CDC)-trained public health specialist who has led community-based efforts in community health assessments for Indian Health Service. Yolanda was also the Executive Director of Operation Understanding DC, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting understanding, cooperation, and respect while fighting to eradicate racism, anti-Semitism and all forms of discrimination. 

Yolanda Savage-Narva is currently the Vice President of REDI Communities of Belonging for the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). She is also an alumna of JewV’Nation cohort, a past Vice-Chair of the Commission on Social Action, Senior Schusterman Fellow, a member of the Board of Directors for the Federation of Greater Washington, Capital Jewish Museum, Leading Edge, American Jewish World Services and the Historic Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington, D.C. Yolanda is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; an international Black sorority dedicated to community service and education. Yolanda is a graduate of Tougaloo College (Sociology) and has a master’s degree in education from Jackson State University. In her spare time Yolanda loves being outdoors, reading, birdwatching, playing sports and traveling with her son Miles and husband Andrew.

Rachel Sussman, Producer, Suffs

Rachel Sussman is a Tony Award-winning creative producer, educator, and entrepreneur who believes deeply in elevating human stories that challenge existing systems and create more space for inquiry, empathy, and action. She is a co-founder of The Business of Broadway and a partner at Soto Productions, overseeing all theatrical development. Broadway producing credits: Suffs (Outer Critics Circle Award, Tony nom); Special Tony Award and Emmy Award winner Alex Edelman’s Just for Us (also on HBOMax); Parade (Tony Award); Prima Facie; and What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony nom, Pulitzer Prize finalist). Select Off-Broadway credits: The Woodsman (Obie Award), The Appointment. A former WP Theater Lab Time Warner Foundation Fellow, Rachel received the 2018 Prince Fellowship in Creative Producing and was named one of Variety’s “2023 10 to Watch on Broadway.” She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts and NYU Tisch. www.rachel-sussman.com

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​Rachel Weinstein, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and Immediate Past President of Elluminate

Immediate Past President & Governance Chair, is a two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway producer with nearly three decades of experience in professional performing  arts management.  Rachel began her career in the not-for-profit sector holding leadership positions at theater companies around the globe including Roundabout Theatre Company (New York), Donmar Warehouse (London), Writers’ Theatre (Chicago) and The Old Vic (London/New York).  In addition to producing, Rachel consults Broadway productions on education initiatives as well as targeted group sales outreach. Clients have included: Purlie Victorious, Topdog/Underdog, Macbeth, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dear Evan Hansen, The Great Society, The Prom, and Hughie. Rachel is a graduate of Hamilton College and lives in Manhattan with her family.

Alana Zeitchik, Executive Director, The Narrow Bridge Project

Alana Zeitchik is an Israeli-American advocate, speaker, and writer based in Brooklyn. On October 7th, six of her family members were taken hostage at which point she dedicated herself to fighting for their release. She has written op-eds in publications like The New York Times and The Forward, made countless media appearances, given speeches at The UN and March Against Antisemitism and built a supportive and engaged social media community. Her thoughtful voice, first-person perspective and compassionate approach to leadership deeply connects with a wide range of people. She is on a mission to instill heart-strength in young people by helping them find the tools, community, perspective and behavioral skills needed to advocate for what matters to them and engage in tough dialogues to make the progress they long for. Additionally, her 15-year career in the business of media at companies like BuzzFeed and Vox Media have primed her with an expert understanding of the modern challenges facing young generations in their quest for truth and belonging.

Shira Zemel, Director of Abortion Access Campaign, National Council of Jewish Women

Shira Zemel is the Director of National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)’s abortion access campaign, the coordinated Jewish movement for reproductive health, rights and justice. In this role, Shira activates and mobilizes the Jewish community to take action for abortion access and reproductive freedom. Shira has spent her career developing programs and campaigns that bring people together around a shared purpose and trains leaders to bring their Jewish values into the public square. Shira serves as president of the ARCH board, a local abortion fund serving patients seeking care in Northern Virginia. When not getting into good trouble and fighting for a just world, Shira enjoys curating feminist yard signs for her front lawn, listening to news and politics podcasts, and working on seasonal craft projects—preferably with her two young kids.

