Rabbi Ari Witkin is the Executive Director of Development at the Jewish Federation of Detroit. A graduate of Goucher College, Ari also holds a Masters in Nonprofit Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, and Rabbinic Ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College where he was a Wexner Graduate Fellow. Raised in Minneapolis, he has lived and worked in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Uganda, and Jerusalem. At Federation Ari combines his love of Jewish tradition and community in helping to leverage resources to support the wide variety of needs that make for vibrant Jewish life. He is passionate about building diverse leadership pipelines that represent the full spectrum of Jewish life and building relationships across the community. Ari is a past fellow with the Mandel Institute’s Executive Leadership program. In addition to his role at Federation, he is a member of the Advisor Board of Adamah Detroit and the Scaling and Strategy Committee at Brilliant Cities. He and his wife Liz Traison live in Huntington Woods with their children Hadar, Raviv, Sivan, and Meital.
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