Join us for our upcoming JPro program featuring a new format: Small-group, peer-led conversations over lunch. Choose from four topics and table hosts and come ready to learn and share. Kosher lunch is on us, stimulating conversation is on you!
Organizing a Mega-Mega Event: Lessons from the Maccabi Games
Rachael Speck, Chief Program & Innovation Officer, Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
The 2025 JCC Maccabi Games brought together more than 1,000 volunteers and nearly 10,000 participants. Rachael Speck will share candid lessons from planning and executing a large-scale national event, from deciding whether to say yes in the first place, to working with national partners, recruiting new volunteers, navigating uncertainty and remembering to have fun along the way.
Planned Giving: Insights & Conversations
Eric Probola, CAP, Manager, Philanthropic Impact, Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Planned giving is a fundraising approach where donors make long-term gifts to support a nonprofit’s future sustainability and mission. Eric Probola will share practical insights and strategies to strengthen your organization’s approaches to planned giving. To suggest topics or questions you would like to have answered, please email Eric Probola at eprobola@jfedpgh.org.
Culture is Everything: Reflections on the Unification
Drew Barkley, Executive Director, Temple Sinai & Rodef Shalom Congregation
Temple Sinai and Rodef Shalom are similar in many ways and different in just as many. Drew Barkley will share candid reflections from partway through the unification process, focusing on navigating the collision of two organizational cultures and leading through transition before the outcome is fully known.
Disability Inclusion: From Intention to Practice
Alison Karabin, Program Director, Community & Partnerships, The Branch
Disability inclusion requires more than good intentions. Alison Karabin, program director of community and partnerships at The Branch, will share practical reflections on building more inclusive organizations, with a focus on shifting from aspiration to action, strengthening partnerships and embedding accessibility into everyday practice.
