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Assisting and coordinating one of the longest-running Jewish Spiritual Direction professional trainings, a cohort-based program involving five in-person retreats over three years and intermittent virtual classes.• Co-teaching weeklong retreats on transpersonal presence, attunement and spiritual formation• Managing admissions and logistics (in-person and virtual) for all cohort intensives and classes

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

Somerville, Ma

Founded and managed all aspects of a start-up spiritual community which attracted a multigenerational following of Jews from all denominational (and non-) backgrounds and their allies.• Created and led rich experiences of prayer, meditation, learning and personal growth• Engaged prospective members and community partners in a community-organizing model• Spearheaded visioning and strategic planning for community, program growth and funding• Cultivated a system of governance with transparency, equity, love and emergence at its core• Formed a growing base of committed membership, empowering them to co-create community

Greater New York City Area

Taught, led prayer and received mentorship in pastoral and lifecycle functions in a part-time internship at an emergent progressive synagogue on the Upper West Side.• Taught courses on prayer and midrash to a cohort of adult b’nai mitzvah students • Formed part of the prayer leadership team at regular shabbat services• Administered and assisted the rabbi in the weekly marquee adult education block• Led spiritual direction groups for two different community groups within the congregration• Made pastoral calls and shadowing lifecycle events performed by other clergy

Columbia University Medical Center

• Completed 1 CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) unit in a summer intensive program• Ministered to the spiritual care of patients across faith, race, language and cultural differences• Experience in Spanish-language chaplaincy, Cardiology, Neurology, ICU and Hospital units

Cambridge, Ma

Teaching and administrative duties for a nationally acclaimed progressive Jewish afterschool, serving a community of 50 families, roughly half of whom are not affiliated with another Jewish community.• Taught immersion modern Hebrew; Judaics to 4th and 5th graders; Tefillah to 4th-7th graders.• Created an atmosphere of camp-like fun to engage students in informal modes of education.• Managed parent communication; special program registration and planning.

Co-teaching in an experimental blend of one-room schoolhouse and family beit midrash, working with 6-9 year-old children and their families to increase their Hebrew skills and yiddishkeit.

Negotiating all in-country aspects of wine importation from Spain into the United States.

San Francisco Bay Area

Director of Corporate Accounts.Management position responsible for all aspects of the corporate retail segment statewide• Grew direct business 11% in 2006 despite brands losses comprising 12% of 2005 business• Hired and trained merchandiser to support store-level execution of sales plan• Successfully negotiated all aspects of volume purchases and quarterly programming deals across three tiers of business; managed $100,000 departmental budget based on $1.7M sales plan• Strengthened relationships with key corporate buyers in proactive planning and crisis management situations• Selected to represent company in-country as inaugural Spanish import agent

San Francisco Bay Area

Boutique wine distributor 100% commission sales representative for the city of San Francisco • Managed over 120 restaurant and independent retail accounts, growing territory from $800K to $1.1M in under three years while selling a wide array of the portfolio• Drove key winery growth 10% annually through thoughtful presentations and careful follow-up• Developed close ties with high-profile San Francisco restaurants and sommeliers by providing excellent service• Twice honored as “Million Dollar Club” award recipient

San Francisco Bay Area

Fine-wine distributor representative responsible for the city of San Francisco and the Peninsula• Actively managed 66 accounts, including 29 with partial or complete direct-order responsibility, resulting in 4.3% growth, 160 new placements, and over $1M in direct-delivery bookings• Conducted weekly staff training at select accounts, covering major world wine-growing regions; regular consumer tastings; and in-store merchandising assistance• Consistently provided valuable account information to management through timely reporting

Greater Chicago Area

Represented Apple Computer in a sales agency relationship with accounts in Illinois and Wisconsin• Attained 113% of $4M quota while the division as a whole attained 89%; ranked fifth out of 40 Apple Education Sales Agent representatives (second out of 15 in higher education)• Managed relationships in over 50 accounts, generating 40% revenue growth in smaller accounts

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

An inside-sales position on a team responsible for K-12 Education, Apple’s largest market at the time• Earned various division awards & recognition trips; elected regional Team Leader for two consecutive quarters, during which time the team was recognized as “Team of the Quarter”

Certificate, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

Rabbinic S'Micha, Theology, Generosity, Compassion, Interdependence

Ordination, Rabbinics

Mashpi'A Ruchani (Spiritual Director)

Guiding Jews and their allies to a deeper connection with the Divine, in whichever way that may be conceived.

Mba, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Strategy

Activities and Societies: President - Graduate Entrepreneur's Club, Facilitator and Assessor - Leadership Development Institute.

Mba, Small Business Strategy And Marketing

Ba, English

Activities and Societies: Michigan House Cooperative - President/Work Manager/Sunday Cook, Men's Glee Club - Bass II/Ass't Promotions Mgr.

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