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Confirmed as of July 27th
:

B. Elka Abrahamson: Vice-President, leadership programs, The Wexner Foundation. OH.
Stephen Hazan Arnoff: Executive Director, 14th Street Y. NY.
Aaron Back: Director: Ford Foundation Israel Fund. NJ.
Mem Bernstein: Trustee, AVI CHAI and Keren Keshet foundations. NY.
Angelica Berrie: President, The Berrie Foundation. NJ.
Jodie Berris: Nike Global Soccer: Field Test Analyst. OR.
Elisa Spungen Bildner: Co-founder/co-president, Foundation for Jewish Camp. NJ.
Daniel Brenner: Reconstructionist rabbi; Education Vice-President, Birthright Israel Foundation. NY.
Steven Burg: International Director, National Conference of Synagogue Youth. NY.
Jonathan Carey: Founder, Executive Director, BlueStarPR. CA.
Tamara Cohen: Assistant Dean of Students/Director, Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, University of Florida. FL.
Laura Cutler: Philanthropist, activist. MD.
David Diamond: Screenwriter; President, B’nai David-Judea Congregation. CA.
Gregg Drinkwater: Executive Director, Jewish Mosaic. CO.
Charles Edelsberg: Founding Executive Director, Jim Joseph Foundation. CA.
Shira Epstein: Assistant Professor of Jewish Education, The Jewish Theological Seminary. NY.
Victoria Lindenbaum Feder: Co-founder, President of the Board, Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan. NY.
Ruth Feldman: Creator, An Ethical Start. PA.
Maxyne Finkelstein: CEO, Jewish Agency for Israel, North America. NY.
Sue Fishkoff: Correspondent for JTA Jewish News Agency; author. CA.
Arthur Fried: Chairman, CEO, AVI CHAI and Keren Keshet foundations. NY.
Dayle A. Friedman: Director of Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. PA.
Seth Frisch: Rabbi; Founder, The Lehrhouse Institute for Jewish Studies. PA.
Larry Garber: Chief Executive Officer, New Israel Fund. Washington, DC.
Rachel Saifer Goldman: Former Associate Director, University of Pennsylvania Hillel. PA.
Gwen Goodman: Executive Director/CEO, National Museum of American Jewish History. PA.
Yoni Gordis: Executive Director, Center for Leadership Initiatives. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Jordan Gorfinkel: Entertainment producer, specializing in comics, music, multi-media. OH.
Rebecca Guber: Program Director, Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Artists. NY.
Richard Hirsch: Former president of the board of Fifth Avenue Synagogue and of The Jewish Week of New York. NY.
Michael Hirschhorn: Executive Director, Coro New York Leadership Center. NY.
Rae Janvey: Consultant/advisor to Jewish leaders and organizations, leadership coach, advisor to The Conversation. NY.
Shira Kline: Performer, music educator. Founding company member, Storahtelling. NY.
Robert Krulwich: Reporter, ABC News and National Public Radio. NY.
Lucette Lagnado: Investigative reporter, author. NY.
Morton Landowne: Director of Nextbook, Inc. NY.
Benay Lappe: Rosh Yeshiva, SVARA. IL.
Daniel Lehmann: President, Boston Hebrew College. MA.
Dahlia Lithwick: Senior Editor, Slate.com.; NPR legal commentator. DC.
Asher Lopatin: Spiritual leader, B’nai Israel Congregation. IL.
Joey Low: Founder, Israel at Heart. NY.
Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum: Author, lecturer, media personality. NY.
Adam Mansbach: Author, lecturer, educator. CA.
Jenny Medina: Education reporter, New York Times. NY.
Andrea Meislin: Gallery owner/director. NY.
David Meltzer: Archeologist, professor, SMU. TX.
Lauren Merkin: Trustee, Avi Chai Foundation. NY.
Ruth Messinger: President, American Jewish World Service. NY.
Larry Moneta: Vice-President for Student Affairs, Duke University. NC.
Rebecca Neuwirth: Director of Special Projects, American Jewish Committee. NY.
Hershey Novack: Founder and Director, Chabad on Campus, Washington University in St. Louis. MO.
Vanessa Ochs: Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia. VA.
Avery Pack: Independent filmmaker, computer game designer. FL.
Riv-Ellen Prell: Anthropologist, professor, U. of Minnesota. MN.
Gene Rachmansky: Attorney, Managing principle, BDS Investors LLC. NY.
Tahl Raz: Founder, Jewcy Media. NY.
Leni Reiss: Former Editor, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix. AZ.
Joe Richards: Executive Director, Fuel for Truth. NY.
Gary Rosenblatt: Editor and Publisher, The Jewish Week. NY.
Ruthie Rotenberg: Executive Director, LimmudLA. CA.
Erez Safar: Founder, Director of Shemspeed and Sephardic Music Festival. NY.
Samantha Shapiro: Contributing writer, New York Times Magazine. NY.
Yoav Shoham: Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University. CA.
Rachel Sklar: Media and Special Projects Editor, Huffington Post. NY.
Daniel Sieradski: Director of Digital Media at JTA. NY.
Adam Simon: Director of Jewish Programs, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. DC.
Pessy Sloan: Assistant Professor, Daemen College. NY.
Laurel Snyder: Author, poet, editor. GA.
Bernard Steinberg: Director, Harvard Hillel; President, Harvard Chaplains. MA.
Craig Taubman: Performer, recording artist. CA.
Adee Telem: Director of West Coast Outreach, PeaceWorks Foundation/OneVoice Movement. MD.
Melissa Weintraub: Rabbi, Co-Founder, Director, Encounter. NY.
Jane Weitzman: Executive Vice-President, Stuart Weitzman LLP. CT.




 
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Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
The Covenant Foundation
Roger Hertog
The Joseph Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds
The Nash Family Foundation
Targum Shlishi/Raquel and Aryeh Rubin
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation
The Judy and Michael Steinhardt Foundation