Jonathan Kopp has devoted decades of advocacy and organizing to J Street and the
broader pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy movement. He is Chair of J Street NYC,
a board member of the J Street Action Fund, and a member of J Street’s Public Affairs
Committee and SWOT Committee. He has held numerous other J Street leadership
positions over the years, including Co-Chair of the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)
from 2020 to 2023, which brings with it a seat on the J Street Board, and Advocacy
Chair of the NYC Chapter.
Jonathan is a founding member of the NY Jewish Agenda (NYJA) Leaders Network and
an elected member of the Brooklyn Democratic County Committee. He previously
served on the Genesis Prize Foundation Advisory Board and the Brooklyn Heights
Synagogue Board of Trustees, and he has been a member of both the Hatikvah and
ARZA slates for the World Zionist Congress.
Jonathan is a Partner at FGS Global, where he advises organizations on strategic and
crisis communications, and he is a veteran of the Clinton White House and the Obama
'08 and Clinton '92 campaigns. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters,
and he is an alumnus of Emory University (BA) and GWU Law School (JD).