Heidi Monkarsh

Heidi is currently serving her second term as Vice Chair of the Board. She is also on the Federation’s Executive Committee, the Campaign Cabinet and Birth Through High School strategic initiative. Previously, she served as Chair of Sylvia Weisz Women’s Philanthropy, Chair of the Ensuring the Jewish Future strategic initiative, and Chair of Young Adult Engagement and Leadership Development. She was instrumental in launching CLI (Community Leadership Institute), their Federation’s premiere leadership program. Heidi is currently Co-Chair of National Women’s Philanthropy’s upcoming International Lion of Judah Conference as well as a board member of JFNA (Jewish Federations of North America). In 2001, Heidi received the Mildred Allenberg/Dorothy Handler Young Leadership Award, and in 2007 was awarded the Doris Factor Leadership Award. In 2017, Heidi was honored with the Woman of Achievement Award from the American Jewish University. She is a past member of National Young Leadership Cabinet and has had leadership roles with The Jewish Community Foundation, Sinai Temple, Camp Ramah, Cedars Sinai, The Cayton Museum and Brentwood School.