WDF Spring Institute: Full Schedule

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8:00am EDT

Breakfast

Thursday May 15, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am EDT

Willow

Dvar Torah:

Faculty and Speakers

Dana Bornstein

Dana Bornstein is the Senior Director of Leadership at The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Her work focuses on lay leadership development, governance and board engagement, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives. Dana believes the key to communal growth... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am EDT
Willow

Break

9:15am EDT

Staying in the Game: Mindsets and Anchors for Self-Leadership

Thursday May 15, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am EDT

Rotunda

Faculty and Speakers

Joshua Albert

Associate Partner, KONU

Josh is passionate about supporting mission-driven individuals and teams to make real progress on the things that matter by applying adaptive and developmental practices in their work. Josh worked for eight years with a health justice non-profit, Last Mile Health. He joined the organization... Read More →

Emily Wyner

Engagement Manager, KONU

Emily is a skilled facilitator and communicator who finds joy and meaning in building capacity with and within mission-driven leaders and organizations. She spent her early professional years in women’s and public health, leading change initiatives across 200+ community-facing programs... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am EDT
Rotunda

Adaptive Leadership

11:15am EDT

Closing Reflections

Thursday May 15, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am EDT

Rotunda

Faculty and Speakers

Jess Reback

Director, Wexner Davidson Fellowship, The Wexner Foundation

Jess is a creative program leader and dynamic facilitator with more than 12 years of experience in educational leadership. Jess joins The Wexner Foundation from JewishColumbus where she oversaw all aspects of culture and staff development as the Senior Director of Talent and Culture... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am EDT
Rotunda