Leadership

Rebecca Voorwinde is CEO of The Bronfman Fellowship. An alumna of the program, Becky served as a volunteer member of Bronfman’s Alumni Advisory Board before taking the full-time position of Director of Alumni Engagement in 2008. Becky’s professional experience includes work in the Corporate Responsibility Group at Ernst & Young LLP, where she led the roll-out of an employee volunteer program focused on increasing access to higher education for disadvantaged students, implemented a greening and socially conscious element into all of Ernst & Young’s meetings and conferences, and created a social enterprise track at the company’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Previously she worked at a non-profit human resources consultancy, Diversity @ Work in Melbourne Australia. Becky graduated Summa Cum Laude from Barnard College with a B.A. in American Studies. She holds a Certificate in Jewish Executive Leadership from Columbia Business School and UJA-NY. Becky serves on the Board of Trustees for Hebrew College, the Board of Advisors for Assembly, and the Board of Advisors for The YARID: A Gathering of Collegiate Jewish Thought, based at Harvard College. She also serves on the Education Advisory Committee for M2:The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education. Becky resides in Brooklyn with her husband Michael and their three children. She can be reached at becky@bronfman.org.

Daphna has been active for many years in the fields of pluralistic Judaism, community development, and young adult communities. She has held managerial and educational positions at the Mandel Leadership Institute, Beit Tefilah Israeli, and the Zalman Shazar Center, and served as a community emissary in the MetroWest community of New Jersey. Daphna holds a degree in Jewish Philosophy and Political Science from Tel Aviv University (Cum Laude), and is completing her thesis research at the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Bar Ilan University on mentoring. She graduated from the Hartman Institute’s Beit Midrash for outstanding students in Jewish Studies, and completed the programs in Cultural Institution Management and Career Development Counseling at Tel Aviv University.

Dapha has also volunteered as the Chair of the Alumni Organizations Forum in Israel and served on the Board of Directors. She has edited the book Georgia – Journey to Jewish Heritage, published by The Zalman Shazar Center; and co-edited a book with Dr. Daniel Marom on Hebrew culture for early childhood education, published by The Mandel Leadership Institute.

Ariel PJ Stewart is Managing Director: North America for The Bronfman Fellowship. Previously, Ariel served as Director of Emerging Leadership and Senior Program Officer at The Covenant Foundation. At Covenant, Ariel provided thought leadership for the field of Jewish education while leading initiatives focused on community building, program design, and leadership development. Ariel also directed the Foundation’s annual Pomegranate Prize for emerging Jewish educators, stewarding the process and providing mentorship and guidance to its recipients. At Covenant, Ariel took particular pride in connecting with educators, professionals, clergy, and lay leaders from across the spectrum of Jewish life. Her experiences at Covenant greatly deepened her passion for creating meaningful impact. She continues to hold tremendous gratitude for the myriad opportunities to contribute to Jewish educational initiatives in North America, partner with outstanding educators and other stellar professionals, think creatively, and dream big.

Ariel’s background in Jewish communal leadership, nonprofit administration, and clinical social work greatly informs the perspective through which she approaches her work. Her past experience includes supporting unhoused Detroiters to access health, employment, and other essential resources. Ariel also founded and implemented a comprehensive program which trained educators in Jewish day schools, supplementary schools, and other educational settings within the Detroit Metropolitan Area in best practice for advocating for early intervention, supporting youth, and improving student outcomes. Ariel is also an experienced facilitator and mental health counselor.

Ariel graduated from American University with a B.A. in Psychology. She received her M.S.W. from the University of Michigan with a specialization in Management of Human Services and an additional focus in Interpersonal Practice. While at Michigan, she also earned a Certificate in Jewish Communal Leadership as part of the University’s Jewish Communal Leadership Program. Ariel is a proud resident of Sunnyside, Queens where she lives with her husband Elie and their two children. When not at work or day dreaming about the future of Jewish communal life, Ariel enjoys exploring the city, communing with nature, making art, thrifting, and decorating for any and every holiday. 

