Dana Sheanin
Dana Sheanin is Jewish LearningWorks’ first female Chief Executive Officer. She is the founder of Voices for Good, a Jewish LearningWorks initiative focused on amplifying the voices of women professional leaders. Her career has afforded her the opportunity to support a variety of Jewish organizations in the areas of strategic…...
Howard Freedman
Howard writes the monthly Off the Shelf column about Jewish books for the J Weekly. He has worked at Jewish LearningWorks in a variety of capacities since 1992. He is a lover of music, and plays mandolin, guitar, banjo, and harmonica. Pronouns: he/him...
Kathy Schwartz
Kathy Schwartz has been a career congregational educator, the Associate Director for HUC-JIR’s Executive MA in Jewish Education, and a project team leader for Shifting the Paradigm: Hebrew Learning at the Jewish United Fund in Chicago. She is the Immediate Past President of the Association of Reform Jewish Educators, has…...
Jenni Mangel
Jenni Mangel believes passionately that Jewish education positively impacts the Jewish identity of children and their families. Her work reflects a commitment to connecting learning, community involvement, and leadership with personal and spiritual development. While she has been engaged in Jewish education since 1993, her work has focused on professional…...
Liora Brosbe
A Bay Area native, Liora has worked as a Jewish communal professional for over 18 years. Liora is passionate about working with professionals who support families to engage in a meaningful Jewish life. Liora is a formally trained Maggidah, a Jewish storyteller and teacher. In addition to teaching in the Jewish…...
Debra Sagan Massey
Deb is a Bay Area native, who has been engaged in Jewish education for over twenty five years. Her experience includes serving as the Associate Director at URJ Camp Newman, the Program Director at The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, the Director of Education at Congregation Beth El in Berkeley and…...
Liliana Peliks
Liliana is a marketing and non-profit professional who enjoys approaching her work as a customer experience curator. At heart, she is a creative, a problem solver, and an excellence seeker committed to putting her skills to work at the intersection of spiritual fulfillment, social justice and environmental sustainability. She holds…...
Magna Elmendorf
Magna joined the Jewish LearningWorks team in 2014 in the role of Development Associate. Her interest in fundraising began when she was hired to manage events for the largest provider of homeless services in San Francisco. She is excited to bring her talents and expertise to help support the important…...
Adeena Ellison
Adeena joined the Jewish Learning Works team after working in environmental education and education justice. Driven by her Jewish values of Tikkun Olam and Shomrei Adamah, Adeena believes in creating a more just world. Adeena studied Sociology and Media Studies at Goucher College, and served as an Education Justice fellow…...
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