Speakers

Shira Kline (she/her)

Performance and Queer Ritual Artist, Educator and Musician

Zoë Miller (she/her)

Director of cdc@cbi

Becca Taute (she/they)

Assistant Director of cdc@cbi

Ellen Allard (she/her)

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

Alison Maher (she/her)

Executive Director, Boulder Journey School Boulder, CO

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 (she/her)

Education Manager, DEI and Belonging, The Jewish Education Project

Fara Cortez (she/her)

School Director at Boulder Journey School

Keshet

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)

Creative Director, Be'chol Lashon

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

Assistant Vice President of Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the Union for Reform Judaism and the Religious Action Center

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)

Rabbi Micah Greenstein

Rabbi, Temple Israel, Memphis TN

Avram Mandell

Executive Director, Tzedek America

Dr. Chap (She/Her)

CEO of Chap Equity Inc

Jay Rapoport, RJE (he/him)

Director of URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy

Ellie Tepper Schulman (she/her)

Associate Director of URJ Camp Harlam

Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer, RJE (She/Her)

Director of the Master of Educational Leadership, Hebrew Union College's Rhea Hirsch School of Education

Rakhel Silverman-Gitin (they/them)

New York Education & Training Manager for Keshet

Tema Smith (she/her)

Director, Jewish Outreach & Partnerships of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

Rabbi Tamara Cohen (she/her)

Chief Program Officer, Moving Traditions

Minister Christopher Watson

Director of Nexus Student Ministries, Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church

Ariela Ronay-Jinich (she/her)

Executive Director of Olamim

Avi Spodek (he/him)

Director of Recruitment for Pardes Center for Jewish Educators

Rabbi Andrea Weiss, Ph.D

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Provost; Associate Professor of Bible

Rakhel Silverman-Gitin (they/them)

New York Education & Training Manager for Keshet

Dan Tatar (he/him)

Director of Engagement and Strategic Partnerships, iCenter and URJ Camp faculty

Lori Sagarin, RJE (she/her)

Consultant to iCenter and Director of Congregational Learning at Temple Beth Israel, Skokie, IL

Naama Haviv

Vice President of Community Engagement, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

Joey Henzler

Program Manager, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

Sage Cassell-Rosenberg

Jews of Color Program Manager, Keshet

Sarah Weiss-Poland

National Associate Director of Educational Growth and Strategy+, IsraelLINK

Janine Okmin

Assistant Director, HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project

Nina Fondiller Woldin

Managing Director, Chai Mitzvah

Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor

Founding Director, HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project

Rabbi Yael Katz Ben Yitzhak