leadership
Rabbi Laura Geller, Chair
Shifra Teitelbaum, EdD Managing Consultant
Shifra Teitelbaum, EdD Managing Consultant
Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Emerita of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, twice named one of Newsweek’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America, was named by PBS Next Avenue as one of the fifty 2017 Influencers in Aging. Prior to becoming one of the first women to be selected to lead a major metropolitan synagogue, Rabbi Geller served as the Di
Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Emerita of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, twice named one of Newsweek’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America, was named by PBS Next Avenue as one of the fifty 2017 Influencers in Aging. Prior to becoming one of the first women to be selected to lead a major metropolitan synagogue, Rabbi Geller served as the Director of USC Hillel and as the Regional Executive Director of the American Jewish Congress. Featured in the PBS documentary “Jewish Americans,” author of two books and numerous articles in books and journals, she serves as a Fellow of the Corporation of Brown University, on the boards of Encore.org, and the Jewish Women's Archive. She is a founder of ChaiVillageLA and the author, along with her late husband Richard Siegel, of National Jewish Book Award finalist Getting Good at Getting Older (Behrman House, 2019).
Shifra Teitelbaum, EdD Managing Consultant
Shifra Teitelbaum, EdD Managing Consultant
Shifra Teitelbaum, EdD Managing Consultant
Shifra has been doing community engagement, leadership development, and program design and implementation throughout her career. She began her career working in the Jewish community, serving Jewish college students around the country through the Bayit Project and then designing and implementing programs for Jewish youth in Los Angeles. S
Shifra has been doing community engagement, leadership development, and program design and implementation throughout her career. She began her career working in the Jewish community, serving Jewish college students around the country through the Bayit Project and then designing and implementing programs for Jewish youth in Los Angeles. She then spent many years serving youth in Los Angeles-area public schools with a broad range of youth development, college access, civic engagement, and creative self-expression programs. She is pleased to have returned to working in the Jewish community and is inspired by the older adults of the village movement as she navigates her own aging.
After working with ChaiVillageLA last year, she is excited to serve as the Managing Consultant of the Synagogue Village Network. In addition to this role, she is an adjunct professor at Cal State LA in the Department of Public Health, teaching undergraduates and graduate students in the Master of Public Health program. She has a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Change and a Master's in Educational Psychology.
David Levy, Senior Consultant
Shifra Teitelbaum, EdD Managing Consultant
David Levy, Senior Consultant
David Levy, with over 30 years of experience, works with organizations to identify opportunities, harness resources and implement strategies that lead to sustainable growth. Serving on the faculty of the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management, his areas of expertise include professional/volunteer relations, financial resource devel
David Levy, with over 30 years of experience, works with organizations to identify opportunities, harness resources and implement strategies that lead to sustainable growth. Serving on the faculty of the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management, his areas of expertise include professional/volunteer relations, financial resource development and strategic planning. David earned his MSW from USC and an MA in Nonprofit Management from Hebrew Union College. HUC awarded David an honorary doctorate and he was recognized with the Jewish Community Professionals of Southern California inaugural Award for Excellence in Fundraising.
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