Ellen Garfinkle
Ellen Garfinkle (she/her) grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina as a member of Temple Beth El. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Political Science and Global Studies and a minor in Middle Eastern Languages. While at UNC, Ellen served as the head song leader at her campus Hillel, participated in multiple Jewish Learning Fellowships, and spent a semester studying in Jerusalem on the Nachshon Project. She was also very involved with her all-female a cappella group, Cadence. Alongside these, Ellen spent two years working as a Civic Fellow with the voting rights organization You Can Vote, interned with the National Council of Jewish Women, and participated in campaign research.
Ellen is excited to call DC home and further her own learning in the political advocacy world. Her legislative portfolio includes immigration, refugees, separation of church and state, Israel, human trafficking, and international religious freedom.