Heather is the Director of Finance for the organization.  She manages all financial operations both in the US and Israel and has been with The Fellowship since 2001.  She holds degrees in both Accounting and Hotel and Restaurant Management and is a Notary Public licensed in New York State.  Outside of Bronfman, Heather assists various local small businesses with freelance bookkeeping help in the upstate NY area where she resides with her husband Tom.  Her hobbies include kayaking, reading, gardening and herbology.

As a 1988 alumna of The Bronfman Fellowship. Laura has been deeply involved with the program over the course of her professional and personal journey. She knows firsthand the transformative power of the Fellowship experience and the unique contributions of this community.

Laura is a passionate and dynamic advancement leader with experience in philanthropy, community relations, management, and communications. Trained as a lawyer, for more than fifteen years Laura has worked with non-profits, higher education institutions, and health care systems to achieve transformative growth and fulfill their missions. 

For nearly a decade as the Director of Development and Institutional Advancement for the Bard Prison Initiative and then in a number of consulting roles since, Laura led community engagement; annual fund, major gifts and stewardship; corporate and foundation relations; and strategic planning and capacity building. By working closely with executive leadership and boards to determine priorities and strategy, Laura has cultivated meaningful, long-term collaborations with individual, foundation, and corporate donors.

Laura has a BA (Summa Cum Laude) and MA degree from Brandeis University and earned her JD at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College. She is a Board member of the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County and a member of the Anti-Semitism Workgroup for the Dutchess County Human Rights Commission. Laura lives in Rhinebeck, NY with her family.

Dr. Evan Parks is Director of Education for The Bronfman Fellowship. Evan’s research treats modern European literature and culture, especially the entanglement of German and Jewish intellectual traditions. He is also interested in correspondences between Jewish diaspora writers and Hebrew literature. Evan is a Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Center for the Humanities, and is currently completing a book that explores tensions between the post-Shoah poet Paul Celan and his philosophical readers, especially Hans-Georg Gadamer, Theodor W. Adorno, and Jacques Derrida. 

As an educator, Evan is interested in the intersection of liberal education and Jewish learning. He taught at Columbia University’s Department of Germanic Languages and  Core Curriculum, where he was a finalist for the University’s highest teaching honor, the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching. Evan served as Faculty for the Bronfman Fellowship for four years (2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024).

Evan received his Ph.D. in German and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and holds a B.A. in European Cultural Studies from Brandeis University. He was a 2020-21 Fellow with the Leo Baeck Institute London. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Evan was a Bronfman Fellow in 2005. He lives in Manhattan with his partner Eliana and two children.

Sophia is a New York native currently living in South Baltimore, where she creates vibrant Jewish community through the Moishe Pod she co-founded with her partner. Before joining the Bronfman team, Sophia served as the Assistant Director of 4Front, a platform dedicated to empowering and amplifying the voices of Baltimore’s Jewish teens. There, she developed programs for adult engagement, aimed at encouraging whole-family participation and promoting development for youth engagement professionals. She also led the expansion of 4Front’s Gesher Teen Board Members program, placing young leaders on the boards of Jewish non-profits.

Prior to this, Sophia was the Program Director of the Diller Teen Fellowship at the JCC of Greater Boston, where she guided cohorts of teens through experiences that fostered Jewish identity, leadership, and social impact. Passionate about growth and exploration, Sophia enjoys staying active, exploring nature, and experimenting with new artistic forms. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and is pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration.

Stefanie Weisman is the Communications Manager at The Bronfman Fellowship.  She received a B.A. in history from Columbia University and an M.A. in art history from NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts.  Her first book, The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College, was published by Sourcebooks in 2013 and has since been translated into Chinese.  She writes fiction and nonfiction in her spare time.  A lifelong resident of Astoria, New York, Stefanie’s hobbies include reading, visiting museums, hiking, and traveling to as many countries as possible.

Sari is a not-for-profit professional with twenty-two years of experience in a variety of roles at the Sephardic Community Center before joining the Bronfman Fellowship in 2020. In her last position as Director of Special Projects, she managed programs, fundraisers and staff. Sari is most proud of her children and grandchildren. She and her husband Sion live in Brooklyn.

