After so long apart, the DC Young Women's Impact Network is thrilled to come together for an afternoon to relaunch our community – a network of exceptional young women that lifts as we rise. This event is dedicated to women's leadership and the impact that comes with it. Join us for cocktails, community, and conversation with local leaders who've dedicated their talents to amazing missions and whose engagement with JWI has empowered their success both personally and professionally.

Danielle Cantor Jeweler

As executive vice president and partner of F.A.M.E. sports agency and an NBPA Certified Agent, Danielle Cantor Jeweler negotiates multi-million-dollar basketball contracts and endorsement deals for NBA players. Jeweler grew up in the Washington, D.C. area near her grandparents, whom she cites as significant influences in inspiring her leadership philosophy and her love of Judaism. Her other major influence was sports: She was a competitive soccer player in high school and in college, as a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Division I women’s team. Jeweler describes herself as a “highly competitive, type-A-plus-plus personality,” which – along with the values she gleaned from a deep connection to Jewish spirituality and athletic teamwork – has guided her to the pinnacle of success in her field. She has kept her roots in the D.C. area, where she and her husband are raising their two young daughters in Potomac, Md. Jeweler is a member of the leadership council for PeacePlayers and has served on the boards of Most Valuable Kids, the Roy Hibbert Foundation, and Little Smiles. She also somehow finds time to coach competitive youth girls’ soccer, and teach a class in management and entrepreneurship at the George Washington University National Law Center.

Rain Pryor

Rain Pryor is an entertainer, director, writer, playwright, speaker, activist, wife and mother. She has been nominated and honored by the NAACP for her thought-provoking, truthful storytelling and spot-on mimicry, both in Fried Chicken & Latkes, her solo show about growing up black and Jewish in a politically incorrect era, and in her role as the evil stepsister in the Michael Jackson-produced musical Sisterella. Other nominations and honors include the 2007 African American Literary Award for her biography, Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love & Loss With Richard Pryor, and numerous Black Short film awards for the documentary, That Daughter’s Crazy. Respected and recognized for her commitment to arts education, Rain co-founded Baltimore Theatre Works to bring theatre to underserved schools, taught acting at Center Stage, Baltimore School for The Arts, and served as artistic director of the Strand Theatre in Baltimore. In the early 1990s Rain was part of a gang ceasefire in Los Angeles, worked as a substance abuse counselor, and helped establish treatment protocols for two rehabs in Los Angeles. She regularly shares her views on race and has led panel discussions on diversity in education and the entertainment industry at Princeton University, The Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, Chicago, and Baltimore. Rain’s father was comic genius Richard Pryor, and her mother a Jewish GOGO dancer-turned-astronomer. She currently resides, with her husband and daughter, in Baltimore, where she ran for local office in the 3rd District in 2020.

Meredith Jacobs

Meredith Jacobs, JWI's CEO, is an author, award-winning journalist, and former editor-in-chief of Washington Jewish Week. Jacobs assumed the role of CEO after serving as JWI’s chief operating officer for six years; in that role she managed communications, branding, messaging, and development. She has shepherded the development of numerous JWI leadership initiatives, including the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence in the Jewish Community; Jewish Communal Women’s Leadership Project; At the Table: Men As Allies in Workplace Equity ; and the Young Women’s Leadership Network. Jacobs also works closely with JWI’s philanthropic partners, Sigma Delta Tau national sorority and Zeta Beta Tau national fraternity, developing initiatives like the award-winning Green Light, Go! and Girls Achieve GrΣΔΤness. A sought-after speaker, moderator, and writer, her opinion pieces appear frequently in outlets such as JTA, eJewishPhilanthropy, and Washington Jewish Week.