Rabbi Nancy Epstein (RRC '06) is the Director of Congregational Relations for the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (JRF). Nancy has worked with communities for 30 years, holding positions of leadership in the areas of public policy, legislation and advocacy, community organizing, nonprofit management, and organizational consulting. She is formally trained in systems-centered approaches to organizational development and management and as a mediator of interpersonal and complex public policy disputes, and has served as consultant to professional associations, not-for-profit organizations, universities, and national foundations.
In addition to her role at JRF, Rabbi Epstein currently serves as Associate Professor of Community Health at the Drexel University School of Public Health where she teaches, advises and mentors graduate students and is involved in community service projects. She received two teaching awards from the graduate student body in the last five years. She serves as a board member of the Philadelphia Arts and Spirituality Center.
Did you know that featured Convention speaker Erwin Chemerinsky chaired the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, a commission that drafted a new charter for the city?