Team & Board

Guided by our core values

Our team and board are the bright lights that keep UpStart’s work going across five regional hubs and twenty communities around the country. We are guided by our core values–optimism, collaboration, risk-taking, and empathy–as we move the needle on expanding the picture of modern Jewish life.

OUR TEAM

  • Megan Bernard

  • Allison Diamond

  • Jeremy Dupuis

  • Rebecka Feinsilber

  • Ari Fernandez

  • Jenn Goldstone

  • Sydney Hirsch

  • Aaron Katler

  • Aleeza Lubin

  • Aliza Mazor

  • Johanna Ramb

  • Jacob Watson

  • Whitney Weathers

  • Rachael Woodward

OUR BOARD

  • Andy Cheng

  • Rachel Cort

  • Vicki Dansky

  • Leili Herlinda Davari

  • Emeri S. Handler

  • Kate Holsapple

  • Monica Rodriguez Kuniyoshi

  • Julie Malek

  • Gamal Palmer

  • Raymond Stern

  • Stefan Teodosic

  • Lev Tsypin

  • David Wagonfeld

UpStart Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UCIE)

  • Mark Achler

  • Wendy Allyn

  • Heather Aranyi

  • Stacey Aviva Flint

  • Leandro Margulis

  • Lenny Silberman

  • Cari Sommer

  • Marc Spier

  • Miri Wexler

  • Mark Zitter