Gabbi Baker is a Client Director at Red Antler, a Brooklyn-based branding company that specializes in startups and new ventures. She began her career at Ogilvy and spent six years partnering with clients in technology, retail, travel, tourism, and CPG to develop marketing and advertising campaigns. Her expertise is in bringing together integrated teams to find creative solutions to complex business challenges. Originally from Columbia, South Carolina, Gabbi graduated from the School of Business at George Washington University, where she recently served on the Board of Trustees and is the current chair of the Marketing & Advertising Industry Network. She is active in Team Fox Young Professionals of NYC, the grassroots fundraising arm of the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

Farrah grew up on Long Island and was a member of Citadel BBG in Nassau Suffolk Region. She served in a variety of chapter roles and regional roles, and attended what we now know as ILSI, ILTC, and IC. She later worked as staff at Kallah, ILTC, and IC, and as leadership staff at CLTC. She is also now serving as a member of the Women’s Leadership Initiative Advisory Council for BBG.

In her professional career, Farrah works as Counsel at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison, in New York City having graduated from Wellesley College and New York University School of Law. She is a litigator who specializes in complex commercial and antitrust litigation, as well as criminal defense. Farrah focuses her pro bono efforts on (a) litigation to help secure voting rights; (b) representing adult and children immigrants; and (c) representing criminal defendants.

Ilanit Blumenfeld is a Registered Dietitian with a lifelong passion for nutrition and cooking. As a mother to four girls, Ilanit knows the value of looking at nutrition with a holistic mindset. Ilanit earned her Masters degree in Public Health Nutrition, and over the past 10 years, she has worked as a nutrition consultant for individuals, groups and corporations. She has worked as the in-house nutritionist for FXP Fitness, and JoyRide cycling studios in Texas and Connecticut. Ilanit’s entrepreneurial spirit led her to co-found a freeze-dried food company, goVida Foods, where she was responsible for product development, nutrition, marketing and sales. But her true passion is helping people live their healthiest, happiest life.

Claire Blumenthal is a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting advising retail companies on digital strategy, product management, and customer experience programs. During her years at Deloitte, she has worked on projects for consumer-facing clients focused on marketing, merchandising, store operations, and inventory management. She served as the Co-Chair for the Deloitte Analyst and Consultant Action Committee leading personal/professional development initiatives for over 700 consultants. Outside of Deloitte, Claire gained e-commerce experience working at Yoox Net-A-Porter in the Office of the CEO team. She has also worked in strategy & operation roles for several early-stage startups including direct-to-consumer femtech company Callaly. Claire co-founded ShieldWear to provide care homes and corporates with high quality face masks and personal protection equipment during COVID-19. She continues to advise ShieldWear as the company has seen dramatic growth flying millions of units of equipment to Europe and supplying high volume orders across 17 countries. Claire received her BS with honors from Cornell University and MBA from London Business School.

Diane Greenwald is a trained designer, communications professional, and art historian who ran the marketing department for a major architecture firm early in her career. After returning to school to complete coursework in museum education, Diane acted as a docent in NYC museums, focusing on sharing art with families and children and ran an arts education program in her local elementary school for a decade. Now parenting teens, Diane finds herself fortunate to be a full time philanthropist and volunteer, supporting the communications needs for many local organizations. Committed to life long learning, Diane served as a trustee for the Scarsdale Public Library and has been a central champion of a $20 million building renovation helping transform the Library for the 21st century. Diane has served on the League of Women Voters Board, The Greyston Foundation Board, and serves as an elected member of a local nominating committee charged to select school board members. Active in politics, Diane is the 2019 recipient of the “Westchester Women Make A Difference” Award, presented by Eleanor’s Legacy, for her work to identify, train, support and fund Democratic, pro-choice women candidates for political office.

