Bridging cultures and lowering barriers emerge as consistent themes in Carson’s professional and volunteer careers in health care administration, strategy consulting and theatrical production. A Tony-winning producer, she is Board President Emerita of Page 73 Productions, a company dedicated to launching early-career playwrights. Past board experience includes education and international student exchange. She holds an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia, and BA in Economics from Yale. An ally, mother of three, and member of Congregation Rodeph Sholom, she lives with her husband Joe in New York City. You can often find her hiking or in local yarn stores.
Eli Gurock lives in Brookline, MA, and grew up in Riverdale in the Bronx with his wife and high school sweetheart, Sheri. Together, they founded the baby gear and toy retail company Magic Beans in 2004, where Eli is the CEO. He is obsessed with his three kids, diligently practices handstands in his spare time, drinks lots of Starbucks Italian roast coffee, and is very involved in his local independent, egalitarian Minyan. Eli also helps families worldwide navigate the world of baby gear through his popular YouTube channel, which has over 20 million views.
Myriam Klotz is former senior core faculty at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS) and retired after 23 years there in November 2024. She was the Founding Director of IJS Kol Dodi Jewish Spiritual Director Training and of Bekhol Levevkha JSD training at HUC-JIR; the former Director of the Spirituality Initiative at HUC-JIR; led inclusivity work at IJS including creating the LGBTQ+ Beit Midrash and the monthly LGBTQ+ sit (co-sponsored by Keshet!); co-created and co-directed Yoga and Jewish Spirituality Yoga Teacher Training at Isabella Freedman; and served on the Spiritual Directors International board of directors. She lives in Philadelphia with her wife Margot, son Raffi, and dog. Another son, Samm, lives in CA with his wife and cat.
Kiyomi is an Afro-Latin, queer, Jewish, Marine Corps veteran and mother who works to ensure that all of the intersecting identities of her and her children feel at home in any space. If there is one word to sum up her life’s work it would be “inclusion.” Kiyomi’s social justice activism is centered on creating more inclusive spaces for Jewish people of all backgrounds as well as eradicating racism and antisemitism. To that end, she develops, produces, and facilitates panels, workshops, and discussions on the topics of race, racism, and antisemitism. She utilizes non-violent communication approaches to coach people through tough conversations and promote productive dialogues.
In 2020, Kiyomi co-founded Jewbian Princess, a Black, Jewish women-led organization to deliver corporate-level diversity and inclusion education to Jewish organizations through a Jewish lens. Kiyomi became a facilitator at Project Shema to help educate people on antisemitism and its root causes within movement spaces in 2021. In her role as the Vice President of Partnerships at Project Shema, Kiyomi works with the Jewish community and allies to foster communication skills and strategies that will help reduce anti-Jewish rhetoric and harm. She is also a facilitator at Ta’amod and “stands up” for creating psychologically safe Jewish workplaces through empathy, education, and equity.
In addition to her day jobs, Kiyomi serves as a board member of the Los Angeles section of the National Council for Jewish Women (“NCJW”) and the national board of Jewish Council of Public Affairs (“JCPA”). She has a degree in political science and a Juris Doctorate with an emphasis in public service. Kiyomi lives with her partner and two children in the suburbs of Los Angeles where she can be found watercolor painting, embroidering, and sewing pieces of flare to inspire a more just world. Learn more about her at KiyomiKowalski.com.
Liana Krupp is the President and Trustee of the Krupp Family Foundation and Managing Director of the Philip & Bernice Krupp Foundation for Jewish Life, which focuses its work on capacity building and community partnerships across the Jewish, food and arts sectors. She is deeply involved in the Foundation’s strategic work and is a patron of the arts nationally and internationally. In her work, Liana finds new ways of connecting racial and economic equity as well as broadening racial and gender representation in the organizations she is involved with. It has empowered her to step beyond the traditional role of a grant maker, to become an active ally, advocate and adviser to the partners the Foundation supports.
