Staff
You are only as good as your team and Repair The World has assembled an all-star group from across the land. Our staff, board and leadership council are all united in their passion for repairing the world.
Jon Rosenberg, CEO
Jon has a 20-year background in public education reform, civil rights, criminal justice, and related fields. Before joining Repair the World, he was the founding Executive Director of Roads to Success, a college and career readiness program for low-income youth. He has held senior positions at Edison Schools, the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, and The Children’s Aid Society. Jon has served as an adjunct faculty member at Teachers College and Columbia Law School, where he taught Children and the Law and Education Law. He is the former Chair of the NYC Bar Association’s Education Law Committee. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia School of Law, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife and two children.
Ilana Aisen, Director of Program & Education
Ilana is originally from Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining Repair the World, she worked at American Jewish World Service for seven years and was involved with all aspects of AJWS Service Learning programs including planning, curriculum development and group leader training. During her tenure at AJWS, Ilana led 15 Service Learning programs in Central America and West Africa. As a Wexner Fellow/Davidson Scholar, Ilana earned an M.P.A. in management and an M.A. in Hebrew and Judaic studies at NYU. She also holds a B.Ed. in secondary education from York University in Toronto.
Moira Ariev, Vice President of Development & Communications
Moira joins Repair the World from Learning Leaders, New York City’s school volunteer program, where she served as Vice President for External Affairs. Previously she was the Director of Development for Publicolor, a New York City youth development nonprofit that creatively uses the power of paint and vibrant color to engage disaffected teens in their education. From 1998 to 2004, Moira built and supervised the development events department at NYU Medical Center, eventually serving as Director of Special Events and managing literally hundreds of benefits and cultivation annually. From 1992 to 1998 she was Manager of Special Events at ABC Television Network. A graduate of Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges magna cum laude, she received an M.A. in Art History & Archaeology from Columbia University. She lives in Manhattan with her two daughters.
Will Berkovitz, Vice President of Partnerships
& Rabbi in Residence
Will Berkovitz is an ordained rabbi from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles. Before joining Repair the World, Will served as rabbi and executive director of Hillel at the University of Washington and Jconnect Seattle. In that capacity, he was instrumental in making innovation, post-college programming and Jewish service learning pillars of the organization. Prior to his work with the University of Washington, Will served as executive director at the University of Oregon Hillel where he created international conferences and at the St. Louis Hillel at Washington University where he founded an inner-city literacy camp and created several other award-winning initiatives. Before becoming a rabbi Will worked as a journalist in Seattle where he edited and wrote for local, regional and national magazines focusing on cultural arts and wilderness travel. Will has lived in Israel, England and in several cities around the United States and lead service trips around the world. He currently lives in Seattle with his wife Lelach, and their sons Nativ and Idan.
Kate Forester, Director of Finance & Operations
Kate has a background in non-profit resource development from her time in Seattle, Washington. She worked for Solid Ground, an anti-poverty agency which seeks a just and caring community free from poverty, prejudice, and neglect; as well as the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research, a small organization which connects scientists and educators to share how research improves our quality of life. In Seattle, she volunteered with Jconnect Seattle, the Northwest Development Officers Association, Town Hall, and the Statewide Poverty Action Network. Her experience propelled her to study management, with a particular emphasis on how to leverage financial systems to alleviate poverty. For her MBA at the Yale School of Management, she was awarded a full-tuition fellowship from the Professional Leaders Project, which commits her to working in the Jewish community for the next few years. A graduate of Cornell University and a native of Ithaca, NY; Kate currently lives in Manhattan.
Talya Gillman, Partnerships Associate
Talya Gillman joins Repair the World after returning from a fourteen-month stint in India, where she participated in American Jewish World Service’s World Partners Fellowship. While living in Mumbai, Talya worked with an organization that works to provide treatment and care to street-based drug users, where she coordinated a program for clients and developed a manual for the organization’s twice-yearly drug rehabilitation camp. Talya’s interest in social action began in high school when she worked as a parent-teen mediator through a community agency. Prior to her experience in India, Talya worked for Seattle Children’s Hospital. She has a B.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle, where she now lives.
Anya Manning, Program and Education Associate
Anya Manning joined Repair the World as an Insight Fellow, through which she previously worked at Dor Chadash and at The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, where she developed multimedia curriculum and staffed a short-term service trip to Kharkov, Ukraine. Prior to the Insight Fellowship Anya worked as a Resident Advisor and educator in Israel for Kivunim, a one-year pre-college program for Diaspora Jews. Anya was recently named a Nahum Goldmann Fellow and will travel to Croatia in March to meet with the other fellows from around the world. A graduate of Barnard College and The Jewish Theological Seminary and a native of Natick, MA; Anya currently lives in Manhattan.
Daniel Sieradski, Director of Digital Strategy
Daniel joins the staff of Repair the World after working as Director of Digital Media for JTA News. Along with his expertise in web design and digital strategy, Daniel is an experienced graphic designer, writer, photographer and social entrepreneur. Former publisher of the popular blog Jewschool.com, he has been hailed as “an innovator in Jewish new media” by Editor & Publisher and as “a major figure of the Jewish Internet world” by The Forward. In 2008, The Jewish Week counted him among the “36 Under 36,” a group of 36 Jews under the age of 36 helping shape the Jewish future.
Jamie Silverstein, Development & Events Assistant
Jamie joins Repair after spending two years working with Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. She served as the Director of Engagement for Hillel at The George Washington University, where she organized events, initiatives and immersive experiences to inspire GW students to explore and connect with their Jewish identities. Prior to GW Hillel, Jamie was the 2008–2009 Bronfman Fellow at Hillel’s International Office, dividing her time between the Office of the President and the International Division, working with Hillels in Latin America, Israel and the former Soviet Union and American Jewish students studying abroad. Jamie earned a B.S. in Recreation and Event Management from the University of Florida and has spent most of her life in Boca Raton, Florida. She currently resides in Manhattan.
Avi Zollman, Director of Marketing & Communications
Avi joins Repair the World from Gerstein Agne Strategic Communications in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a communications consultant and researcher, helping organizations, causes and candidates identify messages and themes to better reach their constituencies. Before working at Gerstein Agne, Avi worked as a media researcher and member of the online community department at Media Matters for America, and in the policy and web departments of Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign. Avi has a B.A. from Marlboro College in Vermont, and did graduate work in the School of International Service at American University.