Rebecca Hanai is a Music City BBG Alumna who served as Regional N’siah. She currently is an Account Manager for Oracle NetSuite where she manages a portfolio of NetSuite’s ERP customers in the NY/NJ region. Rebecca also serves as the President of the Oracle Women’s Leadership (OWL) group for the NY/NJ chapter. OWL is a global development program with a mission to engage and empower current and future women leaders at Oracle. As President of OWL, Rebecca helps plan local and global events, within Oracle, to help connect employees with inspirational mentors, giving them the tools to achieve their professional and personal goals.

Deborah Hochberg is Senior Advisor at The Paul E. Singer Foundation where she works closely with grantees including Start-Up Nation Central, OneTable, The Philos Project, Passages, and The Jewish Food Society. Previously, she was Director of Investor Relations for Multex, Inc., where she built investor relationships and ran corporate strategy, culminating in the company's sale to Thomson Reuters. Prior to that, Deborah served as an Equity Research Analyst and in Equity Capital Markets at Merrill Lynch. Deborah is currently a member of the Board of Directors of OneTable, the Women’s Leadership Initiative at BBYO, formerly served on the Board of Directors of The David Project from inception through 2008, and is an active supporter of Facing History & Ourselves.

Deborah has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an A.B. in Biology from Harvard College, where she played on the four-time National Championship Varsity Squash team. Debbie lives in Scarsdale, New York, with her husband and three children.

Alison Hoffer currently serves as a Director of Development at New York University, raising major gifts for the University’s highest priorities. She received her undergraduate degree from Binghamton University. Alison went on to receive a Masters degree in nonprofit management from the New School. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Hillel at Binghamton University and is an active member of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York.

Shana Honig Horowitz is an Account Director at advertising agency BBH, where she helps grow brands and bring creative ideas to life. She enjoys cycling and yoga, biking and hiking adventures with her husband Justin, and the occasional art project. She served several leadership positions in BBYO (South Jersey Region) and studied Advertising & Psychology at Syracuse University.

Ms. Kalik is a Partner at the Washington, DC law firm Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, PC having devoted more than a decade to representing and obtaining judgments for American victims of terrorism in numerous cases against sponsors of terrorism including Libya, Syria, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Palestinian Authority as well as against banks which are accused of funding terrorism. Her firm served as co-lead counsel in Litle et al v Arab Bank, PLC, the first case in the United States in which a jury found a bank was found liable under the Anti-Terrorism Act for knowingly supporting terrorism. In 2016, she along with her partners, were named Trial Lawyers of the Year by Public Justice, for their work in that case.

In addition to her work on behalf of American victims of terrorism, Ms. Kalik concentrates her practice on complex litigation including class actions on behalf of consumers. She and her firm have served as co-lead counsel in consumer class action cases against Johnson & Johnson, Garmin and Microsoft, among others.

Ms. Kalik received her Juris Doctor from George Washington University National Law Center and her Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Emory University. She is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and in the States of Maryland and Missouri.

She is married to her husband Greg, and is mom to Allie, former member of the 2017-2018 BBG International Board and now a second year student at the University of Wisconsin. In 1988-89, Tracy served as the International N’siah of BBG.

Karen is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Neiman Marcus Group, one of the world’s leading Luxury and Fashion retailers where she spent 33 years. Karen is proud to have led the company and its 15,000 associates through its digital transformation.

In October 2014, she was appointed to the Under Armour Board of Directors, where she currently serves on the Finance and Nominating and Governance Committees. In October 2019, she was appointed to the Humana Board of Directors, where she currently serves on the Audit Committee. In April 2019, Katz was appointed to the Casper Sleep Board of Directors where she is the Lead Independent Director and also chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee and serves on the Compensation Committee. Karen also serves on the board of private consumer companies including B8TA and Skylar.

In addition, Karen is the Chairman of the shoe company StreetTrend and is an advisor to a number of other entrepreneurial ventures. Karen’s philanthropic endeavors are focused on the Perot Museum of Nature and Science where she is Chairman-Elect of the Board of Directors.

