Proof
Why trust my judgment
I’ve spent my career in the Jewish innovation ecosystem—building ventures, funding relationships, and platforms that translate values into lived experience.
Operator + strategist
- CEO experience leading a national innovation and social entrepreneurship organization in Jewish life
- Designing programs, budgets, operating models, and fundraising strategies under real constraints
- Comfortable with tradeoffs: mission, money, people, politics, timing
Ecosystem vantage point
- Deep relationships with founders, funders, institutions, and grassroots leaders
- Pattern recognition across what actually works (and what fails quietly)
- Ability to translate between “venture,” “philanthropy,” and “institution” cultures
Built for high-stakes moments
- Calm under pressure, direct when it matters
- Strong at simplifying complexity into actionable choices
- Bias toward clarity and follow-through over performative process
Values-forward
- Decision-making rooted in Jewish wisdom and lived community experience
- Commitment to honesty about what’s working and what isn’t
- Respect for difference without losing conviction
If you’re deciding what to build next
I’m useful when the decision is real and the system is complex.