With 75% of Jewish organizations scheduled to be looking for new top leadership in the next five years as baby boomer CEOs retire, JWI’s Jewish Communal Women’s Leadership Project is clearing the path for women to ascend to these executive positions. A select group of senior-level women seeking C-suite positions piloted the project in fall 2019; in 2020, JWI is taking the project national.

Workshops are held monthly, February through November, led by highly-accomplished professional Jewish women in business, finance, media, and development. Many of these leaders have been honored by JWI as Women to Watch.

This is not your typical Jewish leadership workshop: In addition to career-building topics, discussions also focus on policies and procedures to create safe and equitable workplaces, and how to mentor the next generation of women leaders.

Read about the JCWLP in the Jewish Journal: Don’t Forget Women with Disabilities in Women’s Leadership Programs, by 2019 cohort member Lauren Appelbaum.

The 2021 Cohort and Presenters will be announced February 10th.

JWI welcomes, embraces, affirms, and invests in women of every race, culture, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ability.

2019 Schedule & Presenters

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Creating a Balanced Workplace Culture

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Erica Keswin, workplace strategist and author of WSJ-bestselling book Bring Your Human to Work

How boldly leading like a woman can lead to more vibrant and productive staff.

Resource Development: Asking for Support with Confidence

MARCH 4, 2021

Orlee Turitz, executive and family coach, Orlee|Golden, LLC

Selling something you dedicate your sweat and tears to shouldn’t be that hard. Covering the pitch and the ask, we will explore what makes this sell difficult while reframing to give you confidence walking in and out of the room.

Safety, Respect, and Equity in the Jewish Workplace

March 18, 2021

Elana Wien, executive director of the Safety Respect Equity (SRE) Network

Creating safe, respectful, equitable workplaces and communal spaces, using an intersectional lens of gender justice.

Peer Group Meetings

APRIL 1, 2021

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

April 15, 2021

Rain Pryor, entertainer, director, writer, playwright, speaker, activist

Weaving DEI into the fabric of your workplace and your own career.

Search Committee Interviews: Presenting Yourself as a Leader Others Want to Follow

APRIL 29, 2021

Orlee Turitz, executive and family coach, Orlee|Golden, LLC

Your resume might be the most qualified, but unless you can engender confidence in your leadership, you won’t get the top spot. Together we will uncover what authentic confidence looks like both inside and out so you can nail that next interview.

Being a Voice

MAY 20, 2021

Laura E. Adkins, opinion editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and Pam Sherman, leadership consultant

Using your voice to effect change - in your workplace, your industry, your community, and the world.

Peer Group Meetings

JUNE 3, 2021

Navigating Male-Dominated Hierarchy

JUNE 17, 2021

Beth Chartoff Spector, Senior Managing Director, GSO Capital Partners, Blackstone

How to change perceptions of a "Jewish leader" and make it stick by championing other women.

Advice From a Funder

JULY 15, 2021

Stephanie Blumenkranz, director of The Hadassah Foundation

How to make the case for giving to your organization, or weed out the best investments for your philanthropic dollars.

Board & Staff Stewardship: Leading with Backbone and Heart

AUGUST 5, 2021

Orlee Turitz, executive and family coach, Orlee|Golden, LLC

Knowing how to lead without having to be the smartest in the room (even when you are) is the key to forging great relationships with both your staff and lay leaders. We will explore the advantages of exuding the humble confidence of a servant leader with humility, curiosity, empathy and strength.