The 2012 North American Jewish Day School Conference

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The third annual North American Jewish Day School Conference will be held January 15-17, 2012 at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, GA. This year, PEJE is delighted to join the "quartet" of RAVSAK, PARDeS, the Schechter Day School Network, and the University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University as a partner in this extraordinary 3-day event.
 
The theme is "Current Landscapes–Changing Horizons." Topics include:

• 21st Century Skills for Students and Adults in Day Schools
• The Jewish Day School Value Proposition
• Reimagining and Sustaining Day School
• Innovations in Jewish Education

We encourage you to register for the conference as soon as possible. Subsidies are available for professional leaders from schools formally affiliated with PARDeS, SSDSA, Institute for the University-School Partnership at Yeshiva University, and RAVSAK.

One-Day Track for Jewish Day School Development Professionals

Join presenters Jennifer Weinstock, Barbara Maduell, and Jill Goldenberg on Monday, January 16 (8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.), for a one-day track for day school development professionals.

Based on feedback and ideas from Jewish day school development professionals across North America, the day will focus on facilitated networking, experiential learning, and exposure to national experts. Topics include:

• Speed-dating–want to know what is going on in other schools’ development departments? Learn from your colleagues and build your network.
• Creating a culture of philanthropy based on best practices at independent schools.
• Choice of breakout sessions on:

  • getting your board engaged in fundraising;
  • creating an endowment/legacy campaign; or
  • creating a strategic annual campaign plan.

NOTE: If you complete PEJE’s new Development Self-Assessment Tool prior to the one-day track, you will receive a one-on-one consultation at the Conference.

What you will take away:

• Great ideas from other day school development professionals.
• Concrete ideas and next steps for strengthening board involvement in development.
• Concrete ideas and next steps for launching an endowment campaign.
• Increased enthusiasm and confidence to return to your school and raise necessary funds.

Presenters:

Jennifer Weinstock, Strategy Manager for Growing Annual Fund Revenue at PEJE. Jennifer has been applying her expertise as a development professional for more than 15 years with an emphasis on relationship-building strategies between donors and organizations. Before coming to PEJE in 2007, Jennifer worked in women’s division at both the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston. She also spent more than a decade at WGBH, Boston’s public broadcasting station, as the senior Major Gifts officer, Director of Stewardship, and Director of the Major Gifts Annual Fund. Jennifer is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Brookline, MA, with her husband and three sons who all attend Jewish day school.

Barbara Maduell, CFRE
With more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Barb Maduell offers significant expertise in campaign consulting, annual and major gifts, donor communications, and board training and development. Ms. Maduell’s key strengths are building a strong fundraising culture within organizations for greater success and sustainability, creating cohesive and strategic marketing communications that reflect and advance the vision of nonprofits, and identifying and cultivating major gift prospects.

In addition to Barb’s professional experience she has volunteered extensively in the community. Because of this hands-on experience on “both sides of the table,” Barb understands the integral and distinct roles professionals and volunteers each play in the success of an organization.

Barb received a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. When not enjoying time cooking, traveling, and reading, she is busy serving as an unpaid chauffeur for her two teenage children.

Jill Goldenberg is PEJE’s Strategy Manager for Endowment and Legacy. In this role, she promotes endowment building field-wide and manages Generations, PEJE’s premier endowment capacity-building program. Generations is a three-way collaboration among AVI CHAI, PEJE, and select local communities.

Previously at PEJE, Jill served as PEJE’s Strategy Manager for Board Leadership and has overseen the design and implementation of multiple capacity-building programs. She has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the private and non-profit sectors as a development professional, program manager and volunteer leader. She is a passionate cultivator who believes that strategic, long-term giving enables donors to realize their dreams while sustaining institutions. 

Jill currently serves on the board of CJP, Boston’s federation, and previously served on the board of the Rashi School where she was the co-chair of Rashi’s successful capital campaign. She and her husband are the proud parents of a current Gann Academy student and a Gann Academy graduate.