Jewish Parent Leadership Council
JPLC Advisory Board
David Harris
David Harris, a lifelong Jewish activist, led American Jewish Committee (AJC) from 1990-2022. He was referred to by the late Israeli President Shimon Peres as the “Foreign Minister of the Jewish People.” Harris has been honored more than 20 times by foreign governments for his international work, making him the most decorated American Jewish organizational leader in U.S. history. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania and London School of Economics, he has been a visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University and Oxford University.
Dr. Rachel Fish
Rachel Fish co-founded the nonprofit Boundless, a think-action tank partnering with community leaders across North America to revitalize Israel education and take bold collective action to combat Jew-hatred. Dr. Fish also serves as Special Advisor for The Brandeis University President’s Initiative on Antisemitism. She is also an associate research professor at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies. In addition, Dr. Fish teaches Israeli history and society at The George Washington University as Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development.
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Previously, Dr. Fish was the executive director of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. Rachel also served as Senior Advisor and Resident Scholar at the Paul E. Singer Foundation in New York City and Executive Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, where she trained the next generation of academics in the field of Israel Studies.
Michael Lustig
Michael Lustig retired after a 25-year career on Wall Street, and now devotes the majority of his time and energies toward non-profit & impact-related enterprises.
Prior to retiring, Michael spent most of his career at BlackRock where he was a Senior Managing Director overseeing Structured Mortgage & Derivative Products trading, and was the portfolio manager overseeing the Federal Reserve's managed assets arising from their activities during the market crisis of 2008-9. He subsequently managed the Cash Collateral accounts for BlackRock’s Securities Lending business.
Michael serves on a number of non-profit boards. He is immediate-past President of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, and is a Board Member/Trustee of: the Jewish Funders Network, The Taub Center for Social Economic Policy, UJA - UJA-Federation of NY, JCRC - Jewish Community Relations Council of NY, Columbia/Barnard Hillel, Hillel at Binghamton, the Hillel International Office of Innovation, AJC - American Jewish Committee -NY, American Friends of OGEN, and Congregation Shearith Israel. Michael is a graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University, and is Adjunct Professor of Finance at NYU | Stern School of Business and a Lecturer at the College for Management Academic Studies in Rishon LeZion, teaching fulltime elective courses for MBAs in Fixed Income, Capital Markets, and Impact Finance. He has curated a number of exhibits at The Society of Illustrators and is a Licensed NYC Sightseeing Guide. Michael lives in Manhattan with his wife Rachel, and their three wonderful children.
David Bernstein
David Bernstein is the Founder & CEO of NAVI - North American Values Institue. A passionate advocate for the free expression of ideas, he previously served as President & CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and as Executive Director of the David Project and is also the author of “Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideaology Harms Jews”. David’s Leadership and committment and to Jewish Advocacy have shaped his career, driving him to promote discourse on vital social issues.
