Amanda Shechter
Director of Foundation and Donor Relations
Amanda F. Shechter, Director of Foundation and Donor Relations, joined Maharat in 2016 as its first executive director. Amanda is a graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University School of Law. She was a member of the inaugural class of Nishmat in Jerusalem and served on the board of American Friends of Nishmat for sixteen years. Amanda practiced law for over twenty years, primarily in commercial litigation and real estate. She served as President of the Campus for Jewish Life (formerly the YM-YWHA of Raritan Valley) for many years. Amanda was chosen to be in the first cohort of Tanzman Fellows of the Jewish Federation of Middlesex County, a year-long leadership development program for outstanding community leaders, and has participated in UJA/Columbia's Institute for Jewish Executive Leadership. She and her husband Judah live in East Brunswick, NJ have three children, Chana (Steven), Jeremy (Orly) and Michal, and two grandsons.
To contact Amanda Shechter: ashechter@yeshivatmaharat.org
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