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
  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 Institutional Development stapper.hillel@gmail.com
  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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  Hannah Giterman

  Director of Community Engagement hbg12@psu.edu
  Hannah was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Ohio University in Athens, OH (not to be confused with Ohio State University, Penn Staters!) where she studied Organizational... Read more
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  Emma Kaplan

  Springboard Fellow - Innovation Specialist 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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  Lauren Levinson

  Israel Engagement Coordinator lnl11@psu.edu
  Lauren was born in Pittsburgh, PA  where she spent majority of her childhood before moving to Cincinnati, OH. and then Cleveland, OH for high school. While Lauren was off obtaining her BA in Early... Read more
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  Alona Lipetz

  Jewish Agency Israel Fellow All78@psu.edu
  My name is Alona Lea Lipetz, 30 years old from Beer-Sheva, Israel. I come from a proud, loving family. I studied at Ben Gurion University where I received a BA in Education and Arts. In addition to... Read more
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  Emily Kass

  Social Justice Coordinator
  Emily grew up in sunny Southern California and received her Bachelor's degree from University of California, Berkeley in Sociology (with a minor in Extracurricular Activities Unrelated to Academics).... Read more
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  Rabbi Danielle Leshaw

  Multi-Campus Educator danielleleshaw@gmail.com
  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