Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit, www.rabbizevit.com is a congregational consultant and Director of Outreach and Tikkun Olam for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. He is the Co-Director of the award-winning Davennen Leaders Training Institute and is a spiritual director for many clergy. A recording artist he has also written and developed resources in the areas of Community Building, Leadership, Prayer, Contemporary views of GOD, Jewish Men's issues ("Brother Keepers: New Essays in Jewish Masculinity), and Money and Jewish values ("Offerings of the Heart: Values-Based Approaches to Money in Faith Community". Rabbi Zevit moved to Cleveland in 2009 to be with his wife Simcha and family, continuing his work for JRF from there.

Halle Barnett is Associate Consultant for Congregational Services for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. A branding and marketing specialist, Halle, along with her husband, Benjamin, run media schmedia, a marketing and design company whose brand-focused insights, strategies and tools define and drive their clients' businesses and unleash their potential. Halle's extensive background in audience and membership development informs "the delicious work" of building image and awareness for, and engagement in organizations of all kinds. An active volunteer, Halle serves on the board of Heights-Hillcrest Regional Chamber of Commerce, and as both a peer counselor and PR Director for the breastfeeding support organization, La Leche League of Ohio. Halle and Benjamin are the proud parents of two enthusiastic Camp JRF alumni, and members of Kol HaLev in Cleveland, where they are leading its branding effort. Halle can be reached at acornbaum@aol.com or words@media-schmedia.com.

Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit, www.rabbizevit.com is a congregational consultant and Director of Outreach and Tikkun Olam for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. He is the Co-Director of the award-winning Davennen Leaders Training Institute and is a spiritual director for many clergy. A recording artist he has also written and developed resources in the areas of Community Building, Leadership, Prayer, Contemporary views of GOD, Jewish Men's issues ("Brother Keepers: New Essays in Jewish Masculinity), and Money and Jewish values ("Offerings of the Heart: Values-Based Approaches to Money in Faith Community". Rabbi Zevit moved to Cleveland in 2009 to be with his wife Simcha and family, continuing his work for JRF from there.

Halle Barnett is Associate Consultant for Congregational Services for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. A branding and marketing specialist, Halle, along with her husband, Benjamin, run media schmedia, a marketing and design company whose brand-focused insights, strategies and tools define and drive their clients' businesses and unleash their potential. Halle's extensive background in audience and membership development informs "the delicious work" of building image and awareness for, and engagement in organizations of all kinds. An active volunteer, Halle serves on the board of Heights-Hillcrest Regional Chamber of Commerce, and as both a peer counselor and PR Director for the breastfeeding support organization, La Leche League of Ohio. Halle and Benjamin are the proud parents of two enthusiastic Camp JRF alumni, and members of Kol HaLev in Cleveland, where they are leading its branding effort. Halle can be reached at acornbaum@aol.com or words@media-schmedia.com.

Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman is the Director of the Western Region of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, serving the twenty-four congregations and havurot west of the Rockies and Texas..  In her twenty years of experience as a rabbi, she has served Conservative, Reconstructionist, Reform and Gay Outreach congregations, and is a consultant on moral education for diverse families for national Jewish institutions, the National Council of Churches and the Metropolitan Community Church. In addition to her rabbinate, she was a professor of Religion and Women's Studies at California State University at Northridge, and lectured at the University of Judaism and Loyola Marymount College. 

Rabbi Litman is highly committed to social action and interfaith work.  She chaired the board of the Clinica Msgr. Oscar Romero and the Southern California Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, the East Bay Interfaith Committee for Economic Justice and sits on the executive committee of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice. She is a Peace and Justice Commissioner for the City of Berkeley. Widely published in the fields of Jewish women's history and contemporary theology, Rabbi Litman's book, Lifecycles 2: Jewish Women on Scriptural Themes in Contemporary Life, co-edited with Rabbi Debra Orenstein, won several prestigious academic and community awards.  Rabbi Litman lives with her spouse, Stewart Schwartz, and their two children, Sophie and Asher in Berkeley, California.

