Past ECE-RJ Conference and Kallah Speakers

Shira Kline (she/her)

Performance and Queer Ritual Artist, Educator and Musician

Doni Zasloff

Nefesh Mountain

[email protected]

Eric Lindberg

Nefesh Mountain

[email protected]

Mary Passell

Marci Sperling Flynn

Director Of Early Childhood Education, Oak Park Temple/Glasser Preschool

Nefesh Mountain

Zoë Miller (she/her)

Director of [email protected]

Becca Taute (she/they)

Assistant Director of [email protected]

Ellen Allard (she/her)

Idan Chabasov

Dr. Tamar Andrews (she/her)

Director of Early Childhood Education, Temple Isaiah and Director of Early Childhood Education Programs, School for Jewish Education and Leadership, American Jewish University

Adi Ben Yosef

Mount Scopus Memorial College, Australia

Bev Sher

Mount Scopus Memorial College, Australia

Alison Maher (she/her)

Executive Director, Boulder Journey School Boulder, CO

Anjelica Ruiz

Shira Ackerman Simchovitch

Betsy Stone

Keno Miuro

Head Priest and Mindfulness Teacher, Miura Dairyuji Temple

Gretchen Miuro

Retreat Coordinator, Miura Dairyuji Temple, Oga Peninsula, Akita, Japan

Sabína Steinunn Halldórsdóttir

Andrea Sisbarro (she/her)

School Director, Boulder Journey School

Tamar Ghidalia (she/her)

Educator and Professional Musician

Rabbi Sandra Lawson (she/her)

Rabbi, Musician and Activist

Emily Ladau (she/her)

Disability Rights Activist, Writer, & Storyteller

Eliana Rubin (they/she)

Queer and Trans Artist and Educator

Fara Cortez (she/her)

School Director at Boulder Journey School

Keshet

Rabbi Andrea Goldstein

Scholar-in-Residence

Rick Recht

Presenter and Spiritual Leader

Ian Simpson

Spiritual Leader

Lisa Samick

Carol Paster (she/her)

Director, Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel’s Iris Family Center for Early Childhood Education

Elena Naftalin-Kelman

Susan Anderson

Rabbi Micah Buck-Yael (he/him or they/them)

Director of Education and Training, Keshet

Rachel Hall (she/her)

Program Manager, Audacious Hospitality / REDI (Racial Equity, Diversity, Inclusion), Union for Reform Judaism

Karen Hoffman (she/her)

CEO, Living on Purpose

Leah Solomon (she/her)

Encounter Chief Education Officer, Jerusalem

Tani Prell (she/her)

Chicago Community Director, 18Doors

Batya Levine (they/she)

Musician, Songleader, Shaliach Tzibur (Jewish prayer leader) and Cultural Organizer.

Lexi Rolfe (she/her or they/them)

Public Health Professional, Childhood Educator

Shelly Sender (she/her)

Early Childhood Education Director, Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, TX

Tony Westbrook Jr. (he/him/his)

Assistant Director, WashU Hillel

Kelly Whitehead (she/they)

Rabbinic Student, HUC-JIR

Cantor Shira Nafshi (she/her)

Cantor, Temple Beth Jacob

Rabbi Robin Nafshi (she/her)

Senior Rabbi, Temple Beth Jacob

Yolanda Savage-Narva

Miriam Beloglovsky (she/her)

Founder and CEO of Playful Transformation

Susan Harris MacKay (she/her)

Co-founder and co-director, Center for Playful Inquiry

Matt Karlsen (he/him)

Co-founder and co-director, Center for Playful Inquiry

Diane M. Spahn (she/her)

Director of Education & Creative Development for Kodo Kids

Kirsten Zimbelman (she/her)

Mentor Advisor, Boulder Journey School

Alex Morgan (she/her)

Community Outreach Specialist, Boulder Journey School

Susan Anderson (she/her/hers)

Musician and Early Childhood Educator

Paula Hoffman (she/her)

Certified Outdoor Classroom Instructor

Brittney Carey (she/her)

Founder, Conscious Pathways

Alyce Gunn (she/her)

Chief Financial Officer, Reform Pension Board

Amy Meltzer (she/her)

Senior Jewish Educator at Foundation for Jewish Camp

Susie Wexler (she/her)

Director of BJBE Early Childhood Program at the Chava Center

Brandi Cartwright (she/her)

Director of Shirlee Green Preschool and Early Childhood

Missy Brown (she/her)

President and founder of Deep Play for Kids, LLC (“DPK”)

Liz Alpern (she/her)

Author, Chef and Co-Owner of The Gefilteria

Margie Perez-Sesser (she/her)

Owner, Perez-Sesser Early Childhood Consulting

Maura Mehrian (she/her)

Child Development Center Coordinator, Grossmont Community College, San Diego, CA

Michelle Soltero (she/her)

Faculty, Child Development, Education and Family Studies Department, Grossmont College, San Diego, CA

Alyse Eisenberg (she/her)

Early Childhood Specialist /PJ Library Manager

Jennie Rubin (she/her)

Assistant Director of Early Childhood Education at Temple Sharey Tefilo – Israel

Cantor William (Billy) Tiep (he/him)

Cantor, Temple Solel, Cardiff by the Sea, CA

Craig Parks (he/him)

Recording Artist, Jewish Educator and Musician

Lisa Katz

Lead Teacher and Program Manager, Deep Play for Kids

Jessie Frazier (she/her)

Program Director and Pedagogista, University City United Church Preschool (UCUC Preschool)