Rav Risa Dunbar (she/her/hers) is the Community Educator and Manager of the Fellowship Year at the Bronfman Youth Fellowship. She comes to Bronfman after having served in a variety of Jewish education, ritual, justice, and pastoral roles at places such as the Williams College Jewish Association and Chaplain’s Office at Williams College, Hebrew College’s Rabbinical School and Teen Beit Midrash program, Lehrhaus: A Jewish Tavern and House of Learning, BBYO, The New Israel Fund, and Congregation Ohav Shalom in Albany, NY.

Rav Risa hails from the San Francisco Bay area, and holds a B.A. from Brandeis University, and an M.A. in Jewish Studies from Hebrew College. In 2026, Risa completed her studies at Hebrew College Rabbinical School where she received rabbinic ordination from her beloved teachers. Her writing has been published as a part of the anthology “Returning Higher: Hasidic & Neo-Hasidic Inspiration for the High Holy Day Journey,” and featured in Gashmius Magazine, The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies’ Student Journal, and Hebrew College’s “70 Faces of Torah.” She enjoys cooking, reading and writing, being and swimming outside, communal singing, watercolors, and writing in Stam Sofrut (sacred Hebrew calligraphy). She resides in Brooklyn, NY.

Isabel Lunken is the Assistant Manager of Campus Commons at The Bronfman Fellowship. Growing up in Baltimore, Isabel found a deep sense of belonging in Jewish community through her Conservative synagogue and summers at Jewish overnight camp. Those experiences impacted her understanding of Jewish community, relationships, and immersive experiences, which ultimately inspired her path into Jewish communal work.

Before joining Bronfman, Isabel worked at 4Front at the JCC of Greater Baltimore, where she designed and led programs centered on Jewish teen leadership, social innovation, and community building. She also participated in JCC Association of North America’s Merrin Teen Professional Fellowship, an experience that deepened her connection to the broader Jewish communal field and strengthened her commitment to working with young people and emerging leaders.

Isabel is eager to continue creating meaningful educational experiences, building authentic relationships, and helping young people explore how they want to engage with Jewish life and community. She earned her B.A. in Architectural Studies from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and recently earned a Certificate in Organizational Leadership.

Elizabeth Ochs (Bronfman ’01) leads the Fellowship’s portfolio of programs aimed at creating an interconnected network of alumni who can empower, inspire and engage one another towards enhanced leadership in the Jewish community and beyond. Elizabeth lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with her husband and son. She concentrated in Urban Studies at Brown University and received a Master’s in Education from Antioch University. Elizabeth directs the Creative Reuse Center of RI and serves as a Quality Advisor for the RI Department of Education.

Mia Shenkman ‘21 is a recent graduate of Wesleyan University where she studied Public Health and the History of Science at the interdisciplinary College of Science and Technology Studies. She spent her time at school leading reconstructionist-style Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv for the student-led Wesleyan Jewish community, working as an interfaith intern alongside the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish chaplains, and singing as a tenor in the Jewish a cappella group The Mazeltones. Passionate about healthcare policy and overdose prevention, she has worked in various roles at her college town’s Community Health Center, including as a syringe exchange facilitator. Originally from Arlington, Virginia, she is moving to Brooklyn to start as a paralegal a paralegal working on Medicare access. In her free time, Mia enjoys DJing house music, attending live jazz performances, and spending time outdoors on Virginia’s bike paths!

Nava was born in France and, after making Aliyah with her family at the age of 4, was raised and educated in Jerusalem. She attended the Emuna Arts High School for girls, where she majored in theater. During her national service she worked on a horse farm which specializes in therapeutic riding and treats people with special needs. She completed a BA in Management and Media & Communications at the College of Management, with a specialization in advertising and marketing. Nava lives with her husband in the Har Gilo settlement which is located a few kilometers south of Jerusalem.

Shira is an alumna of the Amitei Bronfman program (2010) and has held a variety of roles within the organization, including Logistical Coordinator, Mancha, and Director of the Alumni Community. Her professional experience also includes work at Beit Avi Chai, a leading cultural institute in Jerusalem dedicated to Israeli and Jewish culture, where she served as Director of the Youth Department. In this role, she created and led educational courses, cultural programs, and public events for teens. Previously, she founded and directed an evening Beit Midrash program at Orya Girls’ High School.

