Kiyomi is an Afro-Latin, queer, Jewish, Marine Corps veteran and mother who works to ensure that all of the intersecting identities of her and her children feel at home in any space. If there is one word to sum up her life’s work it would be “inclusion.” Kiyomi’s social justice…
Read moreLiana Krupp is the President and Trustee of the Krupp Family Foundation, which focuses its work on capacity building and community partnerships across the Jewish, food and arts sectors. She is deeply involved in the Foundation’s strategic work and is a patron of the arts nationally and internationally. In her…
Read moreMIMI LEMAY is an author and advocate for transgender rights. She has written for and appeared in media nationally and abroad since 2015, including a groundbreaking NBC Nightly News series: Jacob’s Journey: Life as a Transgender 5-Year-Old. Since then, Mimi and the entire Lemay family have fought for passage of equal…
Read moreRabbi Adina Lewittes (Dini) is the founding rabbi of Sha’ar, a northern NJ/NYC-based, values-driven Jewish community oriented around the call to societal, environmental and spiritual sustainability. Sha’ar provides multiple gateways into Jewish life exemplified by a commitment to inclusiveness, diversity, innovation, scholarship, excellence and collaboration. Dini recently served as the Scholar…
Read moreDr. Davia Loren is a woman of myriad intersectional identities. She’s been practicing medicine for nearly 25 years, maintaining board certifications in both General Pediatrics and Newborn Intensive Care. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle where she has been living since 2004, she’s a member of Temple Beth Am there. Davia is a peer-trainer for the University Of Washington…
Read moreA passionate champion of human centered design, Xiomara Lorenzo combines her backgrounds in business strategy, data analytics, and product leadership to lead user experience, product, and operations teams at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. As Senior Director, Enterprise Digital, Omni, and AI, she leverages her intrapreneurial background to support…
Read moreMarc Maxwell has degrees in both planning and architecture. Having earned his Bachelor of Urban Planning from the University of Cincinnati, and then his Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his career has consistently focused on integrating thoughtful planning and architectural design into a single practice. Maxwell’s…
Read moreDana Raucher is the Executive Director of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation. She serves on the boards of various non-profits, including the Bronfman Fellowship, 70 Faces Media, the Shefa School, the American Jewish Historical Society, and the Jewish Book Council. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dana worked at the Tel Aviv…
Read moreNathan Render has worked in the Jewish, foundation, non-profit, and innovation communities for the past several years. He currently works at Mockingbird, a premium direct-to-consumer baby gear company, leading their Customer Experience team. Previously, he worked at CIC, one of the largest clusters of start-ups in the world and whose…
Read moreJason Rosenberg is originally from Montreal. There he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) and a Graduate Diploma in Accounting from McGill University. Jason is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator. He is also a graduate of the Leadership Development Program of Federation CJA (Montreal). Jason spent…
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When I walk into a legislator’s office and can say that the faith community doesn’t believe in discrimination, and to have someone from Keshet say, "I’m here on behalf of the Jewish community saying we don’t believe in anti-LGBTQ policies," it’s very meaningful. And it’s not what they are used to hearing. It’s critical for Keshet to keep articulating that voice on the federal and state levels.
Darcy Hirsh, advocate and activist