Community Security
Emergency protocols, government grant acquisition, and security infrastructure built before something happens, not scrambled together after.
The Work
In motion.
What is running right now, what I am relied on for, and the numbers underneath it.
National Work
AJ 2026 — Toward a Decade of Renewal of American Jewry.
In March 2026 I was invited to the Reut USA American Jewry Un-Conference in Miami as part of AJ 2026, a gathering of national Jewish leadership focused on the decade ahead. I made the case that the future of American Jewry runs through communities like Arkansas, not only the major metros. Small communities are not the margins of the Jewish world. They are where the next chapter gets written.
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At the Federation
Campus leadership at the University of Arkansas.
The next generation of Jewish leaders is already on campus. Through Hillel at the University of Arkansas, we invested in student leaders, funded development opportunities, and built the pipeline of young people who will run Jewish communities a decade from now. We did not wait for them to find us.
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Local Media
A regular voice on The Dave Elswick Show.
I appeared regularly on The Dave Elswick Show on KARK/iHeart Radio as the go-to Jewish community voice in Arkansas. Every appearance is a chance to bring Israel, antisemitism, and Jewish community life into a conversation that reaches well beyond our walls. That reach matters. Influence does not stop at the synagogue door.
Areas I Work In
Where I add value.
Interfaith Coalitions
Durable relationships with pastors, priests, mosques, and legislators that outlast any single program or administration.
Fundraising & Development
Rebuilding donor trust from scratch, re-engaging lapsed supporters, and finding net-new funders. Starting from a cold list with no prior pipeline.
Next-Gen Leadership
Identifying and placing emerging Jewish leaders in staff, board, and national roles. People who had never considered this path as available to them.
Israel Advocacy
Public Jewish presence, Israel education, Holocaust remembrance, and advocacy in rooms where our community is rarely represented but always discussed.
Organizational Turnaround
Coming into a community that's falling behind and building it back. Culture, governance, operations. Making a small team punch above its weight.
Who I've Walked With
People, not just programs.
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institutional security partnerships built and maintained — with the Secure Community Network, the FBI, the Little Rock Police Department, and the Arkansas state legislature. Relationships, not just protocols.
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Within 30 minutes of a mass shooting at a Jewish congregation in Michigan, I had activated every congregation in Arkansas, coordinated with the FBI, and ensured every Jewish institution had eyes on their doors. Then we made that response permanent.
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community engagements across 18 programs in a single fiscal year — tripled from near-zero when I arrived. Because we built relationships first and let programming follow where people actually were.
55%
newsletter open rate — more than double the 25% national nonprofit average. The number reflects one thing: I write to people, not at them.
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net-new donors in our first active campaign after years of dormancy, plus 40 returning donors re-engaged. First year. No prior pipeline. No inherited list.