Shira has experience as a certified tour guide and has coordinated training courses for tour guides. In addition, for several years she wrote a history column for the biweekly children’s magazine Otiyot. She studied in the Beit Yisrael post–high school program and at the Lindenbaum Midrasha, and holds a BSW and a BA in Jewish History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shira is currently studying educational studies at the Kerem Institute. She lives in Jerusalem with her spouse, Amitai, and their two children, Michael and Naomi.

Noa Bellavita (Amitei Bronfman ‘18) lives in Tel Aviv and is studying Biology and Philosophy at Tel Aviv University. She grew up in Kibbutz Magen and Kibbutz Sde Nehemia, did a volunteer service year with Hugey Sayarut (a youth group for outdoor education) and served in Galei Tzahal, the IDF’s radio station.

Tal Toren (Amitei Bronfman ‘15) lives in Jerusalem. She holds a B.A. in International Relations and Sociology & Anthropology from the Hebrew University and is currently pursuing an M.A. in Urban Planning. Tal grew up in Kibbutz Ramat Hashofet, attended the Hannaton mechina (pre-army program) and served as an instructor in the Education Corps. She works in education, was a group facilitator for the ’24 Bronfman Fellows, and is currently a coordinator of student communities in Jerusalem.

lives in Jerusalem and is married to Peleg. He is completing his degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at the Hebrew University, and works as an intern at the Ministry of Finance. He grew up in Efrat in Gush Etzion and studied at Yeshivat Otniel.

Dr. Evan Parks is Director of Education for The Bronfman Fellowship. Evan’s research treats modern European literature and culture, especially the entanglement of German and Jewish intellectual traditions. He is also interested in correspondences between Jewish diaspora writers and Hebrew literature. Evan is a Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Center for the Humanities, and is currently completing a book that explores tensions between the post-Shoah poet Paul Celan and his philosophical readers, especially Hans-Georg Gadamer, Theodor W. Adorno, and Jacques Derrida. 

As an educator, Evan is interested in the intersection of liberal education and Jewish learning. He taught at Columbia University’s Department of Germanic Languages and  Core Curriculum, where he was a finalist for the University’s highest teaching honor, the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching. Evan served as Faculty for the Bronfman Fellowship for four years (2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024).

Evan received his Ph.D. in German and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and holds a B.A. in European Cultural Studies from Brandeis University. He was a 2020-21 Fellow with the Leo Baeck Institute London. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Evan was a Bronfman Fellow in 2005. He lives in Manhattan with his partner Eliana and two children.

Dr. Yitz Landes (Bronfman ‘05; he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. His research focuses on the premodern transmission of Jewish knowledge, vis-à-vis the history of rabbinic education and the history of the Jewish book. Additionally, Dr. Landes works on the development of Jewish ritual and liturgy, topics he addressed in his first monograph, Studies in the Development of Birkat ha-Avodah (The Mandel Institute for Jewish Studies, 2018). He earned a BA in Talmud and Halakhah and Comparative Religion and an MA in Talmud and Halakhah from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as an AM and PhD in Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity from Princeton University. At JTS, Dr. Landes teaches courses on rabbinic texts, on Jewish Liturgy, on ancient Jewish History, and on Hebrew manuscript cultures. In addition, he co-teaches a semester of the Jewish Canon curriculum for freshman students in List College.

Rabbi Yehuda Sarna serves as the Executive Director of the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at New York University and University Chaplain. He
is the Hannah and Ed Low Professor for Community-Engaged Scholarship at the NYU Center for the Study of Antisemitism. He teaches on the faculty of the Wagner School of Public Service and at NYU Abu Dhabi. Having served as the inaugural Chief Rabbi of the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sarna continues as its Senior Religious Advisor.

Rabbi Sarna is married to Dr. Michelle Waldman Sarna, a psychologist, and they have six children. He is proud to have served on The Bronfman Fellowship faculty in 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2019

Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel is Professor of German Studies and the Judith London Evans Director of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University, where her teaching focuses on Yiddish language, literature, and culture. She holds an AB in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and a PhD in Comparative Literature, both from Harvard University. She was ordained in 2019 as part of the first cohort of the Executive Ordination Track at Yeshivat Maharat, a program designed to bring qualified mid-career women into the Orthodox Jewish rabbinate. Udel is the author of Never Better!: The Modern Jewish Picaresque, winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience. She is the editor and translator of Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature. Her ongoing research looks to children’s literature and culture as a powerful force for political formation and a resource for the intergenerational transmission of culture, values, and ideology.

