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title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Robert Satloff Robert B. Satloff null null American writer and, since January 1993, the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Satloff
Kenneth Roth Kenneth Roth 1955 n/a American attorney who has been the executive director of Human Rights Watch since 1993 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Roth
Hillel Neuer Hillel C. Neuer 1969 1970 Canadian international lawyer, writer, and the executive director of UN Watch, a human rights NGO and UN watchdog group based in Geneva, Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_Neuer
Rick Doblin Richard Elliot Doblin 1953 n/a American drug activist and executive who is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Doblin
Malcolm Hoenlein Malcolm Hoenlein has been the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations since June 1986. He null null null founding executive director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Hoenlein
Dana Beyer Dana Beyer 1952 n/a American transgender rights advocate and the executive director of Gender Rights Maryland, a civil rights and advocacy organization serving Maryland's transgender community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Beyer
Norman Siegel Norman Siegel null null null former executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), New York's leading civil rights organization, under the umbrella of the nationwide American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), as well as a former candidate for Public Advocate in New York City and a noted civil rights attorney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Siegel
Alex de Waal Alexander William Lowndes de Waal 1963 n/a null executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_de_Waal
Jaclyn Friedman Jaclyn Friedman 1971 n/a American feminist writer and activist known as the co-editor (with Jessica Valenti) of Yes Means Yes: Visions of Sexual Power and a World Without Rape and Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World, the writer of Unscrewed: Women, Sex, Power and How to Stop Letting the System Screw Us All and What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide To Sex and Safety, a campus speaker on issues of feminism, sexual freedom and anti-rape activism, and the founder and former executive director of Women, Action & The Media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaclyn_Friedman
Jamie Margolin Jamie Margolin 2001 n/a American climate justice activist and served as the co-executive director of Zero Hour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Margolin
Marvin Miller Marvin Julian Miller 1917 2012 American baseball executive who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Miller
Amy Weiss Amy Weiss null null American Reform rabbi, and the founder and executive director of the Houston-based non-profit Undies for Everyone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Weiss
Jack L. Rives Jack L. Rives 1952 n/a null executive director and chief operating officer of the American Bar Association, and a former TJAG ("The Judge Advocate General") of the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_L._Rives
Jane Evans Jane Evans 1907 2004 null executive director of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods (now the Women of Reform Judaism) from 1933 to 1976 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Evans
Nathan Perlmutter Nathan "Nate" Perlmutter null null null executive director of the Anti-defamation League from 1979 to 1987 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Perlmutter
Donald Fehr Donald Martin Fehr 1948 n/a null fifth executive director of the NHL Players Association, since 2010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Fehr
Shula Keshet Shula Kehset 1959 n/a Israeli social and political activist and entrepreneur, Mizrahi feminist, artist, curator, writer, educator, and publisher; one of the founders and the executive director of the MIzrahi feminism movement, "Ahoti – for Women in Israel" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shula_Keshet
Si Kahn Si Kahn (born April 23, 1944) 1944 n/a American singer-songwriter, activist, and founder and former executive director of Grassroots Leadership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_Kahn
Oxxxymiron Miron Yanovich Fyodorov 1985 n/a Russian hip-hop artist and former executive director of the Booking Machine booking agency, as well as a co-founder and former member of the record label Vagabund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxxxymiron
Ernest Fleischmann Ernest Martin Fleischmann 1924 2010 German impresario who served for 30 years as executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which he upgraded to become a top-ranked orchestra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Fleischmann
Michael Weiner (executive) Michael S. Weiner 1961 2013 American attorney who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association for four years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Weiner_(executive)
Harold O. Levy Harold Oscar Levy 1952 2018 American lawyer and philanthropist who last served as the executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the largest scholarship foundation in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_O._Levy
Jill Jacobs (rabbi) Jill Jacobs 1975 n/a American Conservative rabbi who serves as the executive director of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, formerly Rabbis for Human Rights-North America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Jacobs_(rabbi)
Malcolm Margolin Malcolm Margolin 1940 n/a null author, publisher, and former executive director of Heyday Books, an independent nonprofit publisher and cultural institution in Berkeley, California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Margolin
Ira Forman Ira N. Forman 1952 n/a null executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council from January 1996 through June 2010, and then the United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism from May 2013 until January 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Forman
David Steiner (academic) David Milton Steiner 1958 n/a null executive director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and professor of education at Johns Hopkins University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Steiner_(academic)
Peter Tarlow Peter E. Tarlow 1946 n/a null rabbi and was the executive director of Texas A&M Hillel from 1983 to 2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tarlow
Sheril Kirshenbaum Sheril Kirshenbaum 1980 n/a American science writer and the executive director of Science Debate, a nonprofit organization with a stated goal of restoring science to its rightful place in politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheril_Kirshenbaum
Leon L. Lewis Leon Lawrence Lewis 1888 1954 American attorney, the first national secretary of the Anti-Defamation League, the national director of B'nai B'rith, the founder and first executive director of the Los Angeles Jewish Community Relations Committee, and a key figure in the spy operations that infiltrated American Nazi organizations in the 1930s and early 1940s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_L._Lewis
Rochelle Lee Shoretz Rochelle Lee Shoretz 1972 2015 American lawyer and founder and executive director of Sharsheret, an organization supporting young Jewish women with cancer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle_Lee_Shoretz
Morris J. Amitay Morris J. "Morrie" Amitay 1936 n/a null former executive director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) (1974–1980), former vice chairman of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), and is the founder and treasurer of the Washington Political Action Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_J._Amitay
Margot Seitelman Margot Seitelman 1928 1989 null first executive director of American Mensa, from 1961 (shortly after American Mensa's formation) until her death in 1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Seitelman
Mauricio Balter Rabbi Mauricio Balter null null null executive director of Masorti Olami, the international umbrella organization of the Masorti/Conservative Judaism Movement and MERCAZ Olami, the Movement's Zionist and political arm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauricio_Balter
Shlomo Porter Rabbi Shlomo Porter null null null executive director of the Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Learning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlomo_Porter
Kurt von Kleefeld Kurt von Kleefeld 1881 1934 German lawyer, executive director of the House, President of the Chamber and executive director of the princely mines and industrial activities of the princely Hohenlohe family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_von_Kleefeld
Jerry Goodman (activist) Jerry Goodman null null null leading activist in the Soviet Jewry Movement and the founding executive director of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, a national agency established to coordinate the efforts of the American Jewish communities on behalf of Jews in the Soviet Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Goodman_(activist)