Jennifer Zukerman

Jen Footlik Zukerman is an accomplished non-profit leader with extensive experience in non-profit management. She founded and directed an experimental arts organization in 1995 and has since worked as a writer, a museum curator, an educator, and as a board member for the Midwest region of the Anti-Defamation League. She was recognized for her work in the field of contemporary art, having been awarded the Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellowship at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Jen is currently the Director of J-STEM, a non-profit organization that enhances educational opportunities for Jewish children in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Jen has a BA in Comparative Literature from Northwestern University and a Master's degree in Arts Administration from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her academic interests include Chassidus, Tanach, the development of Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Contemporary Jewish Thought.