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.
Read MoreDr. 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.
Read MoreRabbi 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.
Read MoreDana Marlowe is a social entrepreneur and internationally-known disability advocate who founded Accessibility Partners, an advocacy IT consulting firm that works to make technology more accessible to people with disabilities, and Support the Girls, a non-profit that donates bras and feminine hygiene products to women in need worldwide.
Read MoreRachel 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.
Read MoreErin Schrode is an activist, community organizer, and vocal advocate for environmental action, social justice, public health, and responsible consumption. She is co-founder of Turning Green, a non-profit inspiring environmentally sustainable and socially responsible choices.
Read MoreDr. Jennifer Verbesey is assistant professor of surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine, director of living donor kidney transplantation at MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, and surgical director of pediatric kidney transplantation at the Children’s National Medical Center.
Read MoreAndrea Wolf is CEO of the Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer, preventing death from breast cancer through education, access, and physician training. She was previously director of public policy at Girls Inc., where she advocated for afterschool education and social issues for low-income girls; and an associate attorney at Patton Boggs LLP.
Read MoreCatherine 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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