Tracey Katz is an Associate Project Manager at FireEye, a leading Cyber Security Company, where she manages projects including Global New Hire Trainings and the Emerging Talent Program and several key HR initiatives including Empowering Women at FireEye, and Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging efforts. Originally from New Jersey, Tracey is an alumna of T'sahal BBYO, where she was active on the chapter, council, regional, and international levels. She served as the 25th International Sh'licha during her senior year. She graduated from The George Washington University in 2018 where she studied Human Resources and Nonprofit Management. Currently, Tracey is pursuing her Master's in Human Resource Management at George Washington University School of Business

Meredith was named executive vice president and chief operating officer of The New York Times Company in June 2017. Ms. Kopit Levien oversees the teams responsible for digital product, design, audience and brand, consumer revenue, advertising, live events and new product development.

Immediately prior, she was executive vice president and chief revenue officer, a position she held since April 2015. In that role, Ms. Kopit Levien was responsible for the generation of all advertising and subscription revenue from The Times’s products and services and for leadership of the advertising, marketing, video and live event teams. Ms. Kopit Levien joined The Times Company in August 2013 as head of advertising. She previously served as chief revenue officer at Forbes Media, where she led the North American and European revenue operations for Forbes.com, the Forbes Magazine Group and Forbes Conferences since 2011.

Ms. Kopit Levien is a graduate of the Henry Crown Fellowship at the Aspen Institute, an executive committee member of the board of the Ad Council and a co-chair of the Lincoln Center Media and Entertainment Council. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1993. She is a passionate advocate of sustaining the independence of high-quality original journalism, a fan and follower of great literary fiction and has been the executive sponsor of The New York Times Women’s Network since January 2014.

Hayley is a first-year Human Capital Business Analyst at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Chicago. In the consulting practice, she focuses on workforce transformation activities and is involved with firm initiatives around the Future of Work.

Hayley graduated from Northwestern University in June 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Education & Social Policy. Her studies focused on education policy and optimization of learning environments in organizations and schools. In addition to her Learning Sciences major, she received minors in Political Science and Spanish. She is a 2020 Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program Finalist for English teaching in Colombia. Hayley is passionate about curriculum development, global engagement, and social justice and racial equity. In Chicago, she is involved with the Jewish Coalition of Urban Affairs, an organizing group for progressive causes. In her free time, Hayley enjoys checking out Chicago's numerous restaurants and walking her dog, Mary.

Rebecca Light has worn many hats in the past, but her primary focus these days is serving as COO of her family’s household. She has 3 "tiny CEOs" directing her day-to-day. While Light has a significant background in corporate and nonprofit event planning; she now only puts those skills to use for nonprofit organizations of which she supports, and of course for the birthday parties of her own kids! Rebecca and her husband, Josh (along with Ari, Eli, and Lila) reside in a historic neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. They enjoy food, fashion, décor, travel, volunteering and supporting their local community, and of course spending time with friends and family.

Sara Brooke Littauer is the vice president, transformation at Epiq, a global legal services firm. Ms. Littauer leads the Transformation Office, which is responsible for the oversight and execution of strategic initiatives for the organization including post-merger integration, enhancing business analytics, and driving efficiency and effectiveness across the enterprise.

Prior to Epiq, Ms. Littauer was the director of development and training at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. She led the design and implementation of an innovative, strategic talent management program which included a competency-based performance management model and a new compensation system. She also led WilmerHale’s Women’s Leadership initiative, legal project management program and recruiting. Prior to WilmerHale, Ms. Littauer was the director of attorney development at Weil, Gotshal & Manges. She developed their partner leadership and coaching program.

Diane Lipson Schilit of Key Biscayne, Florida is passionate about Jewish youth and young adults and their connection to community and social justice.

Diane grew up on a chicken farm in Vineland, NJ. Her parents were Holocaust survivors and came to the US in 1953. After elementary school, Diane and family moved to South Florida. Diane was extremely active in USY and traveled to Israel and cross-country with USY. After college graduation, Diane moved to the DC area for a teaching position and then began to work professionally in the Jewish community. Diane served for 15 years as the Program and Youth Director of B’nai Israel Congregation in Rockville, Maryland. Diane is keenly aware of the positive impact of Jewish youth groups.

