Gala Program Book - Flipbook - Page 4
Introducing our Incoming Board Chair,
Mitchell Leiman
We are delighted to
welcome Mitchell
Leiman as our new
Greater Boston Board in 2017. Since then, I’ve been very
active with the board, and for the last several years chaired
our Committee on Strategic Alignment.
Board Chair of
JCC Greater
What aspects of our mission and work are meaningful
Boston!
to you?
Mitchell has
There are so many ways that our mission is meaningful
been a JCC
to me, which is why I’ve been such an active volunteer
Greater
for nearly a decade. I believe deeply in building a vibrant,
Boston
thriving community rooted in Jewish values. Community
Board
and friendships are so important to me, especially as
member
we’ve chosen to live here without having a lot of family
since 2017,
in the area. I also believe deeply that everyone should be
and for the
included and feel a part of our community, regardless of
past several
their level of religious observance or other characteristics
years has served
about themselves. Lastly, the idea of combining mind, body
as Chair of our
Committee on Strategic
and spirit really resonates with me, as I try to nourish each
of those elements in my own life.
Alignment. His work on that
committee focuses on the JCC’s long-term planning and
What skills, connections, resources, and expertise do you
our strategy for growth. In addition to Mitchell’s long-term
have to offer?
commitment to the JCC as a member, an ELC and camp
I’ve been fortunate to have had a very rewarding career,
parent, and a lay leader, his specific expertise as a business
and I think my professional expertise will be of great
leader and strategist is a perfect match for our organization
value to the JCC. I started my career at Goldman Sachs and
in this moment, as we continue pushing forward with our
then became a consultant with Bain & Company where I
strategic plan and vision for the future.
eventually was a Partner in their technology practice. For
the last 11 years, I’ve had a variety of leadership roles at
Tell us about your involvement with JCC Greater Boston over
different technology companies, most recently becoming
the years?
the CEO of an investor-backed digital advertising software
What’s funny is that I never stepped foot into a JCC until
business. I believe that my professional experience
I was an adult despite growing up in a vibrant Jewish
in creating and executing strategy, along with driving
community on Long Island, NY. When my wife and I moved
operational excellence can greatly benefit the JCC.
to Needham in 2009, we quickly started to be active with JCC
Greater Boston. In those early years both our kids went to
In addition, I’ve been involved with nonprofits deeply for
preschool at the Godine Early Learning Center, then shortly
the last 20+ years. At Bain & Company I led the Boston
thereafter started at Camp Grossman. We were fixtures at the
office’s pro bono efforts, working with great educational
outdoor pool for many summers, and my wife still frequently
nonprofits like City Year and Citizen Schools. I’ve been
uses the gym. As our children got older, we became involved
on a variety of nonprofit boards and worked with CJP
in other ways including many of the adult programs.
and Temple Aliyah in Needham. I hope that my board
experiences in both the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds
Mark Sokoll asked me to be the JCC representative on the
Hale Education, Inc. Board in 2016, and I joined the JCC
4
will help with the JCC’s leadership and governance.