Kerry Brodie is the Founder and Executive Director of Emma’s Torch, a non profit social enterprise that provides culinary training and job placement services to refugees, asylees, and survivors of human trafficking. 

Kerry founded Emma’s Torch with a passion for cooking and desire to help refugees. She previously worked as the Global Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign and the Director of Communications at the Israeli Embassy. Emma’s Torch was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Greatest Places in the World in 2018, and has been featured in The New Yorker, The Rachael Ray Show, The New York Times, Vogue Magazine, and others. Kerry was named one of CNN’s Heroes in 2019, JWI’s Women to Watch in 2022, and one of the Jewish Week’s 36 Under 36 in 2018. She is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education, where she won the Wusthof Award for Leadership. She holds  a Bachelors in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University and a Masters in Government from Johns Hopkins University.

Jodi Bromberg is the CEO of 18Doors, formerly InterfaithFamily, which supports interfaith families in exploring Jewish life and strengthens Jewish organizations’ understanding of interfaith inclusion.

Previously, she was an attorney in Philadelphia. Jodi has written for several publications, and spoken at conferences and Jewish organizations around the country about creating inclusive Jewish spaces for interfaith families. Most recently, she authored a chapter in the book Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse in the 21st Century. She is an advisor of JPro’s WellAdvised program, and an active alumni of Leading Edge’s CEO Onboarding Program. Jodi is a proud graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Temple University Beasley School of Law.

Wendy Goldberg is a founding board member and the Executive Director of Tri-Faith Initiative, which brings together in permanent residency a synagogue, church, mosque, and interfaith center on one 38-acre campus in America’s heartland.

For over 20 years, she has worked with clergy, lay leaders, social sector and nonprofit organizations, community leaders, and local educators to make interfaith cooperation a social norm. Wendy is chair of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s Commitment to Opportunity, Diversity, and Equity (CODE) Advisory Council, on the advisory boards of The Journal of Interreligious Studies and UNO Tell All the Truth Project, a LeadDiversity and Racial Equity Institute’s Racial Equity Workshop alum. She is a 50 Over 50 honoree, and a finalist in the Visionary category for Omaha’s Inspire Award. She served on Temple Israel’s Board of Trustees for 10 years, including a two-year term as congregation president. She served on the Temple Israel staff for seven years as Program Director. Wendy earned an MA in Communication and a graduate certificate in Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and has served on the staff of Project Harmony.

Rabba Sara Hurwitz is the Co-Founder and President of Maharat, a rabbinical school that trains and ordains women across the world to serve as spiritual leaders. She is also a member of the Rabbinic staff at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale.

In 2009, she became the first Orthodox woman to be publicly ordained and serve in an Orthodox synagogue. Rabba Sara helped create the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance’s (JOFA) Gender and Orthodoxy Curriculum Project. She has received many awards including the Hadassah Foundation Bernice S. Tannenbaum prize, the Myrtle Wreath from the Southern New Jersey Region of Hadassah, and the Trailblazer Award Recipient at UJA Federation of New York. Rabba Sara was chosen to be a member of the inaugural class of Wexner Foundation Field Fellows. Rabba Sara was named one of the Forward50 most influential Jewish leaders and Newsweek’s 50 most influential rabbis. She graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University then completed Drisha’s Scholars Circle Program. 

Marcy Syms, Chair, ERA Project, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia University

For over 35 years, Marcy Syms has actively participated in several CEO successions in both a public and private capacity and been a social entrepreneur. Marcy was involved with the growth, expansion, governance and marketing of a family business and as a social entrepreneur has helped pave the way for social innovation and transformation in education and other fields.

President of the Sy Syms Foundation and former CEO of Syms Corp, Marcy Syms is an independent director of private and public companies, profit and not for profit and was one of the youngest women to be named President of a publicly traded NYSE company. Marcy has a keen eye toward the delicate balancing act of preserving the privacy of a family business and the financial rewards of taking a private company public.