Yahel Halevi (Amitei Bronfman ’17), originally from Tel Aviv, is a BA student at the Glasgow School of Art. After completing the Hevruta gap year program in Jerusalem and participating in a queer leadership program by IGY, the Israeli queer youth movement, he worked as a counselor at Ramah Nyack. He then served in the IDF as an intelligence researcher and course commander. Following his service, Yahel worked as a ceramics teacher and took part in a peacebuilding leadership program by the Peace Now movement. He is currently a fellow in the UJS Leadership Fellowship (Union of Jewish Students in the UK and Ireland). His artistic practice explores themes of displacement, identity, home, and intimacy. In his free time, Yahel enjoys exploring the Scottish mountains, teaching dance improv classes, cooking, singing in the school choir, and practicing yoga.

Rabbi Risa Dunbar (she/her/hers) received her ordination from Hebrew College in 2026. She has served in a variety of Jewish education, ritual, justice, and pastoral roles at places such as the Williams College Jewish Association and Chaplain’s Office at Williams College, Hebrew College’s Rabbinical School and Teen Beit Midrash program, Lehrhaus: A Jewish Tavern and House of Learning, BBYO, The New Israel Fund, and Congregation Ohav Shalom in Albany, NY. Risa hails from the  San Francisco Bay area, and holds a B.A. from Brandeis University. Her work has been previously featured in Gashmius Magazine, The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies’ student journal, and Hebrew College’s “70 Faces of Torah.” In her rare free time she enjoys cooking, reading and writing, being outside, communal singing, and writing in Stam Sofrut (sacred Hebrew calligraphy).

Anat Keinan (born in Jerusalem, Israel) is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Brooklyn. She graduated with an honor BFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Israel (2017), and completed an MFA in Sculpture at Yale School of Art (2023). Her work has been exhibited at various galleries, museums, and art spaces, including The Israel Museum, The Jerusalem Artist House, The 7th Biennale for Drawing in Israel, The Natural History Museum in Tel-Aviv, YvYang Gallery in NYC, Atelier Shemi Gallery’s sculpture garden in Israel, The Jerusalem Print Workshop, “Fresh-Paint” Art Fair in Tel-Aviv, The New Gallery Teddy in Israel, and more. Anat’s artistic approach is conceived from questions regarding the built environment, how places are inhabited and experienced, how they change over time, and exploring how space-body-sculpture relationships open positions of dialogue.

Joshua Meyer (Bronfman ’91) is known for his thickly layered paintings of people, and for a searching, open-ended process. The Cambridge, Massachusetts artist studied art at Yale University and The Bezalel Academy, and has exhibited in galleries and museums internationally.

Meyer has been recognized with a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a CJP Arts and Culture Impact Award, The Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and twice with the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Painting Fellowship. The Cambridge, Massachusetts artist studied art at Yale University and The Bezalel Academy, and has exhibited internationally, including Eight Approaches at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and the Worcester Art Museum, Tohu vaVohu at Hebrew College, and Becoming at the Yale Slifka Center and NYU Bronfman Center and the retrospective Seek My Face at UCLA’s Dortort Center. Meyer is represented by Rice Polak Gallery in Provincetown and Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco.

Marisa Scheinfeld was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1980 and raised in the Catskills. She received her B.A. from the State University at Albany in 2002, and her MFA from San Diego State University in 2011. Her work is motivated by an interest in landscape and its embedded histories, both apparent and hidden. 

Marisa’s photographic projects and books are among the collections of the Library of Congress, The New York Public Library, Yeshiva University Museum, The National Yiddish Book Center, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life at UC Berkeley, The Simon Wiesenthal Center, The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation and The Edmund and Nancy K. Dubois Library at the Museum of Photographic Arts.

Marisa is a frequent guest lecturer and her photographs have been exhibited throughout the United States and in the UK. Her work has appeared in publications such as National Geographic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Jerusalem Post, American Photography, Tablet Magazine and The Jewish Daily Forward.

