Announcing 2019-20 National Young Leadership Co-Chairs

Rachel is a JFNA Fisher Flight alumna and active in the Jewish community locally and globally. She is the NowGen board advisor for the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix. In addition, she is North American board chair for Youth Futures, a program of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Rachel has coordinated numerous events and galas for Valley of the Sun JCC in Scottsdale, Pardes Jewish Day School, and Federation. She served as co-chair of the capital campaign to move Pardes to the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus and also led the capital campaign for Congregation Beth Tefillah’s new synagogue building.  She most recently held the Cabinet leadership position of Israel & Overseas Vice-Chair and represents Cabinet to JFNA’s LOJE/Lion of Judah Endowment Committee.  Rachel is proud of her involvement with Violins for Hope – an organization that partners with Federation and secular non-profits to collect Holocaust-era instruments now played in concerts around the world to promote Holocaust education and share stories of victims and survivors.  Rachel co-founded Fanny & Martha – an innovative apparel company that empowers women of all ages to value their self-worth.  She is married to Jonathan Hoffer, and the couple has three daughters: Ilana, Talia and Alexis.  Contact Racheldirectly to learn more about her vision for Cabinet and to wish her Mazal Tov!

Adam is a business attorney and the Managing Partner of the Irvine, California-based law firm, Miller Miller Gerber LLP.  Adam’s areas of practice include business litigation and transactional work.  Adam’s professional experience prior to Miller Miller Gerber included a clerkship with the Honorable Asher Grunis of the Israeli Supreme Court, and time at the New York City-based firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he gained experience doing large scale public and private mergers & acquisitions work, cutting-edge high tech trading litigation, large securities class actions, and simple partnership disputes.  Adam is involved in a variety of professional, community, and charitable organizations, including the Jewish Federation & Family Services of Orange County, where he serves as a member of the Board of Directors.  Adam held the Cabinet Leadership position of Education & Leadership Development Vice Chair, where he played an instrumental role in building Cabinet’s new training curriculum, and he currently co-chairs the Operations Manual Committee, which has codified Cabinet’s business processes and structure.  Adam is an avid traveler, wine collector and enthusiast, and enjoys playing golf.  He founded the Uncork for Hope Foundation – a nonprofit that impact the lives of California’s most vulnerable children as well as their families.  Contact Adam directly to learn more about his vision for Cabinet and to wish him Mazal Tov!