Ardie Geldman

A graduate of Northwestern and Brandeis universities, is a philanthropic consultant and fundraiser with 30 years of experience in the non-profit arenas of the American Jewish community and Israel.  He served as executive director of THE ARK in Chicago, assistant director of the Joint Program for Jewish education of the Jewish Agency for Israel, the executive director of AMIT Women(in Israel), and co-founder of Donor Associates in Israel, Ltd.  He also lectures and has published a number of articles about the American Jewish community and on Israel-diaspora relations.