Halle Barnett is Associate Consultant for Congregational Services for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. A branding and marketing specialist, Halle, along with her husband, Benjamin, run media schmedia, a marketing and design company whose brand-focused insights, strategies and tools define and drive their clients' businesses and unleash their potential. Halle's extensive background in audience and membership development informs "the delicious work" of building image and awareness for, and engagement in organizations of all kinds. An active volunteer, Halle serves on the board of Heights-Hillcrest Regional Chamber of Commerce, and as both a peer counselor and PR Director for the breastfeeding support organization, La Leche League of Ohio. Halle and Benjamin are the proud parents of two enthusiastic Camp JRF alumni, and members of Kol HaLev in Cleveland, where they are leading its branding effort. Halle can be reached at acornbaum@aol.com or words@media-schmedia.com.

A 1976 graduate of RRC, Rabbi Jeffrey Eisenstat is JRF Director of Special Initiatives and Founding Director of Camp JRF and No'ar Hadash. He holds a bachelor of arts from Pennsylvania State University and a master's in education from Temple University. He has served as a congregational rabbi in State College, PA; Philadelphia; and Plantation, FL; and as Hillel director at Penn State, where he taught in the religion department. In the early 1990s, Eisenstat was congregational services director at the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation and also was an instructor in education at RRC. Over the past 30 years, he has been involved in directing numerous schools and camps. He helped create the first North American family camp, Israel family education trips and youth programs for the Reconstructionist movement. He is a recipient of the Rabbi Ira Eisenstein Lifetime Achievement Award and is the director of youth and camping for Noar Hadash and Camp JRF. His publications include Reconstructing Jewish Education: A Process Guide, The Reconstructionist Teaching Model and Family Davening, as well as several musical albums.

Ariel Zaslav is the Youth Program Coordinator at JRF.  She also teaches in the religious schools of several reconstructionist congregations in the philadlephia area.  Prior to moving to Philadelphia she served as education director at JRF affiliate Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Washington where she also founded and ran a summer day camp program for six years. 

Rabbi Jeffrey Eisenstat, A 1976 graduate of RRC,  is JRF Director of Special Initiatives and Founding Director of Camp JRF and No'ar Hadash. He holds a bachelor of arts from Pennsylvania State University and a master's in education from Temple University. He has served as a congregational rabbi in State College, PA; Philadelphia; and Plantation, FL; and as Hillel director at Penn State, where he taught in the religion department. In the early 1990s, Eisenstat was congregational services director at the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation and also was an instructor in education at RRC. Over the past 30 years, he has been involved in directing numerous schools and camps. He helped create the first North American family camp, Israel family education trips and youth programs for the Reconstructionist movement. He is a recipient of the Rabbi Ira Eisenstein Lifetime Achievement Award and is the director of youth and camping for Noar Hadash and Camp JRF. His publications include Reconstructing Jewish Education: A Process Guide, The Reconstructionist Teaching Model and Family Davening, as well as several musical albums.

A 1976 graduate of RRC, Rabbi Jeffrey Eisenstat is JRF Director of Special Initiatives and Founding Director of Camp JRF and No'ar Hadash. He holds a bachelor of arts from Pennsylvania State University and a master's in education from Temple University. He has served as a congregational rabbi in State College, PA; Philadelphia; and Plantation, FL; and as Hillel director at Penn State, where he taught in the religion department. In the early 1990s, Eisenstat was congregational services director at the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation and also was an instructor in education at RRC. Over the past 30 years, he has been involved in directing numerous schools and camps. He helped create the first North American family camp, Israel family education trips and youth programs for the Reconstructionist movement. He is a recipient of the Rabbi Ira Eisenstein Lifetime Achievement Award and is the director of youth and camping for Noar Hadash and Camp JRF. His publications include Reconstructing Jewish Education: A Process Guide, The Reconstructionist Teaching Model and Family Davening, as well as several musical albums.

David Basior, in his second year of study at RRC, moved to Philadelphia from Seattle, WA where he lived for six years working for Jewish community organizations such as BBYO and Hillel as well as a secular independent elementary school and the local food co-op. In college, David was a founding father of a non-Jewish fraternity, a leader in the campus' Dance Marathon, in the marching band, and came into his Judaism at Hillel where he produced such programs as Sukkot Survivor. Raised in the Reform Movement, David is excited about being a part of the Reconstructionist Movement now and the possibilities for expansion and new projects. He currently is working with students at Brandeis University involved with the Brandeis Reconstructionist Organization (BRO.)  David is also working to gather data about how our congregations connect with their students who have left for college.   In addition, he has played alto and baritone saxophone in Disco Stu and the Fabulous Horn Kings, a ska band of the 1990s, and The Soul Pistols, a soul cover band.

