Stefanie Zelkind

Senior Director

Professional Leadership Program Alumni Network

Stefanie is the Senior Director of the Professional Leadership Program Alumni Network, comprised of nearly 700 alumni of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program and the Wexner Field Fellowship.

Prior to this role, Stefanie served as Director of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars program for 10 years. She previously served as the Founding Director of the Jewish Teen Funders Network (JTFN), a project of the Jewish Funders Network, engaging thousands of Jewish teens in hands-on philanthropic giving; National Field Director of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL), bridging her interests in environmental awareness and education with Jewish engagement and activism; Director of International Affairs at Adam Teva V’Din: The Israel Union for Environmental Defense; and, Program Manager at EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East.

Stefanie completed her Master’s Degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service at NYU and her MA in Hebrew and Judaic Studies through the NYU Wagner/Skirball dual degree program as a Wexner Graduate Fellow.

Stefanie joined the staff of The Wexner Foundation in 2016, making the big move from Brooklyn to Columbus, where she now enjoys the open space (but misses the subway) with her husband, Josh, and son, Ari.