MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION - Key Persons
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- Jewish Community Foundation Chair
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- Vice President of Security and Facility Operations
- Vice President of Security and Facility Operations ( 5740 ) Bio
As Vice President of Security and Facility Operations, Ari Friedman is responsible for the day-to-day and long-term operations and security of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation's properties. He also serves as the liaison between federal and local law enforcement agencies and the Jewish community. Ari has worked for the Federation for thirteen years and has twenty years of experience in real estate sales and property management.
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- Community Planning and Allocations Chair
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- Director of Archives, Operations & Special Projects ( 5757 )
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- Administrative Coordinator
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- Payroll & Benefits Administrator / Accountant ( 5727 )
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- Jewish Community Relations Council Chair
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- Director of Teen Initiatives
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- Director of Community Planning ( 5769 ) Israel Center
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- Director of Women 's Philanthropy ( 5713 )
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- Special Projects Assistant
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- Holocaust Education Resource Center
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- Director of Marketing & Communications
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- Marketing Manager, at 414 - 390 - 5783
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- Senior Endowment Associate
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- Chief Development Officer
Julie Schack spent the better part of 25 years as an advertising and marketing professional reimaging and leading sales teams in New York, Chicago and St. Louis before forming her own advertising agency - After5 Advertising in 2010. During this time she also served as the Director of Sales and Events for the award winning St. Louis Jewish Light, one of the country's last weekly Jewish news publications. It was during this tenure that she found her calling as she recognized how meaningful and fulfilling it was to be a Jewish communal professional. Soon after, a family move to San Antonio prompted Julie to accept the position as Director of Women's Philanthropy and Affinities with the San Antonio Jewish Federation where she was instrumental in reinvigorating women's giving as well as helping to turn around the annual campaign to post a 6% increase after eight years of a declining campaign.
In 2016, Julie returned to her beloved Milwaukee as Executive Director of Hillel Milwaukee. Over the past four years, Julie and her team rebuilt a struggling program from the ground up, reimagining Jewish life for students from the 12 different colleges and universities it serves. In 2018, Hillel Milwaukee was awarded the Innovation in Fundraising award from Hillel International, having reshaped the landscape for philanthropic giving for a community-based Hillel. Julie's passion for philanthropy which she calls "sales with a soul' and her commitment to the Jewish peoplehood are the perfect combination for leading the development efforts of the organization as the new Vice President of Philanthropy.
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- Executive & Development Assistant ( 2715 )
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- Director of NextGen ( 5733 )
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- Governance and Nominating Chair
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- Annual Campaign Co - Chair
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- Community Campaign Manager
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- Associate Director of Women 's Philanthropy ( 5739 ) Jewish Community Foundation
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- Community Engagement Manager
Miryam Rosenzweig is President and CEO of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. She is proud to be part of a community with a tradition of leadership, philanthropy and a commitment to taking care of the needs of the Jewish People and building a vibrant Jewish future in Milwaukee, in Israel and around the world.
Miryam has years of community building and development experience, most recently at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit where she served as Chief Development Officer. She led the organization's Philanthropic Advancement team, overseeing all fundraising and resource development. Previously, Miryam served as Senior Director of Community Development, leading the organization's Community Engagement teams. She began her tenure at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit in 2011 as the founding Director of NEXTGen Detroit, a groundbreaking initiative she helped develop from prior young adult engagement groups. With her bold and innovative approach to outreach, engagement and leadership, Miryam created a dynamic model that has influenced communities across the country in the engagement of young adult populations.
Before moving to Detroit, Miryam was the Head of Development Initiatives at World ORT, and was charged with developing and managing global NEXTGen strategy. She also served as the Associate Director of National Young Leadership at Jewish Federations of North America, overseeing National Young Leadership Cabinet programming, missions and national conferences. In addition, she was the Director of Volunteers at the Educational Alliance where she grew the organization's volunteer base from 100 to 11,000 in four years.
Miryam earned a BA in fine arts and psychology from Yeshiva University and an MSW from Yeshiva University's Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Miryam is a citizen of the United States, Canada and Israel. She lived in Detroit for eight years and in New York for 16 years prior to that. She currently lives in downtown Milwaukee with her husband, Matthew Burchi.
Mitch is a native Milwaukeean, learning how to swim at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, having his Jewish identity molded at the Steve and Shari Sadek Family Camp Interlaken JCC, and developing his leadership skills in BBYO-Wisconsin Region.
Upon returning home to Milwaukee after college and law school, Mitch immediately got involved as a volunteer in the community, participating in Young Leadership at the Federation, becoming a BBYO advisor for the new Nivayim AZA chapter of BBYO-Wisconsin Region, and joining the Camp Interlaken Committee. Throughout the years, Mitch led Young Leadership, Agency Relations, Community Planning and Allocations, was Campaign Chair, lead a Weinstein cohort, and chaired the Camp Interlaken Committee. He remains a BBYO advisor today. After a quick 28-year run practicing product liability litigation at Quarles & Brady, Mitch joined the Foundation as Executive Director in April of 2020.
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- Israel and Overseas Chair
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- Director of Membership and Annual Funds ( 5758 )
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- IT and Cyber Security Manager
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- Associate Director - JCRC Programs & Alliances ( 5724 ) Jewish Museum Milwaukee
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- Director of Campaign Operations ( 5723 ) Bio
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- Annual Campaign Co - Chair
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- Women 's Philanthropy President
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- Vice President of Jewish Communal Life and Learning ( 963 - 2718 )