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J Leaders Academy

Cohort Fellows and Alumni

2023- 24 Cohort

2022- 23 Cohort

2021- 22 Cohort

2020- 21 Cohort

2022-2023 Fellows

Anastasiia Khodyrieva

Project Management, Psychology & HR

    Bianca Mintz

    Hydrogeologist at AECOM

      Daniel Krigel

      Senior Associate, Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice at Heidrick & Struggles

        Danielle Lowe

        Associate Masters Mental Health Professional – Adult Psychiatry

          David Brazel

          Computational Biologist at Artisan

            David Eydus

            Senior Product Manager at Adobe

              Eitan Simler

              Full Stack Engineer at Notable

                Elise Epstein

                Software Engineer at Amazon Music

                  Eric Fleishman

                  Management Consultant – Driven by ESG | Strategy, Analytics, Program and Project Management

                    Ethan Palm

                    Content Design & Strategy

                      Felicia Heiney

                      Software Engineer at Asana

                        Gita Kaminer

                        Director, People Data & Analytics

                          Hannah Bollar

                          Builder at the intersection of Physics, Art, & Code

                            Jordan Tandowsky

                            Entertainment Experience

                              Liz Laber

                              Senior People Business Partner I Professional Coach

                                Miriam Khalifa

                                Strategy & Research for Social Impact

                                  Natasha Kaplan

                                  Social Media Manager and Data Science Masters Student

                                    Prim (Rebecca) Primoff

                                    Consumer Internet @ SVB

                                      Rachel Groberman

                                      Product Manager, Datadog

                                        Scott Scheraga

                                        Research Engineer,
                                        SRI International 

                                          Vicki Maler

                                          Business Development at IEQ Capital

                                            Victoria Lyon

                                            Creative Project Manager. Fitness Instructor. Public Health Researcher. Jewish Spiritual Embodiment Program Developer

                                              Viktoriya Lambert

                                              Nurse Practitioner

                                                Cohort Steering Committee

                                                Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia

                                                Director of Collaborative Leadership and Jewish Engagement at Jewish Silicon Valley

                                                Cohort Facilitator, 2023-2024 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                  Alex Mayorkis

                                                  Electrical Engineer

                                                  Assistant Director, 2023-2024 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                    Leya Aronoff

                                                    Career & Communication Coach at Leya Aronoff Coaching, Digital Marketing Strategist, J Leaders

                                                    2023-2024 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                      Peter Hoffman

                                                      CEO & Founder at J Leaders

                                                      2023-2024 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                        Sarah Feldman

                                                        Sarah Feldman, MBA

                                                        Product Strategy | Fmr Tesla, Google, PlayStation, Lyft, Fitbit | AI & Data Leader

                                                        2023-2024 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                          Denise Sandel

                                                          People Innovation Analyst, Teladoc Health

                                                          2023-2024 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                            2022-2023 Alumni

                                                            Ally Abramowitz, MSW

                                                            Program Manager, Giving Operations

                                                              Andrew David Lewis

                                                              Alumni Director at UCLA

                                                                Daniel Chalolachvilli, MBA

                                                                Management Consultant at EY

                                                                  Denise Sandel

                                                                  HR & Change Management Specialist

                                                                    Emily Sprague

                                                                    Peabody Graduate Student, Learning & Design

                                                                      Eve Figueroa Karp

                                                                      Staff Technical Writer

                                                                        Garrett Langfeld

                                                                        Senior Business Analyst at Isometric Technologies

                                                                          Gloria “Glo” Felicia

                                                                          Founder & CEO at Spero Studios

                                                                            Isabella Scheier

                                                                            Product Designer at Intuit

                                                                              Joel Tencer

                                                                              Senior Research Associate at Oxford Biotherapeutics

                                                                                Karen Horovitz

                                                                                Connected Vehicle Strategy at Ford Motor Company

                                                                                  Leah Palestrant

                                                                                  Director, Springboard Fellowship at Hillel International

                                                                                    Leya Aronoff

                                                                                    Career & Communication Coach at
                                                                                    Leya Aronoff Coaching

