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 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 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 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…...

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…...

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…...