Q3 2026 - Wexner Heritage Alumni Delegates Council Meeting: Full Schedule

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6:45am MDT

Coffee Available

Monday August 3, 2026 6:45am - 7:45am MDT

Grand Ballroom Foyer

Monday August 3, 2026 6:45am - 7:45am MDT
Grand Ballroom Foyer

Meal Delegates and New Members

7:00am MDT

Morning Restorative Practice and Singing Circle

Monday August 3, 2026 7:00am - 8:00am MDT

Ballroom Foyer Patio

Monday August 3, 2026 7:00am - 8:00am MDT
Ballroom Foyer Patio

Tefillah Delegates and New Members

7:00am MDT

Orthodox Shacharit

Monday August 3, 2026 7:00am - 8:00am MDT

Nest Patio

Monday August 3, 2026 7:00am - 8:00am MDT
Nest Patio

Tefillah Delegates and New Members

8:00am MDT

Breakfast (reserved large table outside option with guest Professor Efrat Bron Harlev, Director, Schneider Children's Hospital). Room for 25ish

Monday August 3, 2026 8:00am - 8:50am MDT

Salon 1

Look for our reserved outside table for this morning: Please join Wexner Israel Fellowship Alum, Professor Efrat Bron Harlev, Director of the Schneider Children's Hospital in Israel. Efrat will speak to us about protecting children in war time, the challenges and the ways the hospital has changed since October 7th to better serve. This is not a fund raising session but rather an opportunity to know more about the dynamism and resilience of this particular Israeli and Israeli organization as it reflects the larger society.

If you'd like to watch a short video about the hospital before our convo:

https://friendsofschneider.org/latest-stories

Speakers

Professor Efrat Bron-Harlev

CEO, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel

Professor Efrat Bron-Harlev is a former Israeli Air Force officer, pediatric intensive care specialist, and Harvard Kennedy School graduate. She has led Schneider Children's since becoming CEO in 2020, driving significant growth and elevating the hospital into a leading center of... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 8:00am - 8:50am MDT
Salon 1

Meal Delegates and New Members

9:00am MDT

D'var Torah: Tamas Doffek

Monday August 3, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am MDT

The Vistas

Speakers

Tamas Doffek

WHP Member, Miami 23

Miami 23

Monday August 3, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
The Vistas

Learning

9:15am MDT

Debunkbot.com: Debunking Antisemitism

Monday August 3, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am MDT

The Vistas

Once someone has gone down the rabbit hole of antisemitic and other conspiracy theories, much research says there's almost no way to reach them. Conspiracy beliefs feed deep psychological needs — a need for control, a desire to feel unique, the powerful pull of belonging and identity. Facts are no match for that.

But surprising new behavioral science says otherwise. It turns out these beliefs can be debunked — and not through confrontation, but through patient, personalized dialogue using an AI tool called Debunk Bot (https://debunkbot.com/).

The findings reshape our understanding of how we believe and has implications for our growth as leaders.

Speakers

Michael Shiner

WHP Boston 1, MIT Sloan/Brown University

I'm a leadership scholar, teacher, and Executive Coach. I teach at MIT Sloan and Brown University and help senior leaders become more effective through behavioral change. I trained at Harvard with psychologists Howard Gardner (multiple intelligence), David Perkins (cognition and education... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am MDT
The Vistas

Learning Delegates and New Members

10:15am MDT

Coffee Break

Monday August 3, 2026 10:15am - 10:45am MDT

Grand Ballroom Foyer

Monday August 3, 2026 10:15am - 10:45am MDT
Grand Ballroom Foyer

Meal Delegates and New Members

10:45am MDT

How Millenials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha Use Social Media, AI, and YouTube differently

Monday August 3, 2026 10:45am - 11:30am MDT

The Vistas

Scott will share recent data on Millennials (30-45) Gen Z (14 - 29) and Gen Alpha (13 and under) including insight into where, why and how they spend their time online at home, work, and play. Then we will open the discussion to how we as leaders can better incorporate, encourage, and motivate the inheritors of the Jewish baton in the mosh pit of the current climate. Conversation may continue at lunch for those who would like.

Speakers

Scott Stone

WHP Los Angeles 05, Stone & Company Entertainment

Scott A. Stone is one of the pioneers of non-scripted/reality television. His cutting-edge programs include award-winner series like: The Mole, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Shop ‘til You Drop, The Man Show, A Season With, and BrainSurge. Stone also moonlights as an Adjunct Professor... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 10:45am - 11:30am MDT
The Vistas

Learning Delegates and New Members

11:30am MDT

Reinventing Non-Day School Education

Monday August 3, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm MDT

An informal panel including questions and ideas from the room.