                                                                                      Maya Rotman

                                                                                      Associate Consultant, Contract Compliance at KPMG

                                                                                        Mira Cohen

                                                                                        Recruitment Analyst at Howard Fischer Associates

                                                                                          Molly Shapiro

                                                                                          Entrepreneur | Coach | Organizing Consultant

                                                                                            Peter Weltman

                                                                                            Media Strategist at Man of the World Media

                                                                                              Rebecca Woolfe

                                                                                              Voiceover Artist & Residential Advisor at EF Education

                                                                                                Tali Katz

                                                                                                Software Developer at Wells Fargo

                                                                                                  Tom Sciara

                                                                                                  Financial Services Professional at NY LIFE Securities

                                                                                                    Zachary Heller

                                                                                                    Cybersecurity Consultant at
                                                                                                    Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services

                                                                                                      Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                      Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia

                                                                                                      Director of Collaborative Leadership and Jewish Engagement at Jewish Silicon Valley

                                                                                                      Cohort Facilitator, 2022-2023 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                        Alex Mayorkis

                                                                                                        Electrical Engineer

                                                                                                        Assistant Director, 2022-2023 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                          Matt Ghan

                                                                                                          Matt Ghan

                                                                                                          Camp, Youth and Non-Profit Professional

                                                                                                          2022-2023 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                            Peter Hoffman

                                                                                                            CEO & Founder at J Leaders

                                                                                                            2022-2023 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                              Sarah Feldman

                                                                                                              Sarah Feldman, MBA

                                                                                                              Analytics Leader, Google

                                                                                                              2022-2023 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                Yale Friend

                                                                                                                Hardware Design Engineer at Pure Storage

                                                                                                                2022-2023 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                  2021-22 Alumni

                                                                                                                  Anna Kheyfets

                                                                                                                  Grants Officer at Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

                                                                                                                    Ashleigh Golden, PsyD

                                                                                                                    Digital Behavioral Health Architect | Licensed Psychologist

                                                                                                                      David Schoenholtz

                                                                                                                      Storyteller. Community Builder. People Connector. Tutor. Mentor. Coach.

                                                                                                                        Denise Yasinow

                                                                                                                        Assistant United States Attorney

                                                                                                                          I’yuana Pettway

                                                                                                                          Recruiter at Google

                                                                                                                            Jonathan Elzur

                                                                                                                            Software Engineer at Google

                                                                                                                              Josh Zuo

                                                                                                                              Founder, Social Media Startup DeM & Kaifeng Jewish Community Descendant

                                                                                                                                M Goodman

                                                                                                                                Elementary School Teacher

                                                                                                                                  Michael Terkowski

                                                                                                                                  Lead Partner Engineer at Facebook

                                                                                                                                    Leemore Federman

                                                                                                                                    Psychiatric Social Worker/Psychotherapist

                                                                                                                                      Michaela Kastelman

                                                                                                                                      Product Marketing Manager at
                                                                                                                                      Telesign

                                                                                                                                        Nathanel Serebrenik

                                                                                                                                        People Operations | Jewelry Entrepreneur | Project Manager | Certified Scrum Master

                                                                                                                                          Rafi Schraer

                                                                                                                                          Vice President, Investor Relations at OurCrowd

                                                                                                                                            Yale Friend

                                                                                                                                            Hardware Engineer at Pure Storage

                                                                                                                                              Zac Robin

                                                                                                                                              Data Analyst, U.S. Geological Survey

                                                                                                                                                Zoe Weitzman

                                                                                                                                                Programs Coordinator at Google

                                                                                                                                                  Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                                                  Rabbi Hugh Seid-Valencia

                                                                                                                                                  Director of Collaborative Leadership and Jewish Engagement at Jewish Silicon Valley

                                                                                                                                                  Cohort Facilitator, 2021-2022 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                                                    Meg Adler Photo

                                                                                                                                                    Meg Adler

                                                                                                                                                    Assistant Director of Jewish Life and Learning

                                                                                                                                                    2021-2022 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                                                      Sarah Feldman, MBA

                                                                                                                                                      Director of Analytics at Truebill

                                                                                                                                                      2021-2022 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                                                        Matt Ghan

                                                                                                                                                        Matt Ghan

                                                                                                                                                        Director of Youth Engagement

                                                                                                                                                        2021-2022 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                                                          Peter Hoffman

                                                                                                                                                          CEO & Founder of J Leaders

                                                                                                                                                          2021-2022 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                                                            Joshua Krug, Ph.D.