On October 4, 2016, Cornell University Press released her first book entitled The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland. In 2023, Marisa founded the Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project with a group of artists and historians dedicated to commemorating the history of the Borscht Belt, a celebrated era in American Jewish life, American culture and Catskill history. The project’s mission is the creation of a large-scale historic marker trail that leads audiences on an education and adventurous tour through history. The 20-marker trail aspires to permanently cement the Borscht Belt in its physical place and pay tribute to its immense legacy. Marisa is an Adjunct Professor of Photography at Purchase College and working on her second book, anticipated in 2026.

A social and educational activist residing in Be’er Sheva, Rabbi Hagit Sabag Israel is part of the faculty of the Jewish Studies department in Ono Academic College. She facilitates study in batei midrash in the Kolot and Bina organizations and has established a number of batei midrash in development towns around Israel.  Hagit serves as a consultant to different organizations on the topic of Israeli Judaism, provides spiritual guidance for families and individuals, and creates and leads Jewish life cycle ceremonies.  She is one of the founders of the Forum for Jewish Renewal in the Negev, which she currently chairs, and is also a member of an inter-religious initiative in the Negev.  Hagit’s research, study and action all aim at the development of a beit midrash language of study which will assist educators and therapists in their work, with regard to psychology and Judaism, Mizrahi feminism and the development of Jewish life cycle ceremonies.

Rabbi Dr. Rani Jaeger is a research fellow, faculty member, and head of the recently formed Ritual Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute. He was one of the founders of the Institute’s Be’eri Program for Pluralistic Jewish-Israeli Identity Education.

Rani received his doctorate at Bar-Ilan University on Jewish-Israeli culture as perceived by the poet Avraham Shlonsky. He was a participant in the first cohort of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis and received rabbinical ordination from the Shalom Hartman Institute and HaMidrasha at Oranim in September 2016.

Rani is one of the founders of Beit Tefilah Israeli, a secular synagogue in the heart of Tel Aviv.  He spent a year at Paideia, the European Institute of Jewish Studies in Stockholm, as scholar in residence.

Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky is one of the leading women Talmud scholars and educators in the world today, a sought after lecturer in Talmud, Jewish law and women’s issues. She holds a Master’s Degree in Law and a Doctorate in Talmud from Bar Ilan University.

Through her scholarly and incisive articles Rabbanit Tikochinsky has had a profound influence on the Halakhic discourse regarding women’s issues. She has also established an umbrella organization for women Torah scholars in educational leadership positions, enabling greater collaboration and support between women Torah leaders and institutions, and facilitating the transformation of women’s Torah study into an organized movement.

At Beit Morasha, Rabbanit Tikochinsky is Director of the Moshe Green Beit Midrash for Women’s Leadership and the Women’s Halakha Program, which offers a select group of senior women Torah scholars the opportunity to study and take examinations that are parallel to the requirements for male rabbinical candidates in Israel. Rabbanit Tikochinsky was born and raised in Israel. She is married and resides with her husband and seven children in the community of Nof Ayalon.

Dana Raucher is President of the Board of Directors. A Bronfman alumna from ’89, she is the Executive Director of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dana worked at the Israeli law firm Shiboleth, Yisraeli, Roberts, Zisman & Co. in Tel Aviv.  Ms. Raucher is a graduate of Columbia University and the Buchmann Law School at Tel Aviv University, and is a member of the Israel Bar Association. Born in Israel, she currently lives in New York with her husband, Yossi, and their sons.

Hilary Caplan Somorjai is Director, West Coast Admissions, at Harvard Business School. She has worked for HBS since 2003. Prior to working for HBS, she worked at Oracle Corporation in the education line of business focusing on strategy and marketing. She has been active in teen initiatives for the San Francisco Jewish Federation and volunteers for the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School.

She and her husband John live in the Bay Area. Their two children, Ben and Diana (Bronfman 2019) reside on the East Coast.

Jonathan Wachter (Bronfman ’96), Secretary of the Board, was a director in the chief investment office and global treasury of JPMorgan Chase. He helped manage liquidity strategy for the firm. Before joining JPMorgan, Jonathan was a consultant in the banking practice of McKinsey & Co. and a private equity analyst at the Blackstone Group. Jonathan earned a BA in Applied Math and an MBA from Harvard. Jonathan grew up in the western suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his parents, sister and four nephews still live. Jonathan is a long-time resident of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, where he is an active member of Darkhei Noam, a lay-led minyan which counts several other Bronfman alumni as members.

