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WDF Spring Institute
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Sunday, May 11
 

5:00pm EDT

Opening Program
Sunday May 11, 2025 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Rotunda


Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Alyssa Bogdanow Arens

Alyssa Bogdanow Arens

Alyssa Bogdanow Arens is a Portfolio Manager at the One8 Foundation, where she works on its Jewish Life and Israel grantmaking team. She previously worked for the American Jewish Committee’s Washington Regional Office, Israel Outdoors, and the Union for Reform Judaism. She received... Read More →
avatar for Carly Rosenstein

Carly Rosenstein

Carly Rosenstein grew up as an active member of LA Hebrew High School, USY, and Jewish day camps. She holds a BA in Psychology and minor in Applied Developmental Psychology from UCLA and an MA in Education Policy and Administration from Loyola Marymount University. Carly currently... Read More →
avatar for Jess Reback

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 →
Sunday May 11, 2025 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Rotunda
  Main Gathering

6:00pm EDT

Self-Discovery, Healing, and Balance - An Introduction to Mussar
Sunday May 11, 2025 6:00pm - 7:15pm EDT
Rotunda
What is mussar? We will explore this question and encounter Jewish texts that invite us to engage in change work that leads to healing, balance, and growth. With an eye on the middot (character traits) of joy and hitchadshut (renewal), we will orient away from negative obsession toward a path of positive growth.
Faculty and Speakers
EU
Sunday May 11, 2025 6:00pm - 7:15pm EDT
Rotunda
  Mussar
 
Monday, May 12
 

9:15am EDT

Looking Back, Looking Deeper, Looking Ahead: Reflecting on your leadership progression through the lens of somatic awareness
Monday May 12, 2025 9:15am - 10:45am EDT
Rotunda
By introducing somatic awareness, Fellows will be able to deepen the peer coaching skills they’ve been practicing (also useful for peer consultations) and have a clearer understanding of the leadership challenge they’ll want to address in their 1:1 coaching.
Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Maya Doglin

Maya Doglin

Maya guides individuals and groups as they grapple with existential questions about their leadership identities and communication skills. She also facilitates offsites and retreats that deepen trust among the participants and accelerate planning and decision making.Maya spent a decade... Read More →
Monday May 12, 2025 9:15am - 10:45am EDT
Rotunda
  Main Gathering

11:15am EDT

Small Group Coaching Wrap Up
Monday May 12, 2025 11:15am - 12:45pm EDT
Rotunda
Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Maya Doglin

Maya Doglin

Maya guides individuals and groups as they grapple with existential questions about their leadership identities and communication skills. She also facilitates offsites and retreats that deepen trust among the participants and accelerate planning and decision making.Maya spent a decade... Read More →
Monday May 12, 2025 11:15am - 12:45pm EDT
Rotunda
  Main Gathering

3:30pm EDT

The Heat of Challenges: Recognizing the Pressure to Fix and Solve
Monday May 12, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Rotunda
Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Joshua Albert

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 →
avatar for Emily Wyner

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 →
Monday May 12, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Rotunda
  Adaptive Leadership

5:45pm EDT

Stepping Forward vs. Centering In - Two Approaches to Turmoil
Monday May 12, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm EDT
Rotunda
This session explores two spiritual responses to turmoil: one that encourages us to face challenges with resilience, and another that invites us to anchor ourselves and let go. We’ll explore how these approaches rely on the middot (character traits) of resilience and equanimity, which can complement each other and build a mussar practice to help face life’s challenges.
Faculty and Speakers
EU
Monday May 12, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm EDT
Rotunda
  Mussar
 
Tuesday, May 13
 

9:00am EDT

Authority and Leadership: Making Progress from Any Position
Tuesday May 13, 2025 9:00am - 11:00am EDT
Rotunda
Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Joshua Albert

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 →
avatar for Emily Wyner

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 →
Tuesday May 13, 2025 9:00am - 11:00am EDT
Rotunda
  Adaptive Leadership

11:45am EDT

Fundraising 101
Tuesday May 13, 2025 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT
Rotunda
Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Rebecca Zimilover

Rebecca Zimilover

Rebecca Zimilover creates opportunities for donors to embrace Israel, the global Jewish community, and tikkun olam. A Senior Development Officer for JDC, Rebecca facilitates values-driven philanthropy and is particularly interested in developing intergenerational channels of support... Read More →
Tuesday May 13, 2025 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT
Rotunda
  Fellow-Led Elective

3:30pm EDT

Seeing the System: What’s Really Going On With All These Stakeholders?
Tuesday May 13, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Rotunda
Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Joshua Albert

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 →
avatar for Emily Wyner

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 →
Tuesday May 13, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Rotunda
  Adaptive Leadership

5:45pm EDT

Faith and Character - Building a Personal Mussar Practice
Tuesday May 13, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm EDT
Rotunda
In our final session together, we will begin to explore new middot (character traits) and lay the foundation for an ongoing personal mussar practice. This work will be grounded in hopefulness and faith - in the future and in ourselves.
Faculty and Speakers
EU
Tuesday May 13, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm EDT
Rotunda
  Mussar
 
Wednesday, May 14
 

9:00am EDT

Getting on the Balcony: A Peer Case Consultation Practice
Wednesday May 14, 2025 9:00am - 11:00am EDT
Rotunda
Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Joshua Albert

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 →
avatar for Emily Wyner

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 →
Wednesday May 14, 2025 9:00am - 11:00am EDT
Rotunda
  Adaptive Leadership

3:30pm EDT

Mobilizing Learning: Designing Creative Leadership Interventions
Wednesday May 14, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Rotunda
Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Emily Wyner

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 →
avatar for Joshua Albert

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 →
Wednesday May 14, 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Rotunda
  Adaptive Leadership

5:45pm EDT

Live Into Leadership: Addressing Imposter Syndrome and Finding Freedom from the Inner Critic
Wednesday May 14, 2025 5:45pm - 7:15pm EDT
Rotunda
Leadership, especially brave, visionary community leadership, can bring on a lot of self-doubt and imposter syndrome. What's more, being a founding member in your role can be tricky, and it's easy to feel like you just don't belong as you work to create the space for your work. You're not alone! In this empowering workshop, Rosi Greenberg leads participants toward shifting their relationship with self-doubt to one of self-acceptance and appreciation, while also highlighting the deep systemic origins of imposter syndrome. Participants experience firsthand how gathering in community to address the inner critic can set in motion a ripple effect, allowing us to not only meet ourselves with greater love and acceptance, but reshape the confidence-eroding systems that surround us as well. Participants leave with new perspectives and practices for relating to their inner critics, and additional steps to take to move forward in their leadership.
Faculty and Speakers
avatar for Rosi Greenberg

Rosi Greenberg

Artist of Leadership Development, Founder & CEO, Drawn to Lead
Rosi Greenberg, an Artist of Leadership Development, has spent 15 years fostering more connected, humane, and creative organizational landscapes. Rosi is the founder and CEO of Drawn to Lead, through which she offers bespoke workshops and retreats that have empowered thousands of... Read More →
Wednesday May 14, 2025 5:45pm - 7:15pm EDT
Rotunda
  Main Gathering
 
Thursday, May 15
 

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
avatar for Joshua Albert

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 →
avatar for Emily Wyner

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
avatar for Jess Reback

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
 
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  • Adaptive Leadership
  • Break
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  • Fellow-Led Elective
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