JCRC Board Binder FY21

JCRC Board Bios
Hilary Bernstein
Israel Affair Chair
Hilary Bernstein is a respected education consultant in the Pacific NW, with
experience leading discussions and workshops on the topics of bias, diversity,
and positive change. For 15 years, she served as Regional Director of the
Anti-Defamation League in the Pacific NW, where she focused on responding
to antisemitism and all forms of prejudice, bigotry, and hate throughout 5
states. She has had the privilege of working with community leaders,
legislators, law enforcement officers, educators, and students of all ages.
Prior to joining ADL, Ms. Bernstein was founding Director of Limmud NW, the
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s year-round adult Jewish education
program. She also served as the Seattle community coordinator for Jewish
Women’s Archive and is a past president of Congregation Beth Shalom.
Originally from South Carolina, Hilary has lived in Seattle since 1983, and is
the proud parent of three adult children and 3.5 amazing grandchildren.
Sarah Boden
Federation Representative
Sarah's involvement with Jewish philanthropy goes back over 30 years. Sarah
was active in the Young Accountants Division of UJA in New York City, where
she started her career as an auditor at Deloitte, and she then chaired the
Young Wall Street Division when her career took her to Wall Street. After
relocating to Seattle in 2005, Sarah got involved with the Jewish Federation
of Greater Seattle, first in Women's Philanthropy, then as a committee
member, and subsequently as Vice Chair of Planning and Allocations. Sarah
then became a member and then Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning
Committee. She served as Board Chair from 2017 – 2019.
In addition to Sarah's involvement at the Federation, she was Treasurer and
then Vice Chair of the Seattle Girls' School, and a Trustee at Seattle Jewish
Community school, and served as an Advisory Board Member of the Burke
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington
and a founding adviser of the MS Entrepreneur program at the University of
Washington.
Sarah’s most recent professional experience was as the VP of Operations at
MV Transportation leading the Microsoft transportation network.
Sarah has one daughter, Madeline, who lives in Leeds England and is
preparing for her wedding in early 2021 and embarking on a career
leveraging her PhD in History of Art.
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