ORT America Staff
Allison Weinger comes to ORT America with over a decade of experience in higher education administration at New York University and Teachers College, Columbia University. In this role she helped develop and implement donor engagement events and ran programs to promote innovation in the public sector focusing on education in public schools. Prior to that Allison spent time in Italy teaching English. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University and her Master’s degree from New York University.
Alex brings over 15 years of experience in nonprofit management, community building, and financial resource development. He joins us after 11 years at the UJA-Federation of New York, where he led grants management operations, philanthropic services, and fundraising campaigns. He holds master’s degrees in both Nonprofit Management and Hebrew and Judaic Studies from New York University.
Alex’s connection to Jewish communal life is deeply personal. Growing up in Odessa, Ukraine, he and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 2000. Settling in South Brooklyn, they found essential social services and a welcoming Jewish community. This experience inspired Alex to dedicate his career to strengthening Jewish life and ensuring others could access the same support and sense of belonging.
Heath comes to ORT with a vast non-profit career spread over 30 years. His most recent job was Executive Director of the Los Angeles office of the Israel Cancer Research Fund. During his career, Heath has worked in leadership positions at the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix, Jewish Community Center of Phoenix and Jewish Community Center of Baltimore. Heath began his career in the Jewish nonprofit arena working for BBYO both in Baltimore and Los Angeles. He also worked as the first Director of Development for Free Arts of Arizona, bringing the art of healing to homeless and abused children.
Heath has an MSW from Yeshiva University and a BS from the University of Maryland. He is married to Lisa and they have three children and two grandchildren.
Robin joins ORT America with extensive development experience in the nonprofit world. For the past seven years, Robin served as National Director of Planned Giving and Regional Director for the Southeast Region at AMIT. Prior to joining AMIT, Robin held various positions at other prominent non-profits, including Director of Development for the JCC of the Greater Palm Beaches, Chief Development Officer for Hibiscus Children’s Center, and National Grassroots Fundraising and Membership Specialist for Hadassah.
Nicole Miller grew up in suburban Detroit, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1995 and earned a law degree from New York Law School in 1998. Before accepting a position with ORT, Nicole practiced law in New York City at the law firm LeBeouf, Greene & MacRae, and later with Michigan law firm, Michael Morse, P.C
While in Detroit, Nicole also planned and coordinated events for Star Trax Corporate Events, and served as a consultant for the Detroit chapter of Men’s American ORT - by providing supervising (formerly) American ORT’s annual Rub-a-Dub fundraiser from 2003-2005. In 2005, she served as the lead coordinator for the Rub-a-Dub event – the ORT America Michigan Region’s largest annual fundraiser until November of 2009, when she came on as the Regional Director for ORT. Nicole is mother to Max and Bella.
Rob brings more than 30 years of entrepreneurial leadership and over a decade of nonprofit development experience to ORT. Before becoming a professional fundraiser, Rob successfully built and led two steel companies and a promotional products marketing business. He has since dedicated his career to advancing causes he cares about, working with Values in Action/Project Love, EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute, and most recently, the American Technion Society.
A lifelong Clevelander, Rob’s commitment to the community runs deep. His lay leadership has focused on supporting underserved youth, particularly those impacted by trauma. He has served on the boards of Believe in Dreams, Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters, the 250 Committee, the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, Temple Tifereth Israel (now Congregation Mishkan Or), and the Beachwood Chamber of Commerce.
Rob’s passion for fundraising and helping organizations achieve meaningful progress makes him a natural fit for ORT America. He joins us in advancing our mission to provide students around the world with the education and skills they need to succeed, strengthening Jewish life and empowering more than 350,000 people each year.
Kenny is an Atlanta native and attended Georgia State University. Twenty years ago, he transitioned from for-profit sales/sales management to the Jewish non-profit sector. Before assuming his current role at ORT in July 2024, he served as Director of the Business and Professional Division at the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta(JFGA) for 10 years. Before his career at JFGA, he was the Continental Director of the JCC Maccabi Games at the Jewish Community Centers of North America.
As a volunteer he served on the board of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. He has volunteered with Maccabi USA and travelled to Israel numerous times for Maccabiah, as well as to Argentina and Mexico for the Pan-American Maccabiah.
Kenny and his wife Brenda live in Roswell, GA, and have two daughters and two wonderful sons-in-law.
A CPA and a Certified Non-Profit Accounting Professional, Lily Joy comes to ORT with over 20 years of experience in the field of finance. Most recently, she served as controller for an international non-profit organization specializing in transitional justice, overseeing all financial aspects of the organization including grants management and donor reporting. In addition to handling the organization-wide annual audits, and all international country program and statutory audits, and operational reviews, she spearheaded the budget preparation process and coordinated with the banking institutions on cash and investments. As part of the oversight function, she visited country offices in different parts of the world to ensure adherence to fiscal policies and procedures, and developed systems to strengthen internal controls and safeguard the assets of the organization. Previously, Lily Joy was employed in public accounting and was a senior auditor of Ernst and Young Global where she had extensive training and exposure in the fields of accounting, finance and auditing. A native of the Philippines, Lily Joy earned her bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of San Carlos, Philippines, and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Anna Stein is the Chief Marketing Officer of ORT America, leading national efforts to raise awareness, inspire giving, and amplify the impact of ORT’s global mission. Since joining the organization in 2021, Anna has held roles in fundraising, resource development, and impact reporting—all focused on expanding access to quality Jewish education and supporting vulnerable communities around the world.
Anna’s passion for Jewish communal life is rooted in her own story. After emigrating from the Former Soviet Union in 1989, her family settled in Longmeadow, MA, where the local Jewish community played a key role in helping them build a new life. That experience continues to drive her belief in the power of philanthropy to transform lives.
Before stepping into her current role, Anna served as Director of Development at Belev Echad, supporting wounded IDF veterans, and at Temple Shaaray Tefila in Manhattan. She also led special events at Madison Square Boys & Girls Club and was Assistant Director at WIZO, helping women and children across Israel.
Anna holds a BA in Sociology from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and lives in Westchester County, NY.
For more than 20 years, Hannah has served in communications and development roles for social service, education, advocacy and social justice nonprofit organizations. She joined ORT in 2018, after serving as the Communications Director for the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) for 6 years. She loves Chicagoland's Jewish community and feels grateful to have a career that helps folks make an impact on the causes they love through philanthropy.
Hannah graduated from Tulane and holds a Master of Management and Nonprofit Administration from North Park University. In her free time, she hunts and sells vintage kids' clothes and spends time with her children Monty and Ruby and her husband Adam.