Julie serves as AIPAC’s Northeast Senior Director. Over the past 13 years she has held multiple roles there, building and empowering the pro-Israel community to strengthen bipartisan support for the U.S.-Israel relationship. Prior to joining AIPAC, Julie worked in political affairs and fundraising for numerous campaigns at the presidential, statewide, and local levels. She also served in the White House as the Associate Director of Political Affairs for the Vice President of the United States. Julie graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelors in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and a Masters in Government Affairs. She and her husband reside in Manhattan with their two children who attend the Ramaz School.

Proudly born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Jillian graduated from the University of Maryland and later the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Jillian worked for Northern Trust in Estate Settlement for a number of years before leaving in 2016 to balance mom duties, community service, non-profit work, and Israel advocacy. She and her husband are determined to raise nice, proudly Zionist, hard-working, social children who live with strong Jewish values. Jillian lives in Hollywood, Florida with her husband and four sons.

Perri is a real estate attorney serving as in house counsel for Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. She is a mother of three children, ages ten (10), seven (7), and two (2) year old. Perri and her family live in Lawrence, New York, and she and her husband send their children HAFTR and are members of Congregation Beth Shalom. Perri is the parent liaison at HAFTR, coordinating the work of the HAFTR parent ambassador group driving safe technology policies including delaying smart phone use until after 8th grade, with the HAFTR administration. In addition to being involved with the Jewish Parents Forum, Perri is actively involved with Friends of the IDF. Both Perri and her husband grew up in the Five Towns and feel very strongly about creating a positive impact on the community at large.

Tali Herenstein Kolatch serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Sefaria, a living library of Jewish texts. She earned her Ed.M in Technology, Innovation and Education from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, and her B.A. in Art History and English from Barnard College. A graduate of the Slingshot Fellowship, Tali is a member of the all-women’s giving circle Arev Fund and serves as the Vice President of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel board of directors. Tali lives on the Upper West Side with her husband, Noah, and their three daughters.

Ms. Miriam Krupka is Associate Principal at the Ramaz Upper School. Previously, she chaired the Tanakh Department, shaping and building curriculum and identifying new and creative resources to help ensure that Torah learning at Ramaz continuously expanded in depth, sophistication, and richness. Miriam completed a Masters in Jewish Philosophy from Columbia University where her thesis work focused on the messianic writings of Isaac Abarbanel. She has lectured widely to adult audiences in a variety of synagogues and community venues and is a sought-after lecturer on topics related to Tanakh, philosophy, and education. Ms. Krupka lives in Teaneck, NJ, with her husband, Dr. Ari Berger, and their children, Etai, Gavriel, Shai and Sarah.

Dr. Loewenstein is an Assistant Professor and a Concierge Internal Medicine Physician at Weill Cornell Medicine. She co-headed the program to deliver telemedicine in Primary Care at Cornell; has been active in developing the workflow for telemedicine; and has lectured around the country on using telemedicine in medicine. She also is Director of Integrated Behavioral Health at Cornell, and serves on Eli Lilly's Executive Advisory Board for Obesity and Diabetes. Dr. Loewenstein graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University and obtained her medical degree at NYU School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine/Primary Care at NYU. She is the mother of two boys, Henrique age 7 and Emil age 4, who both attend the Rabbi Arthur Schneir Park East Day School.

Kim Rechtschaffen is the CFO of MetLife’s Retirement & Income Solutions. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (SOA,) and a member of SOA’s Committee on Finance Research, performing oversight for numerous research projects. Kim received a BS in Finance and Actuarial Science from New York University, Stern School of Business; and lives on the Upper East Side with her husband, Eric, and their two sons, Parker (7) and Reid (4). She is a proud member of the KJ / Ramaz community and a passionate member of Tikvah’s Jewish Parents Forum.