Prior to assuming this role, Jody served as Chief Strategy Officer, providing strategic leadership and oversight of finance, human resources, operations, development, and government relations, and as Chief Policy Officer, providing strategic direction and leadership for NCJW’s policy and advocacy work. In these capacities, she helped implement systems and shape the organization’s initiatives, policy agenda, and grassroots campaigns. She also worked closely with NCJW’s State Policy Advocacy (SPA) Network, a national infrastructure of advocates advancing NCJW’s priorities in statehouses across the country. Throughout her tenure, she has represented NCJW in national coalitions on judicial nominations, reproductive freedom, gun violence prevention, civil rights, religious liberty, economic justice, and intimate partner violence, playing a key role in drafting federal legislation and securing the confirmation of executive and judicial nominees. A recognized expert on public policy, Jody regularly represents NCJW in the media and is a frequent speaker and trainer nationwide.

She holds dual M.A. degrees in Social Work and Jewish Studies, as well as a Certificate in Jewish Communal Service from the Baltimore Institute for Jewish Communal Service. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from Boston University. A proud member of Cohort 5 of the Schusterman Fellowship leadership development program, Jody is the mom of two boys and a cat, lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and teaches fitness classes in her spare time.