I help organizations name what they've been circling around.

I've traveled to more than 25 countries and worked with communities across many more. That sustained engagement built something in me: a practice grounded in cultural humility, asset-based community building, and the discipline of arriving as a learner, even when I'm the one leading.

As the Senior Director of Programs and Organizational Development at JDC Entwine, an initiative of JDC, the leading global Jewish humanitarian organization, I oversee immersive experiences connecting young Jewish adults to humanitarian work in more than 70 countries. From 2023 to 2026, I also served as Interim Executive Director, helping lead the organization through a leadership transition.

I also run abc dynamics., my consulting practice, where I work with mission-driven organizations on facilitation, strategy, transitions, and program design. In practice, that means I work from curiosity rather than curriculum. I design experiences where people do real thinking together, and I pay close attention to how a room feels, because that often tells me more than what's being said.

I've spent much of my life in rooms not built with me in mind. As a Type 1 diabetic and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I learned early what it feels like to need a room to make a little more room.

That experience shaped how I think about belonging, accountability, and what it means to show up fully in community, and it shaped the kinds of spaces I try to build. Ones where difference is not flattened. Where participation doesn't require leaving parts of oneself at the door.

I write about these intersections too. My essays on identity, grief, and Jewish life have appeared in Tablet Magazine, HuffPost, and other publications, and my ELI Talk, "Reconciling My Body With Tradition," has been viewed more than 25,000 times. I serve on the boards of Jewish Queer Youth and You're Just My Type, I'm a member of the ROI Community and a 2018 UJA-Federation Ruskay Fellow, and I'm a marathon runner. I hold an MSEd in Leadership in Community-Based Learning from Bank Street College of Education and a BA in English from California State University Northridge.