She has been deeply involved in many Jewish organizations and currently serves on the board of University of Miami Hillel and University of Florida Hillel, Foundation for Jewish Camp and as treasurer of the board of The Den Collective. Diane also works with her adult children on the Schilit family’s innovative crowd-funding tzedakah initiative, Righteous Crowd, which helps vulnerable populations worldwide.

Diane and her husband Howard have three adult children and are blessed with five grandchildren. Howard is the founder and CEO of Schilit Forensics where Diane serves as chief administrative officer.

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Sydney is a proud BBG alumna of Central Region East, now Liberty Region. After graduating from University of Michigan in 2009, Sydney moved to NYC and began a 10-year career in fundraising, initially in the Jewish nonprofit world at the Birthright Israel Foundation and then as a Major Gifts Officer at Columbia University where she also earned a Masters in Public Administration. While in NYC, Sydney served as a BBYO advisor for the Manhattan BBYO Chapter. Sydney and her husband Andrew (whom she met in BBYO and dated through high school and college!) moved to Philadelphia in 2016 where Sydney worked as the Development Manager for KIPP Charter Schools in Camden, NJ. Today, both Sydney and Andrew work for the business her grandparents started, Commonwealth Packaging Company, which specializes in custom retail and hospitality packaging. Sydney and Andrew have a son Jonah, and a dog Sia and live in Philadelphia.

Jill attended The George Washington University and received a B.A in Business Administration. She is the mother of two daughters who are/were very involved with BBYO. She was an equities trader for Datek Securities then Heartland Securities in NYC for several years. Currently, she is working on philanthropic activities in the arts, education and other charitable organizations. Some of the organizations include the Jewish Federation of Northern NJ, BBYO- Women’s Leadership Initiative and the Luther Rice Society Advisory Council for George Washington University. Additionally, she is a member of the Society of Fellows of the Aspen Institute.

Allie is a Communications and PR professional who has extensive experience in the sports and entertainment industry. She has worked for various sports teams, leagues, franchises and agencies across NCAA, NBA, NFL and International Soccer. Allie is an alumna of Eastern Region - North Carolina Council and served as the 67th International S'ganit.

Jennifer Tetenbaum Miller serves as General Counsel of Loon, the Alphabet moonshot company. As Loon’s inaugural General Counsel since January 2018, she has built and currently leads Loon’s worldwide legal, regulatory, government relations and compliance teams. Jennifer represents Loon globally and works with governments and partners on a wide variety of regulatory and other matters to help bring internet connectivity to the unconnected.

Jennifer was selected in 2019 as one of the Top Women in Tech by the National Diversity Council and was honored as 2017 Corporate Counsel of the Year by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Prior to Loon, Jennifer worked at a variety of Silicon Valley’s top technology companies including Cisco, HP and Gigamon. Jennifer is an active member of Advancing Women Executives (AWE), the Women’s General Counsel Network, Women in-House Support Equality (WISE), and a former Board Director of Leading Women in Technology. She is actively engaged on the Board of Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto, CA, and on the board of Ramah of the Rockies.

Jennifer received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, a Master’s degree from The George Washington University and her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College. She is a proud alumna of Alton Silver BBG #221 of Fort Worth, She met her husband Adin Miller at ILTC in 1987 in Starlight, Pennsylvania.

Meka is an entrepreneurial C-suite executive with 20+ years of experience growing consumer-facing businesses. As President & COO of buybuy BABY, Meka led the company to become the #1 baby retailer in North America with over 135 locations, over $1 billion in annual revenue, and 5,000 aligned and passionate associates.

Meka also served as the Chief Customer Experience Officer for Bed Bath & Beyond, holding the honor of being the most senior woman operating leader in the 65,000+ employee organization. Prior to Bed Bath & Beyond, she worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company. She now serves as an operating advisor and board member to a variety of companies, including Party City, Neiman Marcus, and Nanit.

