Leadership
Hillel at UCLA Leadership
Please note, to reach a member of our professional staff, email is the best way to make initial contact. However, if a phone call is preferred, please call the main line at (310) 208-3081 to be transferred.
Our Teams
Executive, Student Life, Community Engagement, Philanthropy, and Facilities teams.
Executive Leadership
Dan Gold
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair Executive Director
Rachael Petru
Chief Development Officer
Rabbi Toba Schaller
Chief Program Officer & Senior Jewish Educator
David Berman
Chief Operating Officer
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller
Director Emeritus
Student Life
Rabbi Aryeh and Sharona Kaplan
Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus
Sophie Lerer
Managing Director of Student Life Operations
Gigi Saad
Program Director, Israel Education
Community Engagement
Perla Karney
Artistic Director, The Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts
andrea Harris
Director of Faculty and Community Relations
Philanthropy & Development
Carrie Cook
Donor Services Associate
Julia Dris
Director of Community Philanthropy
Building & Facilities
Adrian Villegas
Facilities Manager
Jennifer Garcia
Hospitality Manager
Lay Leadership
Board of Directors and Board of Trustees.
Board of Directors
Naomi Hochman
President
Arnold Anisgarten
Alan Berro
Akiva Brookler
Student Director
Bella Brannon
Student Director
Sara Broukhim
Student Director
Tikva Cohen
Student Director
Ziva Cooper
Lauren Eber
Sandy Einberg
Michael Farahnik
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel
Stephen Gingold
Tamara Horwich
Joan Kessler
Josh Khalili
Dean Russell Korobkin
Maxine Lacher
Student Director
Julie Monkarsh Gadinsky
Amanda Maddahi
Jasmin Niku
Robin Nourmand
Frank Ponder
Mark Samuel
Eli Sanchez
Student Director
Richard Slavin
Sasha Strauss
Eric Sussman
Daniel Tenenblatt
Howard Welinsky
Bob Wolfe
Real Estate Trustees
David Henry Simon
Chair