Noam Lockshin (Bronfman ’01) is a partner at Kimmeridge, an investment firm in New York focused on the energy sector. He previously worked as Senior Research Associate at Sanford C. Bernstein on the #1-ranked E&P research team.  Noam is a native of Toronto and earned a BA in math from Canada’s York University. Before that, he also studied for two years at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Israel. Noam currently serves on the Board of Advisors for Hillel International’s Office of Innovation. He also organizes shabbat services for tots at his shul on the Upper West Side, the neighborhood where he lives with his wife and four children. Bronfman has been a big part of his life since he was a fellow in 2001.

Daphna Ezrachi (Amitei Bronfman ‘05) is the Manager of Sustainability Programs at NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development where she focuses on climate local laws and solar programs. Upon joining HPD, Daphna completed her Masters in Urban Planning from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. Before pivoting to urban planning and housing policy, Daphna was an educator in Jerusalem, where she grew up. Daphna has worked in numerous educational programs, including serving as mancha (educator) for Amitei Bronfman’s 2016 cohort. She received a BA from Hebrew University in European History. In her spare time, she volunteers at her synagogue, the Fort Tryon Jewish Center; and for climate change activism. She lives in Washington Heights with her husband (also a Bronfman alum) and their three children.

Elliot Mamet (’10) is a political scientist currently serving as an Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. His research has focused on advancing ideals of democracy and democratic equality, and his writing has appeared in venues including Perspectives on Politics, Political Theory, American Political Thought, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, and The Washington Post. Previously, Elliot served on the legislative staff of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. He holds a Ph.D. from Duke University and a B.A. from Colorado College.

Andy Katzman ’93 is the Chief Philanthropy Officer of Willoughby Capital and the Executive Director of The Jane and Daniel Och Family Foundation. Prior to joining the foundation, Andy was a partner at The Bridgespan Group. At Bridgespan, Andy focused on building new platforms to direct philanthropic capital as well as the role technology can play in social sector organizations.

Prior to Bridgespan , Andy spent eight years in the technology sector as a business development and sales executive at Twitter, Facebook and Yahoo. Before working in the technology sector, Andy spent five years at McKinsey & Company. In addition, he previously served as a Press Secretary for NY Senator Charles E. Schumer.

Andy has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BA from Yale University, and currently lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.

Tyler Kaye (Bronfman ’13) is a Lead Engineer at MongoDB, where he has spent the last seven years growing from individual contributor to engineering manager and technical lead. He currently works on MongoDB Atlas, focusing on durability, availability, and customer-facing reliability at scale. Leading technical teams across time zones and later spending a year in Denmark taught him to navigate diverse cultures and perspectives and to focus on what truly drives impact for both customers and colleagues.

Outside of work, Tyler serves on the junior board of City Harvest, where he has gained experience with nonprofit governance, volunteer engagement, and fundraising in support of food rescue and hunger relief in New York City. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, with a major in Computer Science and minors in Engineering Management Systems and Statistics & Machine Learning.

Tyler’s interests include running, traveling, cooking, and playing chess and other board games, and he enjoys bringing people together around food, games, and shared experiences.

Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield is the Chief Executive Officer of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where she leads the staff, shapes the vision, strategy, and growth, develops the culture, and oversees program and operations. As a member of the Institute’s global executive team, she plays a central role in advancing strategy across the organization. During her tenure, Rachel has guided major strategic planning processes that secured transformational support, strengthened governance, expanded fundraising capacity, and fueled significant organizational growth. She works closely with the board, staff, and partners to align Hartman’s vision and strategy with its mission impact.

Rachel has spent three decades at the intersection of Jewish education and social justice as an entrepreneur, executive leader, educator, and communicator. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America for eight years; as Director of Experiential Education at the American Jewish World Service, where she launched the Global Justice Fellowship and other national programs; and as the Founding Director of the Jewish Greening Fellowship, the first organized Jewish communal initiative to address climate change.