A member of the New York Women’s Forum, an organization of pre-eminent women making a difference, a founding member of Womensphere, a board member of both Veteran Feminists of America and the ERA Coalition and a past director of RiteAid and Benco Dental, Marcy Syms was an early adopter of public radio and television and has served on the board of National Public Radio since 2015. Marcy has always been part of the conversation… now Marcy Syms is changing the conversation and using her hands-on expertise to help others address the challenges of succession planning.

Rabbi Mary Zamore

Rabbi Mary is the Executive Director of Women’s Rabbinic Network (WRN), a partner organization of the Reform Movement, representing Reform female, nonbinary, genderfluid rabbis and advocating for their values and voices.

As part of her work with WRN, Rabbi Mary is the co-leader of the Reform Pay Equity Initiative, which addresses the wage gap within the Reform Movement, initiated WRN’s paid family and medical leave advocacy efforts, and works on issues of accountability and repair. She was named a T’ruah, Rabbinic Human Rights Hero and was a fellow with the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life at Auburn Seminary, NYC, studying in the Oppressions and Repair Colloquium. Participating in many national #metoo conversations, Rabbi Mary shares WRN’s decades of experience and wisdom on creating safe, just, and equitable communities.

Ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1997, Rabbi Mary graduated from Columbia College.

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Tamar Shwartz

As the CEO of Women’s Spirit since 2015, Tamar leads an organization promoting the economic independence of women survivors of physical, sexual, emotional and economic abuse in Israel — while striving to effect social change from a feminist perspective and with a commitment to gender equality and social justice.

Earlier in her career, Tamar served as a social worker in hostels for people with disabilities. Later, she served for 10 years as an Organizational Consultant and HR Officer in the IDF’s leadership development school and for eight years as CEO of Mesila — Tel Aviv’s special unit for refugees and migrant workers — where she prioritized aiding the helpless, most importantly children at risk, women victims of violence, and human trafficking survivors.

Tamar has won several prestigious awards for her impactful work. She holds a BA in Social Work from Ben Gurion University, and an MA in Interdisciplinary Art Therapy with a specialty in Holistic Health from Lesley College.

Daphne Lazar Price

Daphne has served as Executive Director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (Jofa) since 2019, leading its mission to expand women’s rights and opportunities within the framework of halakha, to build a vibrant and equitable Orthodox community.

Previously she worked as Development Director at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. She is also the former North American Director of the Muslim Leadership Initiative at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. She serves on the board of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and is on the Washington Advisory of the American Jewish Committee. 

Daphne received a BA with honors in Religious Studies from York University and an MA in Judaic Studies from Concordia University. She is currently a student at Yeshivat Maharat, and an adjunct professor of Jewish Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Daphne is active in the Orthodox community in her hometown of Silver Spring, MD.

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Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba

Shoshana left the corporate treasury management field to follow her passion for philanthropy and impact making. She is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Tikvah Chadasha Uganda, which engages Jewish communities in the United States and Uganda to work for gender justice, disability access and educational opportunity as human rights.

Being immersed in the Ugandan Jewish community since 2018, she applies unique insights into its needs and effective ways to address them in a sustainable way.

Shoshana graduated from California State University, Los Angeles, with a degree in Finance and Economics.

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Julie F. Kay

Julie is well-known as a litigator and a voice for using law to promote abortion rights and gender equity in the US and internationally. She is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine (ACT), a new nonprofit that supports licensed providers to make legal, affordable telemedicine abortion available anywhere in the US.

Julie is the co-author with Kathryn Kolbert of “Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom.” She was the lead attorney who designed and litigated the landmark abortion rights case, ABC v. Ireland, before the European Court of Human Rights — a case which helped lay the groundwork for legalization of abortion in Ireland. She also develops innovative legal and policy reforms to protect the parenting rights of people leaving ultra-religious communities.

Julie holds a BA in Women’s Studies and Social Studies from Harvard University, and a JD from Brooklyn Law School.

