The Religious Action Center, led by Director Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, includes staff members organizing Jewish communities in California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and, and Washington, D.C.
Senior Leadership
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner
Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and
Senior Vice President, Union for Reform Judaism
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner (he/him) serves as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and has led the Religious Action Center since 2015. Rabbi Pesner also serves as Senior Vice President of the Union for Reform Judaism, a position to which he was appointed in 2011. Named one of the most influential rabbis in America by Newsweek magazine, he is an inspirational leader and tireless advocate for social justice.
Rabbi David Saperstein
Barbara Weinstein
Heidi Segal
Joy Friedman
Rabbi Michael Namath
Yolanda Savage-Narva
Staff
Sammy Angelina
Eisendrath Legislative Assistant
Rachel Beck
RAC-PA State Organizer
Sarah Blaine
RAC-NJ Lead Organizer
Emily Bourgeois
RAC-Texas State Organizer
Havi Carrillo - Klein
Field Organizer (OH)
Rabbi Lindsey Danziger
Senior State Organizer
Michele Eiger
RAC-Florida State Organizer
Reginald Fleming
Building & Custodial Services Manager
Ellen Garfinkle
Eisendrath Legislative Assistant
Logan Zinman Gerber
Director of Youth Organizing
Cara Gold
Director, Strategic Programs & Operations
Noé Granados
Eisendrath Legislative Assistant
Jaimie Green
Director, Integrated Program Implementation & Business Management
Aliza Greenberg
Integration Operations Manager & Partner
Jacob Greenblatt
Assistant Legislative Director
Rachel Hall
Communities Of Belonging Integration Assistant Director & Partner
Allie Kashan
Program and Operations Associate
Jonetta Kelly
Facility Manager & Executive Assistant
Gabi Kirsch
Director, Grassroots Giving
Rachel Klein
Assistant Director, L'Taken
Rachel Landis
Eisendrath Legislative Assistant
Rabbi Toby Manewith
Program Manager, URJ Antisemitism Partnership
Shoshana Maniscalco
Organizer, Teen Justice Fellowship
Jacob Kraus Preminger
Campaign Manager
Aaron Sofian
RAC-IL Lead Organizer
Sandra TooGood
Receptionist
CJ Wechsler
Eisendrath Legislative Assistant
Kara Weiner
Director, L'Taken
Lee Winkelman
Assistant Director of Organizing