Halle Barnett is a branding and marketing specialist and creative writer. She and her husband, Benjamin, run media schmedia, a marketing and design company whose brand-centric insights, strategies and tools define and drive businesses and unleash their potential. Halle brings a singular flair with words and an extensive background in audience and membership development to the delicious work of building image and awareness for organizations of all kinds. An active volunteer, Halle serves on the board of Heights-Hillcrest Regional Chamber of Commerce, and as both a peer counselor and PR Director for the breastfeeding support organization, La Leche League of Ohio. Halle and Benjamin are the proud parents of two enthusiastic Camp JRF alumni, and members of Kol HaLev in Cleveland, where they are leading its branding effort. Halle can be reached at acornbaum@aol.com or words@media-schmedia.com.

Michael Clancy has lived and worked in Toronto, New York, London, and Frankfurt, Germany and has handled international advertising and marketing assignments on both the agency side (as a Vice President, a Creative Director, and a Group Head) and on the production side (as a Film Director).
    Michael began his career in Toronto and progressed through the ranks of several Toronto advertising agencies before reaching the level of Group Creative Director on the Coca-Cola business at McCann-Erickson, Toronto.
    In 1982, Michael was asked to join McCann-Erickson's highly select "InterNational Team", based in New York City. During the following three years, he created and executed over 40 international Coca-Cola commercials for use in over 50 countries worldwide. While in New York, Michael won several prestigious international awards for creativity and refined his talents as a creative strategist in one of the toughest marketing battlegrounds in the world.
    In 1986, Michael moved to the production side and London, England, where he directed commercials for James Garrett & Partners, a distinguished English production company.
    In July of 1991, Michael rejoined McCann-Erickson Worldwide. Based in Frankfurt, he assembled and led a multi-national creative team dedicated to producing high-profile advertising campaigns for Opel/General Motors, Zurich.
    In September of 1994 Michael founded Brandworks International Marketing Communications with partners Ron Chapman and Lorne Kirshenbaum.  Brandworks, now in its 17th year, is recognized as one of Canada’s best independently-owned agencies.
    At Brandworks, Michael is most active as a strategic planner working to interpret the relevant research, to create brand positioning, and to write the creative brief that leads to a well-executed campaign. In addition Michael is responsible for overseeing the creative product of the agency and for creating the conditions under which creative people might do their best work.

Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit, www.rabbizevit.com is a congregational consultant and Director of Outreach and Tikkun Olam for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. He is the Co-Director of the award-winning Davennen Leaders Training Institute and is a spiritual director for many clergy. A recording artist he has also written and developed resources in the areas of Community Building, Leadership, Prayer, Contemporary views of GOD, Jewish Men's issues ("Brother Keepers: New Essays in Jewish Masculinity), and Money and Jewish values ("Offerings of the Heart: Values-Based Approaches to Money in Faith Community". Rabbi Zevit moved to Cleveland in 2009 to be with his wife Simcha and family, continuing his work for JRF from there.

Rabbi David Teutsch has been a builder of religious community since becoming a congregational rabbi thirty years ago. He is the Wiener Professor of Contemporary Jewish Civilization and director of the Levin-Lieber Program in Jewish Ethics at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as president for nearly a decade. The editor in chief of the groundbreaking Kol Haneshamah prayer book series published by JRF’s Reconstructionist Press, he has also authored several other books including Imagining the Jewish Future and titles in the series A Guide to Jewish Practice published by RRC Press.

Linda Rich specializes in executive coaching, organizational and leadership development, and management consulting. In addition to working with synagogues and nonprofit organizations, she has worked with large corporations and small businesses. Linda has consulted to congregations on strategic planning, and headed a synagogue strategic planning team working with UJA-Federation and McKinsey. She represented lay leadership on the Reconstructionist movement’s Role of the Rabbi commission, whose work resulted in a report titled The Rabbi-Congregation Relationship: A Vision for the 21st Century (aka “the purple book”). Linda has been a synagogue co-chair, and led or served on a wide variety of congregational committees, including: Ritual, Nominating, Adult Education, Membership, Inreach, Retreat, and Cantor Search. She has been recognized with the Ansche Gevurah award from the JRF of Metropolitan NY and the Kallat Breishit award from West End Synagogue. Before entering consulting, Linda held line and staff roles in the business world, and understands firsthand the challenges organizational leaders face. Linda holds an MBA from New York University. She can be reached through her website: www.lindarich.com.

