Heather Kibel has been our Executive Director for more than 10 years. She came to us with years of experience working in professional Jewish life. She served as Director of the North American Alliance for Jewish Youth (NAA), where she was responsible for overseeing the budget, developing a website, organizing and facilitating meetings and conferences, working with boards and membership, and was involved in grant development from national foundations.
Prior to her work at the NAA, Heather served as alumni coordinator and Israel programs supervisor for national Young Judaea. In that position she was involved in recruitment, training, publicity, and alumni services to this well known and long standing national Zionist youth organization.
Heather’s family belongs to Highland Park Conservative Temple. Heather lives in Edison with her husband, Philip, and their three children, Jacob, Zachary and Rose.