Diane Troderman

Diane Troderman sits on the Board of Trustees of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation which she directed from its inception in 1993 to 1998. Currently she helps make strategic decisions as part of her board portfolio serving on their PJ library book selection committee

In addition to Jewish children’s books, Diane’s passions range from Jewish education (having chaired JESNA and PEJE) to women’s issues (as founding chair of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and contributing member of The Harvard Divinity School Women’s Studies in Religion program). Diane serves on the boards of The Davidson School at The Jewish Theological Seminary and “Shalom Learning,” a start-up non-profit that partners with synagogues helping to transform their afternoon schools. In addition she is a board member of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

In Western Massachusetts, Diane served as chair of her local Federation and the Hillel at University of Mass in Amherst. She was founding chair of Hatikvah — the Holocaust Education and Resource Center now located on the Amherst campus.

Diane was awarded an honorary degree in 2013 from her alma mater, Wheaton College, and in 2016 accepted an honorary degree from Hebrew College.

Diane and her husband, Harold Grinspoon, share 11 beautiful grandchildren.