Cindy Janower is a self-employed business strategy consultant who works with companies and non-profit organizations to develop growth strategies and manage organizational change. Prior to starting her own consulting practice, Cindy worked for the Boston Consulting Group, a global consultancy, until 2004, spending six years as a consultant and then designing and managing a training program for BCG's Boston office. Cindy also spent one year working at a biopharmaceutical startup company, ActiveCyte, and initially started her career with a smaller consulting firm, Corporate Decisions, Inc. On the Board of CJP since 2010, Cindy served as Secretary of the Board since 2014. She most recently co-chaired CJP’s 2017 Strategic Plan and our 2015 Community Study and served on the President Search Committee, the Commission for Strategic Priorities, and a Tzedek task force. During her long tenure as a CJP volunteer, Cindy co-chaired CJP’s merger with the North Shore Federation, our review of our approach to Capacity Funding and our Day School Education Commission and participated in several additional planning task forces. She also participated in partner reviews for both the JCC and Jewish Big Brother Big Sister.

Beyond CJP, Cindy served as Board Chair of the Rashi School for four years, overseeing its move to a state-of-the-art facility in Dedham and successful investment of $9.2 million in Peerless Excellence Funds. She also served on the North American Board of the Union for Reform Judaism and on the governance committee for the JCC. Outside of the Jewish community, Cindy and her husband, Andrew, founded A Kids Brain Tumor Cure and take an active interest in several secular non-profits focused on education, especially for youth at risk. On a personal level, Cindy was born in Haifa and raised in Cleveland, OH, where she attended an Orthodox day school before transferring to public high school. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S.E. with a concentration in Management from the Wharton School. She is also a graduate of CJP’s Cynthia and Leon Shulman Acharai Leadership Program, Me’ah, and Ikkarim. Cindy and Andrew have three daughters, all of whom are proud Rashi graduates. They belong to both Temple Israel in Boston and Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley. In her spare time Cindy loves to travel, read, and stay fit.