Before her numerous accomplishments in the professional world, Meka began her leadership journey as a member of Haverim BBG #34 of the Ohio Northern Region. She held numerous chapter and regional positions before being elected as the very last International Doveret in 1991, the 48th International Mazkirah, and finally the 49th International N’siah. Meka coordinated CLTC 1992, ILTC & Kallah 1993.

Eryn Morgenlander grew up on Long Island where she was actively involved in BBYO's Nassau Suffolk Region. She graduated from the University of Florida in 2016 where she studied Economics, Leadership, and all things Gator Athletics. After college, she moved back to NY to begin a career in Finance. For the past three years, Eryn has been volunteering with BBYO as chapter advisor to Ahava BBG in Harrison, NY. She has also been serving on JWI's Young Women's Impact Network NYC board for the last two and half years, most recently as Vice President of Membership. When Eryn is not busy working and staffing BBYO events, you can find her on a spin bike, planning her next trip, or putting together a charcuterie board! Eryn is thrilled to provide insights to the WLI Council as a young professional, as well as learn from the many incredible women dedicated to inspiring leadership amongst our BBG community.

Ruth Perlman, a graduate of Northwestern University, is an accomplished actress and singer who worked professionally Off Broadway and regionally across the United States. As an Artist-in-Residence with the Whirlwind Performance Company, she brought the arts into Chicago Public Schools. To supplement her performance career, she also worked as the Publications Coordinator in the Marketing Department of Arthur Andersen’s World Headquarters in Chicago and subsequently as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader. Ruth now feels most blessed to sing for and connect with the elderly at nursing homes and senior centers, as well as performing in various concerts and charity events. Her past philanthropic endeavors include serving as a Director on the North Suburban Medical Research Junior Board of Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago; a Trustee for Am Shalom Synagogue in Glencoe, Illinois; and the PTO Vice President of Education and Cultural Arts Programming for Glencoe School District 35. Currently, she is an Executive Vice President of the Perlman Family Foundation Founded by Anita and Louis Perlman; a Director on the Board of Beber Camp in Mukwonago, Wisconsin; a Director on the Board of BBYO; and is actively involved with the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science. Ruth is the proud mother of Emily 25, Jack 22, & Alec 19.

Anita a partner at the law firm, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP where she has been since graduating law school and is now the co-head of the intellectual property (IP) practice in the Washington, DC, office. Anita manages US and international trademark portfolios and represents clients in and advises clients on IP litigation and transactional matters. She was an active member of North Texas Oklahoma region and (after moving to LA her junior year in high school), Pacific Coast Region and served as International Dovereton the 1988-1989 BBG International Board. She got her BA at Washington University in St. Louis and her law degree at American University, Washington College of Law.

Samara Rudolph serves as Director of Global Sustainability and Philanthropy at Tiffany & Co. Through this role, she addresses a broad range of topics, including responsible sourcing, climate change, human rights and philanthropy, working within Tiffany & Co., as well as more broadly, through industry and multi-stakeholder initiatives. Since joining Tiffany & Co. in 2007, Samara has also been involved in driving The Tiffany & Co. Foundation’s strategic grant-making in coral and marine conservation as well as responsible mining. Samara holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Barnard College/Columbia University in New York. Samara Rudolph is an alumna from Mountain Region BBYO.

Jessica Rush serves as the Chief Talent Officer for Paradox, the AI company that is obsessed with improving and reinventing the recruiting experience for companies and their candidates. Prior to Paradox, Jessica spent most of her career leading sales and marketing teams for HR technology and recruitment media platforms. She joined Paradox two years ago in the role of Chief Marketing Officer before moving into her current role as Chief Talent Officer last year. In her current role, Jessica is responsible for culture, talent acquisition and development efforts as the company continues to grow and scale the organization and team. Jessica lives in the Chicago area with her husband and their two daughters.

