Professional Staff

Board of Advisors

Dan Abouav, Former VP Human Resources Global Delivery, Hewlett-Packard

Brian Amkraut, Executive Director of Siegal Lifelong Learning at Case Western Reserve University

Samantha Adams Becker, Executive Director, Creative + Communications | UTO @ Arizona State University 

Sarita Bronstein, Executive Director, Hillel of Silicon Valley

Julia Cinnamon, Fundraising Professional and Moishe House Silicon Valley Founding Resident

Beth Loeb Davies- Former Director of Learning, Tesla

Kevin Friesen- Director of Academy, Duarte, Inc.

Arnnon Geshuri- Chief People Officer at Livongo

David Ginsborg- Deputy Assessor, Santa Clara County Office of the Assessor

Sharon Glazer, Professor & Chair at University of Baltimore and President at Healthy Organization, Inc.

Scott Greenberg- Leadership and Performance Keynote Speaker

Martin Griss- Former Director, Silicon Valley Campus & Associate Dean, College of Engineering, CMU

Oded Hermoni- Early stage investor – Managing partner, J-Ventures Fund

Rabbi David Jaffe- Rabbi, Social Worker, Educator and Author of Changing the World from the Inside Out

Dr. David Kanter, Director of Education, Alliance for Decision Education

Jonathan Katz- Revenue and Technical Accounting Manager, Apple; and Board of Directors, Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley

Robert Lapidus, Leadership Development Consultant and Executive Coach

Hal Plotkin, Senior Scholar at Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)

Rabbi Jonathan Prosnit- Associate Rabbi, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA

William Rankin, PhD, Founder, Unfold Learning, Learning Designer and professional presenter

Linda Lubin Thompson- Leadership Development Consultant & Executive Coach

Jeff McColloch- Team Effectiveness Consultant & Leadership Coach

Bruce Preville- Transformational Catalyst, Sustainable Cities Initiative

Roger Schank- John Evans Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University and Founder and CEO, Socratic Arts