Lisa Bodziner

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Regional Development Director, Southeast

Sarah Cort

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Regional Director, Midwest

Sarah (she/her) is thrilled to join the team as the Midwest Regional Program Director. Prior to Repair The World, her passion for experiential education and relationship building led to a career as an overnight camp professional. She was the Summer Camps Director at McGaw YMCA Camp Echo for seven years. One highlight of Sarah’s tenure at Camp Echo is her work with families and staff to facilitate and implement the first all-gender cabins. While she spent her summers at camp, she led Taglit-Birthright Israel trips most winters, and was in the first cohort of Birthright Fellows. Prior to her role at Camp Echo, Sarah served as the Director of Education at KAM Isaiah Israel in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, where she ran the Religious and Nursery School programs. To better meet the needs of that community, she created Shoresh, a Shabbat-based experiential program, where children would attend Religious School on Friday afternoons, ending with family Shabbat services. Sarah has a degree in Early Childhood Education from Indiana University and volunteered for a year in Israel as an OTZMA Fellow, part of the Masa Israel Journey. Sarah is also on the board for Camp For All Kids, which facilitates racial diversity at overnight summer camps in the Midwest. Sarah is a St. Louis native and proud Cardinal’s baseball fan. She has been living in Chicago since 2012.

Lucie Shiffman

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Senior Program Manager, Cleveland

Born and raised in the Cleveland Jewish community, Lucie Shiffman (she/her) is excited to get back to work serving her hometown as the Program Manager for the Service Corps in Cleveland, Ohio. Lucie has spent the last four years serving different communities both at home and abroad. She spent a lot of the last year working as a Disaster Relief Specialist for the Small Business Administration helping small businesses across the US bounce back from the Covid19 Pandemic. As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Rwanda, Lucie spent her time mobilizing teachers and students around community-based projects. Now, with a focus back home Lucie has been organizing with Showing Up for Racial Justice in Northeast Ohio, helping onboard new members into the important work and actions going on in our community. She is excited to bring these experiences to Repair the World and work alongside other young Jewish service-minded people to build partnerships and a sense of community within Cleveland.