Speaker Biographies

Ruderman Family Foundation - Health Professions Breakfast, 11/16/14

The Ruderman Family Foundation believes that inclusion and understanding of all people is essential to a fair and flourishing community. The Foundation provides funding, leadership, expertise and insight in both the U.S. and Israel, with offices in both countries

Guided by their Jewish valu…

Talia Levanon – keynote speaker, Health Professions Breakfast, 11/16/14

Talia Levanon is the Director of the Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC), a collaborative network of over forty organizations committed to a proactive role in policy making and the provision of a systematic continuum of trauma-related care and preparedness.

With over 30 years’ experience in the…

Ari Shavit - Gaza, Peace and the Promised Land. 11/04/14

Ari Shavit is a leading Israeli columnist and writer. Winner of Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review and The Economist, Shavit’s My Promised Land is a moving, inspiring, challenging and deeply personal account of the history of the Jewish State. Born in Rehovot, Shavit served…

Dr. Arna Poupko Fisher - Lion of Judah Luncheon, 10/29/14

Dr. Arna Poupko Fisher is a member of the Department of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches Bible and Jewish thought. Dr. Fisher has more than 25 years of experience teaching and working in the Jewish community, and was chosen as one of ten Women to Watch by Jew…

Tuti B. Scott - Women’s Fund Opening Event, 10/23/14

Join us to kick off a new year and enjoy a morning with Tuti B. Scott.  Tuti is president of Imagine Philanthropy, and her consulting supports organizations, social enterprise leaders, CEO’s and philanthropists. She is an energetic speaker, strategist and facilitator who inspires people t…