Staff

Meet Penn State Hillel’s great staff!

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  Liad Ozbechar

  Israel Fellow liad@pennstatehillel.org
  Liad was born and raised in Mazkeret Batya, Israel. She is an Achva Academic College Alumni, where she majored in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. Liad served in the IDF for two years in the... Read more
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  Aaron Kaufman

  Marcus Family Executive Director adk12@psu.edu
  Aaron has been with Penn State Hillel since 2007. Aaron hails from the great state of Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan where he met his wife Stephanie at Hillel, and also received a... Read more
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  Lori Thompson-Given

  Director of Operations ltgiven@pennstatehillel.org
  Lori has worked at Penn State Hillel since 2005. She is a graduate of South Hills School of Business and Technology, State College Campus. Lori is the facilitator of all office management, accounting,... Read more
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  Robyn Markowitz Lawler

  Associate Director rmlawler@pennstatehillel.org
  Robyn was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia. She graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and received her Masters of Social Work from the University of... Read more
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  Stefanie Tapper

  Director of Institutional Advancement sht107@psu.edu
  Stefanie was born and raised in the Philadelphia suburbs. She graduated from Penn State in 2010 with a Mathematics Major and minors in Spanish and Leadership Development. While at Penn State, Stefanie... Read more
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  Shachar-Lee Yaakobovitz

  Springboard Intraneurship Fellow shacharleey@pennstatehillel.org
  Shachar-Lee was born in Israel and moved at a young age to the United States, where she lived in New Jersey briefly and in California for over ten years. She comes from a Polish, North African, and... Read more
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  Melanie Kovacs

  Annual Campaign Manager mkovacs@pennstatehillel.org
  Melanie is a “right outside of Philly” native and graduated from Penn State with majors in History and Jewish Studies, a minor in Art History, and a Certificate of Holocaust and Genocide Studies.... Read more
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  Brooke Singer

  Springboard Innovation Fellow bsinger@pennstatehillel.org
  Brooke was born in the North Hills of Pittsburgh and grew up bleeding blue and white. She is a recent Penn State graduate, where she majored in Human Development and Family Studies with a double... Read more
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  Rabbi Rob Gleisser

  Peter J. Rubinstein Senior Jewish Educator rabbirob@psu.edu
  Rabbi Rob Gleisser is honored to be beginning his rabbinical career as the Peter J. Rubenstein Senior Jewish Educator at Penn State Hillel. Rabbi Rob has served as a Student Rabbi in congregations... Read more