Dana is a licensed attorney in Missouri and currently serves on the Board of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, and is a founding member and of Planned Parenthood STL's Women's Leadership Circle. Dana is on the Board of ALCU-MO and Coeur Academy, a school that helps students with special needs to achieve individualized goals through a child-led approach, combined with research-based methods and new ideologies. Dana serves on the Advisory Boards of It Starts Today Missouri, a crowd-funded political initiative to fund Missouri's Democratic state legislative nominees with small monthly donations from individuals throughout the state, and Progress Women, which is a collection of community leaders formed to help empower women for equality, justice, civil rights. Dana is a founding member of Access MO, a state-wide political action committee, inspired by Jewish values, that supports candidates in Missouri who publicly embrace and advocate for reproductive healthcare and freedom.

Emily is active within BBYO as an advisor for a local Upper West Side B’nai B’rith Girls chapter. She is also a member of Morgan Stanley’s Women’s Business Development Council, Women in Wealth LIFT.

A native of Potomac, Maryland, Emily resides in New York City with her husband and son. She loves to cook, read, and spend time with family and friends. She is an active runner and proud to have participated in the New York City Marathon.

Jodi J. Schwartz, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, focuses on the tax aspects of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs and financial instruments. Ms. Schwartz has been the principal tax lawyer on numerous domestic and cross-border transactions in a wide range of industries. She was elected partner in 1990.

Jodi received her B.S. in Economics magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981, her M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) in 1984, her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984 and her LL.M. in taxation from the New York University Law School in 1987.

She is recognized as one of the world’s leading lawyers in the field of taxation, including being selected by Chambers Global Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers, Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and as a tax expert by Euromoney Institutional Investor Expert Guides. In addition, she is a member of the Executive Committee and past chair of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association and also is a member of the American College of Tax Counsel.

Jodi serves as an officer of the Jewish Federations of North America, as a member of the board and Executive Committees of UJA Federation of New York and of the Steep Rock Association (a land trust in Washington Connecticut) and is a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She also chairs the Board of Trustees of The Gateway School and serves on the Board at The Browning School.

Jodi and her husband, Steven Richman, have two children, Lucas (a junior at Browning) and Jessica, a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania.

Hilary Klotz Steinman is an Emmy award-winning documentary film producer with over 20 years experience producing investigative, vérité, and historical documentary films. Hilary won an Emmy award for co-producing “The Pill,” about the history of the birth control pill and its impact on America lives for the PBS series American Experience. Hilary also received the Christopher Award and an Emmy nomination for the PBS series “Slavery and the Making of America,” and an Emmy nomination for her research on the Bill Moyers PBS series “Becoming American: The Chinese Experience.” Hilary’s work has been featured on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Al Jazeera and at the New York Historical Society.

Many of Hilary films have focused on women’s history, health and reproductive issues, and she also has experience working on projects that explore shed light on important social issues, ranging from teens aging out of the foster care system, to newly blind people struggling to cope with vision loss, women experiencing the pain and frustration of infertility, and dangerous conditions exploited electronics factory workers face in China.

Ruth is a dedicated volunteer, philanthropist and non-profit advisor. With degrees from the University of Texas and Yale University, Ruth works with organizations that help connect young people to their Jewish identity and leadership, and those that help people access opportunities in education and the workforce. She serves on the boards of the Westchester Community College Foundation, the College of Liberal Arts at UT Austin, the MB & Edna Zale Foundation, and is a member of the visiting committee of the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY.

Amber Weinberger is a Brooklyn native and was a member of Big Apple Region during her time in BBYO. She attended the University of Hartford in Connecticut, but returned to NYC to pursue a career in recruiting. After a couple of years in the recruitment world, Amber made a career change to work in Customer Success at LinkedIn for 4 years before making the switch to work at Google. In her free time, Amber enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, and attempts to improve her cooking skills. She hopes to continue building her Jewish identity, network and philanthropy efforts through WLI and be a mentor for young Jewish women.

Stephanie advises clients and high-profile individuals on special situations and crisis communications, such as litigation support, cybersecurity issues, mergers and acquisitions, proxy fights and other transformative transactions as well as on the development, execution and management of ongoing corporate positioning and media relations programs. Prior to joining SVC, Stephanie worked at Giles Communications, a public relations and marketing communications firm specializing in the music, entertainment and technology industries. Stephanie holds a B.A. degree in International Business from Lehigh University.

