Posts tagged Women to Watch 2016
Laura Rebell Gross

Laura Rebell Gross is managing director of girls’ education for Student Leadership Network (formerly Young Women’s Leadership Network); co-founder of Young Women’s College Prep Charter School of Rochester; board member of Riley’s Way Foundation, Young Women’s College Prep Foundation, Rattlestick Theater (advisory board) and JWI. Previously she served on the boards of Donors Choose (advisory board), Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and the JCC of Greater Rochester.

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Dr. Leah Greenspan Hodor

Dr. Leah Greenspan Hodor is board certified in both pediatrics and neonatal medicine, and has extensive experience working in Global Health with a focus on newborn health in Sub Saharan Africa, India, and Haiti. Dr. Greenspan has developed, trained and implemented programs both in the rural and urban settings teaching medical professionals life-saving skills in Maternal Newborn Child Health. She co-founded Vital Health Africa and and served on the board of Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project, and is also on staff at two community hospitals in the greater Maryland area.

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Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt

Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, rabbi at Washington, D.C.’s Adas Israel Congregation, co-created YP@AI, MakomDC, and the Jewish Mindfulness Center of Washington, and developed the Return Again Shabbat and High Holy Day experiences. She is a former Hillel Foundation director of campus initiatives, and previously served as associate rabbi at Yale University Hillel.

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Rachel Braun Scherl

Rachel Braun Scherl is a strategist, entrepreneur, and speaker. She is co-founder of consulting firm SPARK Solutions for Growth and previously worked as an executive at Johnson & Johnson, principal at Marketing Corporation of America, and president of Semprae Laboratories, Inc., which develops women’s sexual health products. 

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Catherine Zacks Gildenhorn

Catherine Zacks Gildenhorn (Sondra D. Bender Community Leadership Honoree) is an international board member of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning; board member of the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes and National Women’s Philanthropy; trustee of the Tikkun Olam Women’s Foundation of Greater Washington; recent executive committee and board member of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. She was editor of the book Redefining Moments: End of Life Stories for Better Living.

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