Mimi Kravetz creates and executes on a new strategy for Hillel and the Jewish nonprofit sector to more deeply invest in our most important asset, our professionals. Mimi came to this role after six years as a Google Executive in the Marketing and People Operations or HR Functions. From this work, she brings a passion for building great workplaces, empowering employees, creating products/projects based on deep user insights, and driving innovation. Mimi began her career as a Jewish nonprofit professional at Hillel at Stanford in an engagement fellowship program like Springboard and, after over a decade in the business world at American Express and Google rejoined Hillel in 2015. Mimi has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Tufts University graduating summa cum laude with majors in International Relations and Judaic Studies.
Josh Feldman is passionate about the intersections of creativity and leadership. Most recently, Josh was the Founding Director of the Institute for Jewish Creativity and Assistant Dean of the Whizin Center for Continuing Education at American Jewish University. Previously, he was the Director of the Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists. Prior to that, Josh was the Jeremiah Fellowship National Director for the Progressive Jewish Alliance, now known as Bend the Arc. He is an alumnus of the Jeremiah Fellowship, Selah and ROI. He is a skilled trainer who focuses on creativity and leadership development.
Rabbi Danielle Leshaw specializes in curriculum development, support for campuses around the country, and the education of student leaders and field staff. She has years of experience empowering Hillel professionals and students to deepen their knowledge of Jewish ritual and text and make lasting commitments to Jewish life and practice. She served as the Executive Director for Hillel at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, from 2002-2016. She is the recipient of the 2012 and 2014 Ohio Arts Council Prize for Fiction, the leading state grant for writers, and is a Pushcart Prize nominee.
Heather Paul brings over nine years of experience at Hillel, in Jewish life and in-service work. She previously worked as an engagement and program professional for Santa Cruz Hillel and Hillel at Stanford. Heather is passionate about empowering others to define and create their own Judaism, and the meaningful conversations shared over coffee with students and colleagues were here favorite part of campus work. Heather holds B.A. degrees in Creative Writing and History, as well as an M.A. in History from UC Santa Cruz, and a graduate certificate in Jewish education from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Heather is currently a rabbinical student in the ALEPH ordination program.
Sarah Fried is Hillel International’s Vice President of Institutional and Leadership Giving. In this role she oversees movement wide fundraising efforts for key initiatives, including the Springboard Fellowship, working closely with institutional donors and strategic partners to align interests with areas of need. Before joining Hillel she was most recently the Vice President for Leadership Giving at The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore where she oversaw leadership giving for the annual campaign and lead efforts in resource development. Previous roles include Development Director at Krieger Schechter Day School and Johns Hopkins Hillel in Baltimore, MD. Sarah received a MSW from The University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Jewish Communal Service from Gratz College.
Nikki Goldrod’s job focuses on bringing great talent to Hillel through hiring early and mid-career professionals, and the Innovation and Social Justice tracks of the Springboard Fellowship. Before working for Hillel International, she worked on campus at Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach as an Engagement Associate, and most recently as Assistant Director of Broward County. Nikki attributes her professional growth to her time spent as a campus professional, which is why she is passionate about hiring, coaching and developing our future leaders and professionals on campus. Nikki graduated from the University of Central Florida with a focus in International Relations and Middle East studies.
Naomi’s work focuses on helping Hillel hire great Rabbis, Jewish Educators, Ezra Jewish Education Springboard Fellows, and other mid-career opportunities. She brings over a decade of experience in higher education, focusing in the areas of mental health education, leadership development and coaching, service learning, curriculum development, Jewish life on campus, and diversity and inclusion. Before coming to Hillel International, Naomi worked in student affairs at New York University and the University of North Florida and served as the Director of Student Life at Hillel at UCLA. Naomi received her bachelor’s at the University of Michigan, and her Masters in Higher Education and Student Affairs at NYU.
Becca is passionate about empowering young adults as they form their own Jewish identities and in turn shape the larger Jewish community. As a former student leader at Hillel, Becca is excited to support the work of the Springboard Fellowship. Becca is an involved leader in her community in Boulder, Colorado where she founded and lived Moishe House. She also worked as an educator at Boulder Jewish Community Center, supporting young children and families. Becca holds an BS from University of Vermont and an MA in Educational Psychology from the University of Colorado Denver.