Giselle is a professional consultant with extensive experience working with both large and small organizations in the areas of strategy, leadership and board development. On the volunteer side, Giselle works with The Acceleration Project providing consulting services for local businesses. She also serves as a Graduation Coach for Yonkers Partners in Education, where she mentors high school students.

Growing up in Denver, Colorado BBG played a key role in developing Giselle’s Jewish identity. She credits BBG with giving her the skills to take on leadership roles in other organizations and become part of a Jewish community of doers! Giselle continues to be passionate about Jewish continuity and Israel and is involved in many organizations including sitting on the boards of several local and national Jewish organizations.

Spending time with her family is one of her true joys, especially dragging them on many obscure trips. When they are not travelling, they can be found playing competitive Catan and baking lots of delicious challah.

Erica was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and South Texas College of Law - Houston. Erica has been active in the Jewish community since her participation in BBYO as a teenager where she was both a regional and international board member of BBG. Erica immediately sought leadership opportunities after college through the Jerome Robinson Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, eventually becoming the YAD Board Chair in 2015. Erica has also been involved with the Anti-Defamation League since high school. She served as an ADL intern in Houston and in Washington, DC, and is the 2020 ADL Associate Board Chair. Following her graduation from law school, Erica began her career as a prosecutor at the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, trying over 25 jury trials to verdict. For the past four years Erica has been a prosecutor in the Mental Health Division, handling felony charges against individuals who have severe mental health diagnoses. This year Erica co-authored a book titled, “Mental Health Law for Prosecutors,” which was distributed to every prosecutor in the State of Texas.

Mauri was raised in Denver, Colorado, where her mother was very active in the Jewish Federation of Colorado, now Jewish Colorado.

Mauri resides in Westchester, New York where she began her Scarsdale, UJA Womens Philanthropy leadership role as an area chair in 2013 for the Women’s Scarsdale Board. Looking to keep her involvement growing, in 2015, she joined JFNA’s National Young Leadership Cabinet. Through Cabinet she's had the opportunity to travel the world witnessing how Federation funds help those in need overseas. In 2016 Mauri was honored for her leadership, ongoing philanthropic efforts, and commitment to UJA-Federation and the community.

Last year, in an effort to engage more local families in Tikun Olam, Mauri, Kate Eichel and 2 other male counterparts began Scarsdale Young Families to provide young Jewish families the opportunity to participate in hands-on philanthropy projects, expose families to those less fortunate and learn how collectively they can change the world in a positive way and show families the power/influence of the Jewish Community. Mauri was more than humbled when she and Kate were honorees for the first ever Young Family award at the annual UJA Westchester Celebration Gala in 2018.

Currently, Mauri is serving as co-chair of the Scarsdale Women’s Board of philanthropy and is in her 6th year as a member of National Young Leadership Cabinet.

Lauren Zlotky spent her professional career in the executive recruiting industry and human resources consulting. Upon graduating from the University of Texas, Lauren started her recruiting career in what was then called Data Processing (today known as computer technology), specializing in recruiting programmers and computer engineers. Then Lauren spent 10 years as a partner in The Danbrook Group, where she recruited nationwide in the insurance and managed care industries.. In 1996 Lauren formed her own recruiting company called QuestPro Consultants, which specialized in contract, full time and executive search in the insurance and managed care industries. Lauren expanded the business into placing contract workers nationwide within the insurance industry with the formation in 1997 of Q-Temps. QuestPro also served as a consultant in the human resources area by assisting companies having employee issues such as high turnover, employee training, outsourcing recruiting, salary negotiations, compensation package evaluations, creating 360 employee reviews, competition research, and the development of interview systems and job descriptions. Lauren subsequently sold these companies in order to spend more time with her family, which includes her husband Jeff, their twin sons, Ryan and Reid, and twin daughters, Allie and Megan.