Krupp began her career in the fashion department at Interview Magazine. After her time at Interview, she worked as a stylist, writer, and TV producer in New York City before relocating to Boston. There she lent her expertise to digital publishing, communications, and PR, and created a long-running news site for the creative industry in New England. She now directs the Krupp Family Foundation’s work full time, alongside her other philanthropic endeavors including: the Curators Circle for the Fashion & Textile Arts Department at MFA Boston; New England Foundation for the Arts Advisory Council; Boston Arts Academy Fashion Technology Advisory Council; Board of Trustees at Ballroom Marfa (TX); Chinati Contemporary Council (TX); and Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Leadership Council.
Liana currently divides her time between Boston and the west side of Los Angeles with her husband, Michael, and daughter, Frankie.
Mimi Lemay is an author and advocate for transgender rights. She has written for and appeared in media nationally and abroad since 2015, including a groundbreaking NBC Nightly News series: Jacob’s Journey: Life as a Transgender 5-Year-Old. Since then, Mimi and the entire Lemay family have fought for passage of equal protections for transgender individuals in Massachusetts and across the US. In 2019, her critically acclaimed memoir was released; What We Will Become: A Mother, A Son and A Journey of Transformation was recognized as a 2020 Massachusetts Book Awards finalist. In it, she weaves the story of her early struggle with her Jewish faith and her growing belief, as a mother, in her son’s journey as necessary and true. In 2020, she was also named a Commonwealth Heroine, an award granted by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. She is an emeritus member of the Human Rights Campaign’s Parents for Transgender Equality National Council. Mimi holds a Masters in Law & Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. She lives on the North Shore with her family, that includes her three children, a potcake puppy and a pug, and she considers herself, gratefully, an eternal optimist.
A passionate champion of human centered design, Xiomara Lorenzo combines her backgrounds in business strategy, data analytics, and product leadership to lead user experience, product, and operations teams at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. As Senior Director, Enterprise Digital, Omni, and AI, she leverages her intrapreneurial background to support the development of engaging and measurable digital experiences. Prior to Blue Cross, Lorenzo worked with Fortune 500 companies, including leading the MassMutual financial wellness startup, Society of Grownups. In these roles, she helped these organizations make data-driven decisions to better serve customers. Xiomara received their MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and BA from Wesleyan University. Additionally, they are the founder of Xiomara Lorenzo Designs, a boutique studio specializing in handcrafted 3D-printed jewelry.
Is (pronounced like “Iz”) Perlman is a trans and Asian-Jewish American theatre director, arts administrator, community facilitator, and Yiddishist living in Brooklyn. They are passionate about building community and joy-driven ritual experiences that center those on the margins, and have held roles in both the Jews of Color and Youth Programs departments at Keshet. In addition to Keshet, their work in Jewish communal spaces has spanned organizations such as The LUNAR Collective and The Workers Circle. They have also been featured in projects such as the Dreaming the World to Come/Olam Haba Planner and the book “What Jewish Looks Like” by Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard.
Dana Raucher is the Executive Director of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation. She serves on the boards of various non-profits, including the Bronfman Fellowship, 70 Faces Media, the Shefa School, the American Jewish Historical Society, and the Jewish Book Council. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dana worked at the Tel Aviv based law firm of Shiboleth & Co. She is a graduate of Columbia University and the Buchmann Law School at Tel Aviv University. Dana and her husband Yossi live in NYC with their kids and have been longtime supporters of Keshet.
Jewish practice, study, and community involvement have always been central to Louis’s life. Raised as an active member of the Jewish community in Detroit, MI and Boca Raton, FL, Louis graduated from the University of Florida where he was a leader at the Florida Hillel, Jewish Student Union, and Gators for Israel. After attending law school at the University of Pennsylvania, Louis worked for a firm in New York. He and his husband, Lane, then moved to Florida where they started their family and where Louis now serves as Vice President at a manufacturing company, Boca Systems, Inc. Louis and Lane are proud parents of twins, Hazel and Ezra. In recent years, Louis was a member of the LGBTQ task force for Jewish Family Services, as well as a board member at his synagogue, Congregation Shaarei Kodesh. He currently sits on the board of Sovev, a non-profit that is creating an open mikveh for the South Florida Jewish community. Louis enjoys trashy television shows, desserts of all kinds, exercise (to compensate for said desserts), and spending time with his family.
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