Staff

See below for a list of our staff.

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  Aaron Kaufman

  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 lat11@psu.edu
  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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  Rachel Dingman

  Assistant Director rld50@psu.edu
  Rachel grew up in Dingman's Ferry Pennsylvania. She graduated from Allegheny College in 2008 with a degree in Philosophy and Psychology. After Allegheny she served 2 years in AmeriCoprs with Maine... Read more
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  Stefanie Tapper

  Director of Development 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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  Rachel Jacobson

  Annual Giving Associate rtj5090@psu.edu
  Rachel was born and raised in the Philadelphia suburbs. She graduated in 2009 from the University of Hartford with a degree in Communications. Growing up Rachel attended Jewish summer camp, attended a... Read more
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  Emma Kaplan

  Director of Leadership Development erk20@psu.edu
  Emma grew up in Northbrook, Illinois and attended the University of Denver where she studied Geography, Spanish and Communication Studies. She was an active member of NFTY and spent 11 summers at URJ... Read more
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  Tully Keren

  Jewish Agency Israel Fellow tkeren.hillel@gmail.com
  Tully grew up in the center of Israel with two main passions: psychology and art. She attended a high school for the arts where she found her passion for visual arts. This ultimately led her to her... Read more
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  Matt Altman

  Springboard Fellow mda219@psu.edu
  Matt is a third generation, born and bred Atlantian. Matt just concluded teaching English in a Haifa elementary school on Masa Israel Teaching Fellows. Before living in Israel, Matt led Atlanta’s... Read more
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  Jessie Paley

  Israel Engagement Coordinator jrp5633@psu.edu
  Jessie hails from the suburbs of Cleveland, OH.  She spent the last four years studying at the University of Cincinnati, graduating with a major in Judaic Studies, a minor in Organizational... Read more
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  Rabbi Danielle Leshaw

  Multi-Campus Educator dleshaw@hillel.org
  Rabbi Danielle (as most students call her) comes to Penn State Hillel via Athens, Ohio, where she served as Hillel at Ohio University's Rabbi and Executive Director for 14 years. She recently... Read more