Jon will update on https://www.jewishkidsgroups.com/our-story
Michael Sosebee on RootZ
Maxine on Birthright

Speakers

Maxine Schwartz

Jon Effron

WHP Atlanta 18, The A Is For Atlanta Group

A Yankee by birth and an Atlantan by choice, Jon Effron resides in the heart of Atlanta with his wife Jaci and daughters Ari and Ziva. Jon moved to Atlanta in 2006, after spending his twenties living in New York City working in the technology and media industries. Since moving to... Read More →

Michael Sosebee

WHP East Bay 10, Forsight, Inc.

Michael recently retired after twenty-nine years as a bond trader and salesman for investment banks where he focused on global bond markets for institutional money managers. He is a member of Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland, a member of the AIPAC Northern California Board and the... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm MDT

Learning

12:00pm MDT

What Might We Learn from the Middle Ages?

Monday August 3, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT

The Vistas

Interrogating the "Judeo-Christian Tradition": With many US politicians and pundits leaning more and more explicitly into Christian nationalism, what role for Jews is there in a supposedly Christian nation? Are Judaism and Christianity complementary or fundamentally incompatible? Some historical case studies can shed light.

Speakers

David Shyovitz

Associate Professor of History & Director of the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, Northwestern University

David is currently an Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University and director of NU's Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies. He received his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, and he studied for several years at Yeshivat Har Etzion. His... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
The Vistas

Learning

1:00pm MDT

Lunch with optional table convo for 8: "Consolidation and Competition: M&A's to Sustain the Jewish Future"

Monday August 3, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT

Salon 1

When we look at communal dollars, synagogues or day schools and other orgs competing for members and dollars, how might we facilitate mergers, closings, cooperation, back office sharing, consolidation?

Speakers

Alison Betts

WHP Phoenix 09, American Express

Alison Betts has been a volunteer in the local Jewish community since she moved to Phoenix in 2006. She currently serves on the Board of the Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix and is a graduate of the Wexner Heritage Program. In 2009, Alison learned about PJ Library... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Salon 1

Meal

2:00pm MDT

BREAK OUT SESSIONS: Embrace Harlem (VISTAS) and/or Holy Chutzpah (SALON 3)

Monday August 3, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm MDT

The Vistas

PEER CONSULTATION: Building Pluralistic Jewish Community and Learning for People Who Don't See Themselves in Traditional Institutional Formats with Sage Ramadge
A Case Study from Embrace Harlem, one of New York's most diverse neighborhoods. Partnering across community lines and building programming that meets people where they are. I'll share what we've learned about entry points, trust, and what makes something feel Jewish without feeling exclusive, and ask for advice, other experience, ideas. Hosted in Vistas.

SKILLS LEARNING: The Jewish Super Power We Have and Do Not Fully Recognize with Evan Schlessinger
How two C-suite Samsung Execs asked me to teach them about "Chchchchutzpah" which caused me to create a taxonomy and figure out how to teach it. Hosted in Salon 3.

Speakers

Sage Ramadge

Director of Impact (Clinic+O), Founder (Embrace), Clinic+O & Embrace Harlem

New York JOC 23

Evan Schlessinger

Monday August 3, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm MDT
The Vistas

Learning

2:45pm MDT

What's in Those Folders Anyway?

Monday August 3, 2026 2:45pm - 3:15pm MDT

The Vistas

How many alumni are there? What's up for the next 5 years? Bring questions and ideas!

How do optimize stakeholders and alumni...don't want to fail to tap energy in the network.

How to galvanize lower-level gifts... what would be strategy and campaign for that?

Speakers

Angie Atkins

Senior Director of Wexner Heritage Alumni, The Wexner Foundation

Angie Atkins is the Director of Wexner Heritage Alumni and Summits. Previously, Angie founded, ran (and then sold) an international jewelry business that manufactured in Israel and wholesaled fine designer jewelry around the world for 22 years. Upon graduating from the Wexner Heritage... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 2:45pm - 3:15pm MDT
The Vistas

Learning

3:15pm MDT

Pick up Snacks and Water; if hiking, pick up shoes, sunblock, etc., and head to shuttles outside the lobby

Monday August 3, 2026 3:15pm - 3:15pm MDT

The Vistas

Monday August 3, 2026 3:15pm - 3:15pm MDT
The Vistas

Optional

3:30pm MDT

OPTIONAL Hike and the Long View

Monday August 3, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm MDT

Lobby

Meet in the lobby by 3:30 sharp with your weather and hiking paraphernalia (snacks provided, please bring your own water, sunscreen, hats, glasses, etc). We will shuttle 5 minutes over to the Rim Trail South. The hike is an out and back totaling 3.98 miles, and with a total elevation gain of 767 feet - usually defined as a moderate hike. Up will take us about 45 minutes to an hour, and down about 30 - 40 minutes. Which will give us at least 30 minutes to learn with Rabbi Jay Moses once at the top, a perfect place to think about the nexus between heaven and earth and our new name "SULAM" (commonly translated as ladder from the only place where the word appears in the Torah: Jacob's dream of the angels ascending and descending).

