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Senior Team

Jeremy Ben-Ami

President

Kate Press

Chief Operating Officer

Ilan Goldenberg

Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer

Adina Vogel-Ayalon

Vice President and Chief of Staff

Adee Telem

Chief Development Officer

Gal Peleg Laniado

Vice President of Engagement

Erik Gabriel

Vice President of Finance and Accounting

Hannah Morris

Vice President of Government Affairs

Tali deGroot

Vice President of Political and Digital Strategy

Operations and Administration Team

Operations

Rebecca Weintraub

Operations Associate, Office of the President

Kate Press

Chief Operating Officer

Finance and Accounting

Josiane (Josie) Culpepper

Accounting Manager

Marie Erichsen

Accounting & Finance Senior Associate

Erik Gabriel

Vice President of Finance and Accounting

Carla Avendano

Junior Accountant

Human Resources

Katie Schantz

HR Assistant

Ariel Gudwin

Director of HR and Employee Engagement

Information Technology

Kristian Zamora

IT Specialist

Shawn Clement

Director of Information Systems & Technology

Events

Joseph McGuire

Assistant Director of Events

Emily Reeves Keller

Director of Events

Tori Walters

Event Coordinator

Communal Relations Team

Sam Berkman

National Director of Communal Relations

Emily Kaiman

Director of Jewish Communal Engagement

Nati Faber

Senior Associate, Jewish Communal Engagement, Mid-Atlantic

Government Affairs and Congressional Education

Lillian Adelstein

Deputy Director of Government Affairs

Cooper Boyar

Director of Public Affairs

Bradley Freericks

Associate Director of Government Affairs

Kat DesCamp-Renner

Assistant Government Affairs Director and Defense Policy Analyst

Hannah Fajer

Associate Director of Government Affairs

Evan DeWitt

Public Affairs and Policy Center Coordinator

Michael Farrell-Rosen

Government Affairs Associate

Hannah Morris

Vice President of Government Affairs

Political Team

Lexi Goldwyn

Deputy Political Director

Holly Conlon

Political Associate

Daniel Haggart

Political Assistant

Joey Kranitz

Political Affairs Manager

Policy Team

Avraham Spraragen

Policy and Research Coordinator

Adina Vogel-Ayalon

Vice President and Chief of Staff

Ilan Goldenberg

Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer

Liam Hamama

Policy and Content Writing Assistant

Development Team

Nick Shulevitz

Director of Development Operations

Becca Freedman

Director, Foundation Relations

Josh Lockman

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Alexandra Hain

Associate Director, Foundation Relations

Joshua Fielding

Development Associate

Adee Telem

Chief Development Officer

Communications & Digital Team

Becka Wall

Director of Multimedia Strategy

Jessica Blum

Digital Director

Eliza Schloss

Content Strategist and Producer

Jordan Steinberg

Press Officer

Lauren Haines

Communications Assistant

Sam Kazan

Multimedia Assistant

Andie Riedel

Social Media Content Creator and Strategist

Liam Hamama

Policy and Content Writing Assistant

Tali deGroot

Vice President of Political and Digital Strategy

Engagement Team

Tamar Ariel

National Director of Engagement; Director for Capital, South & Mountain West

Adam Steinberg

National Director of Engagement; Director for the West Coast

Charles Kupferberg

Assistant Director of Engagement Operations

Gal Peleg Laniado

Vice President of Engagement

Engagement Team

Team I

Janette Hillis-Jaffe

Senior Regional Director, New England

Noah Finkelstein

Regional Director, Midwest

Adam Didech

Associate Director of Public Affairs, New England and the Midwest

Marina Cemaj

Assistant Regional Director, Midwest

Arad Boxenbaum

Regional Associate, Midwest

Alliyah Kazan

Engagement Assistant for New England and the Midwest

Yael Mazor-Garfinkle

New England Deputy Regional Director

Dan Shertzer

New England Deputy Regional Director

Team II

Trevor Dworetz

Regional Director, Mid-Atlantic and Florida

Hannah Umansky Castro

Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Atlantic

Josh Eisemann

Public Affairs Senior Associate, Mid-Atlantic and Florida

Amichai Uziel-Stout

Associate Regional Director for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

Team III

Adam Steinberg

National Director of Engagement; Director for the West Coast

Jessica Colburn

Regional Director, Southwest

Shimrit Braun Kamin

Regional Director, Northwest

Nicole Malina

Regional Director, Greater Los Angeles

Ben Feldman

Northwest Deputy Regional Director

Daniel Wittenberg

Public Affairs Assistant, West Coast

Ezra Briskin

Engagement Assistant for the West Coast

Team IV

Tamar Ariel

National Director of Engagement; Director for Capital, South & Mountain West

Allie Berg

Regional Director, DC, Maryland & Virginia

Emily Gilgoff

Deputy Regional Director, South

Alana Suskin

Associate Regional Director, Mountain West

Jacob Lewis

Public Affairs Senior Associate, Capital, South & Mountain West

Gabi Meisel

Engagement Associate Capital, South & Mountain West

Zach Goldberg

Engagement Assistant, Capital, South, and Mountain West

J Street U

Erin Beiner

J Street U Director

Maya Pollack

Deputy Director, J Street U

Adam Deakin

Assistant Director for Communications and Operations, J Street U

Aryeh Filler

Midwest J Street U Regional Coordinator

Alan Rabinovich

Southern J Street U Coordinator

Bela Urbina

Mid-Atlantic J Street U Regional Coordinator

Lucas Lyons

DMV J Street U Regional Coordinator

Elan Berger

New England J Street U Regional Coordinator

Shana Gitterman

West Coast J Street U Coordinator

Noah Reiser

West Coast J Street U Regional Coordinator

Israel Office

Nadav Tamir

Executive Director, J Street Israel

Eve Lifson

Director of Israel Operations

Danielle Cumpton

Israel Program Senior Associate

National Advisory Council

J Street's advisory council consists of former public officials, policy experts, community leaders, and academics.

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Clergy Advisory Council

The J Street Rabbinic and Cantorial Cabinet is a group of over 850 rabbis, cantors, rabbinic and cantorial students who publicly support the J Street’s pro-Israel, pro-peace mission.

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