Rachel is widely recognized as an effective communicator, writing for Jewish publications, appearing on podcasts, moderating panels, and facilitating dialogues with leading thinkers. She designs and leads educational and leadership development programs and serves as a mentor and coach to emerging leaders across the sector.

Beyond her executive work, Rachel contributes to the broader Jewish and nonprofit ecosystem. She is a founding advisory board member of Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action; and has previously served on the boards and executive committees of JPRO, Girl Be Heard, and the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale. She is an alumna of the Selah Leadership Program and the Muehlstein Fellowship for Jewish Professional Leadership.

Rachel graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis and earned her M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in Riverdale, NY with her husband Paul, a psychiatrist, and they are the proud parents of two grown children.
She is the parent of Maayan Rosenfield (Bronfman ‘17).

Dalit Shalom is the Director of Design for Storytelling & Strategic Initiatives at The New York Times, where she guides design teams and shapes design strategy for meaningful, company-level initiatives. In her role, she bridges emerging technologies like Generative AI with journalistic excellence, helping The Times maintain its respected position in the evolving news landscape while fostering authentic connections and trust with readers. Her work enriches editorial strategy, research, creative ideation, and prototyping, as she collaborates with senior leadership to develop thoughtful design principles, reader experiences, and solutions that advance how news is created and shared.

Outside of The New York Times, Dalit shares her knowledge as a design thinking instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Tandon School of Engineering, having previously taught at Columbia School of Journalism. She is also a graduate of the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program (’22).

Dr. Kira Sheinerman, Ph.D. (Bronfman parent ’17), is a Managing Director of Investment Banking at H.C. Wainwright. Dr. Sheinerman is also the co-founder and director of DiamiR Biosciences, a privately held molecular diagnostics company. Previously, Dr. Sheinerman was a Managing Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Rodman & Renshaw. Prior to joining banking, Dr. Sheinerman worked at The Arcus Group, an oncology focused boutique consulting firm. From June 2020 to April 2023, Dr. Sheinerman served as the senior strategic consultant to Aptorum Group (NASDAQ: APM). In 2008-2009, Dr. Sheinerman chaired the Board Executive Committee of Xenomics (now Cardiff Oncology; NASDAQ: CRDF ).  From 2010 to 2021 she served as a board member of the Boyce Thompson Institute, an affiliate of Cornell University, and from 2015 through 2018 she served as the co-chair of the Alzheimer’s Association Business Consortium. Dr. Sheinerman received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Mount Sinai School of Medicine for her work on molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Sheinerman also holds an Honors MBA from the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College/CUNY.

Daniel Shulman (Bronfman ’07) has played an active role in pluralistic Jewish organizations throughout his life, believing in their role as a vital fabric of today’s increasingly diverse Jewish world. Originally from Denver, Daniel has served on the Denver Jewish Day School board, where he led an initiative to shift fundraising toward supporting teachers, resulting in one of the largest dedicated teacher salary endowments in the country. Inspired by the creative potential of the Bronfman community, Daniel has also supported Bronfman Faculty member, Hannah Kapnik Ashar, to build Rahmana, her Denver-based women’s prayer initiative.

Daniel attended Stanford University, where he studied computer science, visual art, and music. After college he joined the original team at Snap, leading Android development as the company scaled to over 100 million daily active users. Currently, Daniel’s work focuses on music production in Los Angeles and architectural development in Denver.

Roberto Woldenberg is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Torrecom, a leading independent wireless infrastructure provider in Latin America.  He is also Managing Partner at Indigo Capital, a private equity fund focused on growing small and medium-size businesses.  Prior to co-founding Indigo Capital in 1999, Roberto was an associate at J.P. Morgan’s Latin America M&A practice.  He is a board member of W International, a holding company with interests in the steel, media, real estate and renewable energy sectors.  Other current and past board memberships include Enlight Partners, Wedderspoon, Torres Unidas (now ATP), Communications Tower Group, Climbing Collective, Fibra Inn (BMV: FINN13.MX), and Promotora Ambiental (BMV: PASAB.MX).

Born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, Roberto holds a BA from Columbia University.  He and his wife Carrie, a psychologist, live in New York City.  Their four children – Rebecca, Noam, Zev and Daniela (Bronfman ’22) – are currently students at Sarah Lawrence, Columbia, University of Chicago and Yale, respectively.