The Wexner Foundation
Stefanie Zelkind is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in leadership development within the Jewish community. Currently serving as Director of the Wexner Professional Leadership Programs Alumni Network at The Wexner Foundation since March 2016, Stefanie enhances the skills of over 600 Jewish professionals in North America and oversees a robust alumni network. Previously, as Founding Director of the Jewish Teen Funders Network, Stefanie established a national initiative to promote Jewish teen philanthropy, supporting over 100 programs today. Additional roles include managing the first student-run social venture fund at NYU Stern School of Business and directing social justice education at Park Avenue Synagogue. Educational credentials include an MPA/MA from New York University and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from Tufts University.
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The Wexner Foundation
Guided by the vision of Abigail and Leslie Wexner, The Wexner Foundation focuses on the development of Jewish professional and volunteer leaders in North America and public sector leaders in Israel. In the early 1980’s Les Wexner reached the conclusion that what the Jewish community and Israel needed most was stronger leaders. When established Jewish organizations showed relatively little interest in investing in the development of leaders, Les decided to take up the mission with his private philanthropy. Originally Les founded two separate organizations to pursue this mission: The Wexner Heritage Foundation created the Wexner Heritage Program to strengthen volunteer leaders; and the Wexner Foundation created the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, for emerging professional Jewish leaders, and the Wexner Israel Fellowship, for mid-career Israeli public officials. In the 1990s Abigail Wexner joined Les in charting the Wexner philanthropic vision in their roles as chairmen. In 2003 the two foundations merged, and since then The Wexner Foundation has run all three programs as a unified organization under Abigail and Les’s leadership. The Foundation has also added new programs to expand upon its mission of strengthening Jewish leaders. Since 2013 The Wexner Foundation has launched four additional programs: Wexner Service Corps (2013), Wexner Field Fellowship (2013), Wexner Senior Leaders (2014) and The Wexner Summits (2015).