Rabbi David Teutsch has been a builder of religious community since becoming a congregational rabbi thirty years ago. He is the Wiener Professor of Contemporary Jewish Civilization and director of the Levin-Lieber Program in Jewish Ethics at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as president for nearly a decade. The editor in chief of the groundbreaking Kol Haneshamah prayer book series published by JRF’s Reconstructionist Press, he has also authored several other books including Imagining the Jewish Future and titles in the series A Guide to Jewish Practice published by RRC Press.

Linda Rich specializes in executive coaching, organizational and leadership development, and management consulting. In addition to working with synagogues and nonprofit organizations, she has worked with large corporations and small businesses. Linda has consulted to congregations on strategic planning, and headed a synagogue strategic planning team working with UJA-Federation and McKinsey. She represented lay leadership on the Reconstructionist movement’s Role of the Rabbi commission, whose work resulted in a report titled The Rabbi-Congregation Relationship: A Vision for the 21st Century (aka “the purple book”). Linda has been a synagogue co-chair, and led or served on a wide variety of congregational committees, including: Ritual, Nominating, Adult Education, Membership, Inreach, Retreat, and Cantor Search. She has been recognized with the Ansche Gevurah award from the JRF of Metropolitan NY and the Kallat Breishit award from West End Synagogue. Before entering consulting, Linda held line and staff roles in the business world, and understands firsthand the challenges organizational leaders face. Linda holds an MBA from New York University. She can be reached through her website: www.lindarich.com.

Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit, www.rabbizevit.com  is a congregational consultant and Director of Outreach and Tikkun Olam for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. He is the Co-Director of the award-winning Davennen Leaders Training Institute and is a spiritual director for many clergy. A recording artist he has also written and developed resources in the areas of Community Building, Leadership, Prayer, Contemporary views of GOD, Jewish Men's issues ("Brother Keepers: New Essays in Jewish Masculinity), and Money and Jewish values ("Offerings of the Heart: Values-Based Approaches to Money in Faith Community". Rabbi Zevit moved to Cleveland in 2009 to be with his wife Simcha and family, continuing his work for JRF from there.

Melissa Segal has served as Executive Director for the Chapel Hill Kehillah since 2006. From 2000-2006, she was the Education Director at the Kehillah, during which she co-founded and then served as Chair of RENA, the Reconstructionist Educators of North America. She recently co-founded and now co-chairs CEDAR, Congregational Executive Directors and Administrators in Reconstructionism. Melissa has a Master’s degree in Social Work and a certificate in nonprofit management from Duke University.

Neshama Mousseau has served as Executive Director for Congregation Beth Evergreen (CBE) since 2004.  With more than 26 years in nonprofit management positions, her Jewish communal professional and lay service has included: founding member of the liberal Chevra Kaddisha in Boulder, CO in 1986; board member of the Jewish Renewal Community of Boulder; and Executive Director of the Jewish Senior Recreation Network in Denver. She has a Master’s degree in Social Work and is a graduate of the Colorado Nonprofit Leadership and Management Program. She recently co-founded and now co-chairs CEDAR, Congregational Executive Directors and Administrators in Reconstructionism.

Howard Glicksman has served on the Executive Committee and Board of the Kehillah for the past 10 years. For the last 4 years, and during the time the Kehillah made the transition to having an Executive Director, he served as co-president and then president of the Kehillah. He also serves as treasurer of NC Hillel and regional president on the JRF Board.

Rich Levine has been a member of Congregation Beth Evergreen (CBE) since moving to Colorado in 1995.  He has served the Congregation in numerous roles, including Past President, during a term when the CBE was in transition into its first building, hired its first full-time rabbi via the JRF hiring process(Rabbi Jamie Arnold), and the community's decision to discard its entirely unaffiliated status maintained for some 30 years and to affiliate with JRF.  The combination of these decisions necessitated a careful balance of capital fundraising, revisiting the dues structure, re-alignment of debt, and the production of income for the synagogue internally and through third-party relationships.  Rich currently serves the community as a religious school instructor (7th grade).  Rich is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (law) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (Sociology, and Law and Society). He currently practices law in Evergreen, Colorado, and has maintained positions as an Adjunct Professor teaching law at the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Denver Women’s College.