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Speakers

A

David Altshuler PhD
President, David Altshuler Company Inc.
Lisa Armony
Director, Rose Project, Jewish Federation & Family Services
Bill Aron Ph.D.
Sociologist, Bill Aron Photographer
Bradley Artson
Roslyn and Abner Goldstine Dean’s Chair, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University
Amy Asin
Vice President/Director of Strengthening Congregations, URJ
Nicole Auerbach
Director of Congregational Engagement, Central Synagogue
Aryeh Azriel
Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Israel

B

Lewis Barth
Professor Emeritus of Midrash and Related Literature, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Mark Borovitz
Senior Rabbi, Beit T'Shuvah
Shira Brown
Director and Lecturer, California State University, Northridge
btorop
CCAR Manager of Member Services, CCAR

C

Sister Simone Campbell
Executive Director, Network
Kenneth Chasen
Senior Rabbi, Leo Baeck Temple
Mari Chernow
Senior Rabbi, Temple Chai
Heidi Cohen
Rabbi, Temple Beth Sholom
Jonathan Cohen
The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Beachwood, OH
Andrea Cosnowsky
Rabbi, Congregation Etz Chayim
William Cutter
Emeritus Professor, HUC-JIR-L.A.

D

Lindsey Danizger
Ohio Lead Organizer, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Benjamin David
Rabbi , Adath Emanu-El
Helen Dennis
Specialist: Aging and the new retirement, Helen Dennis & Associates
Elliot Dorff
Rector and Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy, American Jewish University
Imam Mohamad Jamal Doudi
Imam, American Muslim Institute
Larry Dressler
Consultant, Blue Wing Consulting

E

Rabbi Denise Eger
Rabbi, Congregation Kol Ami
Marla Eglash Abraham
Regional Director of Development, American Jewish Committee-Los Angeles
Rev. Eric Elnes
Senior Minister, Countryside Community Church
Tamara Eskenazi
The Effie Wise Ochs Professor of Biblical Literature and History, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

F

Karen L Fox
Counselor and Consultant, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Steve Fox
Chief Executive Emeritus, CCAR
Joy Friedman
Director of Organizing, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

G

Michael Gan
Attorney, Peer, Gan & Gisler LLP
Mayor Eric Garcetti
Mayor, Los Angeles
Laura Geller
Rabbi Emerita, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
Evan Goodman
Edgar M. Bronfman Executive Director, Santa Barbara Hillel
Nicki Greninger
Director of Education, Temple Isaiah

H

Scott Hausman-Weiss
Rabbi, Congregation Shma Koleinu
Alan Henkin
Special Advisor to CCAR, Placement Director Emeritus, CCAR
Mark Hetfield
President and CEO, HIAS
Diana L. Ho
President, Management Arts, Inc.
Rev Zachary Hoover
Executive Director, LA Voice
Heather Huszti
Chief Psychologist, CHOC Children's Hospital

J

Walter Jacob
President, Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah

K

Sandra Katz
President, NAJC (Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains)
Stephanie Kramer
Congregation Shomrei Torah, Santa Rosa, CA

L

Esther Lederman
Director, Congregational Innovation, Union for Reform Judaism
Darren Levine
Founding Rabbi, Tamid: The Downtown Synagogue in New York City and Positive-Judaism.org
Ellen Lewis
Professional Supervision for Clergy
Janet Liss
Rabbi, North Country Reform Temple
Dahlia Lithwick
Senior Editor, Slate
David Lyon
Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel

M

Avram Mandell
Founding Director, Tzedek America
Michael Marmur
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost, Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion
John E. McDonough
Professor of Practice, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Daniel Medwin
Event manager, CCAR
Lydia Medwin
Director of Engagement, The Temple
Rabbi Heather Miller
Founding Rabbi, Keeping It Sacred
Evan Moffic
Rabbi, Congregation Solel in Highland Park, IL
Joel Mosbacher
Temple Shaaray Tefila, New York, NY

N

Michael Namath
Director of Leadership Development, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Beth Nichols
Rabbi, Temple Israel of New Rochelle

O

Cookie Lea Olshein
Rabbi, Temple Israel of West Palm Beach

P

Maya Paley
Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement, National Council of Jewish Women/Los Angeles
Aaron Panken
President, Herew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Mark Pelavin
Chief Program Officer, URJ
Rex Perlmeter
Special Advisor to Member Care and Wellness, CCAR
Hara Person
Chief Executive, CCAR
Jonah Pesner
Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Michele Prince
Executive Director, OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center

R

David Reinwald
Cantor, Temple Beth Sholom
Eric Rosenstein
Rabbinic and Education Student, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
Benjamin Ross
Rabbi, Leo Baeck Temple

S

Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi Ph.D.
Scholar, Author, Public Speaker, Leadership Consultant
Sophie Sartain
Filmmaker, Katahdin Productions
Jeffrey Saxe
Rabbi, Temple Rodef Shalom
Amy Schwartzman
Temple Rodef Shalom,Falls Church, VA
Alyson Solomon
Rabbi, Beth Israel of San Diego
Alden Solovy
Liturgist, Teacher, Author, To Bend Light
Mayor Darrell Steinberg
Mayor, Sacramento, CA
Deana Sussman Berezin
Assistant Rabbi, Temple Israel

T

Yunuen Trujillo
Volunteer Organizer and Leader, LA Voice PICO

W

Mark Washofsky
HUC Professor, Chair of Freehof Institute, HUC-JIR
Dvora Weisberg
Director of Rabbinic Program, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Los Angeles Campus)
Andrea Weiss
Provost, HUC-JIR
Lizzie Weiss
Cantor, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
Julia Weisz
Or Ami, Calabasas, CA
Lee Winkelman
California Organizing Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Liz Wood-Zeller
Director of Learning and Innovation , NFTY

Y

Betty Yee
Controller, State of California

Z

Sivan Zakai
Sara S. Lee Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Mary Zamore
Executive Director, Women's Rabbinic Network
Gary Zola
Executive Director, American Jewish Archives
Yoshi Zweiback
Senior Rabbi, Stephen Wise Temple
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