How are Seminar Members Chosen?

Members are admitted to the program through a three-part process: nomination, application screening, and personal interview.

• The Wexner Foundation solicits nominations from top professional and lay leaders representing the broadest cross-section of the Jewish community as well as Wexner Alumni. Candidates must be nominated by one of these sources; self-nominations are not accepted.
  
• Select nominees are invited to apply for the program. The written applications, completed online through this website, are then screened and a group of finalists is chosen based on the applications.
  
• The finalists are interviewed by a selection panel composed of Wexner Foundation staff, Wexner Heritage alumni, and other respected Jewish professionals and leaders. Following the interviews, the final group of 20 Members is selected.

Those men and women who are selected are generally 30 to 45 years old and have personal, professional, and communal lives reflecting leadership and commitment to the Jewish people, as well as significant potential for future growth as Jewish leaders.

The Wexner Foundation values diversity and pluralism and believes that our differences can be a source of richness and strength. The selection process reflects this commitment to diversity in terms of gender, religious denomination, organizational affiliation, background, Jewish interests, and personality type. The Wexner Heritage Program creates a unique culture of mutual respect among each group, as well as in its curriculum, faculty, and staff.