                                                                                                                                                            Director of Jewish Life and Learning at Kehillah Jewish High School

                                                                                                                                                            2021-2022 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                                                              Alex Mayorkis

                                                                                                                                                              Technical Support Engineer

                                                                                                                                                              Assistant Director, 2021-2022 Leadership Academy Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                                                                2020-21 Alumni

                                                                                                                                                                Abigail Gavens Iacob

                                                                                                                                                                Speech Language Pathologist at Peninsula Associates

                                                                                                                                                                  Alexander Mayorkis

                                                                                                                                                                  Electrical Engineer

                                                                                                                                                                    Andrea Levy

                                                                                                                                                                    Senior Engineer at MarkLogic

                                                                                                                                                                      Andrew Gelman

                                                                                                                                                                      Sales Engineer at WeVideo

                                                                                                                                                                        Anna Beyder

                                                                                                                                                                        Senior Communications Manager at LinkedIn

                                                                                                                                                                          Anya Wiegel

                                                                                                                                                                          Recent College Graduate

                                                                                                                                                                            Benjamin Shuch

                                                                                                                                                                            Electrical Engineer at Gener8

                                                                                                                                                                              Eddy Seetho

                                                                                                                                                                              Technical Project Manager, NPI at Maxar Technologies

                                                                                                                                                                                Edward Nehamkin

                                                                                                                                                                                Product Manager at Equinix

                                                                                                                                                                                  Evan Lachman

                                                                                                                                                                                  Analyst at Deloitte Consulting; Founder, GoodDay Puzzles

                                                                                                                                                                                    Galina Livitina

                                                                                                                                                                                    Program Manager at Google

                                                                                                                                                                                      Jeff Levy

                                                                                                                                                                                      Tax Accountant at BPM LLP

                                                                                                                                                                                        Jennifer Slate

                                                                                                                                                                                        Graphic Designer/Illustrator, Business Professional, and Entrepreneur

                                                                                                                                                                                          Jeremie Gluckman

                                                                                                                                                                                          Education Community Manager at WeVideo

                                                                                                                                                                                            Jeremy Shefer

                                                                                                                                                                                            Software engineer in Fin Tech

                                                                                                                                                                                              Joshua Chazin

                                                                                                                                                                                              Mid-Market Account Manager at Malwarebytes

                                                                                                                                                                                                Judith Silverberg-Rajna

                                                                                                                                                                                                Product Marketing at Splunk

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Kevin Sloan

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Senior Partnership and Affiliate Manager at Udemy

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Kylie Greenhut

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Life Coach

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Melissa Walden

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Strategic Initiative Leader | Program Manager | Packaging Development

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Michelle Bogen

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Advanced Technologies Specialist | Battery Storage | Electric Vehicles

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Victor Meyerson

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Senior Software Engineer at SRI International

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Cohort Steering Committee

                                                                                                                                                                                                            David Nassau, MBA

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Intel| IRONMAN Triathlete | Non-Profit Founder

                                                                                                                                                                                                            2020-2021 Leadership Academy Cohort Director

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sarah Feldman, MBA

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Fitbit Analytics Manager | Google |Leader in Autonomous Vehicles | Non-Profit Founder

                                                                                                                                                                                                              2020-2021 Leadership Academy Cohort Associate Director

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Zachary Nelson

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Biomedical Engineer at PQ Bypass

                                                                                                                                                                                                                2020-2021 Leadership Academy Cohort Assistant Director