Speakers

Rabbi Jay Moses

Vice President, The Wexner Foundation

Rabbi Jay Henry Moses is Vice President of The Wexner Foundation, having served for many years as Director of the Wexner Heritage Program, North America’s premier Jewish leadership education program. He joined the staff of The Wexner Foundation in 2003.Rabbi Moses got his start... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 3:30pm - 5:00pm MDT
Lobby

Optional

5:15pm MDT

Afternoon Restorative Practice and Singing Circle

Monday August 3, 2026 5:15pm - 5:45pm MDT

Ballroom Foyer Patio

Monday August 3, 2026 5:15pm - 5:45pm MDT
Ballroom Foyer Patio

Tefillah Delegates and New Members

5:15pm MDT

Orthodox Mincha

Monday August 3, 2026 5:15pm - 5:45pm MDT

Nest Patio

Monday August 3, 2026 5:15pm - 5:45pm MDT
Nest Patio

Tefillah Delegates and New Members

5:45pm MDT

Advice from Alumni Angels

Monday August 3, 2026 5:45pm - 6:30pm MDT

The Vistas

Incoming President Rabbi Jay Moses appreciates the brain trust this Council has become. He will lead a confidential conversation to solicit your guidance as we prepare to launch Sulam.

Speakers

Rabbi Jay Moses

Vice President, The Wexner Foundation

Monday August 3, 2026 5:45pm - 6:30pm MDT
The Vistas

Learning Delegates and New Members

6:45pm MDT

Dinner

Monday August 3, 2026 6:45pm - 7:45pm MDT

Salon 1

Monday August 3, 2026 6:45pm - 7:45pm MDT
Salon 1

Meal Delegates and New Members

8:00pm MDT

Force Multiplying L'Vracha, For Real!

Monday August 3, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm MDT

Salon 2

Casual and deep intermingling in small groups with new members from Columbus (2 groups!) and Canada (a consortium of 5 cities!), and their spouses (which we now call "co-pilots). Each delegate will facilitate a small group conversation using these prompts:

1. Please go around and introduce yourselves in one sentence including the community you are from and what you do from 9-5.

2. ⁠Then share: What is your “Jewish community soapbox?” A passion area or change you wish to see in the Jewish community that, if everybody agreed with you, would make the Jewish community a better or stronger place?

3. If that lasts the whole time GREAT. And if you'd like a second prompt: Share what keeps you up at night and what gives you hope? And is there anything you are prepared to do or are doing about it?

Monday August 3, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm MDT
Salon 2

Delegates and New Members

9:15pm MDT

Optional Hang Out BYOXYZ (Spouses welcome)

Monday August 3, 2026 9:15pm - 9:45pm MDT

Poolside Firepit

A chance to process our sessions and life and have fun and breathe.

Monday August 3, 2026 9:15pm - 9:45pm MDT
Poolside Firepit

Comfort Food and Fun Spouses Welcome and also Optional

9:15pm MDT

Evening Restorative Practice and Singing Circle

Monday August 3, 2026 9:15pm - 9:45pm MDT

Ballroom Foyer Patio

Monday August 3, 2026 9:15pm - 9:45pm MDT
Ballroom Foyer Patio

Tefillah Delegates and New Members

9:15pm MDT

Orthodox Ma'ariv

Monday August 3, 2026 9:15pm - 9:45pm MDT

Nest Patio

Monday August 3, 2026 9:15pm - 9:45pm MDT
Nest Patio

Tefillah Delegates and New Members

9:45pm MDT

Soul Spa at the Fire Pit with Elana Jagoda and Saul Kaye (Spouses welcome)

Monday August 3, 2026 9:45pm - 10:30pm MDT

Poolside Firepit

Speakers

Cantor Elana Jagoda Kaye

Elana Jagoda Kaye is a soulful and dynamic Jewish musician. She blends her deep love for Jewish tradition with an inspiring, creative spirit, making her an influential voice in contemporary Jewish music. With a background in both secular and religious musical traditions, she has crafted... Read More →

Saul Kaye

Saul Kaye has been playing piano since the age of five and guitar since twelve. He attended Berklee College of Music and graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. He has released ten full-length CDs under his name and produced six for other Artists... Read More →

Monday August 3, 2026 9:45pm - 10:30pm MDT
Poolside Firepit

Comfort Food and Fun Spouses Welcome and also Optional

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