Director of Development | Just One LifeI am passionate about building meaningful connections and raising funds to support vital causes. As the Director of Development at Just One Life, I lead efforts to secure the financial resources necessary to support families in Israel facing crisis pregnancies. My role focuses on donor stewardship, event planning, and community engagement, all with the goal of creating sustainable growth and expanding our outreach.With extensive experience in nonprofit fundraising, event management, and development strategy, I implement innovative approaches to ensure the success of our mission. Whether through grant applications, targeted events, or donor partnerships, I am committed to helping Just One Life continue making a difference for those who need it most—having already helped bring over 22,000 babies into the world.Let’s connect and explore how we can collaborate to make a meaningful impact.

• Developed and built a dynamic and successful music business with experienced musicians, as well as a back office operation.• Book musical events for band to perform at weddings, concerts, dinners, galas, office parties, school events, and other special functions.• Meet directly with clients throughout North America, advising them on optimal instrument and music selections, offering multiple options, while achieving their individual budgetary goals• Supervise band logistics, sound systems and musical set timing during function.• Lead the band during performances, playing the saxophone or drums or singing.

As the Director of Development, I am responsible for building and executing the annual development plan, which includes overseeing and creating various digital appeals with collateral materials, managing the annual campaign solicitations and benchmarking process, and growing the major gifts program. I also lead special events, some in collaboration with lay leadership committees and others managed internally, to ensure successful fundraising initiatives.In this role, I plan, organize, and direct all of Ben Porat Yosef’s fundraising efforts, including the major gifts program, annual and capital campaigns, donor cultivation events, and the annual school gala dinner. I manage digital appeals throughout the year, provide timely reports to the board of trustees, and spearhead the school's annual grassroots fundraising campaign, culminating in a community-wide year-end event. Collaborating closely with the head of school, board of trustees, campaign chairs, event committee members, and school administration, I work to ensure our fundraising efforts align with the school's mission and goals.

NCSY is a world-recognized organization that has played a pivotal role in the lives of Jewish teens across the globe. With the vision of Harold and Enid Boxer a’h, the Orthodox Union founded NCSY in 1954 to provide Jewish teens with an opportunity to build a strong connection to their Jewish roots through inspiration and leadership skills.NCSY is the premier organization dedicated to connect, inspire and empower Jewish teens and encourage passionate Judaism through Torah and Tradition.VisionNCSY Connects with Jewish teens through innovative, cutting-edge social and recreational programs to develop a positive Jewish identity. NCSY Inspires Jewish teens through informal Jewish education, retreats and summer programs. NCSY Empowers teens through leadership development and guidance to become passionately committed leaders of the Jewish community and instruments for positive change and renewal.CommitmentNCSY is committed to provide a safe space where teens can celebrate their Jewish heritage; embrace Torah and Tradition; develop a positive Jewish identity; acquire invaluable leadership skills; connect with dedicated Jewish role models; and learn to live passionately Jewish lives.

Highest ranking person directly below the Director of Undergraduate Admissions● Responsible for supervising the various functions which support the enrollment objectives of the university,including executing recruitment strategies, overseeing day to day recruitment functions, managing, mentoringand cultivating recruitment staff, as well having hands on recruitment responsibilities.● Always met or exceeded all recruitment quotas.● Best retention and lowest attrition rate of any recruiter.● Students recruited have far exceeded admissions criteria.● Administration of the life cycle of undergraduate admissions.● Planning for future directions and projects.● Interfacing and developing relationships with top level high school administrators.● Oversee the preparation of on-campus events such as open houses and athletic events, as well as the off-sitemodel United Nation and other tournaments.● Recruit potential students by participating in college nights, Israel fairs, individual applicant interviews at highschools, parlor nights, etc.● Travel across the country to various high schools to make presentations and to meet and greet students,principals, parents and college guidance personnel● Review credentials of applicants and make recommendations to the director and admissions committee.● Work with the faculty/administrator committees to select recipients of academic scholarships and work withthe Office of Student Finance to integrate them with need-based awards.● Work with honors program faculty on recruiting students to the honors program, selecting candidates foradmission to the honors program, and facilitating the transition to college for those who come.

Responsible for selling the maximum number of vehicles at optimum profit, building relationships with customers,generating new business, and retaining current clients through marketing, personal service and value added products.▪ Selling cars as well as financing them.▪ Meeting customers face to face and having sales discussions with them.▪ Representing the company at trade exhibitions, events, and demonstrations.▪ Cold calling of qualified sales prospects.

• Analyzed resumes and conducted initial phone interviews• Researched, identified, and located candidates through innovative search methods – including cold-calling, networking, internet search tools and mining.• Presented qualified candidates and coordinated interviews with hiring managers and provided direction throughout the process• Researched, developed, implemented and recruitment/sourcing strategies

• Promoted and contracted home-owner’s mortgage programs to CEO’s and CFO’s of a variety of large corporations and associations, including NJ Medical Society, IDT, Net2phone, FUBU, Knight Trading group, Imagine Software, for the benefit of their employees.• Coordinated client company home-page setup, collaborating on program announcement memos and newsletters, and conducted seminars for 30,000 employees across different companies.• Represented company at various benefits and management expos throughout the U.S., promoting our home owner’s programs to potential clients.• Negotiated advertising promotions and pricing for companies that could offer home-furnishing products to our clients, at discount prices.

• Managed a $20 Million insurance and investment portfolio, selling a variety of financial planning instruments to two distinct client markets, individual and groups (small businesses and organizations).• Solicited new clients while continuing to maintain and build relationships with existing clients.• Designed and presented to senior management a comprehensive lead generation program with a mortgage company. Initiated and coordinated the program increasing leads for the entire firm.