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The nearly 1600 alumni of the Wexner Heritage Program are top lay leaders at the local, national, and international level. They may be president of their synagogue, Federation or JCC; they may have founded a day school or chair its annual campaign. They may be on the board of JFNA or JDC, chair the American side of NGO’s working for minority rights in Israel, or head their city’s Limmud or Jewish Film Festival. They may see the need for a new organization and start it; they may see the need for a new way of doing something in an existing organization, and they implement it.

While alumni of the Wexner Heritage program clearly are diverse, they share some important overarching values: collaboration, inclusion, pluralism, and above all, a dedication to Jewish text and tradition in informing their communal decisions.

They are linked together across North America by an extensive network that can be accessed in many ways: through our password protected data base, bulletin boards, and issues based listservs, facebook group, and of course our New York office staff. They look to each other for support, guidance, and ideas as they go about their leadership work.

There are 2 representative bodies of Wexner Heritage Alumni: the Alumni Council and the Alumni Representatives.

The Alumni Council is composed of 20 alumni who are involved at the highest levels of local, national and international leadership in the Jewish community, and who serve in leadership functions and as a sounding board for alumni initiatives.

The Alumni Representatives is composed of one or more alumni from every Wexner Heritage community. Together with Alumni Council members, they meet regularly for high-level leadership learning. Additionally, they serve as liaisons and advisors to the Foundation in planning alumni programs.

For more information, please contact Angie Atkins, Director, Wexner Heritage Alumni.
The following are some recent initiatives offered to our alumni network. They are password protected and all found under “Members/Fellows/Alumni login tab” on the far right side of the home page.

BULLETIN BOARDS

* BOARD MEMBER SEARCH

     * If your organization needs new board members, cast a smart net amongst the wider Wexner Alumni Community. Email Angie Atkins with all relevant information to post your board member search. Please include:
         *    the organization’s name, website, and a short description of what you do and how often your board meets
         *    optional: the kind of expertise, time or financial commitment you are looking for.
     * If you are looking to ramp up your Jewish lay leadership and want to consider options for joining a new Board of Directors, look for the new “Board Member Search” bulletin board or Click here

* CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE JEWISH WORLD
    * To post a position please contact Cindy Chazan, Vice President Alumni and Development.
    * To search our bulletin board listings go to the “Professional Opportunities” Bulletin Board or click here.

WEXNER HERITAGE ALUMNI AFFINITY GROUPS
As of March 2011, our new Director of Wexner Heritage Alumni, Angie Atkins, is in the process of helping alumni across our continental network find each other by interest group so they can share best practices, tips, resources, and ideas to be more effective lay leaders. Wexner Heritage Alumni have powerful passions and huge agendas for the Jewish People. These affinity groups will help our alumni bring successful, fresh approaches back to their own communities; help alumni learn together about the issues that keep them up at night, join forces, and enjoy associating with our transgeographical, lifelong community of Wexner Heritage Alumni.

WEXNER CAMPUS CONNECT
* Join now to host and/or be a resource for college age children of Wexner Heritage Alumni who attend university near you.
    * To sign up, what you actually need to do is update your profile.
        * To do this you must sign in by going to the far right tab (“Members/Fellows/Alumni Login”) and click “Edit Profile.”
        * You will be prompted for a username and password. Your username is almost always your first initial and your last name. If you have forgotten your password, you can auto-ping this to your email address, and then copy it and paste it into the “password” field. If you have any trouble, please email drobinson@wexner.net.
         *   Once in to the “edit profile” screen, you can
         *   Change your password to something you will remember
         *   Sign up for Wexner Campus Connect by scrolling down to the “Additional Information” box and looking for “Wexner Campus Connect.”
          * Update your photo (Unless your look is so retro it is already back “in.")
* Use this extended network if you have a child off at college who may benefit from using Wexner Heritage Families as a resource while away at school. To access the most current listing, click here, or go to the new button “Wexner Campus Connect” under that same log in tab on the far right of the home page.

WEXNERIM B’CHADASHOT (Wexner Alumni in the News)
A digest of Wexner Alumni in high profile news stories with links to their stories will be listed at the bottom of our Newsletter, and posted on our website under the tab “Wexner Heritage Program” and then under “Wexner Heritage Alumni Profiles.” These stories will also be posted on our facebook group, “Wexner Members and Alumni” and sent to our followers on twitter (@WHAlumni). To submit stories for our next digest click here.

FACEBOOK GROUP
Join now to share thoughts, queries, best practices, blogs, articles, divrei torah to our Wexner Members and Alumni group. As with all our shared communication, please remember we have a “No Solicitations” policy.