Moran Zer-Katzenstein

Moran is the visionary founder of Bonot Alternativa, a leading activist NGO in Israel dedicated to advancing women’s rights and gender equality. Under her leadership, Bonot has grown rapidly, uniting over 120,000 women from diverse sectors across Israel. The organization champions the integration of women into all levels of public decision-making, combating the threat of democracy backsliding and its implications for women in Israeli society.

In just three years, Moran transformed Bonot into a powerful national movement with activists in more than 80 towns and cities. The organization has played a pivotal role in recent pro-democracy demonstrations, highlighting crucial issues such women rights and the role of the high court, religious legislation and protection of Women rights and more. After the October 7th attack , Moran and Bonot Alternativa were leading activists in highlighting issues of gender-based sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas terrorists as well as issues of the need to include and protect women in military roles.

Before founding Bonot, Moran held executive roles in global corporations including Google, Coca-Cola, L’Oréal, and Playtika. Her tenure in Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency and service as a Lieutenant in the IDF further honed her leadership skills.

Moran holds an MBA degree from The College of Management Academic Studies in Rishon LeTsiyon, complementing her extensive professional background with academic rigor.

Brandi Katz Rubin

Brandi Katz Rubin is the Deputy Regional Director for ADL’s New York and New Jersey Regional Office.  Before joining ADL, Brandi was a professor at Cardozo Law School and an attorney at Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, in both their New York and London offices.  Brandi is President of the Board of Trustees of Schechter Bergen and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades.  Brandi lives in Bergen County, New Jersey with her husband and four children. 

Cheryl Cook

Cheryl Cook is the Chief Executive Officer of Avodah, developing Jewish social justice leaders in the United States. Under her leadership, Avodah has built out innovative leadership development models, invested in racial and economic justice, and developed a values-driven culture.  Cheryl has spent her career building a strong and equitable Jewish community.  She previously served as COO at Hazon, the largest Jewish environmental organization, where she played an instrumental role in guiding the organization through an era of significant growth.  She sits on the Leadership Team of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable.  Cheryl holds an MA from the Jewish Theological Seminary, an MS in Social Work from Columbia University, and a BA from University of Wisconsin.  When not working, Cheryl can be found hiking, cycling or playing board games.

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Lori Cohen

Lori is the CEO of Protect All Children from Trafficking (PACT), a leading policy, advocacy and educational organization whose mission is to end child sex trafficking and exploitation.

Before joining PACT in 2019, Lori, an attorney, co-founded and led a legal services program that assisted survivors of international and domestic sex trafficking and related forms of gender-based violence. She draws upon her years representing a broad range of trafficking and exploitation survivors to inform her role at PACT.

Lori has conducted trainings in the U.S. and abroad for attorneys, prosecutors, judges, health care professionals and private industry leaders, and has taught at Yale University and the University of Michigan Law School. Lori received her JD from Yale Law School.

Ifat Baron

Ifat Baron is a visionary social entrepreneur and innovator dedicated to transforming the landscape of economic and occupational opportunities for disenfranchised populations in Israel. As the Founder and Executive Director of itworks, she leads a pioneering nonprofit organization that focuses on bridging employment gaps and fostering diversity in Israel’s high-tech sector.

Under Ifat’s leadership, itworks has successfully developed programs that have not only empowered Arab Israelis, youth at risk, and olim (immigrants) but also positioned these initiatives for adoption by governmental agencies, amplifying their impact on a national scale. This unique approach of acting as a ‘social startup’ allows itworks to pilot and refine models that, once proven successful, are handed over to government bodies for broader implementation. The organization is currently hopeful to extend this model to support single mothers, further broadening its scope of influence.

Recognized for her significant contributions to social justice and economic equality, Ifat was honored with Hadassah’s Bernice Tannenbaum Prize in 2012 for her tireless efforts in promoting economic justice and equality for women and girls in Israel. In 2013, her global impact was acknowledged when she was named one of the 100 most influential individuals advancing the economic empowerment of women, earning her the prestigious International Alliance for Women’s World of Difference Award.

Beyond her professional endeavors, she is a dedicated mother of three and is married to Elad. Her personal and professional journeys intertwine to fuel her commitment to creating a more inclusive and equitable society.

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