Chair

Leslie Dannin Rosenthal

Leslie Dannin Rosenthal is the Board Chair of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA). She is a past president of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ, having chaired its Annual Campaign and served as president of Women’s Philanthropy. Leslie is honored to have been appointed to the New Jersey Israel Commission by Governor Phil Murphy.

Leslie also is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America and the Mack Ness Fund Council. She currently serves as the Development Chair at Golda Och Academy.

Leslie has a life-long involvement in volunteer opportunities. She is a past president of Oheb Shalom Congregation located in South Orange, NJ, and is the Board Chair of the Jewish Community Legacy Project, which assists small congregations in creating legacy plans. A graduate of Smith College and Boston University School of Law, Leslie served as a deputy attorney general in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Law.

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