Our Advisory Board
Felicia D. Herman
Felicia Herman is Executive Director of The Natan Fund, a grantmaking foundation supported by over 70 young philanthropists that focuses on funding emerging, innovative Jewish and Israeli nonprofits. Before becoming Natan's first Executive Director in 2005, Felicia was Research and Program Officer at Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation. She holds a B.A. in Religion from Wellesley College, and an M.A. in Jewish Women's Studies and a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. Felicia also serves on the board of Bikkurim: An Incubator for New Jewish Ideas, on the Advisory Council for the Joshua Venture Group, and as an evaluator for Slingshot. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, David Ben-Ur, and their three children.
Jennie Rivlin Roberts
Jennie is the Founder of ModernTribe which brings design-forward Judaica and Jewish gifts to the new generation of Jewish Americans via two retail outlets, ModernTribe.com and PopJudaica.com, and creation of Judaic products including No Limit Texas Dreidel, the game that crosses dreidel with Texas Hold'em poker. Before founding ModernTribe, Jennie earned a Ph.D. in industrial & organizational psychology from Georgia Tech and worked for Fortune 500 companies doing leadership development and strategic marketing. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughter.
Felicia Herman is Executive Director of The Natan Fund, a grantmaking foundation supported by over 70 young philanthropists that focuses on funding emerging, innovative Jewish and Israeli nonprofits. Before becoming Natan's first Executive Director in 2005, Felicia was Research and Program Officer at Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation. She holds a B.A. in Religion from Wellesley College, and an M.A. in Jewish Women's Studies and a Ph.D. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. Felicia also serves on the board of Bikkurim: An Incubator for New Jewish Ideas, on the Advisory Council for the Joshua Venture Group, and as an evaluator for Slingshot. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, David Ben-Ur, and their three children.
Jennie Rivlin Roberts
Jennie is the Founder of ModernTribe which brings design-forward Judaica and Jewish gifts to the new generation of Jewish Americans via two retail outlets, ModernTribe.com and PopJudaica.com, and creation of Judaic products including No Limit Texas Dreidel, the game that crosses dreidel with Texas Hold'em poker. Before founding ModernTribe, Jennie earned a Ph.D. in industrial & organizational psychology from Georgia Tech and worked for Fortune 500 companies doing leadership development and strategic marketing. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughter.
